Wyoming, MI Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Billboard freeway setback
- Within 300 ft of ROW, Sec. 90-709(1)
- Ramp intersection setback
- 300 ft
- Max billboard size
- 672 sq ft within 100 ft of ROW
- Billboard spacing
- 750 ft same direction, 1,500 ft same side
- Expressway pole sign
- 300 sq ft, 60 ft height, Table 90-708
Summary
Wyoming, Michigan draws a hard line at freeway frontage: Sec. 90-709(1) confines off-premises billboards to parcels abutting a freeway, no farther than 300 feet from the right-of-way, while Sec. 90-708's Expressway Business Pole Sign category lets businesses in the B-2, B-3, I-1, I-2 and I-3 districts abutting a freeway erect a larger, taller on-premises pole sign than anywhere else in the city.
Off-premises advertising signs shall be located on property abutting a freeway and shall not be placed beyond 300 feet of the freeway right-of-way. A 300-foot setback shall be required from the intersection of any freeway access or egress and the intersecting street.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 26 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 90, Article 7 of the Wyoming Code of Ordinances treats freeway-adjacent property as its own sign category, separate from the standard nonresidential sign tables. Under Sec. 90-709(1), an off-premises advertising sign (billboard) must sit on a parcel abutting the freeway and cannot be located beyond 300 feet of the freeway right-of-way, and a further 300-foot setback applies from any freeway access or egress ramp's intersection with the crossing street. Sec. 90-709(3) sizes those freeway billboards by proximity: up to 672 square feet per face within 100 feet of the right-of-way, dropping to a 300-square-foot cap beyond 100 feet.
Sec. 90-709(4) keeps freeway billboards apart from each other, at least 750 feet from any other billboard in any direction and 1,500 feet from another billboard on the same side of the freeway. Separately, Table 90-708 creates the 'Expressway Business Pole Sign' as its own permitted sign type, available only in the B-2, B-3, I-1, I-2 and I-3 districts (not B-1 or RO-1) and only for businesses abutting an expressway or freeway right-of-way. That on-premises freeway pole sign can reach 300 square feet, one per lot, and must stand at least 60 feet tall once its area exceeds 100 square feet, well above the 30-foot cap for an ordinary pole sign elsewhere in the same table.
Violations & Fines
An off-premises or expressway pole sign built without the required freeway-abutting location, setback or spacing is processed under Sec. 90-711 as an illegally erected sign: the building official mails the property and sign owner written notice describing the violation and a compliance deadline, and if it is not met the city removes the sign and bills the removal cost to the owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
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