Sign Regulations in Mobile, AL (2026)

Mobile City Code § 64-4-14(B)

Political campaign signs. Signs announcing candidates seeking public office or relating to any election of public referendum shall be permitted in all districts subject to the following provisions:1.Such signs are confined wholly to placement on private property.2.Such signs are removed within seven (7) days after the election or referendum for which they were prepared has been decided.3.Such s...

Mobile City Code § 54-123

Temporary signs are allowed in the city rights-of-way only between the hours of 4:00 p.m. Friday to 8:00 a.m. Monday, subject to the following conditions and limitations: (1) Any temporary sign present in the rights-of-way other than at these hours, is subject to removal and disposal by the city.

Mobile City Code § 64-4-14(L)(6)

(a) All off-premise electronic or digital signs shall be programmed so that the message or image on the sign changes no more often than once every eight (8) seconds. (b) ...shall be programmed so that there are no effects of movement, blinking, animation, scrolling, flashing or similar effects in the individual images. ... (j) No off-premise electronic or digital sign shall be located less than...

Mobile City Code § 64-4-14(K)(2)(g)

(g)Commercial and industrial districts. Permits are required for all allowed signs and must conform to the following criteria:(1)Minimum setbacks. All signs and sign structures must be located at least eighteen (18) inches from right-of-way or ten (10) feet from any side property line if adjacent to property zoned R-1, single-family residential, or R-2, two-family residential.(2)Building sites ...