Orangeburg County, SC Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

4, Signs in the Public Right-of-Way, opens with a blanket rule: no sign is allowed in the public right-of-way at all, except six listed categories such as government notices, utility signs, church signs and historical markers. The sixth exception is the one that covers yard sales: directional signs of a temporary nature not to exceed three square feet in area and 24 hours in duration for such events as yard sales, auctions, public gatherings and similar events, provided they are located no closer than 500 feet apart.

That means a resident or neighborhood group can post small directional signs pointing traffic toward a yard sale in the county right-of-way itself, something the Ordinance otherwise prohibits, but only if each sign stays at or under three square feet, comes down within 24 hours of being posted, and is placed no closer than 500 feet from the next directional sign along the same route. 5 for on-property signs like posters and A-frames, which run on 30-day display periods rather than 24 hours. Because the right-of-way is county-maintained property, the Zoning Administrator may treat a noncompliant or overdue directional sign as an unlawful sign in the right-of-way, since it was never a lawful use of that space to begin with.