Olmsted County, MN Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 10.02.B.3 limits free-standing signage for a home business to one non-illuminated identifying sign of no more than two square feet, applying on top of the base home-business standards in Section 10.02.A. That cap sits alongside Section 10.02.B.5, which limits the number of business-connected vehicles visible on the property to two, restricted to licensed, operable two-axle, six-tire single-unit vehicles as defined by the Federal Highway Administration, and caps any advertising sign on those vehicles at 40 square feet per side. Because the free-standing sign must be non-illuminated, a home business cannot use spotlights, internal lighting or electronic displays on its yard sign regardless of the two-square-foot size limit; the county's general exterior lighting standards in Section 10.16 also apply to any lighting elsewhere on the property.

These sign limits are separate from and far stricter than the general advertising sign standards in Section 10.46, which govern commercial billboards and directional signs on county roads; a home occupation cannot rely on those larger allowances because it is capped specifically under Section 10.02.B.3.