Sign Regulations in Bessemer, AL (2026)
2 verified sign regulations for Bessemer, Alabama, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Garage Sale Signs
Bessemer limits garage, rummage and yard sale signs to six square feet, bans illuminated or animated signs, and only allows them up starting one day before the sale and coming down the day after it ends, under City Code Section 22-118. No sign advertising such a sale may go on public property at all.
Bessemer Garage Sale Sign Rules
Some RestrictionsBessemer Code of Ordinances § 22-118
(a)No yard sign having an area of more than six square feet shall be permitted, nor shall any illuminated or animated sign be displayed. No sign shall be displayed prior to one day before the date of the sale, and all such signs shall be removed no later than the day next following the last day of such sale.(b)No advertisement of any garage or rummage or yard sale shall be permitted on public p...
Digital Billboards
Bessemer's zoning code bans flashing or moving-light signs citywide, but Sec. 11.8 carves out an exception for electronic message signs: they need special-exception approval from the zoning board of adjustment, are limited to non-residential districts, and a lot may carry only one changeable or electronic message sign.
Bessemer Digital Sign and Billboard Rules
Significant RestrictionsBessemer Code of Ordinances, Appendix B (Zoning) § 11.8(10)-(11)
(10)No sign shall display flashing, intermittent, rotating, or moving lights, or lights of changing degrees of intensity, which are visible from the right-of-way of a public street or highway, or from any other vehicular travel way open to the public. An exception is an electronic message which may be allowed in all non-residential districts upon approval by the zoning board of adjustments.(11)...
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