Perris, CA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Perris Municipal Code § 19.75.100(a)(2)
- Permanent window sign limit
- One per entrance, 9 sq ft max
- Temporary event sign limit
- 25% of window area or 40 sq ft
- Temporary event display period
- Up to 14 days, 4x/year max
- Adopted by
- Ord. No. 1456, 5-13-2025
Summary
Perris limits permanent window signs to one per public entrance and caps each at nine square feet under Municipal Code § 19.75.100(a)(2). Temporary event window signs get their own separate allowance: up to three signs during a special event, capped at 25 percent of window area or 40 square feet, whichever is less.
Window signs. For each use or occupancy, one window sign for each public entrance, and no sign exceeding nine square feet shall be permitted.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
100(a)(2), part of the permitted sign standards for office, commercial and industrial buildings, allows one window sign for each public entrance of a use or occupancy, with no sign exceeding nine square feet. 070 as a sign painted or otherwise attached to a window for the purpose of outside display, and window area is computed by calculating each window pane or panel separately for each building face, though a group of window panes less than six inches apart may be counted as one window. 110(c)(3)a.
140(3)b: no more than three temporary signs, not exceeding a combined 25 percent of the total window area or 40 square feet, whichever is less, may be displayed for up to 14 days per building frontage, must be removed within seven days after the event ends, and are limited to four occurrences per calendar year, each requiring its own temporary sign permit application. All of these standards were adopted or restated by Ordinance No. 1456 on May 13, 2025.
Violations & Fines
A window sign that exceeds the nine-square-foot permanent cap, or a temporary event sign that exceeds the 25-percent/40-square-foot temporary limit or overstays its 14-day display window, is treated as a sign code violation, which under § 19.75.180 is abated pursuant to § 19.75.190. That process starts with a notice mailed or posted at least ten days before removal, with a right to request a hearing before the planning commission; unmaintained, damaged or expired signs must otherwise be repaired, removed or replaced within 14 days of city notification.
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