Rohnert Park, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Max signs per parcel
- 2 (residential zones only)
- Max sign area
- 6 square feet
- Max height
- 4 feet
- Illumination
- Not permitted
- Permit required
- No, exempt under § 17.27.050
Summary
Rohnert Park treats garage sale signs as temporary freestanding noncommercial signs: two per parcel in residential zones, capped at six square feet and four feet tall, and never illuminated. No sign permit is required if the display stays inside those limits.
3.Freestanding Signs. In residential zones only, each parcel is permitted two temporary freestanding noncommercial signs (this includes "garage sales" and similar incidental "for sale" signs typical at a residential address). Such signs may not exceed six square feet in area and four feet in height, and may not be illuminated. Such signs are in addition to all other signage allowed under this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
050(J)(3), "Freestanding Signs," is the operative provision: in residential zones only, each parcel is permitted two temporary freestanding noncommercial signs, and the code expressly names "garage sales" and similar incidental "for sale" signs typical at a residential address as the kind of sign this covers. Those signs cannot exceed six square feet in area or four feet in height, and they may not be illuminated. 27. 050, a garage sale sign meeting these limits does not need a sign permit application filed with the development services department.
040, so a garage sale sign staked in the street parkway or blocking a corner sightline is prohibited even if it meets the size and height caps. 030(B) also requires the consent of the property owner or person in control of the property before any sign, including a garage sale sign, goes up on private property.
Violations & Fines
A garage sale sign that exceeds six square feet, stands taller than four feet, is illuminated, or is planted in the public right-of-way or a vision triangle is an illegal sign under Chapter 17.27. Section 17.27.130 makes any sign chapter violation an infraction under the Chapter 1.16 General Penalty, and the city may also abate it as a public nuisance under Chapter 1.24, with Section 17.27.120 authorizing removal after written notice and a minimum fifteen-day cure period for illegal signs.
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