Sign Regulations in Chelan County, WA (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Chelan County, Washington.
Verified from official government sources
Political Signs
Unincorporated Chelan County exempts political campaign and ballot-measure signs from a sign permit, but caps them at six square feet in residential and resource districts and thirty-two square feet elsewhere. Signs must sit on private property, never in the right-of-way, and come down within fifteen days of the election under County Code Section 11.92.030.
Political Sign Rules in Chelan County, WA
Some RestrictionsChelan County Code § 11.92.030(11)
§ 11.92.030. Exempt signs. ... (11) Political campaign or public issue ballot signs are permitted on any privately owned lot or parcel, excluding right-of-way. Signs are to be removed by the candidate or sponsoring party within fifteen days of the election. For the successful candidate of a primary election, the sign may remain until fifteen days after the final election. For residential and de...
Garage Sale Signs
Unincorporated Chelan County lets residents post yard and garage-sale signs without a permit, but only for up to five consecutive days at a time. Chelan County Code Section 11.92.030(14) requires the posting date to be written on the sign, and bans attaching signs to utility poles, street light poles, downtown canopy poles or traffic-control poles.
Garage Sale Sign Rules in Chelan County
Light RestrictionsChelan County Code § 11.92.030(14)
§ 11.92.030. Exempt signs. ... (14) Yard/garage sale signs used to advertise private sales of used goods may be erected so long as they are not displayed for a period of longer than five consecutive days. The date of posting shall be clearly written on the sign or it shall be removed and discarded. Said signs shall not be affixed to any utility pole, street light pole or standard, canopy poles ...
Digital Billboards
Unincorporated Chelan County bans off-premises billboard signs outright and, outside the county's urban growth areas, also bans changing message center and electronic reader-board signs under Chelan County Code Section 11.92.040. The only carve-out is a small time-and-temperature display in commercial and industrial zones.
Digital Billboard Ban in Chelan County
Heavy RestrictionsChelan County Code §§ 11.92.040, 11.92.090
§ 11.92.040. Prohibited signs. (1) The following signs, as defined herein, are prohibited within all areas of Chelan County: ... (C) Off-premises billboard signs; ... (2) In addition to the above signs, outside of established urban growth areas changing message center or electronic reader-board signs, as defined herein, are prohibited. ... § 11.92.090. Definitions. ... “Billboard sign” is a lar...
Window Signs
In unincorporated Chelan County, wall and window signs are measured together on each building face and sized off a sliding scale in Chelan County Code Section 11.92.060(1)(A): a building face under one hundred square feet is capped at twelve square feet of combined signage, rising toward larger caps and a ten-percent-of-face limit on bigger building faces.
Chelan County Window Sign Size Limits
Some RestrictionsChelan County Code § 11.92.060(1)(A)(iii)
§ 11.92.060. Specific sign regulations. (1) All permitted signs shall comply with one of the following types of structural and/or construction-related requirements: (A) Wall and Window Signs. ... (iii) Each wall and/or window sign, calculated together for any single building face, shall not exceed the figures derived from the following schedule: Building Face Maximum Sign Surface Area Per Build...
All Chelan County ordinances
See every category we cover for Chelan County: parking, noise, fences, fires, animals, pools, and more.
Chelan County Ordinance Hub →