Unincorporated Sacramento County has no specific 'garage sale sign' provision. Under Zoning Code Section 5.10.1, portable A-frame and off-site directional signs are generally prohibited (5.10.1.I), and signs in the public right-of-way may be removed by county personnel without notice. Only limited open-house directional signs are expressly allowed.
Sacramento County's sign regulations in Section 5.10.1 do not contain a dedicated garage-sale or yard-sale sign category, so such signs fall under the general rules for temporary and portable signs. Section 5.10.1.I, 'Prohibited Signs,' lists A-frames, portable reader-board advertising devices, and other similar portable signs as prohibited, with narrow exceptions (for example, temporary real-estate open-house signs and A-frame signs for urban agricultural stands). The clearest analog the code permits is the portable off-site directional sign for open-house real-estate activity under Section 5.10.1.A, which may not exceed an overall size of nine square feet including support, may not exceed a height of 2.5 feet, may not be located within the street right-of-way, and may be displayed only during the hours the property is open for inspection. Portable off-site directional signs placed within the county right-of-way are prohibited and may be removed and disposed of by county personnel without notice, and any sign in violation may be removed without notice. Practically, this means homeowners advertising a garage sale should keep any sign on their own private property, out of the public right-of-way and out of medians and traffic islands, and should remove it promptly after the sale. Because there is no garage-sale permit or specific size allowance in the code, the safest approach is an on-site sign on private property.
Placing garage-sale signs in the public right-of-way, on utility poles, in medians, or as prohibited A-frame/portable signs violates Section 5.10.1.I and is enforced by Sacramento County Code Enforcement. Such signs may be removed and disposed of by county personnel without notice, and repeat violations can lead to citations.
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