# Sign Regulations in Brookville, Ohio

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Brookville, Ohio (OH)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/ohio/brookville
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-11
- **Source:** [amlegal municipal code](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/brookville/latest/brookville_oh/0-0-0-43045)

## At a glance

Brookville, Ohio regulates 5 sign types across 12 zoning districts. Ground Signs in the Office Districts zoning district are capped at 10 ft. tall and 32 sq. ft., with a 10 ft. from right of way, 20 ft. from side or rear lot line setback (Sec. Table 61.2 Ground Sign Requirements). Most commercial signs in Brookville require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (12 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Office Districts | 3 | 10 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — |
| Business Districts | 3 | 15 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — |
| Industrial Districts | 3 | 15 ft. | 75 sq. ft. | — |
| Residential Districts | 2 | 4 ft. for Ground Signs | 12 sq. ft. total for all Ground Signs | — |
| Civic Special Uses in C and R Districts | 3 | 7 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — |
| Residential Special Uses in R Districts | 3 | 7 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — |
| CC District | 2 | — | 50 sq. ft. | — |
| OR-OS District | 3 | 10 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — |
| GB-CB-PC Districts | 3 | 15 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — |
| I-1, I-2-PI Districts | 3 | 15 ft. | 75 sq. ft. | — |
| HS District | 3 | 20 ft. | 75 sq. ft. | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 2 | 6 ft. for Ground Signs | 75% of sign face | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 12 zones)

### Office Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 10 ft. | 32 sq. ft. | — | 10 ft. from right of way, 20 ft. from side or rear lot line | 1 per street frontage | 1 per street frontage | — | Table 61.2 Ground Sign Requirements |
| Building Sign | — | 50 sq. ft. | — | — | 1 per street frontage | 1 per street frontage | — | Table 61.3 Building Sign Requirements |
| Window Sign | — | 25 sq. ft. | — | — | — | First floor only | — | 1161.04.5 Window Signs |

### Business Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 15 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — | 10 ft. from right of way, 20 ft. from side or rear lot line | 1 per street frontage | 1 per street frontage | — | Table 61.2 Ground Sign Requirements |
| Building Sign | — | 50 sq. ft. | — | — | 1 per street frontage | 1 per street frontage | — | Table 61.3 Building Sign Requirements |
| Window Sign | — | 25 sq. ft. | — | — | — | First floor only | — | 1161.04.5 Window Signs |

### Industrial Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 15 ft. | 50 sq. ft. | — | 10 ft. from right of way, 20 ft. from side or rear lot line | 1 per street frontage | 1 per street frontage | — | Table 61.2 Ground Sign Requirements |
| Building Sign | — | 75 sq. ft. | — | — | 1 per street frontage | 1 per street frontage | — | Table 61.3 Building Sign Requirements |
| Window Sign | — | 25 sq. ft. | — | — | — | First floor only | — | 1161.04.5 Window Signs |

## Prohibited signs in Brookville

- No sign or other advertising structure shall be erected, relocated, or maintained so as to prevent free ingress or egress from any door, window, or fire escape, or block any light or ventilation openings.
- No sign of any kind shall be located or attached so as to obstruct emergency facilities or equipment.
- No sign shall be permitted or allowed in any public right of way, except as may be erected by municipal or state government.
- No sign or other advertising structure shall constitute a hazard to safety or health by reason of inadequate or inappropriate design, construction, repair, or maintenance.
- No signs shall be located nearer than 8 feet vertically, or 4 feet horizontally from any overhead electric wires or conductors or public utility guy wires.
- No sign shall be mounted on the roof of a building or which is mounted to and wholly dependent upon a building for support and that projects above the parapet of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a building with a gambrel, gable, or hip roof or the deck line of a building with a mansard roof.
- No sign shall project above a parapet wall.
- No sign shall be placed or project above the angle of a mansard roof.
- Other than traffic control signs, no sign shall be attached to or supported by a tree, bus shelter, utility pole, bench, trash receptacle, or newspaper vending machine.
- No sign or other advertising structure shall be illuminated or emit light so as to cause objectionable brightness or glare into or onto any residential premises or any public right-of-way.
- No sign or other advertising structure shall have visible moving, revolving, or rotating parts, or visible mechanical movement of any kind.
- No sign or other advertising structure shall have any lights or illumination that flash, move, rotate, scintillate, blink, flicker, or cause the illusion of movement, vary in intensity or color, or use intermittent electrical pulses.
- No sign shall contain or consist of windblown devices, such as banners, pennants, ribbons, streamers, balloons and other inflatable devices, air activated graphics, spinners or similar objects, or flags except as permitted.
- Pole signs shall not be permitted in any zoning district.

## Signs exempt from permit in Brookville

- Signs that are an integral part of the original construction of vending or similar machines, fuel pumps, or similar devices.
- Signs that are constructed of paper, cloth, or similar expendable material, attached to the inside of a window, do not exceed 8 square feet in sign face area, and do not cover more than 25% of the area of the window pane.
- Signs that are an integral part of the historic character of a structure that have been designated an official landmark or historic structure by any agency or body of the governments of the United States, State of Ohio, Montgomery County, or City of Brookville.
- Hand-held signs not set on or affixed to the ground.
- Temporary signs located within residential districts as listed within Table 61.4 T.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- All multiple tenant properties shall develop a sign policy subject to approval of the Zoning Administrator.

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

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