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

Garage and yard sale signs in the incorporated City of Whittier are regulated under Whittier Municipal Code Section 18.73.030 (Exceptions - Temporary Directional Signs), part of the city's sign code. Yard sale directional signs - including garage and estate sales - are deemed to satisfy the exception that allows certain temporary signs in the public right-of-way without obtaining a permit. The signs are subject to strict, content-neutral limits: (1) they must be temporary and not permanently affixed (they may be weighed down to avoid blowing into the street); (2) only directional signs are allowed; (3) they may be placed only in landscaped parkways, not on the sidewalk or in the center median; (4) no signs on utility poles, light/traffic poles, traffic signs or street trees; (5) no more than four signs per yard sale at any one time; (6) at least 500 feet must separate signs on the same street directing to the same address; (7) the background sign area must be no larger than three feet by four feet; (8) signs may not exceed five feet in height; and the code further limits illumination, moving parts and obstructions. Yard-sale directional signs may not be placed earlier than the Thursday preceding the sale (and no sooner than 48 hours prior) and must be removed when the sale concludes. Note these public-right-of-way sign rules complement the underlying zoning limit on the sales themselves: garage sales are limited to one per three-month period, two days maximum, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (Sec. 18.10.020(G)). These are city ordinances; unincorporated South/West/East Whittier follow LA County.