# Sign Regulations in Granville, Ohio

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Granville, Ohio (OH)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/ohio/granville
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-11
- **Source:** [amlegal municipal code](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/granvilleoh/latest/granville_oh/0-0-0-10186)

## At a glance

Granville, Ohio regulates 11 sign types across 6 zoning districts. Freestanding Signs in the Community Service District zoning district are capped at 10 feet tall and 24 square feet (Sec. Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Freestanding Signs, C.). Most commercial signs in Granville require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (6 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Community Service District | 8 | 14 feet | 48 square feet | — |
| Planned Development Districts (Planned Commercial District, Planned Industrial District, Planned Unit Development) | 7 | 14 feet | 18 square feet | — |
| Suburban Districts (Suburban Business District, Suburban Residential Districts) | 3 | 8 feet | 18 square feet | — |
| Transportation Corridor Overlay District | 7 | 14 feet | 24 square feet | — |
| Village Districts (Village Business District, Village Gateway District, Village Institutional District, Village Residential District, Village Square District) | 8 | 14 feet | 12 square feet | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 1 | 10 feet | 32 square feet | — |

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

### Community Service District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 10 feet | 24 square feet | — | — | One per zone lot | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Freestanding Signs, C. |
| Building Marker | — | 6 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Building Signs, A. |
| Canopy Sign | — | 6 square feet or 25% of the surface area of the canopy, whichever is less | — | — | One per business | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Building Signs, B. |
| Identification Sign | — | 4 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Building Signs, C. |
| Marquee Sign | — | 48 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Building Signs, D. |
| Projecting or Suspended Sign | 14 feet | 10 square feet | — | — | One per business | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Building Signs, E. |
| Wall Sign | — | — | — | — | One per building | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Building Signs, F. |
| Window Sign | — | 8 square feet | — | — | — | First floor windows only | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Community Service District, Building Signs, G. |

### Planned Development Districts (Planned Commercial District, Planned Industrial District, Planned Unit Development)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 10 feet | 18 square feet | — | — | One per zone lot | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Planned Development Districts, Freestanding Signs, C. |
| Building Marker | — | 6 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Planned Development Districts, Building Signs, A. |
| Canopy Sign | — | 6 square feet or 25% of the surface area of the canopy, whichever is less | — | — | One per business | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Planned Development Districts, Building Signs, B. |
| Identification Sign | — | 4 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Planned Development Districts, Building Signs, C. |
| Projecting or Suspended Sign | 14 feet | 10 square feet | — | — | One per business | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Planned Development Districts, Building Signs, E. |
| Wall Sign | — | — | — | — | One per building | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Planned Development Districts, Building Signs, F. |
| Window Sign | — | 8 square feet | — | — | — | First floor windows only | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Planned Development Districts, Building Signs, G. |

### Village Districts (Village Business District, Village Gateway District, Village Institutional District, Village Residential District, Village Square District)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 10 feet | 12 square feet | — | — | One per zone lot | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Freestanding Signs, C. |
| Building Marker | — | 6 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Building Signs, A. |
| Canopy Sign | — | 6 square feet or 25% of the surface area of the canopy, whichever is less | — | — | One per business | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Building Signs, B. |
| Identification Sign | — | 4 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Building Signs, C. |
| Projecting Sign | 14 feet | 10 square feet | — | — | One per zone lot | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Building Signs, E. |
| Wall Sign | — | — | — | — | One per building | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Building Signs, F. |
| Window Sign | — | 8 square feet | — | — | — | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Building Signs, G. |
| Sidewalk Sign | 4 feet | — | 2 feet | — | One per building | — | — | Table 1189 B - Design Standards, Village Districts, Building Signs, H. |

## Prohibited signs in Granville

- Beacons
- Banners
- Pennants
- Strings of lights not permanently mounted to a rigid background, except holiday lights exempted under the previous section
- Inflatable signs and tethered balloons
- Portable signs with internal illumination and changeable copy
- Any sign that, by reason of size, location, shape, content, coloring, or manner of illumination, constitutes a traffic hazard or a detriment to traffic safety
- Any sign that uses the words 'STOP', 'SLOW', 'CAUTION', 'DANGER', or otherwise has a design, color, shape, size, or location that could cause it to be confused with official traffic signs or other signs erected by governmental agencies
- Any sign that revolves, or is animated, or that utilizes movement or apparent movement to attract the attention of the public
- Any sign with lights that flash, move, rotate, or flicker
- Any sign that is placed on or affixed to a vehicle or trailer and that is parked in a location that is visible to the public and for a period of time that indicates that the purpose of locating the vehicle in that location is principally for advertising rather than transport
- Any sign that is located within any public right-of-way, except publicly-owned or publicly-authorized signs
- Any roof signs or signs that extend above the roof line of a building
- Any painted advertising on a building wall or roof, excepting murals of a non-commercial nature
- Any sign that identifies or advertises an activity, business, product, or service that is no longer in existence, sold, produced, etc.
- Any illuminated tubing or strings of lights outlining property lines, open sales areas, rooflines, doors, windows, edges of walls, trees, or other landscaping
- Any sign that exhibits statements, words, or pictures of an indecent, obscene, or pornographic nature
- Any sign that obstructs or interferes with any window, door, sidewalk, or fire escape
- Any searchlights or beacons
- Any abandoned sign or any sign that advertises a business or product no longer existing or sold on the premises
- Any sign that communicates a commercial message about a business, service, commodity, accommodation, attraction, or other enterprise or activity that exists, or is conducted, sold, offered, maintained, or provided at a location other than the premises where the sign is located
- Any sign or sign structure that is structurally unsafe
- Any sign that incorporates a television screen, a computer screen, electronic images, or electronic characters, except those within a window display that advertise the business enterprise or products sold on the premises

## Signs exempt from permit in Granville

- Signs erected by or pursuant to the authorization of a governmental body, including legal notices, warning notices, traffic signs, directional signs, informational signs or regulatory signs
- Signs that are customarily associated with residential uses and that are not of a commercial nature, including the name and address of occupants, signs on mailboxes, or paper tubes
- Official signs of a noncommercial nature erected by public utilities to identify line or facility locations or to advise or warn the public
- Flags of any governmental or nonprofit organization
- Any sign inside a building, provided that the sign is not attached to a window or door and that the sign is not legible from the lot line of the zone lot or parcel on which such sign is located
- Works of art that do not include a commercial message
- Holiday lights and decorations with no commercial message
- Signs that are posted upon property to guide or direct traffic, to identify restricted or public parking areas, or to warn the public against trespassing or danger from animals
- Signs painted on or otherwise attached to a vehicle regularly operated in the pursuance of a day-to-day business or activity of an enterprise
- Signs that are not visible from public streets or legible from adjacent properties
- Signs authorized by the Village Manager to be placed on the banner poles located in the median of West Broadway
- Signs authorized by the Village Manager on any governmental property
- Any murals painted on a building wall and of a non-commercial nature

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Any sign proposed which does not meet the sign regulations, may be reviewed by the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals (BZBA) in accordance with Chapter 1147, Variances
- A building with multiple tenants shall be required to submit a master sign plan for the entire building
- All applications for the sign permits of any kind and for approval of a Master Signage Plan shall be submitted to the Village Planner

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

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