Lower Paxton, PA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Section 203-1010(A)(2)(a) of the Lower Paxton Township zoning chapter creates the residential sales sign category for garage sales, yard sales, auctions and similar events. A sign can be displayed not more than 10 days before the event and must be removed not more than one day after the event. The Temporary Sign Table repeats the timing as 10 days before to one day after the event and lists 16 square feet per face for an on-premises sign and four square feet per face for an off-premises sign.

No zoning permit is needed. Section 203-1007(A)(5) exempts on-premises residential sales signs from zoning permit requirements, and § 203-1010(A)(1)(c) excludes on-premises residential sale signs from the temporary sign permit rule. Placement is the strict part. Under § 203-1010(A)(1)(a), the only temporary signs permitted in a public right-of-way are traffic control devices and emergency signs, so a sale sign on the grass strip or corner right-of-way is not allowed. Under § 203-1010(A)(1)(b), every other temporary sign must be on private property, and an off-premises sign needs the property owner's written permission and must carry the name, address and telephone number of the person responsible for placing it. All temporary signs must be at least five feet from any adjacent property line, and the table's closing rules allow one sign per street frontage with a maximum of two faces.

Other sign standards apply as well. Section 203-1004(A)(2) bars attaching any sign to a tree, shrub, rock, utility structure or utility pole. Section 203-1004(A)(4) bars any sign at an intersection that obstructs free and clear vision or interferes with a traffic control device. Freestanding temporary signs are limited to 3.5 feet in height within 10 feet of the dedicated right-of-way line, and up to six feet on residential property when set back 10 feet or more. Section 203-1008(C) permits portable signs only as temporary signs, so an A-frame sale sign follows these placement rules.