# Sign Regulations in Flagler Beach, Florida

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Flagler Beach, Florida (FL)
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- **Data last verified:** 2025-05-08
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/FL/Flagler_Beach/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_APXALADERE_ARTVIISI)

## At a glance

Flagler Beach, Florida regulates 19 sign types across 5 zoning districts. Freestanding Signs in the R, P, C, REC, RECREATION/PUD, SFR, LDR, MDR zoning district are capped at 6 ft tall and 32 sq ft for non-residential; 4 sq ft for single-family residential; 32 sq ft for multi-family residential; 64 sq ft at the entrance of a PUD/subdivision/mobile home park, with a Shall not be located within side or rear lot line required setback, and closer than 5 feet to street right-of-way, unless otherwise stated (see Sec. 7.06.04) setback (Sec. Sec. 7.07.01 (A)(1)-(3), (B)(2)-(4), (C)). Most commercial signs in Flagler Beach require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (5 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| R, P, C, REC, RECREATION/PUD, SFR, LDR, MDR | 3 | 6 ft | 75% of roof area | — |
| TC, GC, LI, HC, General Commercial, Highway Commercial, Tourist Commercial | 8 | 9 ft | 32 sq ft (single occupant), 64 sq ft (multi-tenant); 64 sq ft for entrance to commercial subdivision/park/PUD | — |
| Community Redevelopment Area Downtown Mixed-Use Overlay District, A1A Retail Corridor Overlay District | 1 | 4 ft | 12 sq ft | — |
| recreational zoning district east of the SR A1A right-of-way | 1 | Shall not protrude above the top of the roof | 75% of roof area | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 8 | Residential: 20 ft (flagpole), 9 ft (pennant); Nonresidential: 40 ft (flagpole), 9 ft (pennant) | 50% of the area of any window as viewed from the outside | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 5 zones)

### R, P, C, REC, RECREATION/PUD, SFR, LDR, MDR

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 6 ft | 32 sq ft for non-residential; 4 sq ft for single-family residential; 32 sq ft for multi-family residential; 64 sq ft at the entrance of a PUD/subdivision/mobile home park | — | Shall not be located within side or rear lot line required setback, and closer than 5 feet to street right-of-way, unless otherwise stated (see Sec. 7.06.04) | Single-family/two-family: 1 per public street; Multi-family: 1 per public street; Non-residential: 1 per public street; PUD etc.: 2 per entrance | On-site; along each public street abutting the premises; at entry for PUD/subdivision/mobile home park | — | Sec. 7.07.01 (A)(1)-(3), (B)(2)-(4), (C) |
| Wall Sign | 6 ft (if detached; wall sign cannot extend above wall) | 30 sq ft for multi-family residential and non-residential uses; 4 sq ft single-family residential | — | — | Single-family/two-family: None specified; Multi-family/non-residential: 1 per public street | On-site; along each public street abutting the premises | — | Sec. 7.07.01 (A)(1)-(2), (B)(2)-(3), (C) |
| Roof Sign (Recreation Zoning District east of SR A1A right-of-way) | Shall not protrude above the top of the roof | 75% of roof area | — | — | — | Rooftop | — | Sec. 7.07.01 (A)(4), (C) |

### TC, GC, LI, HC, General Commercial, Highway Commercial, Tourist Commercial

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 9 ft | 32 sq ft (single occupant), 64 sq ft (multi-tenant); 64 sq ft for entrance to commercial subdivision/park/PUD | — | Shall not be placed in the right-of-way; see general setback rules | One per lot or outparcel per public street | On-site; not placed in the right-of-way | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (A)(1)-(3), (B)(1)(a)-(c) |
| Wall Sign | — | 32 sq ft (single occupant); multi-tenant varies by formula; 60% of building frontage or max 50 ft width | 50 ft or 60% of building frontage, whichever is less | — | One per use (max 2 on corner/double frontage) | Building wall, facing public street | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (A)(1)-(3), (B)(2) |
| Marquee Sign | — | 16 sq ft (counts toward wall sign max copy area) | — | — | Only one per use | Erected on/hung from marquee | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (B)(3) |
| Projecting Sign | — | 16 sq ft (8 sq ft within Community Redevelopment Area) | May extend up to but less than 4 ft from wall | — | One per use | Attached to building, projecting from wall | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (B)(4) |
| Awning/Canopy Sign | — | 16 sq ft (counts toward total wall sign area) | — | — | — | On/integral to awning or canopy | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (B)(5) |
| Suspended Sign | — | 4 sq ft or less (not counted in total sign copy area); over 4 sq ft counts toward aggregate permitted area | — | — | One per use | Mounted perpendicular to building facade, not over/in right-of-way | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (B)(6) |
| Menu Display Sign | 8 ft (drive-through menu board) | 6 sq ft (attached menu at entrance/service window); 32 sq ft (drive-through menu board, up to 2 per restaurant) | — | — | 1 attached per restaurant, up to 2 drive-thru, 1 per stall for drive-in | At entrance/service window (attached sign); for drive-through, viewed from drive-through lane; at stall for drive-in | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (B)(7) |
| Corporate Signage on Canopy (Service Stations/Convenience Stores) | — | Part of permitted wall sign area; no additional for canopy | — | — | — | Principal structure or canopy | — | Sec. 7.07.02 (B)(8) |

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Window Sign | — | 50% of the area of any window as viewed from the outside | — | — | — | Applied, affixed on, or painted to window | — | Sec. 7.06.07 |
| Flags and Flagpoles | Residential: 20 ft (flagpole), 9 ft (pennant); Nonresidential: 40 ft (flagpole), 9 ft (pennant) | Residential: 28 sq ft (flag), 8 sq ft (pennant); Nonresidential: 35 sq ft (flag), 8 sq ft (pennant) | — | Described above | Max 3 per lot | Setbacks: Residential—5 ft from front/rear, 10% from side, 15 ft from side street; Nonresidential—5 ft from all property lines | — | Sec. 7.06.09 |
| Temporary Freestanding Sign | 6 ft | SFR, LDR, MDR: 16 sq ft; Other zoning: 32 sq ft | — | — | Max 1 per lot | On-site | — | Sec. 7.07.03(A), 7.04.00(C) |
| On-site Temporary Banner Sign | 9 ft | 16 sq ft or less (residential); 36 sq ft or less (non-residential) | — | — | One at a time | On the property of the business or use | — | Sec. 7.07.03(B) |
| Exempt Nameplate/Occupant Identification Sign | — | 2 sq ft (residential); 4 sq ft (nonresidential) | — | — | One per residence/business/occupancy | Attached wall | — | Sec. 7.04.00(E) |
| Menu Display Sign (Freestanding) | 8 ft | 32 sq ft | — | — | 2 per drive through | Drive through lane | — | Sec. 7.07.02(B)(7) |
| Menu Display Sign (Attached) | — | 6 sq ft | — | — | 1 per restaurant | At entrance/service window | — | Sec. 7.07.02(B)(7) |
| Murals | — | Limited to the dimensions of the wall | — | — | — | Exterior wall of building | — | Sec. 7.07.04 |

## Prohibited signs in Flagler Beach

- Animated signs.
- Electronic changeable signs except when required as traffic control device signs.
- Billboards.
- Non-temporary banners, wind signs, ribbons, spinners, streamers or captive balloons or other inflatable signs or devices and fixed aerial signs.
- Any sign which, or any part of which, is in motion by any mechanical or electrical means.
- Any sign displaying flashing, undulating, swinging, rotating, revolving or scrolling lights; alternating or intermittent lights or lights of changing degrees of intensity, brightness, or color or move or appear to move.
- Any sign that emits sparks, fire, sound, vapor, smoke, odor, particles or gaseous matter.
- Any sign or exterior illumination sign that is not shielded so that the source of light (light bulb) can be seen from any abutting street or property or building other than the building or property to which the sign is related.
- Any sign constructed or maintained by an entity or person which, by reason of its size, location, movement, coloring or manner of illumination may be confused with or construed as a traffic control device or which hides from view any traffic control device.
- Any sign erected by an entity or person in or on or over any public right-of-way, or other public property, except where otherwise permitted under this article.
- Any sign located in a manner that could impede traffic on any street, alley, sidewalk, bikeway or other pedestrian or vehicular travel way.
- Any sign other than a traffic control device sign that uses the word "stop" or "danger," or presents or implies the need or requirement of stopping or the existence of danger, or which is a copy or imitation of a traffic control device sign and which is adjacent to the right-of-way of any road, street, or highway.
- Any sign that is wholly or partially illuminated by flashing or intermittent lights, rotary beacon lights, strobe lights or similar devices.
- Portable signs except sandwich signs that are located in the City Community Redevelopment Area's Downtown Mixed-Use and A1A Retail Corridor Overlay Districts.
- Any sign that obstructs the sightline at private and public drives as determined by subsection 7.06.04 of this article.
- Temporary signs except those allowed by this article.
- Snipe signs.
- Sandwich signs except within the City's Community Redevelopment Area Downtown Mixed-Use and A1A Retail Corridor Overlay Districts.
- Roof signs, except that roof signs shall be allowed in recreational zoning district east of the SR A1A right-of-way.
- Signs that display any statement, word, character, or illustration of any obscene nature, as defined by F.S. ch. 847.
- Mobile billboards consistently or repeatedly parked for more than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours at a fixed location on any street and are visible within one hundred (100) feet of any street.
- Signs, other than those erected by a federal, state and/or local government, pursuant to federal or Florida law, within any waterway within the city.
- Signs attached to a seawall, dock, tie pole, or pier, other than warning or safety signs.
- Abandoned signs.
- Monopole signs.
- Bench advertising signs.
- Illuminated vehicle signs.

## Signs exempt from permit in Flagler Beach

- All signs (except permanent window signs which are not 'opened' and 'closed' signs) located entirely inside the premises of a building or enclosed space and which are not readily visible from the exterior of the enclosed space or premises.
- Statutory signs, traffic control device signs, or signs required by law, administrative order or judicial order erected by public employees performing official duties.
- Up to one (1) temporary sign at any time provided such sign does not exceed six (6) square feet in sign copy area and five (5) feet in height on any residential zoned property or sixteen (16) square feet and six (6) feet in height on any non-residential zoned property. During the time any property is for sale or lease, the number of temporary signs exempted pursuant to this paragraph shall be increased by one (1) temporary sign. During the period beginning ninety (90) days prior to and extending to ten (10) days after any election being conducted within Flagler County or Volusia County, Florida at which Flagler County or Volusia County voters will be called upon to vote, the number of temporary signs exempted pursuant to this paragraph shall be increased by two (2) temporary signs. Temporary signs exempt pursuant to this paragraph shall not be included in any calculation of maximum sign number or sign square footage provided elsewhere in this article. Temporary signs exempt pursuant to this paragraph shall not be illuminated in any manner.
- Nameplate or occupant identification signs. For each residence, business or other occupancy within the city, one (1) attached wall nameplate sign may be displayed. For residences, the nameplate or occupant identification signs shall not exceed two (2) square feet in total sign area. Signs for home businesses shall be considered an occupant identification sign. In any nonresidential zoning district, the nameplate or occupant identification sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet in total sign area.
- No permit shall be required for changing the copy of a sign, as long as the sign copy is not increased and/or no changes are made to the sign's height, size, location, or structural design.
- Flags and flagpoles and pennants as regulated by Section 7.06.09 of this article.
- Bus stop informational signs up to four (4) square feet in area shall be allowed in all zoning districts. These signs shall have a maximum height of six (6) feet unless otherwise required by applicable law.
- One (1) or more temporary window signs subject to the regulations regarding window signs contained in this article.
- Signs on buses, taxicabs, and similar common carriers that are licensed or certified by a governmental entity, and vehicle signs, except mobile billboards.
- Signs incorporated onto machinery and equipment by a manufacturer or distributor that identify the manufacturer, or product or service dispensed by the machine or equipment, such as signs customarily affixed to newspaper racks, gasoline pumps, telephone booths, mail drop-boxes, bus shelters, and vending machines.
- Stringlighting.
- Signs carried or worn by a person.
- Non-commercial on-site parking space number or identification signs, not exceeding one (1) square foot of sign face per sign, shall be allowed on each parcel in non-commercial use having multiple parking spaces on-site. One (1) such sign shall be allowed for each parking space. The maximum height for a freestanding or attached wall sign shall be six (6) feet unless otherwise required by applicable law.
- Warning signs and safety signs, not exceeding four (4) square feet in sign area, shall be allowed in all zoning districts. The maximum height for these signs shall be six (6) feet unless otherwise required by applicable law.
- On-site non-commercial directional signs.
- Umbrella signs.
- On-site temporary banner signs, provided the business uses the sign-in sheet at the building department. No fee or permit is required; sign-in is required stating the business name, type of sign, and date the sign is erected. Special events using on-site temporary banner signs follow the same sign-in sheet procedure.
- Pedestrian wayfinding signs.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- A master sign plan (MSP) shall be required and approved as part of a site development plan before any signs for such development may be erected on the property. All owners, tenants, subtenants and purchasers of individual units and/or outparcels within the development shall comply with the approved master sign plan.
- The master sign plan must include: proposed locations for freestanding and building signs, types of signs, sign materials, maximum number, size and height of signs, style and color palette, illumination type, description of ornamental structures, typical landscape plan for freestanding signs, and other information required for sign permit applications.
- Prior to issuance of a sign permit for the erection of a sign, all proposed sign plans (for developments requiring a master sign plan) must be reviewed for conformity with the MSP and the ordinance.
- For projects not originally approved with an MSP, individual signs must be reviewed by the city manager or designee for consistency and compatibility with other signs within the project or the immediate area. A permit will only be issued if the proposed sign is consistent and compatible.
- Sign permit application timelines are suspended if submission of a site plan or master sign plan, a variance, rezoning, or comprehensive plan amendment is required.
- Freestanding signs must be accompanied by a landscape plan as part of the sign plan.
- Modifications to an MSP require submission of a revised MSP for consideration and approval in the same manner as originally approved.
- Variance requests, including those related to signs, require review and approval by the planning and architectural review board and city commission, with hearings as part of the process.

## Full detail

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