Loveland, CO Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 18.02.06.01.B.8, one of the general limitations that applies to every home occupation, states that there shall be no exterior activity, or exterior alteration of the home that would in any way indicate that the subject property is being used for a home occupation, meaning no advertising sign, no sign-lit window display, and no exterior sign of any kind for a home business anywhere in Loveland's residential zones. The rule carries a single, narrow carve-out: properties in the Adaptive Re-Use Overlay Zone, covered by Division 18.06.08, Standards for North Cleveland Overlay Zone, may install one sign, but only if it complies with Section 18.04.08.10, Permanent Building Mounted Signs, the UDC's generic standard for permanently mounted building signage.

Outside that overlay, a home occupation operator cannot use a yard sign, window sign, vehicle-mounted sign parked at the residence to advertise the business, or any other exterior marker, even if the business otherwise complies with every other home-occupation standard in Section 18.02.06.01. The prohibition took effect November 20, 2018, and applies equally to minor home occupations (no permit) and major home occupations (business occupancy permit).