Marietta, GA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Window coverage limit
- 50% of windows may carry signage
- Per-window face limit
- 50% of a single window's face
- Counts toward
- Building's overall wall sign allowance
- Zoning scope
- Nonresidential districts only
- Permit status
- Exempt if standards are met, § 714.03(G)
Summary
In Marietta's nonresidential districts, window signs can't cover more than 50% of a business's windows overall, and no single window can carry more than 50% signage on its face, with the total area counted against the building's overall wall sign allowance.
Window signs. Are permitted in nonresidential districts subject to those standards, which apply to wall signs. Permissible sign area shall be calculated the same as wall signage and shall be considered inclusive of the total wall sign area allowance for the building. No more than 50% of the windows of a business shall be used to display window signs and the signage in a single window shall not account for more than 50% of a window face.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56).
Full Breakdown
04(E) permits window signs in nonresidential zoning districts, but ties them to the same standards that govern wall signs and folds them into the same overall allowance. No more than 50% of a business's windows may be used to display window signs at all, and within any single window, the signage cannot cover more than 50% of that window's face. 04(B) is capped at 15% of the wall face for walls facing a public roadway or planned-center access drive, or 5% for walls that don't face one.
04(E) coverage limits. 02, which requires a completed application, scaled drawings for the sign, and payment of the permit fee set in the City of Marietta Fee Chart, with the City required to approve or deny within 45 business days.
Violations & Fines
A business that covers more than 50% of its windows with signage, or exceeds 50% coverage on any single window face, is out of compliance with § 714.04(E) even if no permit was required for the individual signs. Because window signage counts toward the building's overall wall sign allotment, exceeding that combined cap is also a violation subject to enforcement and correction by the Department that issued or would have issued the underlying sign permit.
Frequently Asked Questions
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