Port St. Lucie, FL Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Yes, from code compliance division
- Max sale length
- 3 consecutive days per permit
- Sales per residence/year
- 3, unless home sold or newly rented
- Sign rule
- Permit must show on the on-premises sign
- Estate sale fee
- $100.00 flat fee
Summary
Port St. Lucie requires a code compliance permit before any garage sale, and that permit itself doubles as the sign: it must be prominently displayed on the on-premises garage sale sign for the sale to be lawful. Sales are capped at three consecutive days and three permits per residence per year.
No person shall conduct a garage sale in the City without first completing and filing an application with the code compliance division and receiving a permit to conduct said sale.(2)No more than three (3) garage sale licenses shall be issued to any one residence within any calendar year, unless said residence has been sold or newly rented within that time.(3)No permit shall be issue for more than three (3) consecutive days and said permit shall be prominently displayed upon the on-premises garage sale sign.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 103).
Full Breakdown
Under Sec. 219(A), nobody may conduct a garage sale in the city without first filing an application with the code compliance division and receiving a permit. No more than three garage sale permits go to any one residence in a calendar year, unless the home has since sold or been newly rented, which resets the count. " The code's own cross-reference sends readers to Sec. 03(I) for further garage-sale sign specifications, but that subsection is printed as Reserved in the current sign chapter, meaning the on-permit display rule in Sec.
219(A)(3) is the operative signage requirement rather than a separate freestanding sign-size table. A related but distinct process covers estate sales: Sec. 219(B) requires a code compliance division permit for those too, capped at three consecutive days, with a $100 fee that bundles registration, a free listing on the city website, the city TV channel, and the e-newsletter, and bars bringing in outside merchandise before or during the sale. Because garage sale permitting sits inside the zoning code (Chapter 158), enforcement runs through the zoning penalty provision rather than a stand-alone sign fine.
Violations & Fines
Conducting a garage sale without the code compliance division permit, exceeding the three-consecutive-day window, or failing to display the permit on the on-premises sign is punished under Sec. 158.999 by reference to the general penalty in Sec. 10.99: $50 for a first offense, $200 for a second if paid uncontested within 30 days, up to $500 plus court costs if contested, and a second-degree misdemeanor for a third or later offense. Each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense.
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Sources & Official References
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