Sign Regulations in Fitchburg, WI (2026)
3 verified sign regulations for Fitchburg, Wisconsin, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Political Signs
Fitchburg, Wisconsin exempts campaign yard signs from its sign permit system but still caps them at 11 square feet in residential districts and bars electrical, mechanical, or audio attachments, all under Dane County's Fitchburg City Code Section 26-4(7), the political signs and posters exemption in Chapter 26's sign ordinance.
Fitchburg, WI Political Sign Rules
Some RestrictionsFitchburg City Code § 26-4(7)
(7)Political signs and posters. Any public election or referenda sign may be displayed during an election campaign period. In a residential district such signs may not exceed 11 square feet. A political sign may not have an electrical, mechanical or audio auxiliary which is determined to be a public nuisance under city ordinance chapter 14, pertaining to offenses against public policy. No polit...
Holiday Displays
Fitchburg exempts decorative holiday displays from its sign code, but only for a set window: up to 30 days a year tied to a holiday, commemorative day, civic festival or fair. Leave a display up past that window and it loses its exemption and must meet the chapter's ordinary sign standards.
Fitchburg, WI Holiday Sign Display Limit
Light RestrictionsFitchburg City Code § 26-4(5)
(5)Decorative holiday signs. Except as provided in section 26-85, any sign in the nature of a decoration, incidentally and customarily associated with any national, state or local holiday or commemorative day; or any civic festival, fair or similar gathering for a period of not more than 30 days in any year, provided such sign shall not differ substantially from the requirements set forth in th...
Digital Billboards
Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans flashing, alternating, rotating, or swinging signs citywide, allowing only narrow exceptions for on-site time and temperature displays, on-site LED fuel-price signs, and small electronic drive-thru menu boards approved by conditional use permit, under Dane County's Fitchburg City Code Section 26-83.
Fitchburg, WI Electronic Sign Rules
Significant RestrictionsFitchburg City Code § 26-83(a)
(a)No flashing, alternating, rotating, or swinging sign, operated by mechanical means or wind drive, whether illuminated or not, is permitted except on-site time and temperature signs, on-site LED motor vehicle fuel pricing signs, and electronic drive-thru menu board signs of 20 square feet or less and where content is not visible from a public street, may be permitted by issuance of a conditio...
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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Fitchburg city rules.
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