Maple Grove, MN Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- §§ 24-59(b)(3)-(4), 24-58(o)
- Billboards
- Advertising signs prohibited citywide
- Dynamic display exception
- 1 per residential CUP property
- Brightness cap
- 0.3 footcandle above ambient
Summary
Maple Grove bans off-site advertising billboards and dynamic-display signs outright, allowing electronic message displays only as one small freestanding occupant-ID sign per residential CUP property, with strict brightness and content limits.
(3)Advertising signs. (4)Any sign containing, in whole or part, a dynamic display, except signs solely displaying the time or temperature or similar and except as otherwise expressly allowed under this Code. ... (o)(1)Dynamic display signs may be permitted as part of a freestanding occupant identification sign in residential districts for uses requiring conditional use permits. One such sign will be allowed per property. (2)Signs with dynamic display shall not be located within 100 feet of adjoining residential property lines.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 24-59(b)(3)-(4) prohibits advertising signs and any dynamic-display sign citywide, except for time/temperature displays or as expressly allowed elsewhere in the Code. The sole carve-out is § 24-58(o), which lets a dynamic display appear as part of one freestanding occupant identification sign per property in a residential district holding a conditional use permit. That display cannot sit within 100 feet of adjoining residential lot lines, may cover no more than 50 percent of the allowed sign area, must hold each image for at least 60 seconds with no video, animation, flashing or scrolling text, and must auto-dim to no more than 0.3 footcandle above ambient light.
Violations & Fines
Operating an off-site advertising billboard or an unpermitted dynamic-display sign violates § 24-59(b)(3)-(4) and can lead to removal at the owner's expense or a misdemeanor citation under § 1-13.
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