Port Townsend, WA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Consistent with Chapter 17.56 PTMC, home occupations are allowed one sign, which shall be no larger than three square feet in size, without illumination, and mounted flat to either the principal or accessory structure.

4. Government buildings, schools, and churches are allowed one identification sign not to exceed 16 square feet and one reader-board sign not to exceed 24 square feet. If the property includes an intersection of two public rights-of-way, two monument signs are allowed, but together both signs are not to exceed 16 square feet total sign area.

5. One nonilluminated bulletin board not larger than 12 square feet in area is allowed for each public, charitable or religious institution when the same is erected on the premises of the institution. Such bulletin board is not included in the determination of allowable sign area, and no sign permit is required.

B. Maximum sign height is five feet.

C. Freestanding Signs.

1. Permanent freestanding signs must be monument signs or pole signs mounted on two poles placed at the outermost sides of the sign face;

2. Temporary yard signs may be displayed for up to 15 days in a calendar year and may be mounted on a single pole or stake. Exceptions:

a. Garage or rummage sale signs pursuant to Article IV of this chapter, special category signs;

b. Real estate and political signs pursuant to PTMC 17.76.040;