Mesa wall sign size: number and area by street frontage, plus window signs
Last checked: October 2026. Part of our Mesa sign rules guide. Every statement below is quoted or summarized from a saved official city source; the numbered markers open the Sources list at the bottom.
Confirm with the city before you build or bid. This page is a plain-English summary for planning only. It is not legal advice and not the official code. Later amendments we did not read may have changed some of these rules. Questions: Mesa Development Services, 480-644-4273, permitservices@mesaaz.gov, Monday–Thursday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, 55 N. Center St. [1]
Each occupant is allowed a minimum of 24 sq ft regardless of front foot. [2]
If an occupancy has more than one exterior wall, the longest wall is used. [2]
Single occupant pad buildings under 5,000 sq ft may instead use Table D-2: 4 signs, 2 sq ft per lineal foot of the widest building elevation up to 160 sq ft, 80 sq ft per sign, no sign wider than 50% of the elevation, minimum 24 sq ft. [3]
Office and downtown districts
District table
Attached sign limits
Source
Table C
Table C-1 attached: single-occupant building, 2 attached signs, minimum 24 sq ft; multiple-occupant building, 1 attached sign per occupancy, minimum 20 sq ft; 1 sq ft per front foot of occupancy. The Table C-1 sign area applies only to occupancies with an exterior wall (with more than one exterior wall, the longest wall can be used), and the minimum applies to each occupant with an exterior wall (notes 1 and 2). Table C-2 detached: 1 per street, 1 sq ft per 5 lineal ft of frontage, 8 ft.
Table E (DB-1, DB-2, DC outside the DPA): attached signs must use individual letters (no cabinet signs); 2 sq ft per front foot up to 120 sq ft, minimum 32 sq ft; window signs 30% of window; detached 1 sq ft per linear foot of street frontage up to 32 sq ft, 5 ft.
Mounted so the attachment device is not visible; individual letters such as pan channel, or an architecturally designed cabinet that is irregular and freeform in shape.
Window signs (outside Tables E and F districts): "up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of the window and shall not be counted towards the maximum attached allowable sign area" (§11-43-11). A window sign needs no sign permit (§11-47-2).
Section numbers (§) refer to the city's zoning ordinance unless noted. Each statement on this page is checked against a saved copy of an official city source, and where official sources disagree we show both. Spotted an error or an outdated fee? Report an error.
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City of Mesa, Sign Regulations web page. No date is printed on this page; our copy was saved 2026-10-08 (date shown in the saved copy). mesaaz.gov/…/Sign-Regulations
Mesa ordinance in City Council file 20-1103 (zoning text amendments). Adoption line: "PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, this 1st day of December, 2020". legistar1.granicus.com/…/ac7948d5-d9bf-465f-8674-a65bd9c8e8b8.docx
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