Greenwood, IN Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

Under UDO Sec. 10-03-08.K, digital and electronic variable message signs (EVMS) may only be a component of a freestanding, integrated-center or wall sign, and the EVMS portion cannot exceed 40% of the sign's total size (K.9.c). Community Development Services enforces a 125-foot setback from any signalized intersection, measured along the right-of-way from where the intersecting streets' right-of-way lines meet (K.9.d). No EVMS may sit within 300 feet of a residential use, and any EVMS within that 300-foot band must automatically switch off between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily (K.9.e).

Message transitions must fade, dissolve, scroll or travel and take no less than one second and no more than two seconds (K.9.f); true video, motion or the illusion of moving graphics is barred outright (K.9.g), and a malfunctioning EVMS must freeze on one static image, go to a full black screen, or shut off (K.9.h). Portable or temporary EVMS units are prohibited citywide (K.9.i). Separately, K.6 sets hard brightness ceilings for all message center and digital displays: a maximum of 460 foot-candles during daylight and 46 foot-candles from a half hour before sunset to a half hour after sunrise, measured at the sign face at grade within 10 feet, and every unit must carry a light-sensing dimmer that automatically holds those limits as ambient light changes (K.6.b).

Each message must display for a minimum of eight seconds and remain static (K.7). Any sign proposal is filed with the Department of Community Development Services with the Official Fee Schedule permit fee, and a Planning Director denial may be appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals under Indiana law (J).