Temecula, CA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Max window coverage
- 75% of non-door window area
- Max display period
- 90 days
- Governing section
- TMC Sec. 17.28.600(C)(3)
- Applies in
- commercial, office, industrial districts
- Combined use limit
- no combining sign types same quarter
Summary
In commercial, office and industrial districts, Temecula limits promotional window signs to seventy-five percent of the non-door window area and caps display time at ninety days per Municipal Code Section 17.28.600(C)(3), part of the city's temporary business advertising sign rules.
3. Requirements for Promotional Window Signs. a. Signs located on non-door window surfaces shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the non-door window area. b. They may not be displayed for longer than a ninety-day period.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4862229; v11 updated 2026-04-14).
Full Breakdown
600, which governs temporary business advertising signs in commercial, professional office and industrial districts. The section identifies three types of promotional signs a business may use: attached, detached and window signs, and it specifically bars a business from running attached, detached and promotional window signs that require a permit in combination during the same quarter. 600(C)(3) sets two hard limits: signage placed on non-door window surfaces cannot cover more than seventy-five percent of the non-door window area, and the display cannot run longer than a ninety-day period.
These promotional window signs sit within the broader temporary-signage framework the city adopted to curb visual clutter and protect the aesthetic quality of its commercial and service districts, as the section's own findings state. 050(P) are expressly excluded from counting toward a business's permissible window sign area. Because the ninety-day promotional window sign allowance runs independent of the other promotional sign types, a business rotating window displays for more than ninety consecutive days, or covering more than three-quarters of its window glass with temporary advertising, has moved outside the exempt promotional category.
Violations & Fines
Window signage that covers more than seventy-five percent of the non-door window area, or that stays up longer than the ninety-day maximum, violates Section 17.28.600(C)(3) and loses its status as a permitted temporary promotional sign. The city's Planning Division enforces the sign code through its general code enforcement and abatement process under Chapter 17.28, and a business running attached, detached and window promotional signs together in the same quarter, contrary to Section 17.28.600(C), is likewise out of compliance.
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