Harnett County, NC Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

159(G) lists the categories of signs that are permitted in every zoning district without a sign permit, provided they conform to the stated limits, and paragraph (10) addresses window displays directly: "Window signs. " That means a business calculates its window-sign coverage against the storefront's total glass area, not against any single pane, and can display up to a quarter of that area in signage without a permit application. Because window signs are excluded from the wall-sign area calculation in division (H), a business can post the maximum permitted wall signage under the county's wall-sign table (measured in linear feet of mounting wall for most commercial categories) and still add window signage up to the separate 25% cap without reducing its wall-sign allotment.

The window-sign exemption sits among a list of other no-permit signs in (G), including identification signs capped at one square foot, temporary construction signs limited to 21 days a year, and portable A-frame signs capped at six square feet and three feet in height, giving small businesses several no-permit signage options that operate independently of one another.