Wyoming, MI Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Window sign cap
- 15% of wall frontage area
- Applies in
- B-1, B-2, B-3, RO-1, I-1, I-2, I-3
- Temp. window sign permit
- Not required
- Temp. window sign material
- Paper or fabric only
- Damaged sign rule
- Must be removed immediately
- First-offense fine
- $75.00 (§ 1-27)
Summary
Wyoming, Michigan caps window signage in its nonresidential zoning districts (B-1, B-2, B-3, RO-1, I-1, I-2, I-3) at 15 percent of a business's total wall frontage area, combining temporary and permanent window signs together. Temporary paper or fabric window signs need no separate permit but still count toward that 15 percent cap under Zoning Ordinance § 90-708.
(1)Permitted sign types...(b)Temporary signs: See Table 90-708-4. A permit shall be required for temporary signs. Temporary signs may not be illuminated.(c)Window signs: See Table 90-708-2. ... TABLE 90-708-2 ... Window sign (permanent) P P P P P P P. Maximum total area for window signs (temporary and permanent) Percent of wall frontage area: The total of all window signs and banners shall not exceed 15% of the total wall frontage area per business. ... TABLE 90-708-4 ... Window sign (temporary) Paper or fabric (e) (i) ... N No maximum (f) ... Footnotes: (e)The total of all window signs, temporary and permanent, shall not exceed 15 percent of the total wall frontage area.(f)Temporary window signs that are faded, yellowed, ripped, non-taut or otherwise damaged shall be removed immediately.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 26 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Section 90-708 of the Wyoming, Michigan Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 90) sets sign standards for the city's conventional nonresidential districts: B-1, B-2, B-3, RO-1, I-1, I-2 and I-3. ' Table 90-708-2 sets the coverage ceiling: 'the total of all window signs and banners shall not exceed 15% of the total wall frontage area per business,' covering temporary and permanent window signs combined. Table 90-708-4 lists 'window sign (temporary)' as limited to paper or fabric material, with no permit required and no maximum display duration, subject to footnotes (e) and (f).
' This 15 percent rule applies only within the conventional nonresidential districts listed above. Properties within Wyoming's Form Based Code district, limited to frontages on Crescent Street, Division Avenue, Michael Street south to Prairie Parkway, and new platted roads inside that district under Sec. 90-2001, instead follow the separate window-sign standards at Sec. 90-2014, which regulate surface-applied and neon window signs by building type and height band on the storefront rather than by a flat wall-frontage percentage.
Violations & Fines
A window sign exceeding the 15 percent wall-frontage cap, or a damaged temporary paper/fabric sign left up past footnote (f)'s removal requirement, is a Code violation subject to the city's general municipal civil infraction schedule at Wyoming Code of Ordinances § 1-27: a $75.00 civil fine for a first offense, $500.00 for a second offense within one year, and $2,500.00 for a third or subsequent offense within one year, plus costs; each day a violation continues is a separate offense.
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