Stonecrest, GA Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

Chapter 21 lists 22 categories of prohibited signs, and item 20 targets strings and rows of lights near a street the same way § 21-62(6) targets other traffic-visibility hazards. Item 20 sweeps in any series, line, or row of lights, whether hung on cables or fixed by other means, within 150 feet of a street and visible from it. The exemption is narrow and time-bound: holiday lights and decorations are excused only for the 30 days immediately before the holiday they commemorate, not for a full season or on a rolling basis.

The code sets no separate takedown deadline after the holiday passes; once the 30-day pre-holiday window closes, a qualifying light display within 150 feet of a street reverts to being a prohibited sign under § 21-62(20). Illumination is separately capped by § 21-76, which bars any sign light that glares, blinds, or otherwise adversely affects traffic or adjacent properties, and forbids illuminated signs within 75 feet of a single-family lot line. The Director of Code Enforcement issues citations for sign violations under § 21-28, and the city can seek injunctive relief in superior court to force removal.

Because holiday lights are folded into the sign code rather than treated separately, residential yards, homeowners association entrances, and commercial displays along the I-20 corridor are all measured against the same 150-foot, visible-from-the-street, 30-day standard.