Dade City, FL Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

The 25 percent threshold appears twice in the LDRs' signage article, once as a permit exemption and once as an outright prohibition, and the two provisions mirror each other exactly. 2(A). 4(C)(14) covers the other side of the line: window signs which, in aggregate, cover more than 25 percent of the total window surface are listed among the signs specifically prohibited under the article, alongside portable signs, roof signs, and pole signs. Because the prohibition is set at 25 percent of the aggregate window surface rather than per individual sign, a business combining several smaller window signs, posters, or decals has to add up their total coverage against the full window area to know whether it is still within the exempt zone or has crossed into prohibited territory.

4(C) closes with an enforcement note tying violations to Chapters 166 and 162, Florida Statutes, in addition to any other remedy available at law, and the Community Development Director or a designee administers the article and can issue the notices required by law. This signage article, including both the (B)(9) exemption and the (C)(14) prohibition, carries a visible amendment note, Ordinance No. 2016-02, Section 3 (Exhibit A), adopted February 23, 2016.