# Sign Regulations in Tallapoosa, Georgia

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Tallapoosa, Georgia (GA)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/georgia/tallapoosa
- **Data last verified:** 2025-05-08
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/GA/Tallapoosa/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH78SI)

## At a glance

Tallapoosa, Georgia regulates 14 sign types across 2 zoning districts. Outdoor Advertising Signs in the C-1, C-2, M zoning district are capped at 1,000 square feet (facing one direction), with a Setback from all surrounding structures, ROW, and property lines must be at least the height of the sign plus 10 feet. setback (Sec. Sec. 78-4). Most commercial signs in Tallapoosa require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (2 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 11 | 25 feet above roof elevation | 50% of side/rear surface area | — |
| C-1, C-2, M | 3 | — | 1,000 square feet (facing one direction) | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Home Occupation Sign | — | 2 square feet | — | — | 1 per home occupation | On building for home occupation. | — | Sec. 78-3(a) |
| Temporary Subdivision Sign | — | 40 square feet | — | — | — | Premises of land subdivision. | — | Sec. 78-3(b) |
| Roof Sign | 25 feet above roof elevation | — | — | — | 1 per building | Roof of a building. | — | Sec. 78-3(c) |
| Wall Sign (Front Surface of Building) | — | 25% of front surface area | — | — | — | Exterior front surface of building. | — | Sec. 78-3(d)(1) |
| Wall Sign (Side or Rear Surface of Building) | — | 50% of side/rear surface area | — | — | — | Exterior side or rear surface of building. | — | Sec. 78-3(d)(2) |
| Wall Sign (Non-projecting) | — | — | — | — | — | Attached flat against a wall. | — | Sec. 78-3(d)(3) |
| Street Number Sign (On Building) | — | — | — | Within 50 feet of curb/street edge, and must not be in right-of-way. | — | On the building, visible from the street. | — | Sec. 78-8 |
| Street Number Sign (Front Yard Sign) | — | 2 square feet | — | Within 50 feet of curb/street edge. | — | Front yard, not more than 50 feet from the street/curbline. | — | Sec. 78-8(c)-(d) |

### C-1, C-2, M

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Outdoor Advertising Sign | — | 1,000 square feet (facing one direction) | — | Setback from all surrounding structures, ROW, and property lines must be at least the height of the sign plus 10 feet. | No more than two sign faces (see above) | Within area zoned C-1, C-2, or M, and adjacent and visible from the primary highway system. | — | Sec. 78-4 |
| On-Premises Sign (Outdoor Advertising) | — | — | — | Base foundation: minimum 5 feet from property line; message area: up to 5 feet into ROW. | — | On the property for the business in operation at that site. | — | Sec. 78-4(8) |
| For Sale/For Lease Sign (On-Premises) | — | — | — | — | — | On the property being advertised for sale or lease. | — | Sec. 78-4(8) |

## Prohibited signs in Tallapoosa

- No person shall place any advertisement, sign, placard, bill, flyer, leaflet, handbill, poster, circular, notice, or other indicia thereof on any public property or any right-of-way adjacent to any city street or railroad within the city, or upon any utility pole, traffic control device and/or sign or other improvement situated thereon.
- Signs imitating warning signals are prohibited; no sign shall display lights resembling the flashing lights customarily used in traffic signals or in police, fire, ambulance, or rescue vehicles; nor use the dimensional shape or size of governmental traffic signs.
- No signs, except traffic signs and signals and informational signs erected by a public agency, are permitted within any street or highway right-of-way.
- Signs painted on or attached to natural features, such as trees or rocks, telephone poles, utility poles or fence posts, are prohibited.
- Extrusions beyond the face of outdoor advertising signs, excluding aprons, are prohibited.

## Signs exempt from permit in Tallapoosa

- Real estate signs erected exactly on the property which is then for sale are automatically exempt from the prohibition of utilizing the city right-of-way; provided they do not create hazardous sight line restriction.
- The tenets of this chapter (sign regulations) are suspended for 30 days prior to and one week after the citywide yard sale in October (or the current event date if changed); this suspension only applies to the citywide event.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- No general requirement for a master sign plan or sign plan mentioned for all signs across all zones.
- A specific application and approval process is required for murals: applications must be submitted to the Tallapoosa Downtown Development Authority (TDDA), which reviews and approves/denies proposals.
- Murals require a permit, a full-color rendering/picture, and approval at a TDDA meeting; signatures from both the property owner(s) and the artist(s) are required, and diverging from approved plans without TDDA approval can result in a stop work order and citation.

## Full detail

Complete sign requirements for Tallapoosa, including every field PermitPal tracks for each sign type, are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Tallapoosa+GA&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-tallapoosa

---

PermitPal — AI sign code research. Full HTML page: https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/georgia/tallapoosa