Meridian, ID Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- New off-premises billboards
- not permitted citywide
- Existing billboards
- nonconforming, grandfathered only
- Flashing/strobing digital signs
- banned citywide
- Electronic changeable-copy dwell time
- as low as 8 seconds
- Code violation penalty
- misdemeanor, daily separate offense
Summary
Every off-premises billboard in Meridian is classified nonconforming, so no new ones can be permitted, and any sign that strobes, flashes, or revolves, including digital billboard displays, is separately banned citywide under the sign code.
Nonconforming signs. Nonconforming signs are subject to the provisions of section 11-1B-6, "nonconforming sign", of this title, in addition to this article. All existing off-premises outdoor advertising signs within the city are nonconforming due to dimensional and/or locational standards.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
Meridian City Code § 11-3D-2 makes every existing off-premises outdoor advertising sign nonconforming 'due to dimensional and/or locational standards,' and § 11-3D-4 blocks any sign 'not specifically allowed by this article': off-premises billboards aren't among the sign types the article authorizes, so no new ones can be permitted. Digital billboard displays face an added citywide bar: § 11-3D-4 also prohibits any sign with strobing, revolving, or flashing lights. On-premises electronic changeable-copy signs are allowed instead, but only with fixed-display dwell times as short as eight seconds between changes, set out in § 11-3D-8.
Violations & Fines
Erecting an unauthorized off-premises sign violates § 11-3D-3 and § 11-3D-4; the city can order removal, and general Code violations under § 1-2-1 are misdemeanors, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense.
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