# Sign Regulations in Lake Mary, Florida

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Lake Mary, Florida (FL)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/florida/lake-mary
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-20

## At a glance

Lake Mary, Florida regulates 17 sign types across 13 zoning districts. Ground Sign - Type 1s in the Professional Office District (PO) zoning district are capped at 15 ft from average grade tall and 100 sf, with a 5 ft from ROW, 10 ft from side property line setback (Sec. § 6, Table 1, Table Notes D(1), (3); General Notes (A)(2)(b)). Most commercial signs in Lake Mary require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (13 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Professional Office District (PO) | 4 | 15 ft from average grade | 100 sf | — |
| Commercial District (C-1, C-2) | 4 | 15 ft from average grade | 100 sf | — |
| Industrial District (M-1A, M-2A) | 4 | 15 ft | 200 sf | — |
| Planned Unit Development District (PUD) | 4 | — | — | — |
| General Use District (GU) | 4 | 15 ft from grade | 200 sf | — |
| Lake Mary Blvd. Overlay District | 4 | 15 ft from nearest sidewalk | 100 sf | — |
| Downtown Center District (DC) | 5 | 10 ft | 64 sf per sign, 128 sf aggregate | — |
| A-1 | 4 | 10 ft | 100 sf | — |
| Residential Zoning Districts (R-1A, R-1AA, R-1AAA, R-1B, RCE, RM) | 4 | 5 ft | 16 sf | — |
| Residential Zoning Districts | 3 | — | 32 sf | — |
| Gateway Corridor Overlay Standards Classification District | 1 | — | — | — |
| Downtown Development Overlay Standards District | 1 | — | — | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 1 | — | 6 sf | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 13 zones)

### Professional Office District (PO)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign | — | 100 sf | — | — | 1 per premise (see note on corner/anchor tenants) | On outside wall of principal building | — | § 6, Table 1, Table Notes (B)(1),(2); Table Notes (3); § 4 |
| Window Sign | — | 100 sf | — | — | 1 per premise | On glass/windows/doors visible from exterior | — | § 6, Table 1, Table Notes (B)(1),(2); (C) |
| Ground Sign - Type 1 | 15 ft from average grade | 100 sf | — | 5 ft from ROW, 10 ft from side property line | 1 per premise | On premise, in compliance with setbacks | — | § 6, Table 1, Table Notes D(1), (3); General Notes (A)(2)(b) |
| Temporary Sign | 10 ft | 64 sf per sign, 128 sf aggregate | — | 5 ft from front, 10 ft from side, 30 ft from other temp ground sign | 2 per premises | Not on public property/ROW | — | § 6, Table 2; Table Notes (H)(4),(5) |

### Commercial District (C-1, C-2)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign | — | 100 sf | — | — | 1 per premise (see anchor/corner occupant provisions) | On outside wall of principal building | — | § 6, Table 1; Table Notes (B)(1),(2),(3); § 4 |
| Window Sign | — | 100 sf | — | — | 1 per premise | In windows/doors visible from outside | — | § 6, Table 1; Table Notes B,C |
| Ground Sign - Type 1 | 15 ft from average grade | 100 sf | — | 5 ft from ROW, 10 ft from side | 1 per premise | On premise | — | § 6, Table 1; Table Notes D(1), A(2), A(3) |
| Temporary Sign | 10 ft | 64 sf per sign, 128 sf aggregate | — | 5 ft front, 10 ft side, 30 ft from other temp signs | 2 per premises | Not on public property or ROW | — | § 6, Table 2; Table Notes H(4)-(5) |

### Downtown Center District (DC)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign | — | 20 sf | — | — | 1 per premise (of wall, window, or projecting) | On wall | — | § 6, Table 1, Table Notes G(2) |
| Window Sign | — | 20 sf | — | — | 1 per premise | Window | — | § 6 Table 1, Table Notes G(2) |
| Projecting Sign | — | 20 sf | — | — | 1 per premise | Projecting from building façade | — | § 6, Table Notes G(2) |
| Ground Sign - Type 4 | 4 ft from grade | 30 sf | — | 5 ft front, 10 ft side | 1 | On premise, with landscape area | — | § 6, Table Notes G(2), D(4) |
| Temporary Sign | 10 ft | 64 sf per sign, 128 sf aggregate | — | 5 ft front, 10 ft side, 30 ft from other temp sign | 2 | — | — | § 6, Table 2 |

## Prohibited signs in Lake Mary

- Any sign which constitutes a traffic or pedestrian hazard or a detriment to traffic or pedestrian safety by reason of its size, location, movement, coloring, or method of illumination.
- Any sign which obstructs the vision of pedestrians or vehicles using the public right-of-way.
- Electronic signs or signs of a flashing, animated or rotating nature.
- Bare bulb signs, excluding neon signs.
- Signs that interfere with, mislead or confuse traffic.
- Signs attached to trees, streetlight poles, parking lot light poles or utility poles.
- Signs attached to or painted on vehicles, when these vehicles are not regularly used to make deliveries, pickups or are not otherwise actively used, and are parked or located in such a way as to advertise.
- Signs made of combustible materials that are attached to or in close proximity to fire escapes or firefighting equipment.
- Roof signs.
- Pole banners, streamers, ribbons, propellers, searchlights, balloons or pennants, feather or flutter signs.
- Portable signs.
- Pole signs.
- Any privately owned sign placed or located on or over any public or private thoroughfare, road, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way within the city.
- Parasite signs.
- Sandwich signs or double sided signs exceeding 30 degrees.
- Snipe signs.
- Any sign not expressly allowed by this sign code.
- Discontinued signs.
- Off-premises signs.
- Billboards.
- Animated signs.
- Intermittent signs.
- Ground signs greater than 100 square feet in size (area).
- Banner signs, except as expressly allowed in § 6 of this sign code.

## Signs exempt from permit in Lake Mary

- Permanent signs in all zoning districts six square feet or less, except no more than one per premises, that are non-illuminated and set back at least 5 feet from any right-of-way and 10 feet from side/rear property lines.
- Temporary signs (however, temporary commercial message signs larger than six square feet, except signs on property for sale or lease, must be registered on a form supplied by the Community Development Director and pay a registration fee).

## Sign plan & submission notes

- A fully dimensioned site plan showing the lot frontage, building frontage or business, establishment or occupant frontage, parking areas and location of all existing and proposed signs is required as part of the sign permit application (see § 4(A)(2)(i)).
- Ground signs and temporary signs require a site plan showing the distance from the right-of-way and property lines, and street corner visibility calculations (see § 4(A)(2)(i)).
- For temporary signs over six square feet, name, date and time associated with the event and a timeframe for the temporary sign to come down must be provided (see § 4(A)(2)(i)).
- A written application for a variance to the requirements of § 6 (which covers on-premise sign regulations by zone) may be submitted to the Sign Code Board of Adjustment (see § 9).
- A sign permit must be obtained for most signs, except those explicitly exempted under § 5(A); permit requires compliance with all sign code provisions and submission as noted above (see § 4(A)).
- Sign permit applications require various technical details, plans, and owner permissions as listed in § 4(A).

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

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