Skip to main content
CityRuleLookup

Sign Regulations in Bossier City, LA (2026)

3 verified sign regulations for Bossier City, Louisiana, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Political Signs

Bossier City caps political yard signs at nine square feet in residential districts other than R-A under UDC Section 8.2.2.I, keeps every one of them out of the public right-of-way, and puts a clock on the campaign season: signs cannot go up earlier than 90 days before an election and must come down within 14 days after it, with no permit needed if the sign meets those limits.

Bossier City Political Sign Rules

Some Restrictions

Bossier City Unified Development Code, Appendix A § 8.2.2.I

I.Political signs, which identify and urge citizens to support a particular candidate, political party, election issue, or non-commercial public cause. Such signs shall be limited to nine square feet in size in the R-districts, excluding the R-A district. All political signs shall be outside any public right-of-way. Political signs shall be placed out no earlier than 90 days prior to said elect...

Digital Billboards

Digital billboards, called Electronic Message Centers under UDC Section 9.10, are allowed in Bossier City only in nonresidential zoning districts unless separately approved as a residential message center; the display cannot animate, blink, chase, or flash, each message must hold for at least 8 seconds, and a new EMC is approved only if the owner agrees in writing to remove existing off-premise signage worth double the new sign's face area.

Bossier City Digital Billboard EMC Rules

Significant Restrictions

Bossier City Unified Development Code, Appendix A § 9.10

Sec. 9.10 - Electronic Message Center ("EMC"). An Electronic Message Center (also may be known as a "Digital Sign") that uses computer-generated messages or some other electronic means of changing the display face of the sign as defined in Sec. 18 shall be allowed only on signs that are in nonresidential zoning districts or are approved and permitted in residentially zoned districts under Sec. ...

Freeway-Facing Signs

A sign in Bossier City that faces an interstate or raised expressway and sits within 400 feet of the right-of-way can rise to 75 feet under UDC Section 8.3.2.B, well above the 45-foot cap that applies to ordinary on-premises signs, and it is also allowed twice the sign area a standard freestanding sign gets under Section 8.3.1, recognizing that drivers see these signs from farther away at highway speed.

Bossier City Freeway-Facing Sign Height Rules

Some Restrictions

Bossier City Unified Development Code, Appendix A § 8.3.2.B

8.3.2Sign Height.A.On-premises advertising signs shall not exceed the maximum building height of the zoning district it is located in or 45', whichever is less. Sign height is defined as the vertical distance between the highest part of the sign and the ground level at its supports.B.Signs oriented toward an interstate highway or raised expressway and located on property no further than 400' fr...

Looking for Bossier Parish county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Bossier City city rules.

Sign Regulations in Bossier Parish →