Bellflower, CA Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- CUP required
- digital displays on pylon/pole/monument signs
- Major Pylon cap
- 50 sf, 25 ft height
- Canopy signs
- digital displays banned outright
- Gas price displays
- exempt from CUP (§17.68.560)
Summary
Bellflower requires a Conditional Use Permit before adding a digital display to a Major Pylon, Minor Pylon, Pole, or Monument freestanding sign, and bars digital displays on canopy signs entirely.
Major Pylon 1 sign per separate street frontage of 150 ft. or greater per parcel. 50 sf. Max. height of 25 ft. ... Can be illuminated. Changeable copy signs are allowed. Digital displays require a Conditional Use Permit. Max. 1 freestanding sign per separate street frontage.
Full Breakdown
The City's freestanding-sign standards table (§ 17.68.480, Table 480-4) allows changeable-copy signs by right on pylon, pole, and monument signs but adds that "digital displays require a Conditional Use Permit" for each of those sign types, meaning electronic message boards need discretionary Planning Commission approval, not just a standard sign permit. Canopy signs get no such path: the table flatly states changeable copy and digital displays "are not allowed." A narrow carve-out elsewhere in the same chapter lets gas stations run digital displays limited to fuel prices without extra review.
Violations & Fines
Installing or operating a digital freestanding sign without an approved Conditional Use Permit is a zoning violation; the City can issue a correction notice, pursue administrative fines under Chapter 1.12, and require the display removed or de-energized until permitted.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I add a digital display to my monument sign in Bellflower?
Are digital gas-station price signs allowed?
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