Sign Regulations in Alpharetta, GA (2026)
2 verified sign regulations for Alpharetta, Georgia, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Digital Billboards
Alpharetta's Unified Development Code defines any LED, LCD or tri-vision sign that changes message electronically as an 'electronic sign,' then bans animated signs, flashing signs, intensely lighted signs, and variable message boards used for anything other than traffic management in every zoning district, effectively prohibiting digital billboards citywide.
Alpharetta Bans Animated and Electronic Signs
Heavy RestrictionsAlpharetta Unified Development Code §§ 2.6.3, 2.6.8
Electronic sign. Any sign, or portion of a sign, whose message may be changed at intervals by electronic process or by remote control, including signs such as a tri-vision sign, LCD sign or LED sign. ... 4.Animated signs, flashing signs, and intensely lighted signs. ... 6.Variable message boards used for purposes other than traffic management.
Window Signs
Alpharetta's Unified Development Code bans window signs that, in the aggregate, cover more than 20 percent of a storefront's window area or otherwise fail to meet the sign ordinance's standards. Compliant window signs are exempt from the City's sign-permit requirement.
Alpharetta Caps Window Signs at 20 Percent
Some RestrictionsAlpharetta Unified Development Code § 2.6.8
8.Window signs which, in aggregate, exceed 20% of the window area or otherwise fail to meet the standards of this Ordinance.
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