Mobile County does not regulate home-business signs in unincorporated areas. No county sign permit, size cap, or setback applies to a sign at your house. HOA deed restrictions and Alabama DOT rules for signs near state highways are the only limits.
Because the county cannot zone, it has adopted no sign ordinance governing home occupations outside city limits. A yard or window sign advertising a home business needs no county permit and meets no county size or lighting standard. Private deed restrictions frequently ban or limit business signage and are enforced by the HOA in civil court. A sign placed within a state highway right-of-way falls under Alabama Department of Transportation control. Cities such as Mobile and Saraland enforce their own sign codes inside their limits.
No county sign citations exist in unincorporated areas. An HOA can sue to force removal of a prohibited sign, and ALDOT can remove a sign unlawfully placed in a state highway right-of-way.
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