Garage-sale signs follow your city's temporary-sign code, not the county. Carmel requires temporary signs to be only on the property owner's own property and bans placing them on utility poles, streetlights, or public property.
Signs advertising garage, yard, or estate sales are temporary signs regulated by each Hamilton County city under IC 36-7-4, not by county government. Carmel's UDO (Section 5.39) sets a general temporary-sign rule that such signs may be located only on the property owner's own property and may not be placed on any utility pole, streetlight, similar object, or on public property; if the property is leased, the tenant holds that right. Where allowed on your own lot, temporary yard signs may total up to 16 square feet and stand up to six feet, with no permit required, and must sit at least five feet from the street right-of-way. Fishers, Westfield, and Noblesville apply similar rules. Directional signs stuck at intersections
Garage-sale signs posted on utility poles or in the right-of-way may be removed by the city. Off-premises placement or oversize signs are enforced by city code enforcement, typically beginning with removal or a warning.
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