Anderson County, SC Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Section 24-243 opens with a blanket rule: the 16 categories it lists are exempt from the provisions of the sign division and require no permit. Item (9) is a single line, window signs, with no cross-reference to a definition or any numeric limit elsewhere in Chapter 24; the sign measurement rules in § 24-247 and the development standards in § 24-246 impose no separate coverage percentage, height limit or setback tied to window signage. That puts window signs in a different position from most of their list-mates: real estate signs (item 4) are capped at six or 32 square feet depending on zoning, institutional signs (item 6) are capped at 20 square feet, garage sale signs (item 5) carry a five-foot setback and five-day removal clock, and auction signs (item 11) carry placement windows and size caps, but window signs carry none of that.

Because the exemption sits inside the introductory clause of § 24-243, a window sign also does not need the sign permit that the development standards manager issues for other on-premises signage under § 24-245. The practical effect for a business in unincorporated Anderson County is straightforward: signage displayed in a storefront window needs no separate sign permit, no minimum setback, and no square-footage calculation under § 24-247's total signage area rules, because the opening clause of § 24-243 exempts it from the division entirely. The rule applies only outside Anderson, Belton, Honea Path, Williamston and Pendleton, which enforce their own sign codes.