Hollywood, FL Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Sign standard
- Must follow Article 8 sign regulations
- Prohibited locations
- Public right-of-way and swale areas
- Governing sections
- §§ 118.02(C), 118.04(B), 118.99(B)
- Enforcement
- Sign may be deemed illegal, removed
Summary
Garage-sale signs in Hollywood must follow the sign standards in Article 8 of the Zoning and Land Development Regulations, and none may go up on public right-of-way or swale strips. The city's garage-sale code specifically warns that signs placed on public property can be deemed illegal.
(C) Signs advertising such a sale shall conform to the city's sign regulations, Article 8 of the Zoning and Land Development Regulations of the city. No sign advertising such sale shall be placed on public right-of-way or swale areas. ... Garage sale signs may be deemed illegal on public property pursuant to Article 8 of the Zoning and Land Development Regulations.
Full Breakdown
Hollywood folds its garage-sale sign rule into Chapter 118 rather than a stand-alone sign ordinance. 02(C), which sets the sale limits, states that signs advertising a garage, lawn, attic, yard or rummage sale must conform to the city's sign regulations under Article 8 of the Zoning and Land Development Regulations, and bars placing any sign advertising the sale on public right-of-way or swale areas, the grassy strip the city maintains between the sidewalk and the curb. 04(B), covering the rules for conducting a sale, repeats the identical restriction, so the same standard governs both when the sale is announced and while it is underway.
27, that covers the rest of the chapter. In practice this means a sign staked in the swale, taped to a utility pole, or nailed to a traffic sign post is treated the same as a sale that overstays its two-day limit: it is subject to removal and to citation under the chapter's civil-infraction penalty.
Violations & Fines
Posting a garage-sale sign on the public right-of-way, a swale strip, or another public property location violates § 118.02(C) and § 118.04(B), and § 118.99(B) expressly authorizes the city to treat such signs as illegal. A Code Enforcement or law enforcement officer can cite the offending sign, and conviction is a civil infraction enforced under § 36.27's citation authority.
Frequently Asked Questions
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