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

The ULDC's Article 5 sign standards define a Window Sign as "a sign that is placed on or behind a window pane and intended to be viewed from outside the building," one of six types folded into the single "Building Sign" category alongside awning, facade, incidental, projecting and roof signs. 1 sets the total sign face area allowed per building wall by zoning district, ranging from as little as 1 square foot in the most restrictive residential districts up to 3 square feet for each lineal foot of wall length in the A-R, C-B-C and U-M-U districts, with a separate, smaller cap on the single largest sign on that wall.

A footnote to that table makes the rule explicit for windows: every building sign attached to a wall, including anything mounted on its windows, doors, awnings, canopies or roof, is added together and may not exceed the wall's total allowed sign face area. That means a business that has already used up its wall allowance with a lit facade sign cannot add unlimited additional lettering across its storefront glass. A building permit from the Building Inspection Department is required before installing any building sign with a face area greater than 6 square feet, and the department issues a numbered sticker that must be visibly affixed to the sign.

This should not be confused with the county's narrower carve-out for window displays of merchandise: goods physically displayed in a window for sale on site are not considered signs at all and are fully exempt, but that exemption covers product displays, not printed or painted advertising copy applied to the glass.