Rohnert Park, CA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Max coverage
- 20% of each glazed area
- Height limit
- Confined within the window frame
- Eligible floors
- First and second floors only
- Illumination
- Requires a conditional use permit
- Governing section
- RPMC § 17.27.100(L)
Summary
Rohnert Park caps permanent window signs at twenty percent of each glazed area, keeps them inside the window frame, restricts them to the first and second floors, and requires a conditional use permit before a window sign can be illuminated.
L.Window Signs (Permanent).1.Area. No more than twenty percent of each glazed area.2.Height. Within the window frame.3.Illumination. By conditional use permit.4.Location. The first and second floors of a building only.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
100(L), "Window Signs (Permanent)," sets four standards. Area is limited to no more than twenty percent of each glazed area, meaning the twenty percent cap applies window by window rather than as a single building-wide total. Height is confined to within the window frame itself, so a permanent window sign cannot extend onto the surrounding wall or spill above or below the glass. Illumination is not allowed as of right: it requires a conditional use permit, unlike wall or freestanding signs elsewhere in the chapter that may use internal or external lighting subject to ordinary review.
Location is limited to the first and second floors of a building only, so upper-floor windows above the second story cannot carry permanent window signage. 100(L) rather than setting a separate area figure in the table itself, confirming the twenty percent glazed-area cap is the controlling number for those commercial and industrial districts.
Violations & Fines
A permanent window sign that covers more than twenty percent of a window's glazed area, extends outside the window frame, sits above the second floor, or is illuminated without an approved conditional use permit is a violation of Chapter 17.27. Section 17.27.130 classifies any such violation as an infraction under the Chapter 1.16 General Penalty and authorizes nuisance abatement under Chapter 1.24, with Section 17.27.120 requiring written notice and at least fifteen days to cure before the sign is deemed illegal and subject to removal.
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