What's Allowed

• Size: Area up to 32 square feet (area) up to 8 feet (height)

• Number: Not regulated

• Duration: No more than 30 days before construction begins and no more than seven days after a certificate of completion or certificate of occupancy is issued, as applicable

• Location: Securely attached to perimeter security fencing

• Permit required? Yes - visit lovgov.org/CurrentPlanning and go to the Application and Fees page. 

Not Allowed

• Attaching the sign to posts, a building, or a fence other than the perimeter security fence

• Lighting

What’s Allowed

• Size: Up to 40 square feet (area), up to 15 feet (height)

• Number: One per 100 linear feet of frontage, with a maximum of eight per property (may be clustered)

• Duration: Up to 30 days in a row (no more than 90 days total per calendar year)

• Location: At least 4 feet from all property lines

• Permit required? No

Not Allowed

• Having any part of the flag extend over a lot line, sidewalk, trail, or right of way

• Lighting

What’s Allowed

• Size: Up to 100 square feet (area), up to 25 feet (height, measured from the surface it’s attached to with tethers)

• Number: One per property

• Duration: Up to 15 days in a row per display (no more than 60 days per calendar year)

• Location: Secured to a building roof or anchored to the ground

• Inflation Pumps: Must meet noise standards in Loveland Municipal Code 7.32 (lovgov.org/MunicipalCode)

• Permit required? Yes – visit lovgov.org/CurrentPlanning and go to the Application and Fees page.

Not Allowed

• Any dimensions of an inflatable measuring over 10 feet

• Lighting

What’s Allowed

• Size: Strings can be no higher than the height of the principal structure. Area size is not limited.

• Number: Not limited

• Duration: Not regulated

• Location: Each strand must be secured to a building, structure, stable object, or the ground at both ends and stretched tightly.

• Permit required? No

Not Allowed

• Attaching pennant strings to utility poles, trees, or other vegetation

• Lighting

What’s Allowed

• Size: Up to 6 square feet (area), up to 4 feet (height)

• Number: One per public building entrance

• Duration: Only display during business hours

• Location: Must be located on a sidewalk, pedestrian plaza, or hardscape pedestrian area near a building wall and within 10 feet of a public entrance. The sign must be on the sidewalk at least five unobstructed feet from the edge of the curb.

• Permit required? No sign permit required (A revocable encroachment permit is required to put a sidewalk sign on a city sidewalk. Visit lovgov.org/PublicWorks.)

Not Allowed

• Multiple sidewalk signs at the same building entrance

• Signs that are not anchored or weighted

• Lighting

• Posting inside a property (unless it is a multitenant building or center with separate tenant entrances connected by a pedestrian walkway)

What’s Allowed

• Size: Up to 32 square feet (area), up to 6 feet (height)

• Number: One per 600 linear feet of frontage (may be clustered)

• Duration: Up to 180 days in a row per calendar year

• Location: At least 2 feet from property lines

• Permit required? Yes – visit lovgov.org/CurrentPlanning and go to the Application and Fees page.

Not Allowed

• Attaching site signs to buildings, vehicles, or fences

• Lighting

What’s Allowed

• Size: Up to 40 square feet (area)

• Number: One per 300 linear feet of building elevation. May be clustered. Maximum of three per building.

• Duration: Up to 30 days in a row per display (no more than 90 days per calendar year total)

• Location: Attached to an exterior wall

• Permit required? Yes – visit lovgov.org/CurrentPlanning and go to the Application and Fees page.

Not Allowed

• Banners attached to T-Posts, trees, poles, or fences (must be posted on an exterior wall)

What’s Allowed

• Size: Up to 6 square feet (sign area), 4 feet (height)

• Number: One for every 80 linear feet of property frontage (may be clustered if more than one is allowed)

• Duration: Up to two periods of 60 days in a row each per calendar year. These two periods can be back-to-back.

• Location: At least 2 feet from property lines and the edge of pavement or sidewalks. Signs cannot be in rights of way, including roadways, medians, roundabouts, curbs, sidewalks, and parkways. The sign must be supported by a metal U or H frame posted in the ground.

• Permit required? No

Not Allowed

• Posting yard signs on public property, including rights of way, utility and traffic poles, and public land and buildings

• Attaching yard signs to fences, structures, or trees

• Posting or removing signs on property that is not yours without permission

• Lighting

Construction Fence Signs

• Size: Area up to 32 square feet and height up to 8 feet (<500 linear feet of frontage), or area up to 64 square feet and height up to 10 feet (>500 linear feet of frontage)

• Number: Not regulated

• Duration: No more than 30 days before construction begins and no more than seven days after a certificate of completion or certificate of occupancy is issued, as applicable

• Location: Securely attached to perimeter security fencing

• Permit required? No

Portable Sidewalk Signs

• Size: Up to 6 square feet (area), up to 4 feet (height)

• Number: One per public building entrance

• Duration: Only display during business hours

• Location: On a sidewalk, pedestrian plaza, or hardscape pedestrian area near a building wall and within 8 feet of a public entrance. The sign must be on the sidewalk at least five unobstructed feet from the edge of the curb.

• Permit required? No sign permit required (A revocable encroachment permit is required to put a sidewalk sign on a city sidewalk. Visit lovgov.org/PublicWorks.)

Wall Banners

• Size: Up to 40 square feet (area)

• Number: One per building elevation.

• Duration: Up to 15 days in a row per display (no more than 60 days per calendar year total)

• Location: Attached to an exterior wall (cannot be attached to fences, trees, poles, or T-posts)

• Permit required? Yes – visit lovgov.org/CurrentPlanning and go to the Application and Fees page.