# Sign Regulations in Lake City, Colorado

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Lake City, Colorado (CO)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/colorado/lake-city
- **Data last verified:** 2025-02-28
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/CO/Lake_City/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH23ZO_S23-18SIRE)

## At a glance

Lake City, Colorado regulates 6 sign types across 4 zoning districts. Temporary Signs in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 5 feet tall, 5 feet height, 3 feet width, 3 feet depth, and 3 feet wide (Sec. Sec. 23-18. (e)(5)). Most commercial signs in Lake City require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (4 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Business (GBD) Zoning District | 2 | 15 feet | — | — |
| RE, R1, LM | 3 | — | 35 square feet | — |
| T-1, T, CBD | 2 | 15 feet | — | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 2 | 5 feet | 5 feet height, 3 feet width, 3 feet depth | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 4 zones)

### General Business (GBD) Zoning District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 15 feet | — | — | Must conform to setback requirements | One per principal use | Anywhere within the boundaries of the owner's lot or parcel | — | Sec. 23-18. (e)(2) |
| Wall Sign | No higher than the roof or top of the cornice wall | — | — | — | — | Attached to building | — | Sec. 23-18. (e)(4) |

### RE, R1, LM

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Residential Identification Sign | — | 2 square feet (RE, R1); 6 square feet (LM) | — | — | One per lot or parcel | Per lot or parcel | — | Sec. 23-18. (g)(1)(a) |
| Temporary Sign | — | — | — | — | One per lot or parcel | If property is listed for sale or rent | — | Sec. 23-18. (g)(1)(b) |
| General Sign | — | 35 square feet | — | — | One per lot or parcel | — | — | Sec. 23-18. (g)(1)(c) |

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Sign | 5 feet | 5 feet height, 3 feet width, 3 feet depth | 3 feet | — | One per business for commercial purposes | — | — | Sec. 23-18. (e)(5) |
| Projecting Sign | No higher than ridge line or parapet wall | — | — | — | One per principal use | Attached to building | — | Sec. 23-18. (e)(3) |

## Prohibited signs in Lake City

- It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any sign except in conformity with the requirements of the sign regulations under this section.
- No sign may have more than two faces or sides.
- No signs shall be located in any manner that may interfere with or detract from orderly traffic movement within the town, or that may obscure or impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle lawfully operated within the town, or which is a hazard to traffic or pedestrian safety.
- The color and format of a sign shall not resemble or conflict with traffic signs or signals.
- No flashing or animated signs, or signs with moving parts or intermittent lighting to create the visual effect of movement shall be permitted.
- No fluorescent or reflective materials shall be used upon, within or as part of any sign.
- No sign may contain any radio, phonograph, whistle, bell, or other sound or noise-making or transmitting device or instrument.
- Banners, streamers and pennants shall not be permitted for commercial speech on any lot or other parcel of property.

## Signs exempt from permit in Lake City

- Traffic control devices on public or private property that must be erected and maintained to comply with the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted in this state or by the federal highway administration.
- Government signs of any kind that form the expression of the local, state, or federal government when erected and maintained.
- Signs required to be posted under federal, state, or local law, on any property owner's property to warn of a danger or to prohibit access to the property either generally or specifically, and signs that property owners are authorized to post under federal, state, or local laws.
- Plaques with words and/or photos or other similar devices that explain town history for general public purposes that are not used for advertising.
- The following four signs that are more than 50 years old and deemed by the board of trustees of the town to have significant historic value: The painted sign on the south wall of the Enos Greenfield Building at 310 Silver Street, The freestanding wooden sign within the public right-of-way at the intersection of Gunnison Avenue and Fifth Street that denotes the Presbyterian Church, its date of construction and its distinction on the Western Slope of Colorado. (Address: 431 Gunnison Avenue.), The roof-top neon sign on the Matterhorn Motel at 409 Bluff Street, The Timberline Craftsman sign at 225 Silver Street.

## 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 4 zoning districts in Lake City — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Lake+City+CO&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-lake-city

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