Westminster, CO Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

" That sits alongside bans on pole signs, snipe signs and unpermitted animated signs. Because billboards as a category are prohibited, a digital billboard cannot be newly erected in Westminster regardless of technology. Where a digital sign is otherwise permitted, § 11-11-7(B) sets detailed performance standards: digital signs are allowed only in the Office/Transition, Commercial, Mixed Use and Employment land use categories; each message "must be displayed for at least eight seconds duration," with transitions limited to a one-second dissolve or fade and no flashing, scrolling or varying intensity.

3 foot-candles above ambient light," measured at a distance calculated from the sign's area, and before a sign permit issues the applicant must submit factory certification that the brightness has been preset and is protected from end-user tampering. Every digital sign must carry a light-sensing device to auto-adjust brightness, and an automatic shutoff or default freeze mechanism if it malfunctions. The code's maintenance clause specifically calls out this category by name: "The light modules on digital billboards shall be repaired or replaced if they become broken, burned-out or substantially dimmed," under § 11-11-7(B)(11), and the sign owner must give the Planning Manager a phone number and email for someone able to shut the display off at any time. Existing digital displays with noncomplying electronic changeable-copy modules had 180 days from the amendment's effective date to conform to the hold-time and static-copy rules.