# Sign Regulations in Rockledge, Florida

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Rockledge, Florida (FL)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/florida/rockledge
- **Data last verified:** 2025-03-17
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/FL/Rockledge/codes/Land_Development_Regulations_?nodeId=LADERE_PTVIIISPREUSZODI_S81.31SUSIBUWAABRI-W)

## At a glance

Rockledge, Florida regulates 9 sign types across 5 zoning districts. Temporary Real Estate Street Graphics in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 3 feet tall and 6 square feet, with a Not closer than 15 feet to any side property line. setback (Sec. SECTION 86.04. - Temporary street graphics (c) (1)). Most commercial signs in Rockledge require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (5 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 7 | 30 feet | 300 square feet | — |
| RCE, R1, R2, R2A, R3, TH, MH | 2 | 4 feet | 6 square feet | — |
| C2 | 1 | 30 feet | 300 square feet | — |
| C1, C1A, M1, M2, IP | 1 | — | — | — |
| P1 | 1 | — | — | — |

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

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Subdivision Sign | 10 feet | 96 square feet | — | — | One per entrance | At one entrance into such development or subdivision from each abutting street. | — | SECTION 81.31. - SUBDIVISION SIGNS AND BUFFER WALLS ABUTTING RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Ord. No. 1120-96, § 35, 8-14-96; Ord. No. 1144-97, § 30A, 8-20-97) |
| Temporary Real Estate Street Graphic | 3 feet | 6 square feet | — | Not closer than 15 feet to any side property line. | One per street frontage | On-site, not closer than 15 feet to any side property line. | — | SECTION 86.04. - Temporary street graphics (c) (1) |
| Political or Campaign Sign | — | 32 square feet | — | — | One per candidate or referendum issue | Not in, on, or over the public right-of-way. | — | SECTION 86.07. - Political and campaign signs (a) |
| Garage Sale Graphic | 3 feet | 3 square feet | — | — | Not more than three per sale | Not on any part of the right-of-way of specified boulevards and roads. | — | SECTION 86.04. - Temporary street graphics (f) |
| Banner Graphic | — | 18 square feet | — | — | One per event | Attached to the principal structure, not blocking windows. | — | SECTION 86.04. - Temporary street graphics (g) |
| Portable LED Sign | — | 32 square feet per side | — | Not closer than 15 feet to any property line. | One per event | Commercial or manufacturing districts or as allowed by a special event permit. | — | SECTION 86.04. - Temporary street graphics (k) |
| Off-Premise Street Graphic | 30 feet | 300 square feet | — | Not closer than 15 feet from any front or rear property line or 50 feet from any side property line. | One per location | C2, M1, or M2 zoning districts, on property fronting a highway part of the federal-aid primary highway system. | — | SECTION 86.05. - Permanent street graphics (G) |

### RCE, R1, R2, R2A, R3, TH, MH

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Real Estate Street Graphic | 3 feet | 6 square feet | — | Not closer than 15 feet to any side property line. | One per street frontage | On-site, not closer than 15 feet to any side property line. | — | SECTION 86.04. - Temporary street graphics (c) (1) |
| Political or Campaign Sign | 4 feet | 3 square feet | — | Within 3 feet or less of the front building line. | One per candidate or referendum issue, maximum of three per parcel | Not in, on, or over the public right-of-way. | — | SECTION 86.07. - Political and campaign signs (b) |

### C2

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Off-Premise Street Graphic | 30 feet | 300 square feet | — | Not closer than 15 feet from any front or rear property line or 50 feet from any side property line. | One per location | C2 zoning district, on property fronting a highway part of the federal-aid primary highway system. | — | SECTION 86.05. - Permanent street graphics (G) |

## Prohibited signs in Rockledge

- No sign or other street graphic shall be attached to or placed against a building in such a manner as to prevent ingress and egress through any door or window required or designed for access to any building, nor shall any sign or other street graphic obstruct or be attached to a fire escape.
- No banner graphics or other street graphic of any type whatever may be erected, constructed or maintained along or across any right-of-way of the city, except for such banner graphics or other street graphic as the city council may itself determine to erect for the general benefit of the city as a whole or for the public convenience, necessity or welfare.
- No signs or other street graphic other than a city sign or other sign of a public nature will be allowed to be erected, placed, replaced, installed or maintained in or on any city property or public right-of-way; nor shall any street graphic be permitted on the grounds of any church or school or on property owned by any public agency, except as specifically authorized herein.
- No street graphic shall be erected in such a manner as to obstruct the vision of pedestrians. No street graphic shall obstruct vision at any street intersection.
- Signs or other street graphics displaying any statement, word, character or illustration of an obscene, indecent or immoral nature are prohibited.
- Pennants or spinners are prohibited.
- Red or green lights, except traffic-control signals, within ten (10) feet of public right-of-way or two hundred (200) feet of traffic-control lights are prohibited.
- Snipe signs are prohibited.
- Revolving street graphics are prohibited.
- Animated street graphics are prohibited.
- Vehicle street graphics with a total sign area of any vehicle in excess of ten (10) feet, when parked on a business premises for more than one consecutive hour and located more than one hundred (100) feet from the entrance of any business or business location advertised or named on the vehicle street graphic are prohibited.
- Tethered inflatable street graphics are prohibited.
- Roof graphics are prohibited.
- Projecting graphics are prohibited.

## Signs exempt from permit in Rockledge

- Street graphics with a total size of six (6) square feet or less per building which bear only property numbers, street addresses, telephone numbers, post box numbers or names of occupants of the premises.
- Governmental flags or insignia except when displayed in connection with commercial promotion.
- Legal notices and other signs or graphics of six (6) square feet of sign area or less, either publicly or privately owned, directing and guiding traffic and parking.
- Christmas trees, other holiday displays, and window displays of merchandise.
- Street graphics reproduced on the body of coin-operated vending machines, gasoline pumps, telephone booths, and ice vending equipment.
- Nonilluminated graphics of not over four (4) square feet of sign area for safety or caution or to prohibit trespassing.
- Murals, statues, paintings, designs or other decorative features or structures designed to attract attention to any occupancy but containing no names of occupants, business or product identification, trademark, logo, address, or other commercial message, provided a special permit therefore is obtained from the city council.
- Street graphics, other than off-premises street graphics, of up to eighteen (18) square feet of sign area on any church, school, or public agency property.
- Vehicle street graphics with less than ten (10) square feet of total sign area on any vehicle.
- Nonilluminated public service street graphics of not over four (4) square feet of sign area when located on a window or inside all [hall] of any nonresidential use or when located not closer than five (5) feet to a public right-of-way and not closer than ten (10) feet to the city limits.
- Signs necessary to promote health, safety and welfare and other regulatory, statutory, traffic control or directional signs erected on public property with permission as appropriate from the United States Government, State of Florida, Brevard County or the City of Rockledge.
- Decorative flags and bunting for celebration, convention or commemoration of significance for the entire community when authorized by city council for a prescribed period of time.
- Neon lighting of less than one hundred (100) linear feet as accent lighting and shall not be used as signage.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Subdivision signs and buffer walls specifications and drawings must be submitted and approved by the building department and planning commission before final plat approval.
- Permanent identification graphics and structures shall be permitted only for a total development as approved in a final plat.
- Street graphics of a permanent nature, designed only to identify a subdivision development and including accessory entrance structural features, may be erected upon application to and approval by the planning commission.

## Full detail

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