Reading, PA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Posting window
- 3 days before sale
- Removal deadline
- 24 hours after sale ends
- Required content
- Address and sale date
- Size limit
- 30 in. by 24 in.
- First-violation fine
- $10 per sign
Summary
Reading allows yard and garage sale signs on utility poles only three days before the sale, requires the address and date on the sign, and demands removal within 24 hours after it ends.
No yard or garage sale sign which does not include the address and date of the sale may be posted.
§ 485-204. Duration of posting.
A. Political signs may not be posted to a utility pole or streetlight standard earlier than 45 days prior to an election. Such signs shall be removed within seven days following the election.
B. Special event signs may not be affixed to a utility pole or streetlight standard earlier than 30 days prior to the event advertised. Such signs shall be removed within seven days following the event. In cases where a special event sign lists more than one event, the sign shall be removed within seven days following the last event listed.
C. Yard or garage sale signs may not be affixed to a utility pole or streetlight standard earlier than three days prior to the sale advertised. Such signs shall be removed within 24 hours following the close of the sale.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-8: Current through August 10, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 485, Part 2 (Roadside and Utility Pole Signs), adopted 2001 and amended in 2010, treats yard and garage sale signs as a category of regulated temporary sign. A sign may not be posted without listing the sale's address and date, may not go up on a utility pole or streetlight standard more than three days before the sale, and must come down within 24 hours after it closes. Signs may not be nailed or glued to poles, attached to trees, posted on City property, or block sidewalks; the sponsor must register with the Codes Office.
Violations & Fines
Unpermitted signs may be removed by Public Works; a violation is a summary offense carrying a $10 fine per sign for the first violation and $5 per sign for each additional day, under § 485-213.
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