Noblesville, IN Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Section 159.127(C)(10) treats garage sales as a temporary use requiring a Temporary Use Permit, capped at six days per property per calendar year. Once the permit is issued, the city hands the applicant a sticker for the event, and that sticker must go on the temporary sign advertising the sale; the sign itself cannot exceed four square feet. This permit-and-sticker track sits alongside a separate, permit-exempt track for individual sales in Section 159.127(D)(1), where signage instead falls under the general temporary sign standards of Section 159.160 et seq. and no sign permit is required.

Either way, the sign is meant to identify a single, time-limited sale rather than function as ongoing advertising: it has to come down when the sale period ends, consistent with the temporary-use cleanup expectations that apply throughout Section 159.127. Because the sticker is tied to the specific permitted event, a sign displayed without the current sticker, oversized beyond four square feet, or left up after the six-day sale window closes is not a valid garage-sale sign under city rules, regardless of which sales track the resident used to hold the sale.