Columbia County, GA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Section 90-135(v) sets the county's size, height, and setback standards for signs, and item (7) addresses windows specifically. A window sign, whether it's mounted on the glass, hung just inside it, or affixed to the outside, is capped at 50 percent coverage of the window area it occupies; the rule doesn't distinguish between paper posters, vinyl decals, or neon window signs, all count toward the 50 percent ceiling. The provision layers a second, independent test on top of the coverage cap: a window sign cannot obstruct a clear line of sight into the place of business, so even a sign under the 50 percent threshold can still violate the section if it blocks visibility into the storefront, such as by clustering coverage in the sightline area customers and passersby use to see inside.

Window signs sit within the same article that covers canopy signs, capped at 12 square feet per side, and double-frontage rules limiting corner lots to one freestanding sign per road frontage, so a business with window displays should check those neighboring standards too when planning a storefront. Nonresidential signs on parcels fronting a road classified as an arterial can get a 25 percent size and height bonus over the standard maximums under subsection (v)(3), though that bonus applies to freestanding and building signage, not the window sign cap itself. Any sign, including a window sign found in violation, may be removed by the county without liability for the cost of removal.