Santa Barbara County, CA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

070, sets a specific row of standards for Window Signs limited to nonresidential development. The maximum sign area is 25 percent of the window area, and unlike most other sign types in the table there is no fixed cap on the number of signs, so a business can display as many individual window signs as it wants provided their combined area never exceeds that 25 percent-per-window ceiling. The table restricts placement to windows no higher than the second story of the building, meaning upper-floor windows above that cannot carry any signage under this category.

Window signs must be mounted flush with the window itself, unlike projecting or shingle signs that are allowed to extend outward, and the table expressly marks window signs as Not Allowed for illumination, so a backlit or internally lit window sign does not qualify under this row. 120 outdoor lighting standards. A sign exceeding the 25 percent window-area cap, illuminated in violation of the Not Allowed designation, or placed above the second story does not qualify as a window sign under the table and instead needs its own permit review as a different, non-exempt sign type, or must be removed.