Pasco, WA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit
- Free, from Finance Office or online
- Max signs per sale
- 4
- Max sign size
- 2 square feet each
- Placement window
- Up to 24 hrs before, down within 24 hrs after
- Address lettering
- 2-inch minimum
Summary
Pasco limits yard sale signs to four per permitted sale, two square feet each, with a legible two-inch address, and requires a free no-fee permit from the Finance Office. Signs cannot go up more than 24 hours before the sale or stay up more than 24 hours after the permit expires.
Yard Sale Signs. (i) Yard sale signs are only allowed for permitted yard sales (no-fee permits may be obtained through the Finance Office or on the City's website). (ii) No yard sale sign shall be placed, affixed, stapled, glued, or taped to any utility pole, subdivision fence, or any public property; ... (iv) Yard sale signs may not be placed more than 24 hours prior to a permitted yard sale and must be removed within 24 hours of permit expiration. (v) A maximum of four yard sale signs is allowed per permitted sale. (vi) Yard sale sign area may not exceed two square feet per sign. (vii) All yard sale signs must have the address of the yard sale event clearly marked in legible, two-inch minimum size lettering.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
030) or that interferes with residential, commercial or industrial property. Signs cannot go up more than 24 hours before the permitted sale and must come down within 24 hours of the permit's expiration. A maximum of four yard sale signs is allowed per permitted sale, each capped at two square feet, and every sign must display the sale address in legible lettering at least two inches tall. Noncompliant or unpermitted signs are subject to seizure by the City. 020's broader 'Temporary Signs' framework, which also covers real estate, political and special-event signage under the same chapter, and which generally limits temporary signs to 30 days of display unless a longer duration is separately authorized.
Violations & Fines
Any person with a repeat violation of the yard sale sign subsection is guilty of an infraction and faces the minimum penalty set under Chapter 3.35 PMC; the City may also elect to route infractions to the Pasco Code Enforcement Board under Chapter 1.45 PMC instead of standard infraction processing, and noncompliant or unpermitted signs are subject to outright seizure by the City.
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