Woodbury, MN Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Under Woodbury City Code Sec. 5-63, window signs may be placed within a building so long as they do not exceed 30 percent of the total window area, and the total area of window signage cannot exceed 80 square feet per street frontage. 5 (Signs), which governs all zoning districts except R-1, R-2, R-4 and R-4(MX), meaning the 30 percent/80 square foot cap is a nonresidential-district standard rather than a citywide rule reaching single-family and duplex zones. The section traces to Ordinance No. 02, adopted January 10, 1996, and has not been amended since.

Because the standard is stated as a maximum coverage percentage paired with an absolute square-footage ceiling, a business with modest window area is bound by the 30 percent figure, while a business with extensive glazing is capped by the 80 square foot figure, whichever limit is reached first per street frontage. The section is short and self-contained: it does not carve out exceptions for temporary sales signage, holiday displays, or security/burglar-alarm placards, so any window-mounted sign counts toward the limit unless another chapter provision separately exempts it.

Businesses planning storefront graphics, promotional banners, or interior illuminated signage visible from outside should measure existing window signage against total window glass area on each street-facing elevation before adding new material, since the calculation runs per frontage rather than per building as a whole.