Lynwood, CA Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

Lynwood Municipal Code § 25-70-12 lets commercial and industrial uses on parcels immediately adjacent to the I-710 or I-105 freeways install a highway/freeway oriented sign, or a design the planning commission approves case by case. The sign may name only businesses located on the same parcel or in the same development; advertising off-site uses, or using an off-site sign, is prohibited outright. Up to three names or logos are allowed without extra review; a fourth or more requires planning commission sign-off. Height can run to 100 feet and each of the sign's two faces can total 400 square feet, both figures adjustable by the planning commission on a case-by-case basis.

Parcel size sets how many freeway signs a development gets: sites up to 10 acres are limited to one sign, while anything larger than 10 acres may carry two. The signs cannot rotate or animate, and any reader board or similar changing-message display needs a conditional use permit from the planning commission. Freeway signs must sit at least 500 feet apart from one another, and the planning commission reviews and approves the design and location of every one. Nontraditional advertising structures, such as repurposed water towers, cell towers, or silos used to post advertising, likewise require a conditional use permit.

The planning commission can also let a qualifying sign sit on a parcel that is not immediately adjacent to the freeway. Community Development staff process the applications, and the planning commission holds the hearings that approve height, area, and reader-board exceptions before a building permit issues.