Vanderburgh County, IN Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

040(A)(2)(e) of the County Zoning Code sets the sign allowance for a home occupation operated as an accessory use in the R-1 Residential district: a maximum two square-foot sign that denotes the name and title of the resident(s) only, and the sign must be flush-mounted on the residence itself. That rules out pole signs, yard signs, sandwich boards, or anything mounted away from the house wall, and it limits the sign's content to identifying who lives and works there rather than advertising products, prices, or services.

060(A)(2), so the two square-foot flush-mounted limit applies across the county's core residential zones, not just R-1. 040(A)(2): the business must stay inside the dwelling, cannot exceed 25 percent of the floor area, cannot have an outside entrance built for it, and cannot display goods visible from outside, so the sign is the only exterior signal a home-based business is allowed to show the street. Because Title 17 is the County Zoning Code administered by the joint Evansville-Vanderburgh Area Plan Commission, this two square-foot limit governs unincorporated Vanderburgh County; a home business inside Evansville's city limits falls under the parallel city sign standards in the city's own zoning title.