Glendale, AZ Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 35.3.204(H)(1) of the Glendale Code of Ordinances lists the conditions a Home Occupation (Class I) must meet to operate by right in a residential district, and subsection (f) is unambiguous: the business must have "no signs or other exterior evidence of its existence." That sits alongside a requirement that the business stay clearly incidental to residential use, with storage capped at 5 percent of total floor area, and that it maintain a valid City sales tax and business license under subsection (g). A separate accessory use, Child Care, Home under Section 35.3.204(G)(3), states plainly that "no signage for advertising or notification of use shall be permitted on or off the site," an even broader bar since it reaches signage placed away from the property, such as directional signs on a neighboring street.

Because the sign ban is one of the conditions that defines the by-right Class I tier, a home business that posts a yard sign, window sign or vehicle-mounted advertisement loses its Class I eligibility and falls into the Home Occupation (Class II) category under Section 35.3.204(H)(2), which requires a conditional use permit reviewed by the Planning Commission rather than automatic approval. The Planning Commission can, through that permit process, consider limited exterior identification, but nothing in the Class I standard allows any sign, window display or vehicle wrap advertising the business from the property.