Noblesville, IN Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Max digital sign face
- 750 sq ft per side
- Max sign height
- 65 feet
- Placement
- Within 200 ft of I-69 boundary
- Signs per property
- One electronic I-69 sign permitted
- Minimum static hold
- 10 seconds per message
- Prohibited effects
- No flash, scroll, twirl, or fade
- Wall-sign electronic option
- Up to 600 sq ft, 2 frontages
Summary
In the Innovation Mile District's event-center sign standards, a single electronic sign facing I-69 may be built within 200 feet of the boundary adjacent to the interstate. The digital sign face may reach 750 square feet per side, up to 65 feet tall, but its message must hold steady for at least ten seconds and can never flash, scroll, twirl, or fade.
c. Electronic sign - I-69. (i) Permitted within 200 feet of the property boundary adjacent to I-69. One sign of this type is permitted. (ii) Maximum height of 65 feet permitted. (iii) The digital sign faces may be a maximum of 750 square feet per side. Up to 250 square feet may be permitted per side to identify the event center or Innovation Mile. ... (vii) The sign message shall remain stationary for a minimum of ten seconds. (viii) The sign shall not flash, scroll, twirl, change color, fade in or out, have transitional elements between copy changes, or in any manner imitate movement at any time.
Full Breakdown
Section 159.109(K)(7)(b) sets the sign package for the Innovation Mile District's event-center subdistrict, a business and technology corridor abutting I-69 on Noblesville's east side. Beyond the district's standard wall, designation, and ground signs, subsection 2.c. carves out a single 'Electronic sign - I-69': one digital sign is permitted per property within 200 feet of the boundary that touches the interstate, capped at 65 feet in height. The digital faces may run up to 750 square feet per side, with up to 250 square feet of that face reserved to identify the event center itself or the Innovation Mile development.
The message may promote on-site users and their products, businesses located elsewhere and their products, services, or events, and community or private events happening on or off the property, but the code restricts how the display behaves rather than what it advertises: each message must remain stationary for at least ten seconds, and the sign can never flash, scroll, twirl, change color, fade in or out, or otherwise imitate movement between copy changes. The support structure must carry some aesthetic value, brick, masonry, stone, simulated brick, or metal panels are named examples, and a bare metal pole is not allowed.
Separately, the district's wall signs may add one additional electronic sign per structure on two street frontages, with that electronic face permitted up to 600 square feet and excluded from the 20% signable-wall-area cap that otherwise governs wall signage.
Violations & Fines
An electronic sign built or operated outside these limits, oversized, taller than 65 feet, animated, or lacking the required ten-second static hold, is a Unified Development Ordinance violation under section 159.999: a common nuisance carrying a fine set by the Appendix A fee schedule, plus the city's and Planning Department's attorney's fees, with each day of noncompliance after notice treated as a separate offense.
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