Camarillo, CA Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required for holiday lights
- No
- Duration limit
- None stated in the code
- Condition
- No pedestrian/traffic safety hazard
- Also exempt from
- Blinking-light ban (Sec. 19.47.050(B))
- Governing section
- Municipal Code Sec. 19.47.090(H)
Summary
Camarillo exempts seasonal holiday and religious lighting displays from its outdoor lighting permit and design rules under Municipal Code Section 19.47.090(H), with no stated duration limit. The only condition is that glare cannot pose a safety hazard to pedestrians or drivers, or create a nuisance to vehicular traffic.
H.Seasonal lighting displays used in conjunction with special holidays or religious celebrations, so long as the Glare is not sufficient to pose safety hazards to pedestrians and motorists, or cause sufficient attraction to result in creation of a nuisance or hazard to vehicular traffic.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
47's plan, permit, and design standards, and subsection H covers holiday displays directly: seasonal lighting displays used in conjunction with special holidays or religious celebrations are exempt so long as the glare they produce is not sufficient to pose safety hazards to pedestrians and motorists, or cause sufficient attraction to result in a nuisance or hazard to vehicular traffic. Unlike the chapter's other lighting categories, which are capped by wattage, lumens, pole height or color temperature, the holiday exemption carries no numeric duration or brightness limit of its own; it is conditioned only on the traffic-safety and nuisance standard.
065 that otherwise govern color temperature and pole height. The neighboring exemption in subsection I covers temporary sale or special event lighting permitted through a separate city permit, which is a distinct pathway from the holiday carve-out and does require that permit. 100.
Violations & Fines
A holiday display that loses its exemption by creating a genuine pedestrian or motorist safety hazard, or by causing nuisance-level traffic attraction, falls back under the general enforcement framework of Section 19.47.100: it becomes correctable as a nuisance and the community development director can require the display be modified, shielded, or removed. Routine seasonal displays that stay within the safety condition are not subject to citation, fees, or permit requirements at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
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