Eagan, MN Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

Subdivision 28.F sets the baseline pylon rules that any freeway sign has to fit inside: one pylon per building, a maximum projection of 27 feet above the lot or roadway level as the council determines, a 125-square-foot cap per side, and a minimum 300-foot spacing from any other pylon sign on the same side of the street. Pylon signs are barred outright in the RD and BP zoning districts. Clause F.4 layers the freeway-specific option on top: a business sign located directly adjacent to a freeway may get an on-premises identification pylon, but only through a conditional use permit, meaning planning commission review and a city council vote rather than a staff-level sign permit.

Once that CUP is granted, the ordinance allows two extra accommodations that would not otherwise be available: an additional freestanding ground sign on the side of the property opposite the freeway, and, as an alternative to the pylon itself, a business name sign displayed on the building elevation that faces the freeway, even though that would otherwise exceed the number of building-mounted signs the code allows on that elevation. The code defines "freeway" for this purpose as a principal arterial highway as identified in the city's comprehensive plan, not just any divided highway, and every sign approved this way must still comply with all the section's other general standards, including brightness, offset from the lot line, and construction quality.