Odessa, TX Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Where allowed
- Only on the lot with the sale
- Right-of-way
- Banned in streets, alleys, easements
- Enforcement
- Nuisance: police may seize and dispose
- Max fine
- $500 for general code violations
- Citation
- City Code §§ 4-9-32, 4-9-33
Summary
Odessa bans garage sale signs on any property but your own and anywhere in the street, alley, or public right-of-way, treating violations as a nuisance subject to police removal.
No person shall place a garage sale sign upon any property other than the lot or parcel of land upon which the sale is being conducted. No person shall place a garage sale sign upon any portion of the street, alley or other public right-of-way or easement (including utility company rights-of-way and easements) nor upon any vehicle, object or structure situated upon or within any such street, alley, right-of-way or easement.
Full Breakdown
City Code § 4-9-32 prohibits placing a garage sale sign anywhere except the lot where the sale is happening: no yards down the block, no utility poles, no street medians. Section 4-9-33 makes any sign found off that lot, in a street, alley, right-of-way, or easement a public nuisance, and any Odessa police officer or other city employee can seize and dispose of it on the spot without notice. Section 4-9-32 also makes the address printed on the sign prima facie proof of who put it up illegally. General violations carry up to a $500 fine under § 1-1-9.
Violations & Fines
Sign is deemed a public nuisance; any Odessa police officer or city employee may seize and dispose of it immediately, and general violations carry fines up to $500 under § 1-1-9.
Frequently Asked Questions
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