# Sign Regulations in Vidalia, Louisiana

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Vidalia, Louisiana (LA)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/louisiana/vidalia
- **Data last verified:** 2025-03-27
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/LA/Vidalia/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=CH34STSIOTPUPL_ARTIINGE_S34-3POSIPUPRPR)

## At a glance

Vidalia, Louisiana regulates 8 sign types across 6 zoning districts. Pole Signs in the CC Community Commercial District zoning district are capped at 20 feet tall, 32 square feet, and 8 feet wide, with a 15 feet setback (Sec. Sec. 40-268(b)(3)).

## Sign rules by zoning district (6 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mixed-use Districts | 5 | 6 feet | 100 square feet | — |
| Commercial Districts | 5 | 8 feet | 150 square feet | — |
| Industrial Districts | 2 | 8 feet | 150 square feet | — |
| CC Community Commercial District | 2 | 35 feet | 400 square feet | — |
| I Industrial District | 2 | 35 feet | 400 square feet | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 1 | 6 feet | 32 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 6 zones)

### Mixed-use Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 6 feet | 24 square feet | — | Front: 5 feet; Side: 10 feet | One sign per lot; Two signs if secondary frontage is 150 feet or longer | — | — | Sec. 40-268(a)(2) |
| Wall Sign | — | 100 square feet | — | — | More than one permitted, but all sign areas combined shall not exceed the maximum area | — | — | Sec. 40-268(d)(3) |
| Projecting Sign | — | 45 square feet | — | — | One per ground floor tenant; Corner uses abutting a sidewalk on two fronts permitted one sign per front | Abutting a sidewalk | — | Sec. 40-268(e)(1) |
| Marquee Sign | — | 32 square feet per side and 60 square feet total | — | — | One per building; Corner uses abutting a sidewalk on two fronts permitted one sign per front | Abutting a sidewalk | — | Sec. 40-268(f)(1) |
| Canopy/Awning Sign | — | 10 square feet | — | — | One per ground floor tenant; Corner uses abutting a sidewalk on two fronts permitted one sign per front | Abutting a sidewalk | — | Sec. 40-268(g)(1) |

### Commercial Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 8 feet | 32 square feet | — | Front: 5 feet; Side: 15 feet | One sign per lot; Two signs if secondary frontage is 150 feet or longer | — | — | Sec. 40-268(a)(3) |
| Wall Sign | — | 150 square feet | — | — | More than one permitted, but all sign areas combined shall not exceed the maximum area | — | — | Sec. 40-268(d)(2) |
| Projecting Sign | — | 45 square feet | — | — | One per ground floor tenant; Corner uses abutting a sidewalk on two fronts permitted one sign per front | Abutting a sidewalk | — | Sec. 40-268(e)(2) |
| Marquee Sign | — | 32 square feet per side and 60 square feet total | — | — | One per building; Corner uses abutting a sidewalk on two fronts permitted one sign per front | Abutting a sidewalk | — | Sec. 40-268(f)(2) |
| Canopy/Awning Sign | — | 10 square feet | — | — | One per ground floor tenant; Corner uses abutting a sidewalk on two fronts permitted one sign per front | Abutting a sidewalk | — | Sec. 40-268(g)(2) |

### CC Community Commercial District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pole Sign | 20 feet | 32 square feet | 8 feet | Front: 5 feet; Side: 15 feet | One sign per lot; Two signs if secondary frontage is 150 feet or longer | — | — | Sec. 40-268(b)(3) |
| Billboard Sign | 35 feet | 400 square feet | — | Front: 25 feet; Side: 15 feet | One per lot | — | — | Sec. 40-268(h)(2) |

## Prohibited signs in Vidalia

- Posting of signs on public property without prior consent of the mayor and board of aldermen.
- Installing or hanging signs or banners across any street, highway, avenue, alley or other right-of-way without prior authority from the mayor and board of aldermen.
- Any sign not expressly permitted by the ordinance.
- Signs that interfere with the sight triangle necessary for motorists.
- Banners, streamers, animated displays, pennants, and propellers are prohibited, except for temporary banners as permitted.
- Signs that obstruct the view of or be confused with official traffic signs.
- Signs with obscene, pornographic, immoral character, or untruthful advertising matter.
- Signs emitting audible sound, odor or visible matter.
- Signs or advertising material on trees, bushes, shrubbery, utility poles, traffic signs, hydrants, fences or street markers.
- Signs placed on, in, or over public property without written consent.
- Signs painted on or permanently attached to motor vehicles or trailers parked adjacent to or near a street.

## Signs exempt from permit in Vidalia

- Signs customarily associated with residential use not exceeding two square feet.
- Signs associated with public bodies and schools.
- Signs designating historic districts or historic sites and events.
- Integral decorative or architectural features of buildings or works of art without letters, trademarks, moving parts, or lights.
- Signs directing and guiding traffic on private property not exceeding four square feet each.
- Signs painted on or permanently attached to currently licensed motor vehicles not primarily used as signs.
- Real estate signs not exceeding four square feet in area.
- Window signs covering not more than 20 percent of a window pane.
- Temporary displays erected in connection with holidays removed within 30 days.
- Political signs erected in connection with elections or political campaigns.
- Construction signs associated with land development or building construction.
- Carport, garage and yard sale signs not exceeding four square feet.
- Public and semi-public signs advertising public and semi-public affairs.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- No sign may be constructed, installed, erected, moved, enlarged, illuminated, substantially altered or otherwise established without first having been issued a town sign permit.

## 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 6 zoning districts in Vidalia — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Vidalia+LA&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-vidalia

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