Campbell County, KY Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- §§154.186-154.192, via §154.046(A)(5)
- Permit required
- Before erecting, replacing, or altering any sign
- Permitting authority
- Planning and Zoning Commission
- Noncompliant signs
- Removed by Zoning Administrator, cost billed to owner
- No dedicated sign class
- General zone sign rules apply
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, per day (§154.999)
Summary
Campbell County does not set a separate sign size for home businesses. Section 154.046(A)(5) instead sends home-based business signage to the general sign chapter, §§ 154.186-154.192, which requires a Planning and Zoning Commission permit before any sign goes up.
(A)(5) Signage is subject to §§ 154.186 through 154.192. ... § 154.186(B) No sign shall be erected, maintained, or continued unless it is in full compliance with the regulations for the zone in which it is located, all applicable provisions and regulations of this chapter or any other applicable laws, codes, or ordinances of the county. The Zoning Administrator shall have the duty and authority to remove or cause to have removed any sign not in full compliance with all applicable provisions and regulations of this chapter ... Said owner or agent shall bear full cost of such removal and shall be billed accordingly. § 154.188 No sign shall be erected, except as exempted or specified within this chapter, until all required fees have been paid to the proper authorities or their agents and a permit has been issued for such by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-50: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. O-09-2026, passed 8-5-26; and Res. R-42-26, passed 7-15-26; and State legislation current through KRS Pamphlet 2025).
Full Breakdown
192," the county's general sign regulations, rather than setting a home-business-specific size or type limit. 186(B), no sign of any kind, including one for a home occupation, may be erected, maintained, or continued unless it fully complies with the sign regulations for the zone in which it sits and all other applicable provisions of the chapter; the Zoning Administrator can order removal of a noncompliant sign if the owner does not fix it within the time the Planning and Zoning Commission sets, and bills the removal cost to the owner.
188 requires the owner to pay the required fee and obtain a permit issued by the Planning and Zoning Commission, whether the sign is new, replaced at a new location, or altered or enlarged; simply swapping a damaged sign for an identical one on the same supports does not require a new permit. 189 requires the permit application to go through the Zoning Administrator's office on the county's forms, and any sign not built as represented on that application is treated as a misrepresentation and a violation, giving the owner two weeks' notice to remove or fix it. 046 itself.
Violations & Fines
Erecting or maintaining a home-business sign without the required § 154.188 permit, or one that does not comply with the zone's sign regulations, is a violation of Chapter 154 punishable under § 154.999 as a class B misdemeanor, with each day counted as a separate offense; the Zoning Administrator can also order the noncompliant sign removed and bill the cost to the owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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