Floyd County, GA Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Electronic message change limit
- 12 times per minute
- Rotating sign limit
- 5 revolutions per minute
- Billboard max face area
- 400 square feet
- Billboard max height
- 40 feet
- Billboard spacing
- 1,000 ft from another billboard
- Billboard highway distance
- within 660 ft of state/US highway
Summary
Digital and electronic message signage in unincorporated Floyd County is regulated through the general sign prohibitions, not a standalone billboard chapter. Section 5.2.2(i)(1) of the Unified Land Development Code bans animated signs outright but carves out electronic message boards, letting them change their displayed message no more than 12 times per minute.
(1)Animated Sign: A sign with action, motion, changing colors, flashing lights, or moving characters. Such signs may require electrical energy, but shall also include wind-activated devices including, but not limited to, spinners, aerial devices, and other attention-getting devices. This prohibition does not include rotating signs that revolve no faster than 5 revolutions per minute or electronic message boards that change messages no more often that 12 times per minute.
Full Breakdown
2, bars any 'Animated Sign,' defined broadly as a sign with action, motion, changing colors, flashing lights, or moving characters, and the definition sweeps in electrically powered displays as well as wind-activated devices like spinners and aerial attention-getters. Subsection (i)(1) then draws the digital-sign exception directly into that same ban: an electronic message board is allowed to change its message, but only up to 12 times per minute, and a rotating sign is allowed only if it revolves no faster than 5 revolutions per minute.
numbered highway, capped at 400 square feet of face area and 40 feet in height, spaced at least 1,000 feet from any other billboard. 2 apply to all signs viewed from a public right-of-way, a billboard that incorporates a digital message component still has to fit within the 12-changes-per-minute limit for electronic message boards; the code does not carve out a separate, looser digital standard for billboards specifically. 1(a)(3).
Violations & Fines
A sign, including a billboard, that changes its displayed message faster than 12 times per minute or otherwise functions as a prohibited animated sign under Section 5.2.2(i)(1) is a code violation the Rome-Floyd County Building Inspections Department enforces, and it can order the display reprogrammed to comply or the sign removed. Operating an electronic sign without the required UL label is a separate violation under Section 5.3.1(a)(3).
Frequently Asked Questions
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