Rochester Hills, MI Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 138-4.413(A) required conditions include, at item 6, a flat rule: signs are not permitted for a home occupation, other than signs already allowed on vehicles under § 138-10.308. Unlike the traffic or employee-count conditions, this provision draws no distinction by district, business type or sign size; it is a total prohibition with a single carved-out exception for vehicle signage that is separately regulated elsewhere in the Zoning Ordinance. The rule sits alongside item 7's broader directive that all home occupation activity stay in keeping with the residential nature of the surrounding neighborhood, underscoring that the sign ban exists specifically to keep home-based businesses invisible from the street. Because home occupations are only permitted in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 and RE districts in the first place, the no-sign rule applies uniformly across every residential zoning district in the City where a home business can legally operate, with the same enforcement path as the rest of § 138-4.413.