# Sign Regulations in Alliance, Ohio

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Alliance, Ohio (OH)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/ohio/alliance
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-11
- **Source:** [amlegal municipal code](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/alliance/latest/alliance_oh/0-0-0-21163)

## At a glance

Alliance, Ohio regulates 11 sign types across 5 zoning districts. Ground Sign for Use/Developments in the Residential District zoning district are capped at 5 feet tall and 32 square feet, with a 25 feet from right-of-way setback (Sec. 1134.05(a) Table I Permitted Signs).

## Sign rules by zoning district (5 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Residential District | 5 | 8 feet | 32 square feet | — |
| B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 | 5 | 14 feet | 300 square feet | — |
| I-1, I-2 | 4 | 10 feet | 200 square feet | — |
| OS District | 2 | — | 100 square feet | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 1 | 6 feet | 30 square feet | — |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sign Plate - Wall, window or ground | — | 2 square feet | — | — | 1 per dwelling unit | — | — | 1134.05(a) Table I Permitted Signs |
| Ground Sign for Use/Development | 5 feet | 32 square feet | — | 25 feet from right-of-way | 1 per development entrance | — | — | 1134.05(a) Table I Permitted Signs |
| Temporary Window Sign or Ground Sign | 5 feet | 9 square feet | — | 0 feet from right-of-way | — | — | — | 1134.05(a) Table I Permitted Signs |
| Banner | 8 feet | 30 square feet | — | 25 feet from right-of-way | 1 | — | — | 1134.05(a) Table I Permitted Signs |
| Instructional Signs | — | 4 square feet | — | 0 feet from right-of-way | 2 per entrance | — | — | 1134.05(a) Table I Permitted Signs |

### B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Signplate | — | 2 square feet | — | — | 1 per address | — | — | 1134.06(a) Table 2 |
| Building Sign | — | 300 square feet | — | — | 1 per occupant | — | — | 1134.06(a) Table 2 |
| Projecting Sign | 14 feet | 12 square feet | — | — | 1 per occupant | Not permitted to extend into the street right-of-way | — | 1134.06(d) |
| Ground Sign | 10 feet | 60 square feet | — | 5 feet from public right-of-way | 1 per building | — | — | 1134.06(e) Table 3 |
| Entrance/Exit Sign | — | 2 square feet | — | — | 2 per drive | — | — | 1134.06(e) Table 3 |

### I-1, I-2

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Signplate | — | 2 square feet | — | — | 1 per address | — | — | 1134.06(a) Table 2 |
| Building Sign | — | 200 square feet | — | — | 1 per occupant | — | — | 1134.06(a) Table 2 |
| Ground Sign | 10 feet | 60 square feet | — | 5 feet from public right-of-way | 1 per building | — | — | 1134.06(e) Table 3 |
| Entrance/Exit Sign | — | 4 square feet | — | — | 2 per drive | — | — | 1134.06(e) Table 3 |

## Prohibited signs in Alliance

- Abandoned signs.
- Inflatable signs and tethered balloons capable of crossing the property line of the lot on which they are located.
- Billboard signs, except as expressly permitted as temporary billboard signs in Section 1134.06(f).
- All other off-premises signs.
- Portable, changeable copy signs.
- Projecting signs except for theaters.
- Rooftop signs except those signs that appear to be a continuation of the face of the building or a mansard roof so long as the sign does not extend above the upper edge of the mansard roof line.
- Signs attached to fire escapes or any door or window giving access to any fire escape, except required, legal signs to identify such escape.
- Signs illuminated by or containing flashing, intermittent, rotating or moving lights, and signs with interior illumination, except as expressly permitted in Section 1134.08(a).
- Signs employing any parts which make use of animation or motion to attract attention or in which the message copy is continuously, electronically changed at a rate exceeding once per 15 seconds.
- Signs displaying nudity or words or pictures of an obscene, pornographic, indecent or immoral character.
- Signs painted on sidewalks.
- Signs attached to trees, utility poles, public benches including benches at bus stops, streetlights, or placed on or over any public property or public right-of-way.
- Signs imitating or resembling official traffic or government signs or signals.
- No mobile signs shall be erected, constructed, displayed or maintained except those on licensed commercial delivery and service vehicles.
- Window signs that occupy more than 50 percent of the window surface.
- Temporary directional signs, except as expressly permitted as temporary billboard signs in Section 1134.06(f).
- Merchandise, equipment, products, vehicles or other items not themselves for sale and placed for attention getting, identification or advertising purposes.
- Permanent sign erected or attached to accessory structures.
- Outline lighting of the building or roof line.
- Internal illumination of all or part of the roof.
- Any sign not specifically authorized by this Ordinance.

## Signs exempt from permit in Alliance

- Official traffic signs, government, school or utility signs; or flags of any nation, government or noncommercial organization.
- Signs not intended to be viewed from the public right-of-way or scoreboards on athletic fields.
- Cornerstone inscriptions, commemorative plaques or other signs that are part of masonry facades.
- Gravestones, religious symbols or monuments in cemeteries or monument sales lots.
- Signs of less than one square foot in sign area such as street numbers on buildings, security system signs or stickers, identification of store hours, emblems of credit cards accepted, seals indicating membership in business or trade associations, and the like.
- Signs accessory to juvenile activities, such as a child’s lemonade stand or temporary play-related sidewalk markings.
- Temporary signs used for charity or nonprofit fundraising and not for private gain, or civic or community affairs of a public or semipublic nature.
- Holiday or other temporary decorations.
- Other signs similar in nature in the judgment of the Administrative Official to the above signs.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Commission Review. Sign permit applications submitted in conjunction with the proposed construction of a new building or addition to an existing building shall be reviewed by the Commission as a part of the required site plan review. Proposed sign locations and dimensions must be shown on the site plan.
- Appeal to the Board. Any party who has been refused a sign permit for a proposed sign may file an appeal with the Board, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

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

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