Brevard County, FL Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- New off-premises signs
- Banned since Oct. 16, 2003
- Digital conversions
- Only via eminent domain settlement
- Zoning
- Non-residential districts only
- Minimum display time
- 6 seconds per message
- Daily penalty
- $500 per day violation
Summary
Brevard County bans new off-premises signs outright since 2003 and permits digital billboard conversions only to settle eminent domain claims on existing nonconforming billboards.
Digital billboards may be permitted at existing off-premise sign structures, in non-residential zoning districts subject to the following requirements: 1. The county shall only approve and issue permits for digital billboards that upgrade existing nonconforming billboards in instances where the county has made a legal settlement or agreed to do so in the course of condemnation and/or eminent domain proceedings... 2. Operational limitations. Digital billboards shall contain static messages only and shall not have movement... 3. Minimum display time. Each message on the sign must be displayed for a minimum of six seconds.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 135).
Full Breakdown
No off-premises sign may be newly erected in unincorporated Brevard after October 16, 2003. A digital billboard may only be permitted at an existing off-premise sign structure, in a non-residential zoning district, and only where the county has reached (or agreed to reach) a legal settlement with the sign owner in condemnation or eminent domain proceedings. Approved conversions must show static messages only, held for a minimum of six seconds, with automatic dimming to stay within 0.3 foot-candles above ambient light.
Violations & Fines
Erecting an unpermitted off-premises sign, or a digital billboard outside a settlement conversion, exposes the sign owner or responsible business to a $500 per day penalty until the sign is removed under Sec. 62-3318(a)(4).
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a company build a new digital billboard in unincorporated Brevard?
Can a digital billboard scroll or animate its message?
Sources & Official References
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