It’s yard-sale time again, and city code enforcement officer Sean Standley says residents who plan on staging yard sales must obey the ordinance that determines where they can place yard sale signs.

These are the rules regarding yard sales signs:

• A yard-sale sign cannot be posted earlier than 12 p.m. the day prior to the sale, and it must be taken down no later than 12 p.m. the day after the sale.
• A yard-sale sign cannot be placed any closer than 60 feet from where another yard-sale sign is placed.
• A yard-sale sign can be posted only on private property with the consent of the owner.
• In general, a yard-sale sign can be placed no closer than 10 feet from the street pavement.
• Yard-sale signs cannot be larger than 6 square feet in area.

 Standley says he’s collecting signs that are out of compliance.

 “Right now the back of my truck is full of them,” he said. “In particular, the biggest problem seems to with residents putting up yard sale signs on utility poles and street signs – or in other words, the city’s right of way. You need to keep these signs on private property.”