High Point, NC Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Provision
- Development Ordinance § 5.7.7.A
- Per-window cap
- 25% of window or door
- Building-wide cap
- 25% of all windows combined
- Permit required
- No
- Applies to
- Nonresidential districts
Summary
High Point limits window signs at nonresidential properties to 25 percent of any single window or door, or 25 percent of all windows and doors combined, with no permit required.
Window signs shall not exceed 25% of any individual window or door, or 25% of all windows combined, including doors. n/a None Other Signs Not Requiring a Sign Permit See Subsection 5.7.7.B, Other Signs Allowed Without a Sign Permit Accessory Structures and Uses See Section 4.4, Accessory Structures and Uses Temporary Uses See Section 4.5, Temporary Uses NOTES: [1] In the case of a multi-tenant building, one sign per tenant is allowed.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9 | Development Ordinance: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
Table 5.7.7.A of High Point's Development Ordinance lists window signs among the sign types allowed without a sign permit, but caps their coverage: no more than 25% of any individual window or door, and no more than 25% of all windows and doors on the building combined. The exemption applies to attached window signs in nonresidential zoning districts; it doesn't require a permit application, but the coverage cap is a hard ceiling enforced the same as any other sign standard under Chapter 9: Enforcement of the Development Ordinance.
Violations & Fines
Window signage exceeding the 25% coverage cap is treated as an illegal sign under Chapter 9: Enforcement of the Development Ordinance and is subject to removal or remediation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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