Sign Regulations in Craven County, NC (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Craven County, North Carolina.
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Digital Billboards
Craven County bans animated signs outright, including anything with flashing, scintillating, or moving light, but allows changeable-copy signs, such as electronic message boards that swap static panels, provided they meet the county's off-premises sign requirements.
Digital Billboard Rules in Craven County
Significant RestrictionsCraven County Code ch. 41, art. VII, §§ 202(1)-(2), 207(8)
Animation means the movement, or optical illusion of movement, of any part of the sign structure, design or pictorial segment, including the movement of any illumination, or the flashing, scintillating or varying of light intensity. ... Automatic changeable facing sign means a sign, display, or device which changes the message or copy on the sign facing electronically by movement or rotation of...
Freeway-Facing Signs
Off-premises billboards visible from Craven County roads cannot exceed 378 square feet per face or 40 feet in height, must sit roughly half a mile apart, stay clear of schools, parks, intersections, and residential zones, and meet a 10-to-20-foot setback depending on sign size.
Highway-Facing Billboard Rules in Craven County
Some RestrictionsCraven County Code ch. 41, art. VII, § 208(2)(a)-(d)
(a)Size.1.No off-premises signs shall exceed 378 square feet per directional flow of traffic. ( ... b)Height. ... No off-premises sign shall exceed 40 feet in height from crown of the road.(c)Spacing.1.The minimum distance between any two sign structures shall be two 2,500 linear feet on either side of the same street.2.No off-premises sign shall be located within a 200-foot radius of a school,...
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