Edison, NJ Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Electronic/digital displays
- Prohibited
- Change frequency
- Once per day, manual only
- Zone allowed
- L-I Light Industrial only
- Video/animation/scrolling
- Banned
Summary
Edison Township bars off-premise billboards from carrying electronic, digital, or automatically changing images: they're limited to manual changeable copy that can be swapped no more than once per day.
Electronic Changeable Copy or Imagery. No billboard or portion thereof shall have any electronic, digital, or other animated characteristics resulting in an automatically changing depiction.
4. Electronic Imagery. No sign shall give the illusion of movement, display video or other changing imagery, automatically change, or be animated, flashing, scrolling or blinking.
5. The message and/or graphic content displayed on the billboard shall not be changed more than once per day.
6. Message Sequencing. Message sequencing is prohibited.
7. Moving Vehicles. Off-premise advertising signs shall not be permitted on moving vehicles.
8. Interactive. Interactive signs shall not be permitted. Electronic or animated signs that react to the behavior or electronic signals of motor vehicle drivers are prohibited.
9. Additional Restrictions. No off-premise sign or portion thereof shall rotate, move, produce noise or smoke, steam, visible vapors or particles.
k. Construction and Maintenance.
1. Certification by Engineer. All plans for off-premises signs shall be certified by a licensed engineer registered in New Jersey.
2. Construction. All off-premises advertising signs shall be structurally sound and maintained in good condition and in compliance with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
3.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4904708; v19 updated 2026-03-25; through 03-25-2026).
Full Breakdown
Under § 37-62.12.j.3-4 of the Edison Township Code, billboards, permitted only in the L-I Light Industrial zone, can't use any electronic, digital, or animated feature that automatically changes what's displayed, and can't show video, illusion of movement, flashing, scrolling, or sequenced messages. The only allowed update mechanism is manual changeable copy, and even that can't be swapped more than once per day under § 37-62.12.j.5, effectively ruling out true digital billboards township-wide.
Violations & Fines
Billboard and sign violations under Chapter 37 can bring fines up to $1,250 per sign, up to 90 days in jail or community service, with added fines for repeat offenses.
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