Upland, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Signs allowed
- 1 per sale
- Maximum sign size
- 2 feet by 2 feet
- Location limit
- On sale property only, not right-of-way
- Display period
- Duration of sale only
- Governing section
- UMC § 5.20.070(A)(6)
Summary
Upland allows just one on-site yard sale sign, capped at two feet by two feet, and it must come down once the sale ends. No sign may sit in the public right-of-way.
Signage is limited to one sign posted on the property where the sale is held during the duration of the sale only. The sign may not exceed two feet by two feet in size and may not be placed in the public right-of-way.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
070(A)(6), signage for a permitted yard sale is limited to one sign posted on the property where the sale is held, and only for the duration of the sale itself; the sign must be removed once the sale is over. The sign may not exceed two feet by two feet in size. The section additionally bars placement of the sign in the public right-of-way, and subsection (A)(7) separately bars placing any goods in the public right-of-way during the sale. , an off-site directional sign, a second on-site sign, or an oversized sign at a yard sale is a permit violation, not merely a sign-code technicality.
15 of the zoning ordinance, which govern permanent and temporary business signage citywide; the yard sale sign limit applies only to the one-sign, one-location allowance tied to a yard sale permit and does not authorize directional signs at other locations pointing toward the sale.
Violations & Fines
Posting more than one yard sale sign, posting a sign larger than two feet by two feet, placing a sign in the public right-of-way, or leaving the sign up after the sale ends violates Section 5.20.070(A)(6). Because the sign condition is part of the yard sale permit itself, a violation can jeopardize the permit issued by the finance department in addition to any sign-removal order.
Frequently Asked Questions
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