Sign Ordinance

Save your business time and money! Before you display or install a sign at your business location, make sure your sign complies with the City of Morgantonโ€™s Sign Ordinance. Owners of signs that violate the ordinance are subject to citations and penalties. Signs are restricted in the following locations:

  • Within any public rights-ofโ€‹-way or on public property
  • Within 11 feet of the edge of the pavement of any road, street or alley
  • On any post, pole, tree, tree stake or guard, shrub, fire hydrant or anything else within 11 feet of the public right-of-way

Code Enforcement Division personnel or their designees have the authority to summarily remove any notice, sign or written material found in violation of the above.

 

Penalties

  • $50.00 per sign

 

The information provided here is intended as a brief overview of what businesses should know before they install or display a sign. For more details and to ensure compliance, refer to the Morganton Zoning Ordinance at online.encodeplus.com/regs/morganton-nc