Rosenberg prohibits off-premise signs, including garage sale signs placed on utility poles, traffic signs, or in public rights-of-way. Code enforcement actively removes bandit signs and citations can reach up to $2,000.
Under Rosenberg's sign regulations, off-premise signs that advertise an event, business, or service not located on the property where the sign sits are prohibited and deemed illegal. Garage sale signs posted on utility poles, street signs, medians, or other public rights-of-way fall squarely in this category. Code enforcement officers regularly patrol to remove these so-called bandit signs. Residents holding garage sales may post signage only on their own property. The city also limits residents to two garage sales per calendar year by ordinance, with the annual City-Wide Garage Sale event exempted from that count. Violations have been reported as carrying fines up to $2,000 per occurrence.
Posting garage sale, yard sale, or estate sale signs on utility poles, traffic signs, street trees, public rights-of-way, or other off-premise locations violates the sign code. Holding more than two private garage sales in a single calendar year also violates city ordinance.
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