# Sign Regulations in Killingly, Connecticut

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Killingly, Connecticut (CT)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/connecticut/killingly
- **Data last verified:** 2025-11-16
- **Source:** [other municipal code](https://cms2.revize.com/revize/killinglyct/Documents/Departments/Planning%20and%20Development/Regulations/Killingly%20Town%20Zoning%20Regulations/sec_540_signs_0.pdf?t=202508130845190&t=202508130845190)

## At a glance

Killingly, Connecticut regulates 39 sign types across 6 zoning districts. Institutional Freestanding Signs in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 12 feet tall and 16 square feet, with a 5 feet from street or property line setback (Sec. 540.2.1). Most commercial signs in Killingly require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (6 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 14 | 35 feet | 900 square feet including borders excluding supports | — |
| Residential (RD, LD, MD) | 2 | 10 feet | 32 square feet | — |
| Commercial (VC, GC) | 11 | 20 feet | 64 square feet | — |
| Industrial (I) | 11 | 20 feet | 64 square feet | — |
| Light Industrial (LI) | 11 | 20 feet | 64 square feet | — |
| Mixed Use Interchange (MUI) | 12 | 50 feet | 100 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 6 zones)

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Premises Identification Sign | 6 feet | 6 square feet | — | — | One per dwelling unit | On the premises or dwelling | — | 540.1.1 |
| Historic Identification Sign | — | 2 square feet | — | — | One | Attached to the building | — | 540.1.5 |
| Institutional Freestanding Sign | 12 feet | 16 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | One per street frontage | Per street frontage | — | 540.2.1 |
| Educational/Municipal Freestanding Sign (<=3 acres) | — | 48 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | One per street frontage | Per street frontage | — | 540.2.2 |
| Educational/Municipal Freestanding Sign (>3 acres) | 12 feet | 64 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | One per street frontage | Per street frontage | — | 540.2.2 |
| Announcement Bulletin Board | 8 feet | 16 square feet | — | — | One | On premises | — | 540.2.5 |
| Digital Billboard | 35 feet | 900 square feet including borders excluding supports | — | Within spatial restrictions | No more than two town-wide | On property abutting I-395; no part more than 200 feet from right-of-way line; not visible outside 200 feet on same side; minimum 1000 feet apart horizontally including opposite side; not within 700 feet of interchange; not within 1500 feet of park or playground on same side | — | 540.2.7 |
| Instructional Sign | 4 feet | 6 square feet | — | — | One per entrance or exit | On premises | — | 540.2.11 |

### Commercial (VC, GC)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Advertisement Sign | — | 32 square feet | — | — | One per street frontage | Per street frontage on premises | — | 540.1.2 |
| Commercial Freestanding Sign (<=3 acres) | 20 feet | 48 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | One per street frontage | Per street frontage | — | 540.2.3 |
| Commercial Freestanding Sign (>3 acres) | 20 feet | 64 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | One per street frontage | Per street frontage | — | 540.2.3 |
| Commercial Wall Sign (0-49 ft from street) | — | 10 percent of each exterior wall of the occupancy | — | 0 to 49 feet from street line | — | On structures 0 to 49 feet from the street line | — | 540.2.3 |
| Commercial Wall Sign (>49 ft from street) | — | 15 percent of each exterior wall of the occupancy | — | >49 feet from street line | — | On structures greater than 49 feet from the street line | — | 540.2.3 |
| Open Flag | — | 15 square feet (3 ft x 5 ft) | 3 feet | — | One | On premises | — | 540.2.3 |
| Business or Seasonal Flag | — | 15 square feet (3 ft x 5 ft) | 3 feet | — | One | On premises | — | 540.2.3 |
| Perpendicular Entrance Sign | — | 4 square feet | — | — | One at each business entrance | At each business entrance | — | 540.2.3 |

### Mixed Use Interchange (MUI)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Advertisement Sign | — | 48 square feet | — | — | One per street frontage | Per street frontage on premises | — | 540.1.2 |
| MUI Identification Freestanding Sign | 50 feet | 100 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | Two for the overall district | One oriented toward district frontage; one toward I-395 | — | 540.2.8 |
| MUI Freestanding Sign (<=3 acres) | 20 feet | 48 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | One per street frontage | Per street frontage | — | 540.2.3 |
| MUI Freestanding Sign (>3 acres) | 20 feet | 64 square feet | — | 5 feet from street or property line | One per street frontage | Per street frontage | — | 540.2.3 |
| MUI Wall Sign (0-49 ft from street) | — | 10 percent of each exterior wall of the occupancy | — | 0 to 49 feet from street line | — | On structures 0 to 49 feet from the street line | — | 540.2.3 |
| MUI Wall Sign (>49 ft from street) | — | 15 percent of each exterior wall of the occupancy | — | >49 feet from street line | — | On structures greater than 49 feet from the street line | — | 540.2.3 |
| Open Flag | — | 15 square feet (3 ft x 5 ft) | 3 feet | — | One | On premises | — | 540.2.3 |
| Business or Seasonal Flag | — | 15 square feet (3 ft x 5 ft) | 3 feet | — | One | On premises | — | 540.2.3 |

## Prohibited signs in Killingly

- No sign shall be established, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, extended, moved or structurally altered except in accordance with these regulations.
- All signs shall pertain only to goods sold, services rendered and establishments, enterprises, activities, persons, organizations and facilities on the lot where the sign is located, except signs permitted under Sections 540.2.6, 540.2.7 and 540.2.9 (general prohibition on off-premise signs except specified).
- No part of any freestanding sign or cluster arrangement or sign support shall extend within 5 feet of any street or property line except signs permitted under Sections 540.1.1, 540.1.3, 540.1.4, 540.2.6, 540.2.10 and 540.2.11.
- No such sign or arrangement shall be permitted within the right of way of any town road, or any road or area regulated or owned by the State of Connecticut unless the necessary permits are applied for and issued by the state and/or town.
- Any sign attached to a building shall not project above the highest point of the roof of the building or more than four (4) feet above the wall of the building, whichever is higher.
- No sign shall be located or maintained so as to be a hazard to traffic or pedestrians, to obstruct any door, window, ventilation system or fire escape or exit or to cause any other hazard to the public health or safety.
- Signs which revolve, rotate, flash, move, reflect intermittent lighting, or involve the electronic or automatic switching of lamps or illuminated tubes, except time and temperature, shall not be permitted.
- All lighting of signs shall be internal or indirect with exterior illumination confined and directed to the surface of the sign so that no direct rays or glare or source of illumination shall be visible beyond the property lines or create a danger to pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
- The following signs are prohibited: Off-premise signs, except as otherwise provided for in these regulations; portable trailer or wheeled signs; signs which copy or imitate or in any way approximate or obstruct an official highway sign or device or carry the words 'stop' or 'danger' for advertising purposes; and search lights.

## Signs exempt from permit in Killingly

- A zoning permit shall be required in accordance with Section 620 for all signs except those in Section 540.1 (exemption from zoning permit for signs listed in 540.1).
- Signs on the exterior of barns or other farm outbuildings to identify the farmer or the name of the farm shall not be required to conform to the limitation of six square feet in area and six feet in height (exemption for farm identification signs).
- Any sign lawfully existing or under construction on the effective date of these regulations which does not conform to one or more of the provisions of these regulations may be continued in operation and maintained indefinitely as a legal non-conforming sign subject to normal maintenance including changing of copy and structural and nonstructural repair (exemption for nonconforming signs).

## Sign plan & submission notes

- All signage proposed in conjunction with a new special permit use shall be reviewed and approved as part of that special permit review. No signage proposed in conjunction with a new special permit use shall be approved where the special permit review in accordance with Section 720.4, proves unfavorable.
- The commission may grant as a special permit use additional detached signs in lieu of one or more exterior wall signs. The total area of said signs shall not exceed five (5) percent of the area of the wall upon which one of the relinquished exterior wall sign(s) would have been placed, and not exceed the size of allowed freestanding signs. No such special permit shall be approved where in the opinion of the commission additional detached signs are unnecessary or where the special permit review in accordance with Section 720.4, proves unfavorable.
- Section 540.2.7 - Industrial, commercial and economic development promotional signs through recommendation of the Economic Development Commission and approval of the Town Manager and Director of Planning and Development.

## Full detail

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