Josephine County, OR Outdoor Lighting: Billboard Lighting (2026)

040). 020, sets maximum sign area and height by zone, and its subsection (H) governs illumination for the commercial (RC) and industrial (RI) zones where the code's own sign table allows an "advertising" sign category, up to 150 square feet at 40 feet high in both the RC and RI zones. Subsection (H) permits those illuminated signs but flatly bars flashing or moving parts on the lighting. The chapter treats other sign types differently: home occupation signs may not be illuminated under subsection (I), a bed and breakfast inn sign may be illuminated only from the exterior of the sign under subsection (J), and the same exterior-only rule applies to property identification signs under subsection (K).

010, layers on top of the sign rule for any sign lighting fixture, requiring the light be shielded or hooded so it does not cast upward into the night sky or onto adjacent property. 19, which authorizes written notice, a correction period of up to 30 days, and a fine on conviction of up to $500 for a noncontinuing offense or $1,000 for a continuing one.