Garage-sale signs are temporary signs in St. Joseph County, up to 24 square feet per frontage and two per lot in residential districts under Zoning Ordinance §154.379, with small 2-square-foot signs exempt from any permit.
On your own residential lot a yard-sale sign follows the county's temporary-sign limits: a non-illuminated sign up to 2 square feet is exempt (§154.373(G)), and a larger temporary event sign may reach 24 square feet per frontage and 6 feet tall, two signs maximum (§154.379). The common trap is placement off your property, signs staked in the public road right-of-way are prohibited and county crews remove them. South Bend and Mishawaka apply their own sign codes inside city limits, and both bar signs on utility poles and rights-of-way. Take event signs down promptly after the sale.
Signs in the public right-of-way are prohibited and removed by the county or city. Oversized or excess signs on private property violate the zoning sign rules and draw civil penalties.
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