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Sign Regulations in Buckeye, AZ (2026)

4 verified sign regulations for Buckeye, Arizona, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Garage Sale Signs

Buckeye lets residents post one yard sign per street frontage for a garage sale without a permit, but every portable or temporary sign must come down within 48 hours after the sale ends.

Buckeye Garage Sale Sign Rules

Light Restrictions

Buckeye City Code § 5.12.7.B.1.b, § 5.12.7.B.3.e; Table 5.12-17 (Development Code)

A Temporary Sign Permit is required for all temporary signs...except that banner signs installed for seven days or less and yard sign type II signs are exempt from permitting requirements...Yard sign type II: Max. 1 sign per street frontage...All portable and temporary signs must be removed within 48 hours after the conclusion of the purpose served by the sign.

Holiday Displays

Buckeye exempts temporary seasonal holiday lighting from its exterior lighting code entirely, including the 11 p.m. residential shutoff curfew, as long as each individual lamp produces 200 lumens or less; brighter bulbs must meet standard shielding and curfew rules.

Buckeye Holiday Lighting Rules

Light Restrictions

Buckeye Development Code § 5.11.3(G), (L)(3)

Seasonal lighting decorations in compliance with subsection L.3 below are exempt. ... L.Exempt Lighting. The following types of lighting are exempt from the requirements of this Section...3.Temporary decorative seasonal lighting, provided that individual lamps have a light output of 200 lumens or less.

Digital Billboards

Buckeye caps digital billboards at 0.3 footcandles above ambient light, requires automatic dimming, and forces an 11 p.m.-to-sunrise shutdown, with a hard citywide cap of ten billboards along I-10, SR-85, and future SR-30.

Buckeye Digital Billboard Rules

Significant Restrictions

Buckeye City Code § 5.12.6.E.4, Digital Billboards (Development Code)

No more than a total of ten new digital billboard or non-digital billboard to digital billboard conversions may be approved by the City...on a first-come, first-served basis...The luminance of all digital billboards must not exceed 0.3 footcandles over ambient lighting conditions...all digital billboard light sources must be extinguished from 11:00 p.m. until sunrise.

Window Signs

Buckeye caps permanent window signs at 20% of window area and limits combined permanent-plus-portable window signage to 40%, with interior mounting required on first- and second-story windows only.

Buckeye Window Sign Coverage Limits

Some Restrictions

Buckeye City Code § 5.12.6.C.7, Table 5.12-10, Standards for Window Signs (Development Code)

Permanent window signs - max. 20% of the area of the window on which they are displayed. The combined area of portable and permanent window signs must not exceed 40% of the area of the window on which they are displayed. Painted window signs or perforated vinyl signs are included in this calculation. Excluded from the total allowed sign area for all building-mounted signs. Sign Placement Mus...

Looking for Maricopa County county-wide rules?

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

Sign Regulations in Maricopa County