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

045(B)(4), that sets the frequency and duration limits for garage sales in residential zoning districts. The rule draws a sharp line: signs advertising a garage sale can never be placed on public property, and the code lists specific examples the City treats as public property for this purpose, including utility poles, street name signs, traffic signs, trees, and walls. That list is not exhaustive ('including, but not limited to'), which gives code enforcement room to cite other public fixtures used for the same purpose, such as light poles or bus stop shelters.

Beyond the placement ban, the ordinance imposes a daily removal duty on the permittee: any advertising sign that was legally placed, meaning on private property with the owner's consent, must be taken down each day at or before the end of that day's garage sale activity. That daily takedown requirement means a permittee cannot simply post a sign at the start of a three-day sale and leave it up continuously; it has to come down and, if desired, go back up each day the sale runs.

Because this sign rule sits inside the permit conditions rather than a standalone sign ordinance, a violation is also a violation of the garage sale permit itself, giving the City two separate enforcement paths: general code enforcement against the illegally placed sign, and permit-based consequences against the seller who was issued the underlying garage sale permit.