El Monte, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Sign limit
- 2 signs per garage sale
- Size limit
- 6 sq ft of area per side
- Zoning limit
- Residentially zoned property only
- Posting window
- Up to 1 day before sale starts
- Removal deadline
- By close of last lawful sale day
- Right-of-way placement
- Prohibited outright
- Fee for violation
- $5.00 per unlawful sign
Summary
El Monte caps garage sale advertising at two signs per sale, each no larger than six square feet per side, and only on residentially zoned property under Section 5.44.080. Signs may go up just one day before the sale starts and must come down when the sale legally ends, and posting one in the public right-of-way draws a separate five-dollar fine.
5.44.080 - Signs. A.Not more than two (2) signs advertising a garage sale may be maintained anywhere upon residentially zoned property. No sign shall contain more than six (6) square feet of area on any one side. No sign shall be erected or maintained upon residentially zoned property for a period of more than one day immediately preceding the lawful commencement of such garage sale. Each sign shall be removed on or at the close of the last day on which the garage sale may lawfully be conducted pursuant to this chapter. B.Any person violating subsection A of this Section shall be charged a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each such unlawful sign. No permit for a subsequent garage sale shall be issued prior to payment of all such fees due and owing.
Full Breakdown
080(A) limits every garage sale to no more than two signs, maintained only on residentially zoned property, with each sign capped at six square feet of area per side. No sign may be erected or maintained more than one day before the garage sale lawfully begins, and each sign must be removed on or by the close of the last day the sale may lawfully continue. 152. 070: a sign for a sale that falls outside those limits is itself unlawful even if it otherwise meets the size and placement rules.
Violations & Fines
Section 5.44.080(B) charges a five-dollar ($5.00) fee for each unlawful sign, and the city will not issue a permit for a subsequent garage sale until all such fees have been paid in full. Section 5.44.040 independently prohibits any garage sale sign from the public right-of-way or from being attached to public utilities or improvements located there, exposing a violator to removal and general code enforcement on top of the per-sign fee.
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