San Clemente, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

84, Sign Regulations, lists 'Garage Sale Signs' as their own sign type: one per site, maximum 4 square feet, no height limit specified, and no sign permit required. ' That second line matters because many other temporary sign types in the same matrix, such as open house signs, expressly permit off-site directional placement; garage sale signs get no such allowance, so a sign posted at a nearby intersection or on a neighbor's lawn to direct traffic to the sale is not authorized under this entry.

030 defines a 'garage sale sign' simply as a temporary sign for the purpose of advertising a garage sale, which keeps the category narrow rather than folding in yard-sale, moving-sale or estate-sale variants under a broader banner unless they otherwise fit the same definition. Because the sign is exempt from permitting, there is no application fee or review step, but the size and one-day removal window are not discretionary: they are the fixed standard printed in the matrix and apply the same regardless of how the sale is advertised elsewhere.