Tucson, AZ Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

C, Sign Types F through O) set out a specific 'Freeway Sign' type separate from ordinary freestanding signs. It is permitted only in the general business zone category and the industrial zone category, and only within 250 feet of a freeway right-of-way. The dimensional caps are tight: maximum sign area is 360 square feet, maximum height is 48 feet measured from freeway grade to the top of the sign, and minimum clearance is 14 feet from grade to the bottom of the sign. Spacing is controlled too, within a Planned Area Development, only one freeway sign is allowed per 1,980 linear feet of freeway frontage measured along the freeway centerline, and that allotment cannot be transferred from one freeway frontage to another; outside a PAD, in the general business and industrial categories, the limit is one freeway sign per premises.

d allows a wall sign within 250 feet of a freeway to cover up to 40% of the wall face, versus 30% for wall signs elsewhere in the general business zone. 65 for the 'Sign Review - New Freeway Sign/Billboard Requirements' staff review, separate from any building permit fee for the structure itself. Zoning classification and the 250-foot freeway-frontage distance are threshold questions that determine whether a sign can be built as a freeway sign at all, versus a standard freestanding sign subject to the ordinary freestanding-sign standards.