Bolingbrook, IL Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

Sec. 54-342 lists signs exempted from the village's sign article, meaning these categories do not need a sign permit or count toward a property's sign allowance under Chapter 54, Article VI. Item (2) covers decorations customarily and commonly associated with a national, local or religious holiday, provided that such decorations shall not be displayed for more than 60 days. The exemption is conditional, not unlimited: the 60-day cap applies regardless of which holiday is being observed, and the exemption clause opening Sec. 54-342 clarifies that even exempt signs remain subject to sections 54-340 and 54-341 (the article's general safety and construction standards) and to any applicable building code provisions.

Practically, this means a resident or business can put up holiday lighting, wreaths, inflatable decorations, or similar seasonal displays without triggering the village's sign permitting requirements, but leaving a display up longer than 60 consecutive days, spanning from before Thanksgiving deep into February, for example, would take the display outside the exemption and expose it to regulation under the general sign provisions of Article VI, potentially including permit and size requirements that apply to non-exempt signage.