Jackson, NJ Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Jackson Township's Land Use and Development Regulations define a home occupation sign in § 244-6 as a sign containing only the name and occupation of a permitted home occupation, which must be affixed directly to the building where the occupation is conducted, may be illuminated only by a shielded indirect light source that is not offensive to surrounding properties, and cannot exceed a total area of two square feet. Section 244-121 separately regulates home occupations as a conditional use available in specified zoning districts, and subsection D of that section restates the sign limit in the context of the broader ban on outdoor business activity, providing that there is no external display of goods or any outdoor activity or advertising on the premises other than a nonilluminated identification sign not to exceed 150 square inches.

Taken together, the two sections cap a home occupation sign at whichever measure governs the specific sign type, and both bar illumination beyond a shielded, non-offensive fixture. The same conditional-use section limits a home occupation to a use conducted entirely within the dwelling or an accessory building, occupying no more than 50% of the gross first-floor area, staffed only by residents of the home, with no external display of goods, no noise audible to neighbors, and no more than one home occupation per dwelling unit.

Home professional offices, a separate category under § 244-122 for a single professional such as an accountant or therapist, carry the identical 150-square-inch nonilluminated sign limit.