Allen County permits yard and garage sales on residential properties up to three times a year, up to three days each. Garage sales are exempt from the outdoor-display prohibition. Temporary signs must be set back 5 feet from lot lines and may not be mounted on a fence.
Under the Allen County Zoning Ordinance, outdoor display on residential property is prohibited except for yard and garage sales, which may be held up to three times in a calendar year for up to three days per sale. The ordinance's temporary-sign standards (A.C.C. 3-4-9) require all temporary signs to be set back 5 feet from the lot line and prohibit mounting any temporary sign on a fence. There is no separate garage-sale-sign category, so signs advertising a permitted sale are treated as temporary signs and must observe those placement rules and come down promptly after the sale ends.
Holding sales beyond the three-per-year, three-day limit, or posting temporary signs in the right-of-way or on fences, is a zoning violation enforced by the Department of Planning Services with correction notices and fines.
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