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Signs on homes in Willows

Willows's own rules on signs on homes, with the code text for every value.

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

What Willows's code says

Willows code What Willows's code adds
For-sale and open-house signs
  • At most 6 square feet, 8 feet high, 30 days; 1 sign facing each adjacent street; no permit required.
    Applies: Property for sale, rent or lease in a residential zone; sign not lit.
    § 18.125.040 · code text
    Signs indicating that a property is for sale, rent, or lease and which are posted for a period not exceeding 30 days. Only one such sign is permitted to face each street adjacent to the property. Such signs may be single- or double-faced, nonilluminated, and are limited to six square feet or less on property in residential zones and 32 square feet in nonresidential zones, and do not exceed eight feet in height.
  • Permitted.
    Applies: Temporary real estate open house directional signs in residential zoning districts.
    § 18.125.040 · code text
    Temporary real estate open house directional signs are permitted in residential zoning districts only.
Other temporary signs
  • 4 square feet total for each property; no sign permit required.
    Applies: Residential zones; subject to the property owner's permission.
    § 18.125.040 · code text
    Temporary signs shall not exceed four square feet total for each property in residential zones and 16 square feet total for each property in nonresidential zones, and subject to property owner's permission.

Who this affects

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Frequently asked questions

What signs may I put up at my home in Willows?

Willows's code: At most 6 square feet, 8 feet high, 30 days; 1 sign facing each adjacent street; no permit required. (Property for sale, rent or lease in a residential zone; sign not lit.) (§ 18.125.040); Permitted. (Temporary real estate open house directional signs in residential zoning districts.) (§ 18.125.040).

General information, not legal advice.

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