Temecula, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

050(E). The maximum sign area for each sign is four square feet, and if the sign is freestanding, posted on a stake rather than mounted flat against a structure, the sign structure cannot exceed six feet in height. Timing is tightly controlled: a sign may not be erected more than five days before the sale begins, and it must be taken down before the end of the day the sale ends, so a weekend sale cannot leave signage up into the following week. Illumination of any kind is prohibited, ruling out spotlights, string lights or internally lit sign boards.

28. The section sits alongside other narrowly-drawn exemptions in the same list, including real estate signs and government signs, showing the city's approach is to allow small, temporary, non-illuminated residential signage without a permit while still bounding it tightly by size, height and duration.