Madera, CA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

04(P) is titled Residential nameplates and permits, without a sign permit, a nameplate not exceeding two square feet in area and limited to one per property. The sign may display only three pieces of information: the name of the premises where it is displayed, the name of the owner or lessee of the premises, and the address of the premises. The provision expressly ties this nameplate category to home occupations, requiring that such nameplates be affixed flush to the building in which any home occupation is located, meaning it cannot project from the wall or stand as a freestanding sign, and it flatly bars illumination of any kind.

03(A), but the two-square-foot cap, the flush-mount requirement and the no-illumination rule are conditions of that exemption rather than optional guidance. A home business operator who wants anything larger, illuminated, or freestanding falls outside this exemption and must instead seek approval as a standard commercial sign subject to the chapter's permit and district-based area limits.