Your Sign Goes Up, the Paperwork Stays With Us
Sign permits in Aiken are part of the job when you work with us. Most local governments require them for exterior signs, and we handle the paperwork, the submission and the coordination with the city or county on your behalf. You get to think about what your sign says, and we think about the forms.
This is for any owner putting up a new exterior sign, from a storefront to a monument sign at the road. We take care of permits on most exterior jobs, and design, build and install the sign on the same order.
What Goes in the Application
Every office asks for its own package. For a sign within City of Aiken limits, the application takes a completed form, the fee and scaled elevation drawings. Freestanding signs also need a property survey, and facade signs need a facade drawing. Because we design the sign, we can pull the drawings together from the same proof you approved.
In Augusta, an application takes a sign plan and the fee, and each permitted sign gets a decal.
We Know Which Office Your Sign Goes To
We know the local regulations in Aiken and the surrounding CSRA, and the first question is always the address. A permit or review may be required in each of these, so confirm with the office named:
- City of Aiken: the Planning Director approves signs that meet the city’s sign article. Downtown and historic-overlay properties may carry extra review, so ask the city.
- Unincorporated Aiken County, including Graniteville and Warrenville: Planning and Development reviews signs under Article VI of the county zoning ordinance, where a table marks each sign type as needing a permit, needing no prior permit or not allowed.
- North Augusta: the city’s Planning and Development office, under its current Development Code.
- Augusta: the Planning and Development Department administers the sign rules, and a permit comes before erecting, installing or materially altering a sign.
- Columbia County, including Evans and Martinez: check the county’s current sign ordinance before ordering.
Our guide to Aiken sign rules goes through the local limits in more detail.
How We Take It Off Your Plate
- We start with the address. We work out whether you are in a city, the county or across the river, and which office reviews your sign.
- We put the package together. Your approved proof becomes the drawings and details the office asks for.
- We submit and coordinate. We handle the submission and follow up with the office on your behalf.
- We schedule the install. A City of Aiken permit expires 180 days after issuance unless the sign is completed, so we plan the installation with that clock in mind.
One Free Quote for the Whole Job
Quotes are free and there is no obligation. Each office sets its own fee, and the amount of paperwork depends on the sign, the property and how many reviews it needs. A wall sign on a plain commercial building is usually a shorter trip than a freestanding sign on a multi-tenant lot, where Aiken County can require a common-signage plan first. The sign cost guide has planning figures for the signs themselves.
Rules That Shape Your Design Early
Permits work best when they are part of the design conversation. City of Aiken code lets wall signs cover up to 20% of the front surface and project no more than 18 inches, and freestanding signs are generally limited to one per lot. We bring those limits into the design, so the sign you fall for is one worth submitting. Confirm the current numbers with the city, because the office makes the final call. We do the legwork to get your application in front of it.
