Lakewood, WA Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

060(A) sets Lakewood's permanent sign standards by zoning district, and the table carves out a distinct 'Freeway' category covering TOC, C1, C2, IBP, and I1 zoning districts, defined more specifically in the table notes as TOC, C1, C2, IBP, NC2, and I1 land that abuts Interstate 5, State Route 512, Tacoma Mall Boulevard, or the BNSF railroad right-of-way in the Tillicum area. Parcels in that Freeway category first qualify for the same pole and monument signage available to any nonfreeway commercial or industrial property along their surface street frontage, subject to a sign permit.

On top of that baseline, the table allows one additional pole sign facing the freeway itself, sized between 60 and 200 square feet, positioned within 50 feet of the freeway right-of-way, and capped at 1 square foot of sign area per lineal foot of arterial frontage. To qualify for that freeway pole sign at all, the parcel must have at least 60 linear feet of surface street frontage. Wall and window signage on Freeway-designated parcels otherwise follows the same standards as nonfreeway commercial and industrial property: window signs stay capped at 40 percent of window area with no permit needed, while wall signs are limited to 200 square feet per sign or group and 10 percent of the facade. 050, including the 12-foot maximum sign width and the requirement that illumination be shielded from adjacent properties.