Newark home occupations generally cannot display any exterior commercial signage. The Zoning Code requires that the residence retain its residential character with no visible signs of business activity.
Under Newark's home-occupation standard (Ord. 08-33), no commercial sign visible from any street or adjoining property is permitted as part of a residential home business. This is stricter than the city's general sign code (Ch. 1294, Display Signs and Outdoor Advertising), which authorizes business signs only in commercial and industrial districts. Address numbers and other normal residential identification are not affected. Real estate, political, garage-sale, and contractor signs are governed separately under the temporary-sign provisions of Ch. 1294.
Posting an unauthorized home-business sign is a zoning violation under §698.02 - typically a fourth-degree misdemeanor (up to $250) per day; the city may order removal.
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