Sahuarita, AZ Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

020(H) of the sign ordinance. That subsection treats small on-site identification as exempt from the chapter's normal sign-permit process, not as a licensed sign type, so a home business owner does not file a standalone sign permit for a qualifying sign. The exemption caps the sign at four square feet for each business or entity holding an approved business license, whether home-based or not, and it attaches four conditions. First, the business can have no other on-site signage beyond the exempt sign. Second, no more than three such exempt signs are allowed per property, which matters for a home with more than one home occupation or a live-work parcel.

Third, the sign cannot be illuminated, closing off backlit or internally lit placards that a home business might otherwise want for visibility after dark. Fourth, the sign must sit back from the property line at least as far as the zone's main building setback, though the planning and building director can waive that setback on flag lots or other lots where the main building cannot be seen from the right-of-way. 030(C)(7), which bars any alteration of the property's exterior residential appearance, the sign rule keeps a home occupation's street presence to a single small, unlit placard rather than storefront-style signage.