Pinellas County, FL Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Commercial/office/industrial cap
- 25% of pane or 100 sq ft
- Multifamily residential cap
- 25 sq ft
- Single-family residential
- banned outright
- Permit required
- no
Summary
In unincorporated Pinellas County, temporary window signs on commercial and office buildings can cover up to 25% of the windowpane or 100 square feet, whichever is smaller.
Temporary window signs. Such signs shall be allowed in areas classified as multifamily residential, office, commercial, industrial and public/semipublic. The maximum area of such signs in areas classified as office, commercial, industrial, and public/semipublic shall be 25 percent of windowpane area or 100 square feet, whichever is less. In multifamily residential areas, the area of temporary window signs shall not exceed 25 square feet.(j)Warning signs. Such signs shall not exceed six square feet in area per sign face.(k)Temporary signs. The criteria required for temporary signs are set forth in Table 138-3753.a—Temporary Signs Design Standards and Limitations, below. A temporary sign is unlawful if it does not meet the criteria established for the zoning district category group in which the sign is located. Table 138-3753.a — Temporary Signs Design Standards and Limitations
District Category Group Single Family and Multi Family Office and Commercial, and Industrial Public/Semi-Public, Mixed-Use, and Special Maximum Number of Signs Per Parcel 1 4 4 4
Maximum Sign Area 2 6 sf. 32 sf. 16 sf. Sign Height Maximum for a Freestanding Sign 3 5 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft. Sign Height Maximum for a Wall Sign (inclusive of a Window Sign) 15 ft. 15 ft. 15 ft. Minimum Sign Setback for Ground Signs 4 3 ft. 3 ft. 3 ft. Minimum Spacing from any Other Sign (Temporary Sign or as a Permanent Sign) 5 15 ft. 15 ft. 15 ft.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 124).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 138-3753(i) exempts temporary window signs from permitting but caps their size: in office, commercial, industrial and public/semipublic zones, coverage may not exceed 25 percent of the windowpane area or 100 square feet, whichever is less, and in multifamily residential zones the cap drops to 25 square feet. Sec. 138-3754(p) then bars temporary window signs outright in single-family residential districts, so the exemption reaches only nonresidential and multifamily properties in the unincorporated county.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the windowpane-area cap, or posting any temporary window sign in a single-family residential district under Sec. 138-3754(p), makes the sign unlawful and subject to removal.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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