# Sign Regulations in Maple Heights, Ohio

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Maple Heights, Ohio (OH)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/ohio/maple-heights
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-11
- **Source:** [amlegal municipal code](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/mapleheights/latest/mapleheights_oh/0-0-0-28889)

## At a glance

Maple Heights, Ohio regulates 8 sign types across 5 zoning districts. Freestanding Signs in the Business Districts (Neighborhood Commercial, General Commercial, Broadway Corridor Overlay, Institutional/Office Districts) zoning district are capped at 20 feet tall and 100 square feet per side, with a Minimum 5 feet from street right-of-way setback (Sec. 1296.09(d)(1)). Most commercial signs in Maple Heights require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (5 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Residential Districts | 1 | — | 12 square feet per lot | — |
| Business Districts (Neighborhood Commercial, General Commercial, Broadway Corridor Overlay, Institutional/Office Districts) | 4 | 75 feet | 700 square feet | — |
| Office/Industrial Districts | 3 | 75 feet | 700 square feet | — |
| Industrial Districts | 1 | — | — | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 1 | — | 16 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 5 zones)

### Business Districts (Neighborhood Commercial, General Commercial, Broadway Corridor Overlay, Institutional/Office Districts)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 20 feet | 100 square feet per side | — | Minimum 5 feet from street right-of-way | One per shopping center | At vehicular entrance | — | 1296.09(d)(1) |
| Wall Sign | — | — | — | — | — | Attached to building wall | — | 1296.09(c)(2) |
| Window Sign | — | 25 square feet | — | — | One per second floor business | Second floor | — | 1296.09(d)(3) |
| Freestanding Business Sign | 75 feet | 700 square feet | — | Minimum 20 feet from any lot line | One per use | Not closer than 10 feet from interstate right-of-way | — | 1296.09(d)(7) |

### Office/Industrial Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Business Sign | 75 feet | 700 square feet | — | Minimum 20 feet from any lot line | One per use | Not closer than 10 feet from interstate right-of-way | — | 1296.10(e) |
| Wall Sign | — | — | — | — | — | Attached to building wall | — | 1296.10(c)(2) |
| Industrial Park Identification Sign | 10 feet | 100 square feet per side | — | — | One per street frontage | At vehicular entrance | — | 1296.10(d) |

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Sign | — | 16 square feet | — | — | — | Business' required parking area | — | 1296.11(f) |

## Prohibited signs in Maple Heights

- Signs erected in the public right-of-way
- Moving, flashing, intermittent or animated signs of any sort, including revolving signs
- Billboards, except in industrial districts that are not viewable by residential districts or any lot bounded by three of the following four highways or boundaries; an interstate highway, a State highway, a county road and all adjacent and abutting municipalities
- Roof signs
- Portable signs

## Signs exempt from permit in Maple Heights

- The American flag
- Signs of the Municipal, State and Federal governments and the School District
- Signs integral to and not extending beyond the structural edges of a vending machine, fuel pump, etc.
- Any sign within a cemetery
- Cornerstone and permanent building plaques displaying the date of construction, the architect's name, etc., but excluding the name of the building or establishments
- Signs in nonresidential districts displaying only a street address and not exceeding three square feet in area
- Holiday decorations displayed for reasonable and customary durations of time

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Temporary signs which shall include but not be limited to traditional sign structures, banners and balloons, etc., may be permitted in a nonresidential zoning district by a temporary sign permit only
- A unified shopping area, occupying one lot or under common ownership and exceeding 100,000 square feet in gross floor area, shall be permitted a freestanding identification sign not exceeding 100 square feet in area per side and twenty feet in height

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

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