Pittsburgh, PA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Home Occupation Signs. Signs required by licensing requirements:

1. Shall not exceed four (4) square feet in face area;

2. Shall be limited to one (1) sign for each principal entrance;

3. May be attached to a wall of the building and shall not project more than twelve (12) inches therefrom or may be situated as a pole sign not extending more than ten (10) feet from the top of the sign to the grade beneath the sign and shall be setback at least five (5) feet from any lot line when such space is unoccupied by building;

4. Shall be nonilluminated.

M. Business Signs and Identification Signs. Business signs or identification signs (other than the miscellaneous signs described in Section 919.03.A through Section 919.03.L, and Section 919.03.N) shall be allowed in accordance with the following standards.

1. General.

(a) Ground signs shall be situated on the zoning lot, shall not extend beyond any street line or lot line and shall not extend above the height limit of the respective zoning district, unless otherwise designated;

(b) The face area of signs shall not exceed a vertical measurement of twenty (20) feet;

(c)