Sign Regulations in Connecticut (2026)
36 rules on the books across Connecticut, 13 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Political Signs
Rules for posting political campaign signs on your property, including size limits, how early you can put them up, and when they must come down.
Connecticut: statewide
StatewideLight RestrictionsConnecticut sets no statewide content rules for political signs: size, number, and time limits are left to towns. The…
Read full rule →New Britain
Significant RestrictionsNew Britain bans posting any handbill or sign on public property citywide, from utility poles to street signs, but…
Read full rule →Stratford
Some RestrictionsIn the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, a sign for a political organization cannot exceed eight square feet, must stand…
Read full rule →New Haven
Light RestrictionsNew Haven lets any authorized sign carry political or other non-commercial messages, and treats them as temporary signs…
Read full rule →Garage Sale Signs
Where you can place signs advertising a garage or yard sale, including restrictions on utility poles, medians, and public right-of-way.
Bethel
Some RestrictionsBethel lets residents put up tag sale signs without a permit, but only within tight limits. Zoning Regulations §…
Read full rule →West Haven
Some RestrictionsIn the City of West Haven, Connecticut, a notice of a tag sale or similar non-commercial event needs written approval…
Read full rule →Holiday Displays
Rules for seasonal decorations, lights, inflatables, and lawn displays, including the sign-permit exemptions most codes give them and any limits on timing, size, or placement.
Hartford
Some RestrictionsHartford exempts holiday lighting from its site-lighting rules, including the citywide ban on animated, flashing and…
Read full rule →Stamford
Light RestrictionsStamford limits any seasonal lighting display to 60 contiguous days, and caps all seasonal displays on a property at a…
Read full rule →Stratford
Light RestrictionsSection 6.7.3(3) of the Stratford Zoning Regulations exempts traditional, temporary seasonal or holiday lighting…
Read full rule →Digital Billboards
Rules governing digital and electronic billboards, including size limits, brightness and dwell-time standards, and the ongoing legal fight in cities like LA.
Bethel
Heavy RestrictionsBethel bans both traditional billboards and digital signage outright. Zoning Regulations § 118-6.3G lists 'outdoor…
Read full rule →Danbury
Heavy RestrictionsDanbury's zoning code prohibits off-premises billboards outright except for limited relocations, and separately bans…
Read full rule →West Hartford
Heavy RestrictionsWest Hartford's Zoning Code effectively forecloses digital billboards with moving images: Section 177-33D(1) bars…
Read full rule →Hartford
Significant RestrictionsDigital dynamic-display signs are barred citywide except in Downtown districts, the Transit Oriented Development and…
Read full rule →Meriden
Significant RestrictionsMeriden restricts digital billboards to the Billboard Overlay District along limited access highways and requires a…
Read full rule →New Britain
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of New Britain, electronic and moving message signs face tight zoning limits: flashing or rotating lights…
Read full rule →New Haven
Significant RestrictionsNew Haven caps digital sign brightness at 5,000 nits by day and 250 nits at night, with a 10-second minimum dwell time…
Read full rule →Norwalk
Significant RestrictionsNorwalk bans automatic changeable-copy and animated signs citywide under Code Section 118-1292, but carves out a…
Read full rule →Ridgefield
Significant RestrictionsA digital or electronic sign in Ridgefield can't go up without a Special Permit from the Planning and Zoning…
Read full rule →Stratford
Significant RestrictionsSection 6.11.11(10) of the Stratford Zoning Regulations allows electronic message signs in the Town of Stratford…
Read full rule →Window Signs
Limits on the percentage of window area that may be covered by signs in storefronts, including transparency rules for safety visibility into businesses.
Bethel
Some RestrictionsStorefronts in Bethel's Village Center, Commercial and Route 6 Business zones can cover up to 25% of a window with…
Read full rule →Danbury
Some RestrictionsIn Danbury's residential zoning districts, window and door-window signs can cover no more than 15 percent of each…
Read full rule →Hartford
Some RestrictionsHartford caps window signage at 30% of a continuous run of windows, 50% of any single window panel, and 10% of a…
Read full rule →New Britain
Some RestrictionsIn New Britain's CBD and CBD-R zones, window signs are capped at 15 percent of each window or door-window's area under…
Read full rule →New Haven
Some RestrictionsIn New Haven's business, downtown and industrial districts, window signs do not count toward a building's total…
Read full rule →Norwalk
Some RestrictionsGround-floor storefront window signs in Norwalk cannot cover more than 25% of the glass, with the rest kept…
Read full rule →Ridgefield
Some RestrictionsRidgefield lets store owners post a permanent window sign only after obtaining a permanent window sign Zoning Permit…
Read full rule →Stamford
Light RestrictionsStamford exempts window signs from a Zoning Permit only if they cover no more than 15% of the available window area and…
Read full rule →Stratford
Light RestrictionsThe Stratford Zoning Regulations define a window sign as any sign affixed to a window or displayed within three feet of…
Read full rule →West Hartford
Light RestrictionsIn West Hartford's business and industrial districts, a unit of occupancy above the first floor may display window…
Read full rule →Freeway-Facing Signs
Restrictions on commercial signs visible from freeways, including height, illumination, and outdoor advertising act compliance.
New Haven
Heavy RestrictionsNew Haven bars off-premises billboards along State Route 15 and stretches of I-95 and I-91, plus near parks and…
Read full rule →Hartford
Significant RestrictionsBillboards visible from Interstate 91 or Interstate 84 west of Park Street may convert to digital displays only by…
Read full rule →Meriden
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Meriden's Planned Executive Office Development District, a building on a site abutting Interstate 91…
Read full rule →Norwalk
Significant RestrictionsOff-premises signs Norwalk allows to be visible from an interstate highway must sit at least 500 feet apart on the same…
Read full rule →Stratford
Significant RestrictionsSection 6.11.3(9) of the Stratford Zoning Regulations prohibits commercial signs in the Town of Stratford, Connecticut…
Read full rule →Bridgeport
Some RestrictionsBridgeport permits off-premises billboards only in business or industrial zones, and along interstate or limited access…
Read full rule →West Hartford
Some RestrictionsWest Hartford allows one directory-style sign near each expressway exit ramp and near each major highway at the Town…
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