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Sign Regulations in North Charleston, SC (2026)

2 verified sign regulations for North Charleston, South Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Digital Billboards

North Charleston bans construction of any new billboard, digital or static, under its zoning code, with narrow relocation rights only into designated billboard plazas along freeways and arterials.

North Charleston Digital Billboard Ban

Heavy Restrictions

North Charleston Code of Ordinances, Appendix A (Zoning Regulations) § 8-2(i)

It is the policy of the city to completely prohibit the construction, erection, or use of any and all new or additional billboards (as defined herein), other than those which legally exist in the city, or for which a valid permit has been issued and has not expired...

Window Signs

In North Charleston's commercial and industrial districts, combined wall and window signage on any building facade can't exceed fifteen percent of that facade's area, under Appendix A, Zoning Regulations Section 8-11(e)(2). The cap applies to wall-plus-window signage together, not window signs alone, across the ON, B-1, B-2, CRD, M-1 and M-2 zones.

North Charleston Window & Wall Sign Coverage Limit

Some Restrictions

North Charleston Code of Ordinances, Appendix A (Zoning Regulations) § 8-11(e)(2)

e.Wall signs and projecting signs: Wall and projecting signs shall be permitted in the B-1, B-2, CRD, M-1 and M-2 zoning districts. Such signs shall be erected in conformance with the following:1)Any use may display wall signs on walls adjacent to each street, highway, expressway or off-street parking area on which it has frontage.2)The aggregate area of the wall signs plus the aggregate area o...

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Sign Regulations in Charleston County