Blaine, MN Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

Blaine City Code Sec. 133-6 lists the signs the Community Development Department allows without any sign permit, and item (9) covers temporary displays erected to celebrate, commemorate, or observe a civil or religious holiday, such as Fourth of July or winter holiday decorations. The tradeoff for skipping the permit process is a firm removal deadline: these displays must come down within 30 days after the event or holiday they mark, so a Christmas or Hanukkah display cannot linger into February and a Fourth of July display cannot stay up through August.

This sits alongside the other no-permit categories in the same section, including small identification signs for one- and two-family homes, worksite signs limited to 32 square feet removed ten days after construction, and noncommercial signs during election periods, showing the city treats holiday decorations as a distinct, time-boxed category rather than folding them into general temporary sign rules under Sec. 133-12, which otherwise cap temporary sign permits at four weeks per calendar year. Because Sec. 133-6 signs are exempt from the permit process entirely, a homeowner does not pay a fee or file paperwork for seasonal lighting or yard displays, but the display still must otherwise comply with the general sign standards in Sec. 133-5, including that illuminated displays cannot shine directly onto a residence or into the street.