Flint, MI Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Sign timing
- Not before day before sale
- Placement standard
- § 50-142.7(e) zoning code
- Removal/premature charge
- $10 service fee
- Billed to
- Permit holder
Summary
Flint restricts garage sale signs to the day before the sale begins and requires compliance with the City's zoning sign standards, per City Code § 12-267.
Any and all signs advertising the "garage sale" shall not be erected prior to the day preceding the start of the sale. The sign shall comply with § 50-142.7(e) of the Flint City Code. If City personnel are required to remove the sign, or the sign is erected prematurely, a $10 service charge will be invoiced to the permit holder.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2016 Code: Local legislation current through Ordinance 3821, passed 3-1-2012).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 12-267 bars garage sale signs from being erected before the day preceding the start of a licensed sale, and requires that any such sign comply with the placement standards in § 50-142.7(e) of the zoning code. If City personnel must remove a sign, or if a sign is put up prematurely, the City invoices the permit holder a $10 service charge, separate from the article's general civil-infraction penalty.
Violations & Fines
Erecting a garage sale sign before the day preceding the sale, or leaving one that requires City removal, results in a $10 service charge to the permit holder under § 12-267(b), in addition to any $100 civil-infraction fine under § 12-269.
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