Wheaton City Council Sets New Rules for Garage Sales

Submission by the city of Wheaton

The Wheaton City Council passed an ordinance setting parameters for holding a garage sale in Wheaton.

The new ordinance prohibits holding more than two garage sales per year at a single address, and each sale must not last more than two consecutive days. Garage sales must not take place before 8 a.m. or after 5 p.m. and can’t be in the public right-of-way.

Residents holding a garage sale can place one sign on the site of the sale, but not in the right-of-way, and it must be 3 square feet or less.

Two directional signs of the same size are allowed on other private property as long as the resident has received permission to place the signs there. Signs can’t be placed more than two days before the sale, and they must be removed on the final day of the sale.

These restrictions are intended to preserve the character of residential neighborhoods.