High Point, NC Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

5(H), Home Occupation, allows a resident to run a business from a residential dwelling as an accessory use, and subsection 11 is the sign standard: the home occupation is allowed 1 wall sign up to a maximum of 4 square feet, and such wall signs may not be illuminated. That single sentence is the entire sign allowance for a home occupation; unlike a freestanding business, a home occupation gets no ground sign, no window sign allotment, and no exemption to add a second attached sign.

The 4-square-foot cap and no-illumination rule sit inside a broader package of standards meant to keep a home business invisible from the street: the operation cannot occupy more than 25 percent of the dwelling's gross floor area (subsection 1), cannot change the dwelling's exterior appearance (subsection 4), and cannot display products, materials, or equipment outdoors (subsection 6). 5(H)(11) cap even in a business or mixed-use zoning district if the underlying use is still classified as a home occupation. The rule applies uniformly to home occupations across all of High Point's city limits, spanning Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth counties, since the Development Ordinance is a single citywide instrument administered by the Planning and Development Director regardless of which county a parcel sits in.