Kill Devil Hills, NC Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

077(C), meaning they need no separate permit but still have to fit inside a fixed coverage ceiling. Division (C)(10) allows window signs on either the inside or the outside of glazing, but caps the total at 25% of the building's gross glazing area, and the signs cannot be separately illuminated or backlit by lighting installed for that purpose. The division carves out a narrow exception for incidental business information: credit card decals, open/closed signs and posted hours of operation do not count toward the 25% ceiling as long as each group of those miscellaneous signs stays under two square feet and only one such group is posted per entrance.

Any sign placed on the outside of the glass has to be made of weatherproof material and kept in good repair, and no window sign, inside or out, may use luminous or fluorescent colors or materials that glow under any light source. 002. The town gave existing businesses a compliance deadline rather than instant enforcement: all window signs had to be brought into compliance with these standards by June 1, 2010, so any pre-2010 nonconforming window display is now subject to the same 25% cap as new signage.