3 rules for unincorporated Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Political signs are allowed on private property across Kanawha County. Unincorporated areas have little sign regulation; Charleston's zoning code governs signs inside the city. Placing signs in a public right-of-way is prohibited, and content-based limits are unconstitutional after Reed v. Gilbert.
W. Va. Code §17-22-3
Except as provided in this article, no outdoor advertising sign, display, or device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred and sixty feet of the nearest edge of and visible as to informative content from the right-of-way of any road within the state road system designated and classified for purposes of allocation of federal highway funds as part of the federal-aid interstate or prima...
Temporary garage-sale signs are generally fine on your own property. Unincorporated Kanawha County barely regulates them; cities apply their zoning sign codes. Directional signs staked in a public right-of-way or on utility poles are prohibited and get removed.
Kanawha County does not regulate holiday lights, inflatables, or yard displays on private property, and West Virginia has no state holiday-display law. No county permit is needed. Cities apply their own codes, and safety and right-of-way rules still matter.
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