Glynn County, GA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 608.1(f) of the Glynn County Zoning Ordinance is the sign rule buried inside the home occupation operational conditions: a home business 'is not visibly evident from outside the dwelling except for one non-illuminated sign one square foot or smaller in size and mounted against a wall of the principal building.' That one-square-foot ceiling is far tighter than the signage allowed to a standalone commercial use, reflecting the ordinance's broader requirement that a home occupation 'produce no alteration or change in the character or exterior appearance of the principal building' under Section 608.1(c). The sign cannot be illuminated, cannot stand freely in the yard, and must be mounted flat against a wall of the house itself rather than an accessory building, garage, or fence.

Because the home occupation category covers everything from a Family Day Care Home to a home-based consulting practice, the one-square-foot sign cap applies uniformly across those uses in any residential zoning district, R-6 through RE, VR, and the manufactured-home equivalents. It sits apart from Article VIII's general sign regulations, which set much larger allowances (six to 24 square feet) for real estate, subdivision, and political signs in residential districts; a home occupation sign is not one of those categories and stays bound to the Section 608.1(f) one-foot standard regardless of what Article VIII would otherwise permit on the same lot.