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

unless otherwise provided for in this subsection," and no more specific garage-sale category is carved out elsewhere in the sign article. Under that default standard, a temporary sign may not exceed the roofline of the nearest building, and never more than thirty feet in height, and its area is capped at 300 square feet. It is allowed in every zone, needs no sign permit, may stay up for a maximum of thirty days, and cannot be illuminated or use reflective paint or fluorescent colors. A temporary sign, including a garage-sale sign, may go up on private property only with the owner's permission, and the property owner or an authorized representative may remove it if it was posted without consent.

4550 addresses who answers for a garage-sale sign specifically: in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the owner, or the lessee if the property is leased, of the property holding a yard or garage sale is presumed to be the person responsible for posting a sign that promotes it. That presumption matters for enforcement: if a garage-sale sign turns up in violation, for example placed in the public right-of-way, the City can serve the property owner directly with a written notice of the violation and 30 days to comply before issuing a citation. 4560, separate from the standard 30-day compliance notice.