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Plan Commission to draft ordinance clarifying garage‑sale signage rules
Summary
Commission reviewed sign code language after complaints about remote garage‑sale signs and asked staff to draft an ordinance amendment allowing a limited number of off‑premise signs (address/date/owner permission required) and setting removal/enforcement rules.
The New Whiteland Plan Commission discussed complaints about garage-sale signs and directed staff to draft clearer ordinance language allowing limited off-premise signage with conditions.
Commissioners cited confusion in enforcement and inconsistent signage around town. The commission reviewed existing language (ORD 1068, adopted in 2019), which currently permits on-premise garage-sale signs up to 4 square feet one week in advance and removed within 48 hours; coordinated neighborhood sales may place one temporary sign per entrance up to 20 square feet without a permit (SEG 1153–1160, SEG 1168–1176). Commissioners proposed requiring remote signs to display the address and date of the sale, limit the number of remote signs (members suggested a maximum of three), prohibit attachment to telephone poles, and allow an enforcement fine when signs remain past the allowed period.
Staff said it will prepare ordinance language for the next Planning Commission meeting that would specify display timing, maximum size, required content (address and date) and enforcement mechanisms. The commission agreed the town should aim for enforceable, clear rules that balance residents’ ability to advertise neighborhood sales and the town’s interest in limiting off-premise clutter.
