Every outdoor sign in Homestead is governed by the municipality’s sign ordinance, which sets how large a sign may be, how tall it may stand, how far it must sit from the property line, whether it may be illuminated, and which sign types are permitted in each zoning district. This page summarizes those requirements in plain language and links each value back to the section of the Homestead code it came from.
Sign rules here are layered. The base zoning district — commercial, industrial, or residential — sets the default limits, and overlay districts such as historic or downtown districts can tighten them further. Because the most specific jurisdiction controls, a freestanding monument sign on a commercial parcel and a wall sign in a historic overlay can face very different limits even on the same street in Homestead.
Use the figures below as a fast first check, then run a full address lookup to confirm the exact limits for a specific parcel in Homestead, Florida. The full report also covers permit requirements, prohibited sign types, and illumination rules — each cited to the source ordinance so your permit application can reference it directly.
Before you order or install a sign in Homestead, confirm three things: the maximum sign area and height allowed in the parcel’s zoning district, the minimum setback from the right-of-way, and whether the sign type you want — freestanding, monument, wall, projecting, or awning — is permitted there at all. Many permit denials come from missing a setback or an overlay-district restriction rather than from the size of the sign itself, so checking the governing section before applying saves a costly resubmittal.
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Authority
Sign Chapter Scope
Source-backed sign ordinance/chapter scope: S. Ct. 1583, 1584 (2022) on the topic \nof commercial flags. \n(e) Impact of sign clutter. Excessive signage \nand sign clutter impair the legibility of the \nenvironment, and undermines the effectiveness \nof governmental signs, traffic control devices and \nother required signs (such as address, directional, \ndirectory, and identification signs) that are \nessential to identifying locations for the delivery \nof e
Sign Chapter Scope 2
Source-backed sign ordinance/chapter scope: 45. Applicability. \n(a) All signs shall be erected, placed, \nestablished, painted, created, or maintained in \nthe City of Homestead only in conformance with \nthe standards, procedures, exemptions, and other \nrequirements of this chapter. All signs must be \nplaced in compliance with the Florida Fire Preven-\ntion Code 2001 Edition, NFPA Sections 3-5.6.2, \n3-5.6.2.1, and 3-5.6.2.2, and the Florida Building \nCod
An awning sign printed on an approved awning including a maximum of one (1) line of lettering with letters not to exceed nine (9) inches in height.
Building Signs
Building Sign Max Number
No establishment shall be allowed more than one (1) sign of each of the following sign types per right-of-way frontage: a canopy sign, flat sign, fence or wall sign, or awning sign.
Directional Signs
Directional Max Size
Permanent directional signs, which shall not exceed five (5) square feet in area.
Directional Max Size
Permanent directional signs, not to exceed a total area of twenty (20) square feet for all such signs on the property, with no one sign to exceed five (5) square feet.
Exemptions
Exempt Signs
Source-backed exempt signs: 61. Certain signs exempt from \npermitting. \nIt shall be unlawful for any person to post, \ndisplay, change, alter or erect a sign or sign \nstructure in the city without having first obtained \nthe necessary permit or permits. The following \nsigns may be erected without a permit, but they \nmust be in accordance with the structural and \nsafety requirements of the South Florida Build-\ning Code adopted in section
Freestanding
Freestanding Ground Monument
Source-backed freestanding/ground/monument sign rules: 81. Civic, church and institutional \nsigns. \nChurch, civic, school, public assembly, and \nother institutional uses which are permitted in \nresidential areas may have be permitted one \nfreestanding or monument sign not to exceed \ntwenty-four (24) square feet in sign area, in \naddition to other signs as permitted in section \n23-79 for residential uses. However, signs permit-\nted pursuant to this section may be
Freestanding Ground Monument 2
Source-backed freestanding/ground/monument sign rules: 90. Supplemental regulations. \n(a) Changeable copy signs. \n(1) \nManual changeable copy signs are permit-\nted to be used only for places of public \nassembly, drive-thru restaurants, and \ngasoline service stations. \n(2) \nElectronic changeable copy signs are \npermitted \nin \ncommercial \ndistricts, \nprovided that the copy on messages may \nnot move or appear to move. A change of \nmessage may occur at no more
Ground Signs
Ground Sign Formula
the square foot area from the ground to the maximum height times width
Ground Sign Type
Monument and freestanding signs permitted
Maintenance
Maintenance
Source-backed maintenance rules: 104. Conformance in certain \ninstances. \n(a) Non-conforming signs shall not be in any \nway (except for normal maintenance) which tends \nto or makes the sign less in compliance with the \nrequirements of this Code than it was before the \nalteration, including updating of technology used \nin the sign, except substitution or interchange of \ncopy shall be permitted. Repainting, cleaning \nand other normal maintena
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Permit Process
Triangulation Requirements
No sign shall be within a 25-foot sight visibility triangle at the intersection of two public streets.
Permits
Permit Required
Source-backed sign permit requirement: 64. Issuance. \n(a) Requirement of application. The applicant \nfor a sign permit shall provide the following \ninformation in writing upon application forms \nprovided by the city: \n(1) \nName, address and telephone number of \nthe applicant. \n(2) \nName, address and telephone number of \nthe sign owner, and property owner. \n(3) \nLocation by street number and legal \ndescription (tract, block, lot) of the build-
Permit Required 2
Source-backed sign permit requirement: 78. Temporary signs. \nTemporary signs shall comply with the follow-\ning restrictions, conditions, and limitations: \n(1) \nCompliance with code. Temporary signs \nshall meet applicable requirements of \nthis article relating to location, setbacks \nand structural requirements. \n(2) \nSign permits not required. Sign permits \nare not required for temporary sign. If a \nbuilding permit or other permit is required \n
Source-backed prohibited signs: L. Ed. 2d \n236 (2015) on the topic on noncom-\nmercial temporary signs; \n(2) \nMetromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, \n453 U.S. 490 (1981) on the topic of com-\nmercial signs and off-premises signs; \n(3) \nCity of Ladue v. Gilleo, 512 U.S. 43 \n(1994) on the topic of political protest \nsigns in residential areas; \n(4) \nLinmark Assocs., Inc. v. Township of \nWillingboro, 431 U.S. 85 (1977) on the \ntopic of rea
Safety
Traffic Fire Safety
Source-backed traffic/fire safety rules: 86. Required signs. \n(a) The following signs must be placed where \nrelevant: \n(1) \nWarning signs at gasoline stations as \nprescribed by the fire marshal. \n(2) \nFire lane markings, no smoking, locked \ndoors, blocked, apartment identification, \nnot an exit and others as may be \nprescribed by the fire marshal. \n(3) \nBuilding identification: \na. \nResidential building with four (4) \ndwelling units or less m
Temporary
Temporary Signs
Source-backed temporary sign rules: 89. Special decorative displays. \nTemporary signs, decorations and festoons of \nlights shall be allowed in the city for limited \nperiods for recognized holiday and special occa-\nsions. Such temporary signs, decorations and \nfestoons of lights shall not be erected or displayed \nmore than thirty (30) days prior to the holiday \nand shall be removed within ten (10) days after \nthe holiday or holidays and shall no
Temporary Signs
Temp Sign Rules
Holiday temporary signs: erected no more than 30 days prior to holiday; removed within 10 days after holiday. Must comply with location, setback, and structural requirements.
Temp Signs Allowed
Permitted without permit; must comply with location, setbacks, and structural requirements
Wall Signs
Wall Signs
Source-backed wall sign rules: S. Ch. 479; \npolitical signs, F.S. §§ 106.1435, 479.16. \n§ 23-25 \nHOMESTEAD CODE\n1412\nSupp. No. 85 \n\nCanopy sign shall mean a sign that is attached \nto a canopy structure either parallel or \nperpendicular to the facade when such canopy \nstructure is attached to or supported by another \nstructure. \nCantilever shall mean a projecting member \nsupported only at one (1) end (including \nmarquees). \nChangeabl
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