# Sign Regulations in Center Hill, Florida

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Center Hill, Florida (FL)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/florida/center-hill
- **Data last verified:** 2025-03-17
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/FL/Center_Hill/codes/Land_Development_Code?nodeId=LAND_DEVELOPMENT_CODE_ARTVGEDEST_DIV12SIST)

## At a glance

Center Hill, Florida regulates 4 sign types across 3 zoning districts. Ground Signs in the CH zoning district zoning district are capped at 35 feet tall, with a Ten feet or one-half foot for every foot in height from public road right-of-way line. setback (Sec. Sec. 13-591(b)(2)a.1).

## Sign rules by zoning district (3 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CH zoning district | 2 | 35 feet | — | — |
| CR zoning district | 2 | 35 feet | — | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 2 | 35 feet | — | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements

### CH zoning district

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 35 feet | — | — | Ten feet or one-half foot for every foot in height from public road right-of-way line. | — | On-site | — | Sec. 13-591(b)(2)a.1 |
| Building Sign | — | — | — | Same as ground signs unless attached flat against a wall. | — | Attached flat against a wall of a legally permitted structure | — | Sec. 13-591(b)(2)a.2 |

### CR zoning district

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 35 feet | — | — | Ten feet or one-half foot for every foot in height from public road right-of-way line. | — | On-site | — | Sec. 13-591(b)(2)a.1 |
| Building Sign | — | — | — | Same as ground signs unless attached flat against a wall. | — | Attached flat against a wall of a legally permitted structure | — | Sec. 13-591(b)(2)a.2 |

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Sign | — | — | — | No setback requirements | — | Not encroaching on public right-of-way or adjoining property | — | Sec. 13-591(b)(1) |
| Permanent Ground Sign | 35 feet | — | — | 15 feet from public road right-of-way line | — | Off-site | — | Sec. 13-591(b)(2)b.1 |

## Prohibited signs in Center Hill

- It shall be unlawful to erect, cause to be erected, maintain or cause to be maintained, any sign not expressly authorized by this Code.
- Signs that are in violation of the building or electrical codes adopted by the city.
- Any sign that, in the opinion of the council, does or will constitute a safety hazard.
- Signs that revolve, or are animated, or that utilize movement or apparent movement, or utilize lights or illumination that flash, move rotate, scintillate, blink, flicker, or vary in intensity or color to attract the attention of the public when such attraction creates an unsafe condition for motorists or pedestrians, except for time-temperature-date signs.
- Signs or sign structures that interfere in any way with free use of any fire escape, emergency exit, or standpipe.
- Signs that resemble any official sign, symbol or marker erected by any government agency, or that by reason of position, shape or color would conflict with the proper functioning of any traffic sign or signal, or be of a size, location, movement, content, color, or illumination that may be reasonably confused with or construed as, or conceal, a traffic-control device.
- Signs that obstruct, or substantially interfere with, the vision of pedestrians, cyclists or motorists traveling on or entering or exiting public streets.
- Non-governmental sign that use the words 'stop', 'look', 'danger', or any similar word, phrase or symbol when such sign presents or implies the need or requirement of stopping or the existence of danger, or which is a copy or imitation of official signs.
- Signs, within ten feet of public right-of-way or 100 feet of any public road intersection, that contain red or green lights that might be confused with traffic control lights.
- Signs, and any associated lighting, that are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or impair the vision of any motorist or pedestrian using or entering a public way, or that are a hazard or a nuisance to occupants of any property because of glare or other characteristics.
- Signs that contain any lighting or control mechanism that causes unreasonable interference with radio, television or other commercial signals.
- Signs placed in public right-of-ways by non-governmental entities without specific approval pursuant to F.S. § 337.407, and signs or supporting structures located in or over the rights-of-way of any federal, state or city road except as provided by law.
- No sign may be erected so that by its location, color, size, shape, nature, or message it would tend to obstruct the view of or be confused with official traffic signs or other signs erected by governmental agencies.
- Signs placed on private property without the property owner's consent.

## Signs exempt from permit in Center Hill

- Signage located on elevated water tanks are exempt from these provisions.

## Full detail

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