Edmond, OK Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 15.01.030(4), sign code exemptions
- Permit required
- None: exempt from sign permitting
- Duration limit
- None stated in this exemption
- Covers
- Holiday/religious/national decorations
Summary
Edmond exempts temporary holiday decorations and lighting displays from sign permitting entirely, so long as they're incidental to a recognized holiday: no permit and no size or duration cap written into the exemption.
(4)Temporary decorations or displays, when such are clearly incidental to and are customarily and commonly associated with any national, local or religious holiday or celebration.(5)Temporary or permanent signs erected by public utility companies or construction companies to warn of danger or hazardous conditions, including signs indicating the presence of underground cables, gas lines and similar devices.(6)Merchandise, pictures or models of products or services which are incorporated as an integral part of a window display.(7)Signs displayed on trucks, buses, trailers or other vehicles which are being operated or stored in the normal course of a business, such as signs indicating the name of the owner or business which are located on moving vans, delivery trucks, rental trucks and trailers and the like; provided that the primary purpose of such vehicles is not for the display of signs, and provided that they are parked or stored in areas appropriate to their use as vehicles.(8)Directional signs located in the street right-of-way; provided such signs are approved by the Code Enforcement Official or his designee. (Ord. 2168, § 1, November 28, 1994).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 39).
Full Breakdown
Edmond's sign code, Title 15, exempts temporary decorations and displays from its permitting and area rules whenever they are clearly incidental to, and customarily associated with, a national, local, or religious holiday or celebration (§ 15.01.030(4)). That covers holiday lights, wreaths, and seasonal yard displays: no sign permit is needed and they aren't counted against a property's allowed sign area. Unlike the code's other temporary-sign categories, which carry 7- or 21-day limits, this exemption sets no removal deadline of its own.
Violations & Fines
A display that genuinely qualifies as holiday-incidental sits outside the sign code's enforcement provisions; a display that isn't holiday-related, or that functions as ordinary advertising, loses the exemption and becomes an unpermitted sign under § 15.01.050.
Frequently Asked Questions
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