Grand Junction, CO Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Grand Junction keeps home business signage minimal to preserve residential character. GJMC § 21.04.040(e)(2)(iii)(C)(k), Home Occupation Signage, allows only a nameplate not exceeding two square feet containing only the name of the resident, title of the person conducting a permitted home occupation, name of building, business name and/or name of agent. Unlike commercial signage elsewhere in the zoning code, this nameplate faces no setback or height restriction of its own within the section; the Code says only that it may be located anywhere on the property, giving the operator flexibility on placement, whether that's mounted on the house, a fence, or a freestanding post, so long as the two-square-foot area cap and the limited content list are respected.

The signage rule sits inside the broader Requirements and Restrictions for home occupations, which the Director can otherwise waive; nothing in the record singles out signage as waivable, so the two-square-foot cap functions as a firm limit rather than a starting point for negotiation. Because the nameplate can only carry the resident's name, the permitted operator's title, the building name, the business name, or an agent's name, it cannot function as advertising for products, prices, or hours the way a commercial business sign would, keeping the visual footprint of a home-based business consistent with a normal residential mailbox or house-number sign rather than a storefront.