Howard County's sign code has no special garage-sale sign category. Signs placed in County rights-of-way or attached to utility poles or trees are prohibited and may be removed. A garage-sale sign on your own private property follows the single-family residential sign standards.
The Howard County sign code, Title 3, Subtitle 5, does not create a garage-sale or yard-sale sign allowance. Under Section 3.505, prohibited signs include those placed on a County right-of-way (except signs specifically permitted under Section 3.505A) and signs posted or attached to utility poles or trees. That means the common practice of stapling garage-sale signs to poles or planting them on median strips is not allowed, and the county may remove and discard them. A sign advertising a sale on the homeowner's own private property is treated under the residential sign standards, which generally limit small on-premises residential signs. Off-premises directional signs in the public right-of-way are permitted only in the narrow categories listed in Section 3.505A.
Garage-sale signs in the public right-of-way or fastened to utility poles or trees are prohibited signs that the county may remove and discard, and repeat violations may draw penalties.
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