Eugene, OR Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Signs per occupation
- 1 non-illuminated sign
- Signs per dwelling
- Maximum of 2
- Sign size cap
- 1½ square feet per sign
- Mounting requirement
- Attached to dwelling or accessory structure
- Governing section
- EC 9.5350(2)
Summary
A Eugene home occupation is limited to one non-illuminated sign, capped at a maximum of two signs per dwelling and 1½ square feet of surface area per sign, under EC 9.5350(2). The sign has to be attached to the dwelling or the home occupation structure itself, not freestanding.
(2) There shall be no more than 1 non-illuminated sign permitted per each home occupation with a maximum limit of 2 signs per dwelling, consisting of a maximum of 1½ square feet in surface area per sign. The sign shall be attached to the dwelling or home occupation structure.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 20739, passed June 8, 2026).
Full Breakdown
5350(2) is the specific sign rule inside Eugene's Home Occupation Standards: "There shall be no more than 1 non-illuminated sign permitted per each home occupation with a maximum limit of 2 signs per dwelling, consisting of a maximum of 1½ square feet in surface area per sign. " That means a household running two separate home occupations could have two signs total, one per business, but neither business can post more than its single allotted sign, and none of them can be illuminated or freestanding.
5350(3), which otherwise bars any activity or display visible from outside the dwelling: the sign is the one carved-out exception to that rule. 5100 uses the identical 1½-square-foot cap for its own wall sign, so the home occupation sign allowance matches the smallest residential-zone sign category the land use code recognizes. 5350(2) and is treated as a land use code violation.
Violations & Fines
A home occupation sign that's illuminated, freestanding, larger than 1½ square feet, or a second sign beyond the EC 9.5350(2) limit is a land use code violation. EC 9.0275(2) makes that punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 per day the violation continues, or up to 100 days in jail, or both, in addition to any administrative penalty under EC 9.0270.
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