Sign Regulations in St. Johns County, FL (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida.
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Political Signs
St. Johns County allows political signs on residential property as temporary signs. Land Development Code §7.02.02 permits up to two temporary signs per parcel, 6 square feet each, with no permit and no content or election-timing limit.
St. Johns County Political Sign Regulations
Some RestrictionsSt. Johns County LDC §7.02.02
There is no limit on the number of separate Messages that may appear on the allowable surfaces(s) of any Temporary Sign.
Digital Billboards
St. Johns County effectively bars digital billboards: LDC § 7.01.03 bans flashing or animated lighting on any billboard face outright. What the code allows instead is a narrow on-premise device, the Automatic Changeable Message Device, permitted only as a ground sign on nonresidential property and tightly capped in size, brightness and how often it can change.
St. Johns County Digital Sign Rules
Significant RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 7.02.04 (Automatic Changeable Message Devices)
Automatic Changeable Message Devices shall be allowable only on an on-premise ground sign in a nonresidential project and shall count towards the maximum allowable ADA. All such signs shall be subject to the following conditions, which may not be waived or varied: 1. The sign or portion of the sign that is an automatic changeable message device shall not be greater than forty percent (40%) of t...
Window Signs
St. Johns County caps window signs at 25 percent of the window or door area under LDC § 7.02.06. Window signs must be legible only from the premises or from inside the business, cannot be used for Commercial Messages, and need no Sign Permit, unlike most other permanent signs in the county.
St. Johns County Window Sign Rules
Light RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 7.02.06
Window Signs shall be legible only from the Premises on which they are located or from inside the Business. Window Signs shall not be used for Commercial Messages and shall not cover more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of any window or door. A Sign Permit is not required for a Window Sign.
Freeway-Facing Signs
Nonresidential sites near an interstate interchange in St. Johns County can add one extra pole sign for freeway visibility under LDC § 7.02.05. Size and height scale with distance from the ramp: up to 120 feet tall and 300 square feet within 500 feet of the interchange, or 85 feet tall and 250 square feet out to a half mile.
St. Johns County Interstate Sign Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 7.02.05
Sec. 7.02.05 On-Premise Permanent Signs - Interstate The following standards, criteria and provisions shall apply to all On-premise Permanent Signs throughout the County on all Commercial and Industrial zoned sites located within the interstate system interchanges, as described below. Standard Allowance Each Business Site or Non-Residential PUD shall be allowed Signage in compliance with Sectio...
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