No Plymouth County sign rule exists. Each town's zoning bylaw caps home-business signs, and the common limit for a home occupation is a single non-illuminated sign of about one to two square feet mounted flat on the house.
Sign control lives in the municipal zoning bylaw, not with the county, which regulates nothing. Under a typical Plymouth County home-occupation provision a resident may display one small identification sign, usually one or two square feet, unlit, and attached to the dwelling rather than freestanding. Larger, illuminated, or freestanding signs require a special permit or are barred outright in residential districts. Brockton enforces its city sign ordinance; Plymouth, Marshfield, Hingham and the other towns each set their own dimensions. A sign within a state highway layout also falls under MassDOT control.
An oversized or unpermitted home-business sign brings a zoning citation from the building inspector, an order to remove it, and daily fines until it comes down.
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Plymouth County, MA
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