# Sign Regulations in Hayden, Colorado

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Hayden, Colorado (CO)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/colorado/hayden
- **Data last verified:** 2025-03-06
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/CO/Hayden/codes/Municipal_Code?nodeId=TIT10DECO_CH10.24DEDIST_S10.24.220SI)

## At a glance

Hayden, Colorado regulates 8 sign types across 2 zoning districts. Freestanding (pole) signs in the CBD zone district zoning district are capped at 15 ft. tall and 64 sq. ft. per face (Sec. Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs.). Most commercial signs in Hayden require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (2 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBD zone district | 1 | 15 ft. | 64 sq. ft. per face | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 7 | No part of a wall sign shall be located more than 25 ft. above grade level nor shall they be higher than the eave line of the principal building | 64 sq. ft. per face | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements

### CBD zone district

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding (pole) signs | 15 ft. | 64 sq. ft. per face | — | — | 1 per 1500 linear feet of street frontage; 1 per 600 linear feet of street frontage if located adjacent to US Hwy 40 outside of the CBD zone district | 1 per 1500 linear feet of street frontage; 1 per 600 linear feet of street frontage if located adjacent to US Hwy 40 outside of the CBD zone district | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Awning signs | Awning, support framework and signage shall be a minimum 8 ft above finished grade | — | — | — | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |
| Canopy signs | Under-canopy signage parallel to face of building shall be a minimum of 8 ft. above finished grade | — | — | — | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |
| Creative signs | Case-by-case | Case-by-case | — | — | Case-by-case | Case-by-case | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |
| Monument signs | 6 ft. | 64 sq. ft. per face | — | — | 1 per entrance to project, complex or subdivision | 1 per entrance to project, complex or subdivision | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |
| Projecting signs | See Standards | 18 sq. ft. | — | — | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |
| Wall signs | No part of a wall sign shall be located more than 25 ft. above grade level nor shall they be higher than the eave line of the principal building | — | — | — | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | 1 per individual building tenant building frontage | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |
| Window signs | See Standards | — | — | — | 1 per business | 1 per business | — | Sec. 10.24.220. - Signs. |

## Prohibited signs in Hayden

- Off-premises commercial or advertising signs except as specifically permitted in this section or as approved by a conditional use permit
- Signs with lighting technology that create animated features that comprise more than 25 percent of the total allowable sign face
- Mechanical, electrical appurtenances, e.g. revolving beacons, rotating signs, searchlights, inflatable signs or balloons, non-governmental electronic message boards, sound/smoke/odor emitters
- Signs with more than two faces
- Signs with optical illusion of movement by means of a design that presents a pattern capable of reversible perspective giving the illusion of motion or changing of copy
- Roof signs
- Motor vehicles unless the vehicle is functional, used as a motor vehicle, and has current registration and tags
- Signs that are a traffic hazard, e.g. causes visual obstruction/clear vision at an intersection or driveway, interferes with vehicle or bicycle traffic, blocks traffic control devices
- Any sign that interferes with the free passage from a means of ingress or egress or opening providing light or air
- Signs containing text or graphics of an indecent or immoral nature, advertising unlawful activity, or are obscene, fighting words, defaming, inciting to imminent lawless action or true threats
- Signs containing text or graphics that present a clear and present danger due to their potential confusion with traffic control signs or signs that provide public safety information, e.g. signs that use the words 'stop', 'yield', 'caution' or 'danger' or comparable words, phrases, symbols or characters, that imply a safety hazard that does not exist
- Any sign or sign structure that is structurally unsafe, constitutes a hazard to safety or health, is not kept in good repair or is capable of causing electrical shocks to persons coming in contact with it

## Signs exempt from permit in Hayden

- Address signs
- Banners
- Building identification/memorial signs/historical markers
- Directional signs
- Farm products/farmers markets
- Flags
- Garage/estate/yard sale/auction signs
- Portable signs
- Public signs
- Public information signs
- Road signs
- Scoreboards
- Temporary signs
- Time and temperature signs
- Vehicular signs

## Full detail

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