Hillsborough County, FL Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Sec. 6.11.48 is the home-based business section of the Hillsborough County Land Development Code, adopted by Ord. No. 21-41 effective October 28, 2021. Paragraph H is a single sentence: signs for the home-based business shall comply with the requirements of this Code. Nothing in the section creates a separate sign allowance, so the Hillsborough County Sign Regulations in Article VII (Sec. 7.00.01) supply the numbers. Paragraph A puts the business on residentially zoned property developed with a dwelling, which means the residential column of the sign rules is the one that applies.

Sec. 7.03.00.A permits building signs in all zoning districts except residentially zoned districts, so a wall sign on the house or garage is off the table. Sec. 7.03.00.C.3.a allows each residential dwelling one ground sign not exceeding six square feet of Aggregate Sign Area and not exceeding six feet in height. The same paragraph adds that it does not permit a sign if private restrictions prohibit or restrict the display of signs, so a deed restriction or homeowners association covenant can shut the sign down even when the County rule allows it. Sec. 7.03.00.C.1.b requires ground signs to sit at least ten feet from the right-of-way line and ten feet from any side yard property line.

Sec. 7.01.00.C exempts signs of six square feet or less, except bench signs, from the permit requirements of Sec. 7.07.01. A sign at the residential limit therefore needs no sign permit, although it must still meet every other Sign Regulation. The surrounding paragraphs of Sec. 6.11.48 reinforce the low profile: paragraph F requires the property to stay consistent with the surrounding residential uses as viewed from the street, and paragraph G keeps walk-up retail transactions inside the dwelling. The section's opening text also ties the no-zoning-permit status to operating in compliance with every listed requirement, signs included.