Pawtucket, RI Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Added to the Municipal Code on October 8, 1991 by Ch. No. 2223, § 329-5 sits directly beneath Pawtucket's two-sale-per-year garage sale limit and closes the loophole of sale signs lingering on poles, lawns and street corners after a sale ends. " The 48-hour clock starts when the sale itself is finished, not when it started, so a weekend sale ending Sunday afternoon must have its signs down by Tuesday afternoon. The section does not distinguish between signs on the seller's own property and signs posted elsewhere in the city, such as at intersections or utility poles directing traffic to the sale; all such signage falls under the same 48-hour window.

Enforcement is per sign and per day rather than a single flat fine, so a resident who leaves three signs up two days past the deadline is exposed to multiple violations, not one. The Office of Zoning and Code Enforcement, which administers most of Pawtucket's property-condition ordinances, is the practical enforcement point for uncollected signage complaints, since the signs typically sit on public rights-of-way or private yards within its inspection territory.