Fort Lauderdale, FL Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Article V of Chapter 23 governs garage, yard and other occasional sales, and its sign provision is short: Sec. 23-121 states that 'all signs for sales regulated by this article shall comply with section 25-24 - Temporary Signs.' Rather than setting its own size or placement limits for a garage-sale sign, the city folds it into the broader temporary-sign framework that also covers real estate, election and builder signs. Section 25-24(a) defines a temporary sign as one 'not permanently affixed or installed, which display[s] a message that is temporary in nature and relates to a specific location, event, or occurrence,' and it states plainly that 'temporary signs do not require a permit or permit fee.'

That general framework matters because it controls where a garage-sale sign can legally sit: Sec. 23-120, in the same article, already requires that all merchandise at the sale be displayed only on private property, never on a public right-of-way or swale, and a seller who wants a sign directing traffic to the sale should expect the same private-property, no-permit treatment rather than a separate garage-sale-specific size or duration limit. Any violation of the article, including a noncompliant sign, is punished under Sec. 23-124 as provided in Sec. 1-6 of the Code.