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

Window signs, defined in § 58-5 as any sign placed inside a window or on the glass and visible from outside, fall under § 58-10, the county's list of signs covered by a general permit rather than an individual sign-permit application. Under § 58-10(e), window signs are allowed in every zoning district, but the total area used for window signs can't exceed 25 percent of the building's total available glass area or 16 square feet, whichever number is smaller, so a small storefront window is capped by the square-footage limit while a larger glass frontage is capped by the percentage.

The ordinance also restricts where on a building window signs can appear: they're barred above the first floor unless the building is a multitenant office or commercial structure where tenants have their own direct, publicly designated outside access, such as an exterior walkway or stairway, and even then a window sign can never be installed above the level of the second-floor windows. Because window signs fall under the chapter's general permit provisions in § 58-10, a business does not need to file an individual sign-permit application or pay the accompanying fee for a conforming window sign, but § 58-12(d) still requires it to meet every standard in the chapter, including the 25 percent or 16 square foot cap and the floor-level restriction, to keep that general permit coverage.