Santa Paula, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

The Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance does not create a dedicated garage-sale-sign permit; garage and yard sales themselves are an exempt occasional use under NCZO Sec. 8107-1.11, but the signs advertising them are governed by the general sign provisions in Article 10. Several exemptions in Sec. 8110-3 are relevant. Sec. 8110-3m exempts noncommercial signs (it lists political and 'no trespassing' signs) not exceeding 2 square feet in area on any lot. Sec. 8110-3f exempts private traffic/directional signs not exceeding 4 square feet, with one permitted per entrance to the lot to direct traffic on the same property. Sec. 8110-3d exempts signs not visible beyond the boundaries of the lot or from any public right-of-way. Importantly, Sec. 8110-4a prohibits sandwich-board, A-frame and portable freestanding signs, and Sec. 8110-7 requires that temporary signs be removed within ten days following the event they serve. Political-sign location rules in Sec. 8110-6.8.3 also illustrate the County's broad prohibition on attaching any sign to telephone poles, lampposts, trees, fences, hydrants, curbstones, sidewalks or other structures in the public right-of-way. The practical effect: a small on-site garage-sale sign within the property is generally fine, but off-site directional garage-sale signs staked in the public right-of-way or on utility poles are not authorized and may be removed by the County.