Collierville, TN Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

The rule sits in § 151.174, Signs Prohibited in All Zoning Districts, and the section opens by saying the listed signs shall be prohibited and may neither be erected nor maintained. Division (V) reads: home occupation signs, with an exception for those required by state law. The sign subchapter applies within all zoning districts under § 151.172, so the ban follows the home business wherever it is permitted. The section was last amended by Ord. 2023-09, passed 5-13-24.

The definition in § 151.171 sets the reach. A SIGN, HOME OCCUPATION is a sign erected for the purpose of identifying an allowed home occupation. The word allowed matters: a home occupation that is permitted under the zoning chapter still cannot post an identifying sign of its own. Collierville sorts home occupations into two types under § 151.025(D)(8), and the performance standards table in that division was read for sign limits. It prints no sign allowance for either type, so the prohibition in § 151.174(V) stands alone.

Other prohibitions in the same list can apply to a home business owner. Signs on natural features such as trees (T), trailer signs (U), parked-vehicle signs (M), snipe signs (W), and portable signs (J) are all prohibited as well. Signs erected in a public right-of-way or on public property are prohibited under (A), and hand held signs displayed within the public right-of-way are prohibited under (AA).

The exemptions in § 151.175 are narrow. Decals, numbers, names, addresses, hours, credit information and the like attached to doors or windows are exempt only when they occupy a total area of one square foot or less (§ 151.175(G)). Flags attached to residential structures in residential zones are exempt (§ 151.175(D)).

The Department of Development Services enforces the sign subchapter, and the Development Director may enter premises at reasonable times on presentation of credentials (§ 151.182(A)).