Yucaipa, CA Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

Yucaipa treats digital billboards as Electronic Messaging Center Billboards, defined in Development Code Section 87.0725(c)(1) as an internally or externally illuminated billboard that uses digital message technology capable of instantaneously changing the static message or copy electronically. Section 87.0710(i) prohibits permanent off-site billboards except as permitted in Section 87.0725, and subsection (c)(2) caps the supply: the total number permitted on privately-owned property in the City is three, and no other billboards are permitted on such properties. The site limits in (c)(3) put each one within 300 feet of either edge of the right-of-way of Interstate 10 and within 750 feet of an existing freeway interchange and ramp, no closer than 500 feet to another billboard on the same side of the freeway and 1,000 feet to one on the opposite side.

No billboard can be constructed, erected or operated without a conditional use permit under Section 83.030120 of the Development Code. The application must include a flag test using a flag or object of no less than 32 square feet, raised from 25 feet in ten-foot increments until it is visible from one direction at three-tenths of a mile; that height sets the maximum height to the bottom of the display screen. Structure height follows the flag test but never exceeds 75 feet. Displays must be static, with each message shown for at least eight consecutive seconds and a transition of no more than one second.

Each billboard has no more than two screen faces, oriented primarily for viewing from Interstate 10 and directed away from residentially zoned property to the maximum extent feasible, and each face is capped at 680 square feet, no more than 50 feet wide by 20 feet high. Owners must make space available for emergency messaging under local, regional or State protocols, and the structure needs a decorative base approved by the City.