Roseville, MN Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

Section 1010.09 lists holiday signs among the temporary signs that need no permit or permit fee, while all other provisions of Chapter 1010 still apply. Paragraph (5) sets two numbers: the signs may be displayed over a period not to exceed a total of 60 days per calendar year, and the aggregate total area of such signs shall not exceed 50 square feet. The paragraph prints no start or end date, so the 60 days is a yearly total rather than a fixed season. The section 1010.02 definition of a sign reaches any writing, pictorial presentation, number, illustration or decoration, flag, or other device used to announce, direct attention to, identify, advertise, or otherwise make anything known, which is the definition that decides whether a given decoration is regulated as a sign.

Section 1010.03(b)(2) separately permits banners, balloons, pennants, spinners, windsocks, streamers, ribbons, whirling devices, or light bulb strands in residential districts for non-commercial purposes only. Placement limits still bind a holiday display: section 1010.03(c)(1) says no sign will be attached to trees or utility poles, section 1010.03(c)(6) bars any sign that by position, movement, shape, illumination, or color would constitute a traffic hazard, and section 1010.05(a) keeps signs out of the public right-of-way and easements. The Community Development Department enforces the chapter.