Coral Gables, FL Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Signs per property
- One sign per property
- Max sign area
- Max 40 square inches
- Max sign height
- Max 6 feet tall
- Permit
- No permit required
- Removal deadline
- Removed within 72 hrs of C.O.
Summary
Professional affiliation signs identifying a home-based practice in Coral Gables single-family and multi-family 1-2 districts are capped at 40 square inches and 6 feet tall, with one sign allowed per property.
Temporary real estate signs, construction signs, and professional affiliation signs, in Single-family, Multi-family 1, and Multi-family 2 Districts. ... Forty (40) square inches. ... Six (6) feet maximum. ... A property owner may erect one (1) temporary real estate sign, temporary construction sign or professional affiliation sign. ... e. All such signs shall be lettered professionally. Sign shall not require permit issuance or Board of Architects approval.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Fee Schedule: Supplement 2 | Zoning Code: Supplement 1 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 25 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Coral Gables Zoning Code treats a home professional's identification sign the same as a temporary construction sign: one per site, capped at 40 square inches, mounted no higher than 6 feet on a 1-by-1-inch or 2-by-2-inch post painted solid white or black with no lettering on the post itself. The sign must sit at least 5 feet back from the front property line unless the house itself is closer, be lettered professionally, and needs no permit or Board of Architects review, but it must come down within 72 hours of the certificate of occupancy.
Violations & Fines
No permit is required, so the city enforces via code compliance if the sign exceeds 40 square inches, exceeds 6 feet, is illuminated, or stays up past the 72-hour removal window.
Frequently Asked Questions
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