Under Waukesha County zoning, a home occupation may display a nameplate no larger than three square feet. Larger business or advertising signs are not permitted for a home occupation in a residential district.
Section (6)(A) of the county zoning's permitted accessory uses limits home-occupation signage: no nameplate exceeding three square feet in area is permitted. This keeps home businesses low-profile in residential neighborhoods. Separately, a general property nameplate or trespass sign up to six square feet (twenty square feet on parcels over 35 acres) is allowed for any owner or occupant, but the home-occupation nameplate itself is capped at three square feet. Because a home occupation may not conduct retail or wholesale business on the premises, larger commercial signage is not authorized. Cities and villages set their own sign rules.
A home-occupation nameplate over three square feet, or a commercial sign, is a zoning/sign-code violation subject to removal and forfeitures.
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