Lancaster, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

240 to include, without limitation, garage sale signs alongside political campaign signs, search lights, real estate signs and seasonal sales signs. 120(B), Temporary Signs, which governs the residential zones. A temporary sign posted for less than 90 days cannot exceed 16 square feet of sign area on one side, or 32 square feet total on a two-sided sign; anyone wanting to keep a sign up longer than 90 days must get a temporary sign permit and stay under 32 square feet per face. Freestanding temporary signs, which covers most yard-mounted garage sale signs, cannot exceed 6 feet in height, cannot be lighted, and cannot be placed on public property, including public rights-of-way, or in a manner that endangers the public.

No temporary sign, garage sale signs included, may stay up more than 90 days without a permit, and every temporary sign must come down within 14 calendar days after the event it advertises ends. Anyone posting a temporary sign, regardless of how long it will be up, must file a statement of responsibility with the planning department identifying who is responsible for removing it; an unremoved sign is deemed abandoned and the city may remove it at the responsible party's cost.