Manitou Springs, CO Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Area cap
- 25% of glass area, per façade
- Window sign limit
- 3 per public-street façade
- Door sign limit
- 2 per public-street façade
- Downtown counting rule
- Window/door signs count as one sign
- Governing section
- LUDC § 18.03.12.6(C)(3)
Summary
Window and door signs in Manitou Springs cannot cover more than 25% of the glass area on any street-facing façade, and no more than three window signs or two door signs are allowed per façade with public street frontage.
3.Window and Door Signs.a.Area. Total sign area shall not exceed twenty-five percent of glass area.a.Number. Excluding temporary signs, the total number of signs on windows and doors shall not exceed three window signs or two door signs per façade with a frontage on a public street.
Full Breakdown
0-2) governing signs that require a permit. 4(F)(2)(a) clarifies that for window signs, sign area is measured at the extremities of the lettering in each line or the extremities of any graphic rather than a bounding box around the whole pane. 6(C)(1)(b)(ii) provides that in the downtown zone, window and door signs requiring a permit count cumulatively as a single sign for purposes of the overall sign-number limit. 5(B)(3), and that display window signage does not count toward the permanent 25%/three-sign cap. 11(C)(4)(b), since ordinary sign permits do not cover illumination.
Violations & Fines
A window or door display that exceeds the 25% glass-area cap, or that puts up more than three window signs or two door signs on a single street-facing façade, is a nonconforming sign subject to removal or resizing on notice from the City, and no sign permit will issue for a display that does not meet Section 18.03.12.6's area and number limits. Illuminated window signs installed without Planned Sign Program approval are also treated as unpermitted signs under Section 18.03.12.6(A).
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