Chandler, AZ Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)
Key Facts
- Max height
- 14 feet
- Setback
- 5 ft from right-of-way or sign height
- Nonresidential limit
- 2 at a time per street frontage
- Nonresidential duration cap
- 30 days per 6 months
- Residential holiday inflatables
- No permit required
- Anchoring
- Can't shift more than 3 ft horizontally
Summary
Chandler regulates inflatable figures, balloon sculptures and air-dancers as 'air-activated signs.' Nonresidential properties are capped at two at a time per street frontage, 14 feet tall, and 30 cumulative display days per six months, but seasonal holiday inflatables on residential lots don't need a permit at all.
B. Air-activated signs. 1. Area and height: Signs shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height. 2. Location: a) Signs shall be set back a minimum of five (5) feet from the public right-of-way or a distance that is equal to the height of the sign, whichever is greater. b) Air-activated signs shall only be allowed on nonresidential properties, except for seasonal decorations on residential properties, which do not require a permit. 3. Number of signs: No more than two (2) air-activated signs per street frontage may be displayed concurrently. ... 4. Duration: Each multiple family development, business or nonresidential use shall be allotted no more than thirty (30) cumulative days within each six (6) month period in a calendar year to display air-activated signs, banners, or feather signs.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 79).
Full Breakdown
' Subsection (B)(5) requires a temporary sign permit for any air-activated sign, with a narrow carve-out for 'common party balloons' under fourteen feet. Critically for holiday inflatables, Subsection (B)(2)(b) states air-activated signs 'shall only be allowed on nonresidential properties, except for seasonal decorations on residential properties, which do not require a permit', so an inflatable snowman or Halloween figure on a house's front lawn skips the permit and, by extension, the 30-day and two-per-frontage limits that bind a business's inflatable advertising, though it still must be 'fastened to the ground or a structure so that it cannot shift more than three (3) feet horizontally under any condition' per Subsection (B)(6)(a).
Violations & Fines
An inflatable that exceeds fourteen feet, isn't set back from the right-of-way, or runs longer than a nonresidential property's 30-day/6-month allotment is an illegal temporary sign under Section 39-6.4, with a three-working-day cure period before removal. An inflatable that isn't anchored against three feet of horizontal shift under Subsection (B)(6)(a) can be ordered taken down immediately as a hazard under Section 39-6.5.
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