Flagstaff, AZ Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

Flagstaff's outdoor lighting division otherwise requires most fixtures to be shielded by class and lighting zone and to shut off no later than 30 minutes after a business closes, but Section 10-50.70.080.D carves out a specific window for holiday decorations. Low-lumen output holiday decorations may be unshielded, and they are allowed to remain on all night, in every lighting zone, from November 15th through January 15th. That exemption sits alongside the division's Time Limits provision, Section 10-50.70.050.G, which expressly cross-references it: commercial and industrial lighting normally must go dark 30 minutes after closing, but decorative holiday lights are exempted in accordance with Section 10-50.70.080.D.

The exemption is limited to low-lumen displays; it does not lift the outdoor lighting division's other prohibitions, including the ban on floodlighting projected above the horizontal plane and on flashing, blinking, or strobing lights visible beyond a lot line under Section 10-50.70.070. Outside the November 15 to January 15 window, or for higher-output displays, a homeowner or business needs a temporary lighting approval from the Director under Section 10-50.70.060.G, which the code says is intended for uses of limited duration such as holiday decorations, civic events, or construction projects.