Kings County, CA Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest install
- 30 days before holiday
- Must come down by
- 10 days after holiday
- Permit required
- none
- Condition
- no onsite goods/services reference
Summary
Temporary holiday decorations and displays in unincorporated Kings County are exempt from sign permits but can't go up more than 30 days before the holiday or stay up more than 10 days after.
Temporary decorations or displays including window paintings associated with a holiday, festival, or other special event are permitted when the decorations or displays contain no reference to goods or services sold or provided onsite. So as not to constitute a nuisance, such temporary decorations or displays, should be displayed not more than 30 calendar days prior to the holiday, festival, or event, and 10 calendar days after the holiday, festival, or event. Any temporary decoration or display of any nature shall be removed by the property owner if the timing of the decoration or display, together with the size, appearance, and/or failure to maintain the decoration or display, actually rises to the level of a common law nuisance and creates a hazard or gives rise to public complaints.
10. Residential Name Plates for single-family dwellings which identify the family name shall not require sign permits.
(Ord. No. 668-1-16, �17, 1/12/16)
Full Breakdown
Development Code Sec. 1406.D.9.e classifies temporary holiday, festival, and special-event decorations, including window paintings, as exempt noncommercial signs, so no permit is needed, as long as the display carries no reference to onsite goods or services. The section fixes the timing directly: a display may go up no more than 30 calendar days before the holiday, festival, or event, and must come down within 10 calendar days after. A decoration whose timing, size, appearance, or upkeep rises to a common law nuisance, creates a hazard, or draws public complaints must be removed by the property owner regardless of that window.
Violations & Fines
A decoration left up past the window, or one that becomes a nuisance or hazard, must be removed by the property owner; other sign violations are enforced under Development Code Article 24.
Frequently Asked Questions
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