Deltona, FL Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Electronic signs
- automatic dimming required
- Billboards
- interstate frontage only
- Billboard approval
- city commission public hearing
- Governing section
- § 102-4(14)-(15)
Summary
Deltona allows electronic changeable-copy signs only with automatic ambient-light dimming, and restricts billboards to sites directly adjacent to interstate frontage under a discretionary approval process.
(14)Changeable/electronic changeable copy signs are permitted for a permanent sign or copy area and shall be equipped with automatic dimming technology that automatically adjusts for a sign's brightness in direct correlation with ambient light conditions, as applicable.(15)Billboards shall only be permissible using federal highway sighting standards, directly adjacent to/oriented towards the interstate roadway travel-lane frontage, and shall be approved through section 102-11 of this sign code for their dimensions, placement, and lighting standards.(16)Signs may be placed on property only with the written permission of the property owner.(17)Signs shall comport to convenience business security standards in F.S. ch. 812. (Ord. No. 29-2016, § 1, 4-17-2017)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 31 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
The city's sign code permits changeable and electronic changeable-copy signs as part of a permanent sign or copy area, but requires automatic dimming technology that adjusts brightness to ambient light conditions. Billboards are far more restricted: they're only allowed under federal highway sighting standards, must sit directly adjacent to and oriented toward an interstate roadway's travel-lane frontage, and must go through the city's alternative sign approval process, a development review committee review plus a city commission public hearing, before dimensions, placement, and lighting are approved.
Violations & Fines
An electronic sign without required dimming technology, or a billboard sited off interstate frontage or without the section 102-11 approval process, is a non-conforming sign subject to removal at the owner's expense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a business in Deltona put up a digital billboard anywhere?
Are electronic changeable-copy signs allowed on regular business signs?
Sources & Official References
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