City to crack down on Illegal yard-sale signs

The City of Maricopa is tackling illegal yard-sale signs.

Staff is asking for a change in the Zoning Code that would ban directional signage to garage sales and yard sales. Currently, the code allows up to four directional signs in residential areas to announce sales at homes. Though signs are already banned on utility and traffic-control poles, the City has ongoing problems with directional signs being posted there.

The Planning & Zoning Commission will discuss the issue at its Monday meeting.

According to the staff report, “As part of the city’s overall beautification effort, the proposed text amendment is intended to mitigate and deter off-site and illegal signage placement within city roadways, which in most cases endangers the public due to the improper installation. Code Enforcement officers are regularly removing yard sale type signage from utility poles, traffic signs and sight visibility triangles.”

Instead, the City wants to draw yard-salers to a new online map tool it is creating. There, residents will be able to list their sales for free.

The issue is scheduled to go before city council in September.