Fayetteville sets no ordinance governing residential holiday decorations, lights, or inflatables. The one holiday-specific provision in the sign code grants commercial uses extra temporary signage around recognized federal holidays. Decorations carrying a commercial message fall under the sign rules.
The UDO defines a sign as an object used to relay information, advertise, identify, promote, or direct attention. Purely decorative seasonal displays carrying no message fall outside that definition, and no chapter of the code sets a season, duration, or size limit for home holiday decorations. Exterior lighting standards in section 30-5.E attach to development reviewed through a site plan or building permit, not to a homeowner stringing lights. Section 30-5.L.7.J lets Commercial Use Group properties add one Type 2 freestanding temporary sign per street frontage and one wall-mounted temporary sign per building frontage around federal holidays, and those displays do not count against annual frequency limits.
Decorations that advertise a product or business are regulated as signs and must satisfy section 30-5.L. Noise from displays falls under the chapter 17 noise limits and quiet hours.
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