Signs on homes in Dublin: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Dublin Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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Election and other noncommercial signs	No more than 60 consecutive calendar days. Applies: Applies to temporary non-commercial signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Be displayed for no more than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days. At most 16 square feet per side for each sign. Applies: Applies to temporary non-commercial signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Be no more than sixteen (16) square feet per side in area per individual sign and up to eighty (80) square feet of maximum aggregate area per lot. Up to 80 square feet in total per lot. Applies: Applies to temporary non-commercial signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Be no more than sixteen (16) square feet per side in area per individual sign and up to eighty (80) square feet of maximum aggregate area per lot. Remove within 7 days after the event ends. Applies: Applies to temporary non-commercial signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Be removed within seven (7) days following the conclusion of the event that is the subject of the sign.
Signs that need no permit	No permit for house numbers, name plates, mailbox, street name and warning signs. Name plate at most 2 square feet. Applies: Applies to exempt signs. § 8.84.140 · code text House numbers, name plate or identification of house members (provided sign does not exceed two (2) square feet maximum area), mailbox identification, street names, “no-trespass” signs, and other warning signs.
For-sale and open-house signs	At most 6 open house signs for each property. Applies: Applies to real estate directional signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Be limited to a maximum of six (6) open house signs for each property being advertised for sale. At most 4 square feet per side. Applies: Applies to real estate directional signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Not exceed four (4) square feet per side, and the height shall not exceed three (3) feet above grade. At most 3 feet above grade. Applies: Applies to real estate directional signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Not exceed four (4) square feet per side, and the height shall not exceed three (3) feet above grade. At most 8 open house signs at any intersection. Applies: Applies to real estate directional signs at an intersection. § 8.84.140 · code text Include placement of no more than eight (8) open house signs at any intersection and no more than one (1) sign per property being advertised may be placed at an intersection. At most 1 sign per advertised property at an intersection. Applies: Applies to real estate directional signs at an intersection. § 8.84.140 · code text Include placement of no more than eight (8) open house signs at any intersection and no more than one (1) sign per property being advertised may be placed at an intersection. Holidays, Saturdays, Sundays and one agent tour day each week, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Applies: Applies to real estate directional signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Be permitted on holidays, Saturdays, Sundays, and one agent tour day each week from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. At most 16 square feet per side. Applies: Applies to real estate signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Not exceed a maximum area of sixteen (16) square feet per side; 1 sign per 100 feet of street frontage, at most 2 signs per parcel. Applies: Applies to real estate signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Be limited to one (1) such sign placed for each one hundred (100) feet of street frontage, up to a maximum of two (2) signs per parcel; At most 8 feet high. Applies: Applies to real estate signs. § 8.84.140 · code text Have a maximum height of eight (8) feet;

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Dublin's code: No more than 60 consecutive calendar days. (Applies to temporary non-commercial signs.) (§ 8.84.140); At most 16 square feet per side for each sign. (Applies to temporary non-commercial signs.) (§ 8.84.140).

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