Lakewood, WA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

070, and window signs. A window sign, defined to include anything located inside a building, painted directly on a window, or hung inside a window, needs no sign permit at all, but it cannot exceed 40 percent of the window area. 060 repeats and applies that limit as a dimensional standard: in the Residential districts (all R, MR, and MF zones), Commercial/Industrial districts, Freeway-designated commercial zones, and Open Space, Public, and Institutional districts alike, window signage is capped at 40 percent of the window area on each wall, with no permit required in any of them.

Because the cap is measured per wall rather than per building, a business with display windows on two separate street-facing walls can cover up to 40 percent of each wall's window area independently. 050, including the prohibition on illuminated temporary signage and the requirement that no sign obstruct a fire escape, exit corridor, or doorway used for egress. 040, which bars items such as flashing or strobe lights and animated or moving displays regardless of where they are mounted.