# Sign Regulations in Buena Park, California

Sign permit rules, size and height limits, setbacks, and ordinance citations for Buena Park, California, compiled by PermitPal from the jurisdiction's published municipal code.

- **Jurisdiction:** Buena Park, California (CA)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/california/buena-park
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-10
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://ecode360.com/42913810#42913810)

## At a glance

Buena Park, California regulates 6 sign types across 10 zoning districts. Temporary Signs in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 36 inches tall, 5 square feet, and 24 inches wide, with a No placement within 15 feet of any driveway setback (Sec. § 19.904.030(F)(3)). Most commercial signs in Buena Park require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (10 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 3 | 36 inches | 5 square feet | — |
| Residential Zones | 1 | — | 32 square feet | — |
| Commercial Zones | 1 | 20 feet | — | — |
| Industrial Zones | 1 | 20 feet | — | — |
| ECSP Zone | 1 | — | — | — |
| ACSP Zone | 1 | — | — | — |
| CR Zone | 1 | — | — | — |
| OS Zone | 1 | 20 feet | 200 square feet | — |
| OR Zone | 1 | 20 feet | 200 square feet | — |
| Billboard Overlay Zone | 1 | — | — | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 10 zones)

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Sign | 36 inches | 5 square feet | 24 inches | No placement within 15 feet of any driveway | No more than three signs at one location | Public property and public rights-of-way | — | § 19.904.030(F)(3) |
| Ground Sign | 20 feet | — | — | Vision clearance area requirements | One per lot, additional for multiple street frontages | Middle 40% of lot width | — | § 19.912.010(C) |
| Wall Sign | — | — | — | — | One per building frontage, additional for public/service entrances | Building frontage | — | § 19.912.010(D) |

### OS Zone

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 20 feet | 200 square feet | — | Not within vision clearance area | One per street frontage | Street frontage | — | § 19.916.010(B) |

### OR Zone

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 20 feet | 200 square feet | — | Not within vision clearance area | One per street frontage | Street frontage | — | § 19.916.010(B) |

## Prohibited signs in Buena Park

- No sign shall present any hazard to the safety of pedestrian or vehicular traffic by obstructing the flow of such traffic, by obstructing the sight lines required for the safe movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, by interfering with the visibility and effectiveness of any traffic control or warning device or in any other manner.
- The placing, mounting, installing, affixing, erecting, maintaining, or displaying of any sign on public property or in public rights-of-way is prohibited, except for those temporary signs expressly permitted or authorized in a permit, license, lease, or other appropriate approval or agreement from the City.
- Any form of moving, oscillating, or rotating sign is prohibited.
- Inflatable signs (other than forced cold-air inflatables) are prohibited.
- Portable signs, not including temporary signs which are otherwise permitted, are prohibited.
- Off-premises signs (billboards), not including billboards otherwise permitted, are prohibited.
- Roof signs are prohibited.
- Signs located in or upon public property or public rights-of-way, except as permitted, are prohibited.

## Signs exempt from permit in Buena Park

- Traffic control or traffic directional signs placed or erected by the City or another governmental agency, or placed or erected under a permit or license issued by the City or another governmental agency.
- Public notices or signs required by local, state, or federal regulations.
- Signs placed or erected by the City in furtherance of its governmental functions.
- Signs providing information about a public event organized by or in collaboration with the City or other governmental agency.
- Banner signs advertising special community benefit events at specific locations when both the event and the signs are approved by the City.
- Temporary special event signs permitted at locations designated by Resolution of the City Council.
- Temporary noncommercial signs permitted at locations designated by Resolution of the City Council.
- Permit-exempt signs such as public signs, warnings, and notices, directional signs, memorial signs and cornerstones, residential directory signs, professional signs, bulletin boards, window signs, construction signs, real estate signs, and permissible temporary signs.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Special areas exist within the City where a sign plan review by the Planning Commission shall be required prior to the issuance of any sign zoning compliance permit and the erection of any sign.
- Prior to the issuance of any sign permit for an integrated development in the commercial zones, other than the CR zone, a sign program shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission.
- Prior to the issuance of any sign permit for an integrated development in the industrial zones, a sign program shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission.
- For a business or industrial park, additional monument signs may be permitted with a sign plan review in addition to the number of ground signs and allowable sign area otherwise permitted.

## Full detail

This page publishes an overview of every zoning district plus a sample of 3 districts in full. Complete zone-by-zone requirements for all 10 zoning districts in Buena Park — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Buena+Park+CA&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-buena-park

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