Hollywood, FL Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Citywide billboard cap
- 15 structures total
- Max billboard size
- 14 ft by 48 ft
- Location restriction
- Limited-access arterial roads only
- Electronic message centers
- Prohibited sign type, § 8.6.B.9
- Off-premises signs
- Prohibited, § 8.6.B.2
Summary
Hollywood caps billboards citywide at 15 static structures on arterial roads, and separately bans electronic message centers and running lights as a sign type. Between the hard count cap and the electronic-display ban, no new digital billboards can be permitted anywhere in the city.
No more than 15 billboards are permitted in the city. They shall only be located along limited access arterial roadways, limited in size to 14 feet by 48 feet, and supported by a single pole. Such signs shall be exempt from non-conforming provisions in Article 3. This section shall not be interpreted to require removal of off-premise signs within the scope of F.S. § 70.20.
Full Breakdown
Article 8 of Hollywood's Zoning and Land Development Regulations defines a SIGN, BILLBOARD as a permanent off-premises changeable copy sign or sign structure erected primarily to advertise a product, service or entertainment sold at a different location, and separately defines SIGN, AUTOMATIC CHANGEABLE COPY as an electronically or electrically controlled message center or readerboard whose copy changes at intervals. D sets a hard citywide ceiling: no more than 15 billboards are permitted in Hollywood, they must sit along limited-access arterial roadways only, be capped at 14 feet by 48 feet, and be supported by a single pole; those 15 are exempted from the nonconforming-sign removal rules in Article 3 so they can stay in place.
A). Because a digital or electronic billboard is both an off-premises sign and an electronic message center, it is barred twice over: it cannot be one of the 15 grandfathered static billboard structures, and electronic message center technology is separately banned as a sign type citywide. 2, with a 30-day decision window and a right to appeal a denial to the City Commission within 30 days.
Violations & Fines
Installing an off-premises billboard beyond the 15-structure cap, or converting any sign into an electronic message center, running-light display, or animated/flashing display, violates §§ 8.5.D and 8.6.B; the Chief Building Official may initiate removal proceedings for a sign erected or maintained without a permit, and illegal nonconforming signs must be removed before any new sign permit issues.
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