Idaho Falls, ID Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Spacing
- 750 ft from any other billboard
- Residential buffer
- 500 ft from residential zones
- River buffer
- 750 ft from Snake River/Riverwalk
- Static hold
- Message static minimum 8 seconds
- Dimming
- Photocell dimmer required at night
Summary
Idaho Falls bars new billboards within 750 feet of another billboard, the Snake River corridor, or a historic property, and within 500 feet of a residential zone; LED/tri-vision faces can't show motion or flashing.
BILLBOARD SIGNS:
(A) No billboard sign may installed within the following locations:
(1) Within a seven hundred and fifty foot (750') radius from any other billboard sign.
(2) Within seven hundred and fifty feet (750') of the nearest boundary of the Snake River, the Riverwalk, and land owned by the City of Idaho Falls contiguous with the Snake River.
(3) Within seven hundred and fifty feet (750') from properties or districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS 351
(4) Within five hundred feet (500') from any residential zone.
(C) Stacking or side-by-side billboards are not allowed.
(D) Billboards shall only be used for off-premise signs.
(E) LED and Tri-vision billboards must adhere to the following regulations:
(1) Billboards shall not include any illumination or image which moves continuously, appears to be in motion, or has any moving or animated parts, or video displays, or broadcasts. No such sign shall include any illumination which is flashing or moving.
(2) The message or image must remain static for a minimum of eight (8) seconds.
(3) An automated change of message or image must be accomplished within two (2) seconds or less and contain a default design that will freeze the sign face in one (1)
Full Breakdown
Idaho Falls City Code Section 7-9-49 restricts where billboards, including LED and tri-vision digital billboards, may go: none within 750 feet of another billboard, 750 feet of the Snake River, Riverwalk, or City land along the river, 750 feet of a National Register historic property, or 500 feet of a residential zone. Stacked or side-by-side billboards are barred, and billboards may carry only off-premise messages. Digital faces under subsection (E) may not show motion, animation, video, or flashing, must hold each message static at least eight seconds, must change images within two seconds, and must run a photocell dimmer at night.
Violations & Fines
Siting a billboard inside the 750-ft or 500-ft buffers, stacking billboards, or running moving, flashing, or non-static digital images violates City Code Section 7-9-49 and can bring permit denial or a compliance order.
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