Irvington, NJ Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Section 478-28, in Chapter 478's garage sales article, is a single, self-contained sign rule: no advertising or directional sign for a garage sale may be posted anywhere but the applicant's own premises, meaning telephone poles, neighboring lawns and street medians are off-limits. The sign itself cannot exceed two feet by two feet, ruling out oversized banners or plywood boards. Timing is tightly bracketed on both ends: nothing can go up earlier than one week before the licensed sale date, and whatever goes up must come down within 24 hours after the sale has terminated, so a Saturday-Sunday sale's signage has to be gone by Monday evening.

The sign rule sits inside the same article that requires a garage sales license under Section 478-23 and limits any one location to two sales a year under Section 478-24, so a sign posted for an unlicensed or over-frequent sale compounds the underlying licensing violation. Enforcement runs through the License Clerk and the Public Safety Department under Section 478-31, the same officials who administer the license itself, and either can act on a complaint or their own observation.