Livonia, MI Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Signs allowed
- 1 per sale
- Max sign size
- 6 square feet
- Lighting
- no illumination allowed
- Placement
- on sale premises only
- Public property
- no signs on trees/poles/ROW
Summary
Livonia allows only one sign per garage sale, capped at six square feet and unlit except by ambient street or house light, and it must sit on the sale property itself. Signs can never be nailed, screwed, wired or otherwise attached to a tree, traffic-control device, or any public land or right-of-way.
A.One (1) sign may be erected advertising such sale on the premises of the sale during the period of such sale.B.Such sign shall not be in excess of six (6) square feet, and shall not be illuminated in any manner whatsoever except incidentally by streetlights or house lights.C.Under no circumstances shall any signs be attached to or located on any tree or traffic-control device or on any public land or right-of-way, either by nail, screw, wire, cord or by any manner whatsoever.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 64 | Zoning: Supplement 3).
Full Breakdown
33. Only one sign is permitted per sale, and it may be erected only on the premises where the sale is taking place, during the period the sale permit is valid. The sign cannot exceed six square feet, and it cannot be illuminated in any manner except incidentally by nearby streetlights or house lights, meaning no internal or dedicated sign lighting is allowed. The section separately bars attaching any sign, by nail, screw, wire, cord or any other manner, to a tree, a traffic-control device, or any public land or right-of-way, which rules out the common practice of stapling directional garage-sale signs to utility poles or street signs at nearby intersections.
050 requires the underlying sale permit to be displayed in a window visible from the street before any sale, including its signage, is lawful. 140, can order noncompliant off-site directional signs removed as unlawful encroachments on public right-of-way.
Violations & Fines
Posting more than one sign, exceeding the six-square-foot limit, illuminating a sign, or attaching a sign to a tree, traffic-control device or public right-of-way is a misdemeanor under the citywide penalty in Section 1.12.010, up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail; the city can also remove an unlawfully placed sign from public property.
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