Walton County, GA Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

Walton County Code § 14-93 governs what the LDO defines as a billboard: a highway-oriented sign. or interstate highway, and its face cannot exceed 300 square feet or 35 feet in height. The code treats the sign itself as the principal structure on its lot, meaning it cannot share a lot with another building that is also a principal structure, and it must meet the same setback requirements from the property line as a principal building in that zoning district. Spacing rules keep highway signs apart: no highway-oriented sign may stand within 1,000 feet of another highway sign, or within 500 feet of a residential or agricultural zoning district, measured horizontally from the nearest edge of the sign face.

The lot carrying the sign must also meet the minimum frontage and lot-size requirements of its zoning district, the support structure must be a metal unipole, and no highway-oriented sign may be placed along a route the county or state has designated as a scenic route. A sign permit under § 14-103 is required before construction, with an application, site plan and elevation drawing, and the fee schedule adopted by the board of commissioners must be paid before the permit issues.