Hialeah, FL Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

Sec. 74-149 governs freestanding and wall-mounted LED signs used to advertise an on-site business, not off-site billboards, which the code regulates separately under Sec. 74-150 and 74-151. Freestanding and LED wall signs are geographically confined to three commercial corridors: West 49 Street between West 4 and West 20 Avenues, West 16 Avenue between Okeechobee Road and West 49 Street, and the north side of Okeechobee Road between West 16 and West 20 Avenues; indoor LED window signs face no such geographic limit. Outside a window sign, an LED sign is only allowed on industrial or commercial zoned property with at least 100 feet of frontage, may only advertise the business located on that property, and must sit at least 300 feet from any residential-zoned property line.

5 feet for a curved top), a pylon sign at 120 square feet with a 20-foot structure height and a 15-foot cap on the display itself, and a wall sign at the same area and height allowed for wall signs in the HDUC district. Every display must carry an ambient-light sensor that automatically dims or brightens with natural light, freeze on a single image within one hour of a reported malfunction, and hold each message static for at least eight seconds, with no more than two seconds to transition and no animation or scrolling effects.

Building and electrical permits are required for every LED sign except indoor window signs, and any sign facing a state road needs the state department of transportation's written consent before the city will issue its permit.