Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 33 - Public Health - Local Governments And Rural Water Systems Improvements Board › Part 209 - Regulation Controlling The Size, Location, Character, Appearance And Other Pertinent Features Of All Exterior Signs › Chapter 7 - Signs Not Requiring a Permit › Rule 33-209-7.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The following signs shall not require a permit, but shall be
				  subject to the requirements of this Regulation:
(a) Governmental Signs: Any sign, including
				banners as defined by this Regulation, erected by any federal, state, county or
				city agency, or under authorization or required by any governmental agency,
				shall not require a permit. Such signs include, but are not limited to traffic
				regulatory signs, historic markers, identification signs on buildings or other
				facilities, holiday decorations, "Yard of the Month" signs, and similar
				signs.
(b) Sporting events
				scoreboards advertising and other advertising approved by the sporting event
				sponsor.
(c) Utility company
				standard markers or warning signs denoting utilities.
(d) Traffic Directional/Parking Signs and
				Delivery Signs: Signs providing traffic directions, parking directions, and
				delivery signs shall not require a permit. Such signs may either be
				wall-mounted or ground-mounted and they may be indirectly illuminated, but they
				shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area and not exceed three (3) feet in
				height. These signs may be erected in addition to other signs permitted by
				these regulations and not included in calculating the maximum allowable
				aggregate sign area. Each lot cannot exceed three (3) incidental signs and
				cannot exceed an aggregate twelve (12) square feet.
(e) "Private Parking" Signs: Signs warning
				the public that a parking lot or parking garage is intended for use only by
				employees or other persons associated with a business or organization shall not
				require a permit. Such signs may either be wall-mounted or ground-mounted and
				they may be directly or indirectly illuminated, but they shall not exceed four
				(4) square feet in area. These signs may be erected in addition to other signs
				permitted by regulations and not included in calculating the maximum allowable
				aggregate sign area. Each lot cannot exceed three (3) incidental sign and
				cannot exceed twelve (12) square feet.
(f) Flags or emblems of the United States,
				the State of Mississippi or Their political subdivisions: Flags shall not
				exceed sixty (60) square feet in area and shall not be flown from a pole the
				top of which is more than forty (40) feet in height. These flags must be flown
				in accordance with protocol established by the congress of the United States
				for the Stars and Stripes. Any flag not meeting one or more of these conditions
				shall be considered a banner sign and shall be subject to regulation as
				such.
(g) Decals, names, address,
				hours of operation, credit information, etc. attached to doors or windows:
				These signs must comply with the maximum 20[CENT] aggregate area allowable for
				window signs.
(h) Corporate flags:
				corporate flags shall not require permits, but shall be subject to approval by
				the Director of Buildings and Permits.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										51-9-127
				  (Rev. 2000)