Kissimmee, FL Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Change interval
- No more than once every 4 seconds
- Animation/scrolling
- Prohibited outright
- Zoning limit
- Non-residential lots on arterial/collector streets
- Billboard districts
- B-3, HC, IB on Vine St., Turnpike
Summary
Kissimmee limits electronic message-center signs to one change every four seconds with no scrolling or animation, and restricts them to non-residential lots on arterial or collector streets.
Message centers. The message can change by electronic or mechanical means, no more often than once every four seconds, such that an entire message may be read within a single frame. No animation, scrolling or firework patterns that involve a constant motion on the screen shall be permitted. Such signs shall only be allowed in non-residential districts on lots with frontage on streets classified as an arterial or collector in the comprehensive plan.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
Kissimmee's sign code allows electronic message centers, the digital displays used on billboards and business signs, to change only by whole-frame swaps, no more often than once every four seconds, so the entire message reads at once rather than scrolling. Animation, scrolling, and firework-style motion effects are banned outright. The signs are restricted to non-residential zoning districts on lots fronting a street classified as an arterial or collector in the comprehensive plan. Actual off-site billboards carrying a message center still need conditional use approval from the planning advisory board and are confined to the B-3, HC, and IB districts along Vine Street and the Florida Turnpike.
Violations & Fines
A message center that changes faster than every four seconds, scrolls, or animates is a code violation subject to code enforcement citation and can void the sign permit; unpermitted digital billboards are removable as prohibited off-site signs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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