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 Andrew Carlton: Photograph of a man wearing a black blazer, light blue shirt, and wristwatch standing in an office setting. Background includes framed certificates on a wall, a wooden desk with papers, and architectural models or blueprints.

Andrew Carlton, Director 
336-838-3951 ext. 1005
336-838-7616 
email 

Dylan Powell, Town Planner
336-838-3951 ext. 1011 
email 

Matt Grogan, Town Planner
336-838-3951 ext. 1016  
email 

Office Located at 
Wilkesboro Town Hall
2nd Floor
203 West Main Street
Wilkesboro, NC 28697 

Mailing Address:
Town of Wilkesboro 
Attn: Planning
PO Box 1056 
Wilkesboro, NC 28697  

"MAIN STREET AMERICA" logo with cursive gray text "2025 Affiliate" below. The design represents affiliation with Main Street America for the year 2025, emphasizing community and urban revitalization themes.

Main Street America™ has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

  Logo design featuring overlapping colorful squares with geometric patterns in blue, green, orange, and red, centered around concentric circles. Text below reads "North Carolina Small Town Main Street Community," indicating a community-focused initiative for small towns in North Carolina.

Wilkesboro is a North Carolina Small Town Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center. Historic Downtown Wilkesboro is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation. 

 

  

- - Step 2) Sign Permit

   
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APPLY FOR A SIGN PERMIT

 A building permit is required for a ground sign with an area over 15 square feet and/or any sign with an electrical connection. All sign permit applications must be completely filled out, contain supporting paperwork and be signed prior to Town review. Required information for drawings is listed below. Please review Section 5.7 in the Town of Wilkesboro Zoning Ordinance before submitting a sign drawing. 

Required Information for Signage Permit Application - please verify the following information has been included on an attached drawing:

  • Location of sign on the propertysign dimensions

  • All sign dimensions: length, width, and height

  • All graphics, colors, and fonts

  • Length of street frontage

  • Sign is located out of public right of way

  • Freestanding signs have no more than two sides

  • Height above the ground

  • Verify that there is remaining allowable sign area at the proposed location

Form:  

pdf-icon Sign Permit Application   

Please request an appointment with our Planning Department and bring any documents with you to the appointment.