Alexandria, VA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 7-301(E) is a single, unqualified sentence: no sign shall advertise the presence or conduct of the home occupation. It works together with Section 7-301(G), which bars any exterior evidence at all that the dwelling is being used for anything but residential purposes, and Section 7-301(C), which prohibits any outside display of goods related to the business. Together these three subsections mean an Alexandria home occupation cannot post a yard sign, window sign, or door plaque naming the business, cannot display its products outdoors, and cannot alter the property's exterior appearance in any way that signals commercial activity.

The ban applies uniformly across every home occupation permitted under Section 7-300, regardless of the type of business or the zone the dwelling sits in, and it is not tied to the size, materials, or illumination of a sign, the way commercial sign rules elsewhere in the ordinance are; here, the standard is a flat prohibition rather than a size or lighting limit.