Sign Regulations in Florida (2026)

Florida has no statewide statute that fully preempts municipal regulation of political signs on private property, but…

Sumter County bans any private sign or temporary display, campaign signs included, from property the Board of County…

Political signs are regulated in Boca Raton as noncommercial temporary signs under Code Sec. 24-104(3). Residential…

Nonilluminated political campaign signs need no permit in unincorporated Brevard County, but they follow the same size…

Cape Coral lets residents post up to three no-permit temporary signs per single-family lot under Land Development Code…

During any Florida election, Charlotte County lets private property carry one temporary sign up to six square feet, or…

Unincorporated Citrus County caps a candidate's campaign sign at eight square feet in a residential district and 32…

In unincorporated Collier County, election and referendum signs need a bulk temporary permit, must show the permit…

Coral Gables caps political and campaign signs at one per lot, 22×28 inches, with two bonus signs allowed only in the…

Doral caps election signs at four square feet and four feet tall in residential districts, six feet tall in…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows political campaign signs in every zoning district if they meet setback, size and…

Fort Lauderdale treats campaign signs as temporary election-related signs under Sec. 25-24 of the Code of Ordinances…

In Fort Myers, political campaign signs on residential lots count as yard signs capped at 24 square feet total; on…

Gulfport allows one political sign per ballot issue, candidate or position on a property, confined to private land…

Hialeah treats political campaign signs as a 'specific purpose sign' under Sec. 74-148(c)(3), capping them at 8 square…

Hollywood regulates political and other temporary non-commercial signs, like yard signs, under its temporary-sign…

Indian River County treats political signs as temporary signs under Chapter 956. On a single-family lot they run up to…

Jacksonville allows one temporary election sign per candidate or ballot issue per private lot, capped at 4 sq ft, 6…

Jupiter caps temporary political signs at one per candidate or issue per residential lot, limits them to six square…

Kissimmee caps political signs at one per candidate or issue per property, bars them from public property and utility…

Lake County uses content-neutral sign rules, so there is no special 'political sign' category. On your own property you…

On your own property in unincorporated Lee County you may put up political or campaign signs of up to four square feet…

In unincorporated Manatee County, political signs may be up to 6 square feet in residential districts (32 square feet…

Melbourne regulates yard signs supporting candidates or ballot measures as 'temporary noncommercial signs.' On a…

Miami-Dade County regulates political campaign signs as a category of 'special events signs' under Section 33-99…

Miramar treats political signs as exempt from a sign permit but still regulates them closely. LDC § 1010 caps…

Nassau County's Land Development Code § 30.04(B) treats a political campaign advertisement as a device Florida law…

Orange County allows political and ideological signs in all zoning districts but caps residential signs at 16 sq ft and…

Orlando does not run a separate political-sign category: instead any sign permitted by right or by permit may carry…

You may place political signs on your own private property in unincorporated Osceola County, but the Land Development…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County lets campaign signs go up without a permit, but they must come down within ten days…

Unincorporated Pinellas County treats yard political signs as temporary signs: event-related signs must come down…

Polk County's Sign Regulations are content-neutral, so there is no separate political-sign category. Any allowed sign…

The county sign code is content-neutral: no separate political-sign permit. A single-family home in the unincorporated…

City of Sarasota caps political campaign signs at 16 square feet in residential zones and 32 square feet in commercial…

In unincorporated Seminole County, campaign signs are allowed after a candidate qualifies, but never in the public…

St. Johns County allows political signs on residential property as temporary signs. Land Development Code §7.02.02…

Sunrise regulates political and campaign signs as content-neutral "noncommercial signs." On residential property you…

Tampa bans political signs and advertisements on public property outright under City Code Sec. 2-602. Noncompliant…

West Palm Beach caps temporary political signs at 20 square feet of total aggregate area per lot under Zoning Code Sec…

Daytona Beach does not license or count political signs separately: a 'Campaign Sign' is a sign for a candidate or…

Gainesville's sign code lets any conforming sign carry a noncommercial message, including political and campaign signs…

Unincorporated Highlands County bars political signs, along with advertisements, handbills, snipe signs and billboards…

Martin County lets political and other non-commercial signs go up on private property without a sign permit, but LDR…

Miami 21 lets residents post political election signs on private property without a permit, but only starting three…

Palm Bay gives political signs no special category: they're regulated as ordinary temporary signs under the citywide…

Sarasota County lets political signs go up on private property without a sign permit starting 60 days before an…

Political signs in Tallahassee skip the sign permit process entirely as long as each one stays at or under 16 square…

Florida law lets you post campaign signs on your own property, but candidates must remove their signs within 30 days of…

Political signs in Homestead are protected as free speech. Florida law limits local regulation of political signs on…

Okaloosa County allows political signs on private property but, under content-neutral sign rules, keeps every sign at…

Political signs in Pembroke Pines are protected by the First Amendment and FL Statute 106.1435, which limits local…

Plantation treats political signs as temporary noncommercial signs. Single-family homes may display up to three signs…

Political signs in Pompano Beach are protected by the First Amendment and FL Statute 106.1435. Signs on private…

In unincorporated St. Lucie County, campaign signs are content-neutral non-commercial temporary signs. They must sit…

Boca Raton has no sign category written specifically for garage sales, so a sign advertising one is governed as a…

Cape Coral folds garage-sale sign permission into the sale permit itself: § 12-146(B) authorizes on-site and off-site…

Collier County requires a permit for garage or lawn sales, and garage-sale signs are temporary signs. On residential…

Daytona Beach limits a garage sale to one sign of no more than four square feet, displayed only on the sale property…

Deltona limits garage sale signs to one per property, no bigger than 4.5 square feet, and requires the sign to come…

Fort Myers caps garage sale signs at four square feet, allows posting only two days before the sale, and requires…

Gulfport garage sale signs are capped at one four-square-foot sign on the sale property plus up to three…

A garage sale sign counts as a temporary sign under the Land Development Code: it must be non-illuminated, built of…

Homestead bans yard sale signs on trees, poles or any other property in the public right-of-way, and requires the…

Garage-sale signs are permit-exempt temporary signs in Indian River County: up to four square feet on a single-family…

Garage sale signs 4 square feet or smaller are exempt from Jacksonville's sign code entirely, but they still can't be…

Kissimmee limits garage sale signs to one per lot, no larger than two square feet, displayed for up to three days per…

Lake County's content-neutral sign code treats a garage-sale sign like any temporary sign. On your own property you may…

Lee County's sign code has a specific garage-sale category. No permit is needed as long as the sign goes up no more…

In unincorporated Manatee County, garage sale signs are among the sign types allowed without a sign permit under the…

Miami caps garage sale signs at two per permit, sized no more than 12 by 18 inches, and displayed only during the…

Miami Beach caps garage sale signs at two per sale, each no bigger than 12 by 18 inches, and bans them from public…

Miami-Dade County bans erecting garage sale signs on any County-owned right-of-way; the Public Works Director can…

Miramar exempts yard and garage sale signs from a separate sign permit, but the Land Development Code still caps the…

A North Port garage sale sign must sit on private property with a 5-foot setback, stay under 12 square feet and 4 feet…

Okaloosa County treats garage-sale signs as temporary event signs. They may go up no more than seven days before the…

Orange County limits every garage sale in the unincorporated area to one advertising sign or poster of no more than…

Garage, yard and similar sales are permitted as an accessory use throughout unincorporated Osceola County, limited to…

A Pembroke Pines garage sale gets exactly three signs: one at the sale site and two at the nearest corners, each capped…

Plantation allows garage-sale signs as residential transitory signs. Besides one sign at the house, up to three…

Garage-sale and yard-sale signs in unincorporated Polk County are temporary signs under LDC Section 760.F. On-premises…

Port Orange requires every garage or yard sale to display its permit on the property itself, and that posted permit is…

Port St. Lucie requires a code compliance permit before any garage sale, and that permit itself doubles as the sign: it…

Garage and yard sale signs are exempt from a county sign permit as temporary decorations customarily associated with a…

Sunrise limits yard-sale signs to your own property: no more than two, per City code-compliance guidance. Off-premises…

West Palm Beach lets residents put up temporary garage or yard sale signs under Zoning Code Sec. 94-407(11), capped at…

Brevard County exempts garage sale signs from sign permits, but directional signs in the road right-of-way are capped…

Broward County caps yard sale signs at 2 square feet, exempts them from permits, and requires removal at the end of the…

A yard sale or garage sale sign in unincorporated Citrus County cannot exceed eight square feet and must sit at least…

A Doral garage sale sign is capped at four square feet, must sit at least five feet back from the right-of-way line (15…

Fort Lauderdale doesn't write a separate rule book for garage-sale signs: Sec. 23-121 simply routes them into the…

Garage-sale signs in Hollywood must follow the sign standards in Article 8 of the Zoning and Land Development…

A residential garage sale in Jupiter does not need a special permit, but the Code limits a household to two sales a…

Palm Bay exempts temporary residential garage sale signs from sign permits but requires immediate removal after the…

In the City of Satellite Beach, City Code § 30-504, Table 1 allows up to two garage or yard sale signs per property…

St. Petersburg limits garage-sale advertising to one sign of no more than four square feet per property under City Code…

In unincorporated St. Lucie County, garage or yard sale signs are exempt from a permit under LDC 9.04.00 as long as…

North Port's sign code defines any air-inflated, blower-powered display as an inflatable sign and bans balloon and…

Holiday decorations on JEA electric poles and light standards are exempt from Jacksonville's sign-permit chapter only…

Deerfield Beach requires a special event permit for any tent, structure or unattended holiday display placed on…

Deltona caps temporary holiday lighting displays that don't meet standard fixture rules at 30 days per calendar year…

Tampa's Sign Code exempts holiday, seasonal, and commemorative displays from a sign permit as a category of temporary…

Seasonal string lighting displayed with yard figurines is exempt from Volusia County's sign permit rules under Sec…

Broward County exempts holiday lights from its outdoor lighting standards, but only if each bulb is under 10 watts and…

Davie exempts residential and commercial holiday lighting from its outdoor shielding standards from Thanksgiving…

Doral exempts temporary holiday decorations from the sign permit requirement under Land Development Code Section…

Kissimmee lets commercial-grade accent and string lighting on non-residential buildings flash and change color only…

Lee County lets homes and businesses put up Christmas and Hanukkah decorations without a sign permit, but only within a…

Miramar caps how long holiday lights and decorations can stay up on a property. Under City Code Section 10-124(16)…

Palm Bay exempts seasonal decorative lighting, like typical low-wattage Christmas lights, from its outdoor lighting…

Port Orange exempts holiday decorations and temporary displays from sign permitting, but only for a limited run…

Holiday lights and decorations in Winter Haven are fully exempt from the City's sign regulations, no permit and no size…

Holiday and other seasonal light displays are exempt from Alachua County's outdoor lighting article entirely: no…

Daytona Beach exempts holiday lighting displayed in November, December, and January from the City's exterior lighting…

Fort Myers exempts low-wattage holiday lights and seasonal decorations from its outdoor lighting and sign standards, so…

Palm Beach County exempts temporary holiday lighting from its outdoor lighting standards, no permit or photometric plan…

Plantation's sign code sets one seasonal rule: a nonresidential property may post two double-faced temporary seasonal…

Sunrise has no ordinance governing holiday or seasonal decorations. Purely ornamental displays carry no advertising…

Tallahassee exempts holiday lights and decorations from its sign permitting system outright. Land Development Code §…

Titusville places no duration limit or permit requirement on holiday lighting and displays. City Code Sec. 32-10(c)…

Coral Gables outright prohibits electronic signs, LED, digital, video, laser, or any display that changes words or…

Unincorporated Flagler County bans off-site advertising billboards outright and prohibits digital or electronic message…

Digital billboards are flatly illegal in Gainesville. City Code Sec. 30-9.3 lists "electronic signs" and "off-premises…

Gulfport prohibits any sign with electronic, mechanical or optical movement, including flashing, blinking or…

Within the Lake Placid Regional Plan Overlay District portion of unincorporated Highlands County, on-premise digital…

Off-premises signs, including digital billboards, are banned outright in unincorporated Hillsborough County. On-site…

Hollywood caps billboards citywide at 15 static structures on arterial roads, and separately bans electronic message…

Miami bans every new freestanding billboard, including LED digital displays, under Code § 62-618.3. Only existing legal…

Unincorporated Nassau County bans electronic digital signs outright, regardless of how often the display changes, under…

New Port Richey's Land Development Code prohibits billboards outright and bans animated signs, a category that by…

North Port bars any new billboard, digital or traditional; the 15 legacy structures along I-75 remain, governed by FDOT…

Pembroke Pines bans billboards outright, digital or otherwise, under Code of Ordinances § 155.6107(A)(8). The code…

Plantation bans off-premises permanent signs outright and separately prohibits any illuminated sign so bright or…

Pompano Beach bans billboards and general advertising signs outright under § 156.12(E) of its sign code. On-premise…

Port Orange bans billboards outright under its sign code and separately limits every digital sign allowed on private…

In the City of Satellite Beach, City Code § 30-506 specifically prohibits billboard signs, beacon signs, animated…

West Palm Beach prohibits any billboard or off-premises sign, digital or static, in every zoning district under Zoning…

Alachua County bans electronic message centers on freestanding signs along the Interstate 75 corridor entirely…

Brevard County bans new off-premises signs outright since 2003 and permits digital billboard conversions only to settle…

Davie caps off-premises digital billboards at two town-wide, each limited to 14 by 48 feet, kept 500 feet from…

Daytona Beach allows digital, electronic message center signs only as an add-on to a permitted ground or wall sign…

Deltona allows electronic changeable-copy signs only with automatic ambient-light dimming, and restricts billboards to…

Doral limits digital off-premises billboards, called automatic changing signs, to a citywide cap of four permits under…

Fort Myers confines digital and traditional billboards to six named corridors, capping them at 400 square feet, 35 feet…

On-premise LED signs in Hialeah are confined to industrial and commercial property with 100 feet of frontage…

Jupiter limits freestanding changeable-copy signage to eight square feet per face townwide and reserves full electronic…

Digital changing message signs are confined to I-75 frontage, designated arterial streets and a handful of named…

Leon County caps digital billboards at six countywide under Sec. 10-9.609, and a company can hold no more than…

Digital Class B billboards are allowed only in BU/IU commercial-industrial districts or at large assembly venues, on…

Miramar allows billboards only as digital billboards, and only along the Florida Turnpike or I-75 corridors, under LDC…

New billboards are otherwise banned citywide, but Orlando lets an owner trade in old traditional billboard faces for a…

Digital billboards are allowed only on existing billboard signs near Interstate 95 or Palm Bay Road, require a state…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County caps electronic message signs at 50 percent of sign area, restricts them to regional…

Unincorporated Pinellas County bars new off-premises signs, billboards, from adding electronic changeable message…

Digital billboards in Port St. Lucie are billboards, period, and every billboard needs a ten-year special exception…

Sarasota County allows only one digital Electronic Message Center per lot, limits it to half the area of the property's…

St. Johns County effectively bars digital billboards: LDC § 7.01.03 bans flashing or animated lighting on any billboard…

St. Petersburg only allows new digital billboards along the interstate, and only under a City agreement that removes at…

Tallahassee bans new digital billboards outright, except through a narrow trade-in program. Land Development Code §…

Tampa has banned erecting new billboards since 2000, but owners of existing nonconforming or variance billboards may…

Titusville tightly regulates electronic message signs under Sec. 32-13, capping brightness at 8,000 nits by day and 500…

Digital signs are tightly restricted in Volusia County. Sec. 72-298(8)b.6 confines electronic message centers to…

Boca Raton regulates electronic and digital signs under Code Sec. 24-101, requiring factory-set, password-protected…

Broward County allows electronic message signs on permitted permanent signs but requires auto-dimming, an 8-second…

Cape Coral regulates digital signage through its Electronic Message Center (EMC) standard in Section 7.4.3.B. EMCs are…

In unincorporated Citrus County, an electronic or digital message board may run only if the sign's permit lists…

Cocoa allows digital billboards to replace lawfully existing off-site signs in non-residential districts under City…

Escambia County allows tri-changing signs and electronic message centers, the code's terms for digital billboards and…

Homestead allows digital billboards only along the FDOT Turnpike corridor, capped at 500 nits from sunset to sunrise…

Jacksonville regulates digital billboards as "changing message devices": electronic content must hold static at least…

Kissimmee limits electronic message-center signs to one change every four seconds with no scrolling or animation, and…

Digital signs in unincorporated Lake County must hold each message steady for at least eight seconds and go blank for a…

Orange County requires digital billboards to hold each image static for at least 8 seconds and to auto-dim brightness…

Electronic message boards in City of Sarasota office and commercial zones must auto-dim, capping brightness at 5,000…

Bay County bans window signs entirely at adult oriented businesses, adult novelty stores, tattoo shops and body…

North Port limits window signs to commercial and industrial zoning districts under the Unified Land Development Code…

Window signs in Boca Raton are limited to ground-floor windows only, capped at 20 percent of the window area or 9…

In unincorporated Brevard County, window signs need no permit but cannot cover more than 50 percent of any individual…

Unincorporated Broward caps window signs at one per window and no more than 20% of the window's area, for homes and…

Cape Coral exempts window and door signs from a permit only while they stay under a hard coverage cap. Section 7.4.2's…

Charlotte County caps window signage in the Charlotte Harbor Community Redevelopment Area at 25 percent of a unit's…

Unincorporated Citrus County limits how much of a storefront's glass can carry a sign: permanent window signs can cover…

Commercial window signs in Coral Gables can cover at most 10% of street-level window area or 20 square feet, whichever…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida exempts window signs from its sign permit requirement only if they cover 25 percent or…

In Davie, Florida's non-residential zoning districts, window signs may cover no more than 10 percent of any window, and…

Temporary window signs in Deltona, like sale banners and promotional posters, can cover no more than 25 percent of a…

Doral caps permanent window signs for commercial and retail uses at 25 percent of window frontage under Land…

Escambia County's sign code limits how much of a storefront window can be covered by advertising: window signs cannot…

Fort Lauderdale convenience stores cannot let window signage block the view of the cash register and transaction area…

Fort Myers caps window signs at 25 percent of the window area per building face, with open/closed, hours, and menu…

Gainesville caps non-illuminated window signs at 12 square feet without needing a sign permit, treating them the same…

In the 49th Street Redevelopment Master Overlay District, City Code § 22-5.16(k)(12)h bans window signs "affixed by…

Hialeah's sign code caps most wall-mounted signage at ten percent of a building's facade, but window signs get a…

Hollywood caps permanent window signs in Commercial, Office, Industrial, and Institutional/Recreational districts at…

Homestead caps window signs outside single-family residential zones to one sign per window or door, limited to address…

In Jacksonville's Downtown Sign Overlay Zone, temporary window signs cannot collectively exceed 35 square feet or 20…

A Jupiter commercial business cannot cover more than 25 percent of its street-facing window area with signage, display…

Ground-floor window signs in Kissimmee can't cover more than a third of the window, must sit in the top or bottom…

Martin County caps window signage at 20 percent of a tenant space's total glass area. LDR Sec. 4.703.K applies the…

Melbourne caps temporary window signs at 10% of a storefront's glass surface area per window or service bay, and allows…

Miami caps window signs at 20% of a storefront's total glass area under Miami 21's citywide sign table, whether the…

Miramar caps window signage at 25 percent of a storefront's total window area under LDC Sec. 1007. Vinyl appliqué…

Nassau County defines a window sign broadly under Land Development Code § 30.05 as anything visible from the…

New Port Richey limits interior window signs to 3 square feet on residential property and 24 square feet on…

Orange County caps window signage at 25% of window area and limits most window-sign lettering to 6 inches tall, though…

Orlando treats window signs as a no-permit Minor Sign category, but only on the ground floor and only up to 25% of each…

Window signs in Palm Bay cannot cover more than 25% of a window's total surface in aggregate, or the sign is expressly…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, window signs can't cover more than 20 percent of the glass window or door they're…

Storefront window signage in Pembroke Pines is capped at 20% of the total window area under Code of Ordinances §…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, temporary window signs on commercial and office buildings can cover up to 25% of the…

Businesses in Plantation may cover no more than twenty percent of a glazed window area with signage, or ten percent if…

Pompano Beach caps most storefront window signs at 20% of the tenant's window area and restricts them to first-floor…

Port Orange caps how much of a storefront window can carry signage: residential-zoned lots are limited to 6 square feet…

Port St. Lucie caps window signage at 40 percent of any window or door surface under Code of Ordinances Section…

In the CT tourist-commercial district covering St. Armands Key, City of Sarasota zoning caps window signs at 20 percent…

St. Petersburg caps non-illuminated window signs at 50 percent of a window's total pane area under City Code Section…

Tallahassee caps window signage at 20 percent of a storefront's glass surface area before it becomes prohibited…

Window signage on a Tampa storefront may cover no more than 25 percent of the total window surface, in aggregate…

In West Palm Beach's Downtown Master Plan urban core, special districts, and North Railroad Avenue commercial frontage…

Window signs in Daytona Beach do not need a sign permit in most districts. The exception is commercial buildings in the…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts temporary window signs advertising special sales or events from its sign permit…

Window signs in unincorporated Hillsborough County need no sign permit, but Land Development Code Section 7.03.00.F…

A business in unincorporated Lee County can cover up to 30 percent of its window glass with signage advertising what's…

Leon County exempts window signs from its sign permit requirement, but caps them at 25 percent of the window or…

Sarasota County allows a window sign without any Sign Permit, but caps its coverage at 10 percent of the window area on…

In the City of Satellite Beach, City Code § 30-504, Table 1 caps window signs at 10 percent of the window area and…

St. Johns County caps window signs at 25 percent of the window or door area under LDC § 7.02.06. Window signs must be…

Titusville lets businesses skip a sign permit for window and glass-door signage, but caps it hard. Code Sec. 32-4(a)(7)…

Volusia County exempts window signs from permitting and size limits everywhere in the unincorporated county under Sec…

Window signs are fully exempt from Lake County's sign permitting rules. LDR § 11.01.06(C) lists Window Signs among the…

Winter Haven exempts shop window signs from its sign permit process outright: a sign placed in a window display of…

Unincorporated Brevard has barred new off-premises billboards since October 16, 2003, so freeway-facing advertising…

Broward County bans outdoor advertising signs within 660 feet of any limited-access highway countywide, unless the sign…

Since June 1, 1987, Jacksonville Charter Section 23.03 has banned building or erecting any new offsite commercial…

Miami prohibits construction of any new freestanding billboard citywide under Sec. 62-618.3, including along I-95…

Miramar bans billboards and off-premises signage on every roadway in the city except two corridors: the Florida…

Unincorporated Nassau County bans billboards and other off-premise advertising signs outright under Land Development…

North Port bars any new billboards or off-premises signs citywide; only the 15 existing billboards along Interstate 75…

City of Sarasota bans off-site signs, those advertising a business, service, or product located elsewhere, the classic…

Billboards facing Citrus County's highways are confined to the GNC, LIND, and IND land use districts, capped at 382…

Daytona Beach bans billboards citywide except within 100 feet of the Interstate 95 right-of-way, and even there they…

Doral only permits off-premises billboards along the Palmetto Expressway, Dolphin Expressway and Florida Turnpike under…

Fort Myers billboards facing I-75 are capped at 400 square feet and 35 feet tall, with a 1,500-foot linear separation…

Off-site billboards are banned everywhere in Hialeah except through the billboard replacement program in Sec. 74-150…

Hollywood caps billboards at 15 citywide, and every one must sit along a limited access arterial roadway rather than a…

Freeway-facing signs near I-75 interchanges in Lee County can rise as high as 100 feet and 750 square feet, but only…

Off-site signs (billboards) facing an interstate highway in unincorporated Okaloosa County must sit at least 1,500 feet…

Unincorporated Pinellas County only allows off-premises billboards on industrial-zoned land fronting I-275 or other…

Sarasota County bans off-site advertising signs, the billboard type that advertises something other than the business…

Off-site billboards in Tallahassee are locked into five zoning categories along its commercial and interstate…

Property within 500 feet of the Lee Roy Selman (Selmon) Expressway right-of-way sits in a 'protected area' where…

Off-premises signs, billboards facing federal-aid primary and interstate highways, may go up only in the B-6, I-1 and…

Inside Orlando's North International Drive Special Plan, a building site next to Interstate 4 or the Florida Turnpike…

Nonresidential sites near an interstate interchange in St. Johns County can add one extra pole sign for freeway…

Titusville allows one freeway-facing 'high rise' ground sign per commercial lot inside its Interstate Access Zone, a…

Homestead has opted out of the Miami-Dade County code section restricting signs near expressways, expressly allowing…