# Sign Regulations in South Daytona, Florida

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

- **Jurisdiction:** South Daytona, Florida (FL)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/florida/south-daytona
- **Data last verified:** 2025-03-17
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/FL/South_Daytona/codes/Land_Development_Code?nodeId=ARTVIIIGEDEST_S8.2SIRE)

## At a glance

South Daytona, Florida regulates 13 sign types across 5 zoning districts. Freestanding Sign - Single Tenant Buildings in the Non-residential District zoning district are capped at 15 feet tall and As specified in Table 16, with a 5 feet setback (Sec. Sec. 8.2, Non-residential district signs, b.1.). Most commercial signs in South Daytona require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (5 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Residential District | 5 | 8 feet | 32 sf per face, 64 sf aggregate | — |
| Non-residential District | 5 | 15 feet | 48 sf for 1 wall, 60 sf for 2 or 3 walls | — |
| Business Neighborhood Commercial (BNC) District | 1 | — | 20 sf | — |
| Ridgewood Redevelopment District (CRA) | 1 | — | — | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 1 | — | 6 sf | — |

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

### Residential District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Professional Sign | — | 2 sf | — | — | 1 per lot | At the residence where the occupation is conducted. | — | Sec. 8.2, Permitted signs, Residential districts, a. |
| Real Estate Sign | — | 5 sf | — | — | 1 per lot | On the property being sold or rented. | — | Sec. 8.2, Permitted signs, Residential districts, b. |
| Subdivision Identification Sign | — | Per approved plan | — | — | 1 per entrance | At one or more entrances to new subdivisions. | — | Sec. 8.2, Permitted signs, Residential districts, c. |
| Garage Sale Sign | — | 4 sf | — | — | 1 on and 1 off property | On the property of the residence where the sale is conducted. | — | Sec. 8.2, Permitted signs, Residential districts, e. |
| Houses of Worship Sign | 8 feet | 32 sf per face, 64 sf aggregate | — | — | 1 per lot, except corner | On the lot or parcel of property. | — | Sec. 8.2, Permitted signs, Residential districts, f. |

### Non-residential District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign - Single Tenant Building | — | 48 sf for 1 wall, 60 sf for 2 or 3 walls | — | — | 1-3 | On a wall or roof of the building. | — | Sec. 8.2, Non-residential district signs, a.1. |
| Wall Sign - Multi-tenant Building | — | 48 sf for 1 wall, 60 sf for 2 walls | — | — | 1 or 2 | On a wall of the building. | — | Sec. 8.2, Non-residential district signs, a.2. |
| Freestanding Sign - Single Tenant Building | 15 feet | As specified in Table 16 | — | 5 feet | 1 | On the property with a minimum setback of 5 feet from the right-of-way. | — | Sec. 8.2, Non-residential district signs, b.1. |
| Freestanding Sign - Multi-tenant Building | 15 feet | As specified in Table 16 | — | 5 feet | 1 | On the property with a minimum setback of 5 feet from the right-of-way. | — | Sec. 8.2, Non-residential district signs, b.1. |
| Window Sign | — | — | — | — | — | On the inside or outside of a window. | — | Sec. 8.2, Non-residential district signs, a.4. |

### Business Neighborhood Commercial (BNC) District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | — | 20 sf | — | 5 feet | 1 | On the property with a minimum setback of 5 feet from the right-of-way. | — | Sec. 8.2, Non-residential district signs, b.2. |

## Prohibited signs in South Daytona

- Signs that communicate obscenity or indecency.
- Snipe signs.
- Flashing signs.
- Signs on or over public lands.
- Projecting signs.
- Signs that contain any lighting or control mechanism that causes unreasonable interference with radio, television, or other communication signals.
- Searchlights used to advertise or promote a business or to attract customers to a property.
- Signs with visible moving, revolving, or rotating parts or visible mechanical movement of any description or other apparent visible movement achieved by electrical, electronic, or mechanical means, except for traditional barber poles.
- Signs with lights or illuminations that flash, move, rotate, scintillate, blink, flicker or vary in intensity or color including 'electronic message center' signs, which term includes signs that display time-temperature-date.
- Strings of light bulbs used on commercially developed parcels for commercial purposes, other than traditional holiday decorations.
- Signs that incorporate projected images, emit any sound that is intended to attract attention, or involve the use of live animals.
- Signs that emit audible sound, odor, or visible matter such as smoke or steam.
- Signs that obstruct the vision of pedestrians, cyclists, or motorists traveling on or entering public streets.
- Signs, within ten feet of public right-of-way or 100 feet of traffic-control lights, that contain red or green lights that might be confused with traffic control lights.
- Signs that are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or impair the vision of any motorist, cyclist, 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 on the interior of store windows to the extent that they exceed 50 percent of the area of the window.
- Rope lighting, i.e., bulbs, L.E.D. or neon rope lighting on building or in windows used to attract attention.
- Signs or window coverings not manufactured specifically for window signage or window treatments, including, but not limited to; fabric/material, sheets, blankets, paper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, garbage bags, trellis, wood, wire, etc.
- Roof signs.
- Painted/handwritten signs on structures unless considered a mural or completed by a professional sign contractor.
- Sign spinners, animated character signs, blow up signs, any flashing, fluttering, undulating, waving, swinging, rotating or otherwise moving signs, or other decorations such as pennants, ribbons, spinners, streamers or balloons, outdoor flying banners or other waving fabric sign, inflatable signs or devices designed to attract attention, or other like signs.

## Signs exempt from permit in South Daytona

- Ordinary maintenance—Maintenance, painting, repainting, cleaning or other normal maintenance and repair of a sign not involving painting or repainting of copy are or structural or electrical changes.
- Change of copy—Changing of the advertising copy or message on an existing approved changeable copy sign.
- Window displays—Changes in the content of show window displays within the building.
- Instructional signs—Instructional signs which are located entirely on the property to which they pertain, do not advertise a business, and do not exceed three square feet in area.
- Governmental signs—Governmental signs for control of traffic and other regulatory purposes, street signs, danger signs, railroad crossing signs, signs of public service companies indicating danger, and officially authorized aids to public service or safety.
- Interior signs—Signs located within any building or building complex, or within an enclosed lobby or court.
- Symbols or insignia—Religious symbols, commemorative plaques of recognized historical agencies, or identification emblems of religious orders or historical agencies, provided that no such symbol, plaque or emblem shall exceed four square feet in area.
- Public information signs—Signs used to provide public information or direction erected by authority of a public body.
- Certain special signs—'No trespassing/dumping' signs; freestanding memorial signs or tablets, and names of building and dates of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of bronze or other noncombustible materials and attached to the surface of a building; legal notices and official instruments; holiday lights and seasonal decorations; public warning signs; menu signs of less than two square feet mounted at the entrances to restaurants; temporary window signs which are removed in ten days; works of art which do not constitute advertising; 'no smoking' or 'shut off engine' type signs accompanying fuel dispensing pumps at gas stations and city identification signs.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- A master sign plan is required for a shopping or multi-building complex as noted herein and should be included in the development plans submitted for review.
- Proof of unity of title and a sign site plan are required for shopping centers or commercial and industrial parcels with more than one building.
- All proposed shopping centers shall submit a comprehensive signage program as a part of the development plan review process.

## Full detail

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