Bellevue, WA Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

130 lists signs and displays exempted from coverage under the Sign Code, and subsection I covers seasonal decorations: 'reasonable seasonal decorations within the appropriate public holiday season' are exempt, but the display must come down within five days following the end of that holiday season. 130(I) as the carve-out for seasonal decorations. 130(N) covers temporary decorations and signs for a nonprofit, school or child daycare sponsored fair, festival or event: those may go up no more than 14 calendar days before the event and must be removed within five calendar days after it ends, and if placed on or over the public right-of-way they need Department of Transportation approval.

150(A), also carves out an allowance letting on-premises signs call public attention to holidays or community events, plus the time and temperature. Because seasonal decorations sit in the exemption list rather than a permitted-sign category, they carry no permit requirement and no size cap of their own, but the five-day removal clock is not discretionary: the exemption evaporates once the holiday season passes and the display becomes a Sign Code violation like any other.