Clark County, IN Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

Section 156.46(D), the off-premises sign and billboard ordinance that applies across unincorporated Clark County, lists prohibited features for any outdoor advertising display, including at (4): "Flashing, moving or intermittent lights except white." The same subsection also bars lights resembling danger or emergency signals, rotating or revolving beams, placement within 50 feet of a right-of-way line, and any display whose illumination would interfere with traffic or the quiet enjoyment of adjacent property. Billboards are further restricted to the B2, B3, M1, M2 and M3 districts under § 156.46(E), with a total area cap of 300 square feet in B2, 700 in B3 and 1,000 in the M districts, and they are barred entirely from the C1, A1, PUD and residential districts.

A stricter, absolute ban applies inside the I-265 Corridor Overlay District near the future I-265 extension: § 156.32(D) prohibits "Billboards and off-site/outdoor advertising" at (3) and separately bans "Electronic message boards and/or signs with flashing, moving, rotating or intermittent lights, or animated messages" at (12), regardless of the underlying zoning district, because the overlay's restrictions take precedence over the base district rules per § 156.32(A)(1).