Sign Regulations in Rockingham County, VA (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Rockingham County, Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Garage Sale Signs
Rockingham County exempts small yard-sale and estate-sale signs from permits: under four square feet, non-illuminated, placed with the property owner's permission, and removed promptly once the sale ends.
Yard/Garage Sale Sign Rules, Rockingham County
Light RestrictionsRockingham County Code § 17-707.03(g)
(g)Non-illuminated signs and posters of less than four (4) square feet in area advertising or providing directions to a residential, civic, or community yard sale, or an estate sale or auction, provided they are located on private property with permission of the property owner(s) and are removed promptly at the end of the event.
Digital Billboards
Rockingham County allows electronic message center signs only by special use permit in agricultural and rural-village districts, and every message must hold for 30 seconds with no scrolling, dissolving, or fading transitions.
Electronic Message Center Sign Rules
Some RestrictionsRockingham County Code § 17-707.04(d)
(d)The following provisions shall apply to electronic message centers:(1)Each message or image shall remain fixed and unchanged for a minimum period of 30 seconds.(2)There shall be no appearance of movement, scrolling, dissolving, or fading in which images or messages "move" or in which part of one message or image appears simultaneously with any part of a second or subsequent one.(3)The illumi...
Window Signs
Business and industrial window signs in Rockingham County are exempt from a sign permit only if they cover no more than 25 percent of the window and are not legible from the street.
Window Sign Coverage Cap, Rockingham County
Light RestrictionsRockingham County Code § 17-707.03(j)
(j)Signs attached directly to the interior or exterior of the windows of business and industrial uses, provided such signs shall not occupy more than twenty-five (25) percent of the total area of the window in which they are displayed and shall not be legible from any street.
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