Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Section 108-10.1.F(15) is the garage sale sign rule in the Township Code, listed among the signs permitted in any zone in the Township without a permit. Pathmarking signs for garage sales are allowed provided that not more than two signs not exceeding two square feet in size are posted, that they go up no earlier than one day before the beginning of the sale, and that they are not otherwise prohibited in subsection G. All signs for pathmarking to garage sales must be provided with the address and the date of the garage sale. Subsection F(15) sets the earliest posting time and does not print a separate removal deadline.

The code defines a garage sale in § 108-2.3 as the sale or offering for sale to the general public of items of personal property by the owner or tenant of an improved lot in a residential district, whether within or outside any building.

Subsection G is where most garage sale signs go wrong. Item (14) prohibits signs placed on awnings, trees, fences, utility poles or light poles and signs attached to other signs, and in the same subsection G(15) prohibits any series of two or more signs placed along a street or highway carrying an advertising message, part of which is contained on each sign. Item (12) prohibits A-type signs, sandwich-type signs, sidewalk signs and curb signs. Subsection A(13) adds that no person shall erect a sign on or over any public property or public right-of-way other than traffic directional signs or signs erected by a governmental entity, and A(2) bars any sign located to materially impede the view of any street or intersection.

For contrast, open house event signs are permitted for a 48 hour period under subsection F(18), and temporary signs for public functions or fund-raising events of charitable or religious organizations are allowed for 21 days before and during the event under F(13).