Sign Regulations in Whitfield County, GA (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Whitfield County, Georgia.
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Political Signs
Whitfield County's Unified Sign Ordinance allows political signs in every unincorporated zoning district, but caps their size by district: six square feet in the GA, SA, and R-1 through R-5 districts, 40 square feet in R-6, R-7, C-1, and C-2, and 64 square feet in M-1 and M-2. Election-season signs can go up once a candidate qualifies.
Political Signs in Unincorporated Whitfield County
Some RestrictionsWhitfield County Code § 16-4(6)
(6)Political signs are generally allowed in all zoning districts, in addition to freestanding signs which may be allowed, subject to the following:(a)Political signs which are solely intended to influence a particular election or which promote a particular candidate during the pendency of an election season may be placed upon a lot or parcel as of the date of qualification of such candidate(s),...
Garage Sale Signs
A garage or yard sale sign in unincorporated Whitfield County can go up no more than two days before the sale starts and has to come down no later than the day after the sale ends. Section 16-4(11) also caps the sign at four square feet, the same size ceiling the code sets for a home occupation sign.
Whitfield County Garage Sale Sign Rules
Light RestrictionsWhitfield County Code § 16-4
(11)Garage sale sign. A sign advertising a garage sale (or yard sale) may be erected no more than two days prior to such sale, shall be removed no later than the day after the last day of the sale, and shall not exceed four square feet in area.
Holiday Displays
Whitfield County's sign code exempts holiday decorations entirely from Chapter 16's size, placement, and permit rules for signs. Section 16-2 defines a holiday decoration as a sign or display put up on a seasonal basis for a religious, national, state, or local holiday that is not meant to be permanent, and Section 16-3(3)(c) lists it among the chapter's exempt sign types.
Whitfield County Holiday Decoration Sign Exemption
Few RestrictionsWhitfield County Code § 16-3
(3)Exempt signs. The following types of signs shall be exempt from the restrictions imposed by this chapter:(a)Official signs.(b)Property address signs.(c)Holiday decorations.
Digital Billboards
Whitfield County allows electronic message boards, the code's term for digital or LED sign displays, as the only sign type exempt from the county's blanket ban on flashing lights. Section 16-3 nonetheless bars any electronic message board from residential zoning districts entirely, and every other sign restriction in Chapter 16 (setbacks, permits, sign area) still applies to the digital display itself.
Whitfield County Electronic Message Board Rules
Significant RestrictionsWhitfield County Code § 16-3
(b)No sign, except an electronic message board, shall flash in any manner. ... (k)No electronic message board shall be erected within any residential zoning district, as set forth in the Unified Zoning Ordinance.
Freeway-Facing Signs
Billboards in unincorporated Whitfield County are allowed only along the Interstate I-75 corridor and six named Georgia DOT state routes (SR 2, 3, 52, 71, 201 and 286), and only inside the C-2, M-1 or M-2 zoning districts. On I-75, a billboard must sit within a defined 1,200-foot zone in each interchange quadrant, starting 500 feet past where the ramp widening begins.
Whitfield County Freeway Billboard Rules
Significant RestrictionsWhitfield County Code § 16-4
(2)Billboards (Outdoor Advertising Signs) are permitted only along the Interstate I-75 corridor and Georgia DOT State Routes (SR 2, 3, 52, 71, 201, and 286,) pursuant to the following conditions:(a)Billboards on Interstate I-75 shall be restricted to an area in each entrance/exit quadrant 1,200 feet long beginning 500 feet beyond the point where the pavement begins to widen upon the main travel...
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