Vallejo, CA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Permanent window sign cap
- 20% of window area
- Permanent sign placement
- Ground floor and 2nd story only
- Temporary window sign duration
- 10 days maximum
- Temporary sign placement
- Ground-floor windows only
- Governing section
- VMC Section 16.509.06(O)(4)-(7)
Summary
Vallejo caps permanent window signage at twenty percent of a storefront's total window area and confines it to ground-floor and second-story windows under Municipal Code Section 16.509.06(O). Temporary window signs get a separate, shorter allowance: they can only go up for ten days at a time and only in ground-floor windows.
4.Window Signs. The following standards apply to window signs in all zoning districts where allowed by Section 16.509.05, Zoning District Sign Standards.5.Maximum sign area. Permanent window signs shall not occupy more than twenty percent of the total window area.6.Permanent window signs.a.Signs shall be allowed only on windows located on the ground level and second story of a building frontage.b.Signage shall consist of individual letters, logos, or symbols applied to the glass surface; however, neon signs with transparent backgrounds may be hung inside the window glass line.7.Temporary window signs. Temporary window signs may be allowed provided that the signs:a.Are displayed inside a window for a maximum of ten days;b.Shall only be located within the ground-floor windows of the structure.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Update 12 - 25).
Full Breakdown
06(O), part of the Standards for Special Category Signs, treats window signs as their own category with two distinct tracks. Paragraph 5 sets the permanent-sign ceiling: permanent window signs cannot occupy more than twenty percent of the total window area on a given storefront. Paragraph 6 layers on placement and format rules for those permanent signs, restricting them to windows on the ground level and second story of a building frontage, and requiring the signage itself to consist of individual letters, logos, or symbols applied directly to the glass, though neon signs with transparent backgrounds may be hung just inside the window line.
Paragraph 7 covers temporary window signs separately and much more tightly: they may be displayed for a maximum of ten days at a time and only in ground-floor windows, unlike the permanent-sign track, which reaches the second story. 06(A)(2), which allows incidental window signing at car lots up to twenty-five percent of window area without a sign permit at all. 02.
Violations & Fines
A window sign that exceeds the twenty percent coverage cap, hangs past the ten-day temporary display window, or sits above the second story without a sign permit is an unpermitted sign under Chapter 16.509. Enforcement runs through the city's general penalty section, Section 1.12.010: a first violation is an infraction carrying a fine of $100 to $500, escalating to a misdemeanor with a fine of $500 to $1,000 or up to six months in jail for repeat or more serious violations, and each day the oversized or expired signage remains posted is its own violation.
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