Colorado Springs allows a home occupation only one sign - identifying the home occupation, no larger than two (2) square feet in area, attached to the dwelling, and with no illumination. A second unilluminated placard up to two square feet is permitted at the point of sale for cottage foods in compliance with Colorado Revised Statutes 25-4-1614(3)(c).
City Code section 7.5.1503.C governs home occupation signage. No sign may be used other than one identifying the home occupation; that sign may not exceed two (2) square feet in area, must be attached to the dwelling, and there shall be no illumination of the sign. The code adds a narrow exception: an unilluminated placard, sign, or card not over two (2) square feet, in compliance with Colorado Revised Statutes 25-4-1614(3)(c), may be displayed at the point of sale for cottage foods permitted under subsection M of the same section. That state statute - the Colorado Cottage Foods Act - requires a producer to conspicuously display a placard at the point of sale stating that the product was produced in a home kitchen not subject to state licensure or inspection. The City's Home Occupation Permit page reiterates that a sign no greater than two square feet is permitted, must be attached to the home, may only identify the home occupation, and cannot be illuminated in any way.
A home occupation sign larger than two square feet, not attached to the dwelling, illuminated, or advertising anything beyond the home occupation violates 7.5.1503.C; this is a permit-standard failure that makes the home occupation unlawful under 7.5.1502 and is enforced as a zoning/sign violation by City code enforcement.
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