A home occupation in unincorporated Guilford County may have one freestanding identification sign, no more than four square feet in area and four feet in height. No sign permit is required for that sign, and no outside storage or display of business items is allowed.
The Guilford County home-occupation standards limit signage to a single freestanding identification sign with a maximum of four square feet in area and four feet in height, and a sign permit is not required for it. The county also prohibits any outside storage or display of items associated with the home occupation, and no display, stock-in-trade, or commodity sold that was not made on the premises may be shown. These rules apply only to unincorporated land; cities set their own home-business sign rules within their limits.
A home-occupation sign exceeding the size or height limits, or outside storage or display, is a UDO violation enforced by Guilford County Planning & Development through notices of violation and civil penalties under NC Gen. Stat. Chapter 160D.
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