Garage Sale Permits

The City of Colleyville does not require that a permit be obtained for a residential garage sale.

Commercial garage sales are considered a special event and therefore will require a Special Event Permit obtained through the Building Inspection Department.  Please allow five (5) to seven (7) business days for this review process.

Garage sales are permitted for not more than 10 days per year, per premises.

Garage Sale Signs

The purpose of a garage sale sign is to announce the sale of household possessions.  The City of Colleyville's Land Development Code, Chapter 7 - Sign Regulations addresses garage sale signs.

A garage sale sign shall be located only on the premises where the garage sale is being conducted and where there is an existing residential use.  The maximum area, height, spacing and setbacks of a garage sale sign shall conform to the specifications contained in Table 7-5 and shall comply with the following additional regulations:

• Duration: A garage sale sign shall not be posted more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the beginning of the sale and shall be removed within twenty-four (24) hours following the end of the sale.
• Single-family residential on-premises: One garage sale sign per street frontage shall allowed, but only on the premises where the garage sale is being conducted and where there is an existing residential use.
• Neighborhood-wide garage sales: Two garage sale signs per subdivision entrance shall be allowed for a neighborhood-wide garage sale sponsored by a homeowner's association (HOA).  The garage sale sign may be off-premises from where the actual garage sale is conducted, but the sign shall be located on property, including a street right-of-way, that is within the limits of the homeowner's association.  The HOA must be registered with the Colleyville Code Enforcement Department. 

Signs may include a combination of the following types of signs:

• Advertising flags
• Pennants
• Streamers
• A business tenant may choose one of the following types of sign structures:
  • Flexible banner
  • Stake sign
  • A-frame sign

Not permitted:

• A garage sale sign shall not be illuminated
• Portable signs with changeable message boards
• Signs with flashing or rotating lights
• Inflatable balloons resembling anything other than a traditional hot-air balloon