Clark County, IN Outdoor Lighting: Billboard Lighting (2026)

46 governs outdoor advertising displays, off-premises signs and billboards across unincorporated Clark County. Subsection (D) lists six prohibitions tied to illumination and placement together: a display cannot sit over a street, highway right-of-way or sidewalk; it cannot be placed or illuminated so that it interferes with, obstructs the view of, or could be confused with traffic or railroad signs and signals, or so that its lighting disturbs the quiet enjoyment of neighboring property or creates a traffic hazard as determined by the responsible governmental agency; it cannot use lights resembling danger or emergency lights; it cannot flash, move or use intermittent lighting except white; it cannot use rotating or revolving beams; and it cannot be placed or project nearer than 50 feet to a street or highway right-of-way line.

Read together, steady white illumination is the only lighting style the code leaves open for a billboard face. Billboards are separately barred outright from C1, A1, PUD and residential districts, and where they are allowed (B2, B3, M1, M2, M3), the county caps the number and total square footage per street frontage. 46(C)(3) and can order an owner to remove, alter or repair a noncompliant or nonfunctional display within 60 days, with removal at the owner's expense if the deadline is missed.