2 rules for unincorporated Knox County, Tennessee.
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In unincorporated Knox County, a political candidate sign may be posted without a building permit, but it cannot exceed 32 square feet, cannot be displayed for more than 30 days, and must be removed within 5 days of the election. Signs cannot block traffic-control devices or sit in the public
Knox County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 3.90.02.H.6
Temporary sign advertising a political candidate. Such sign shall not be over thirty-two (32) square feet in size, shall not be displayed for more than thirty (30) days and shall be removed within five (5) days of the election.
Knox County has no separate garage-sale-sign category; such signs are regulated as temporary signs. They cannot be fixed to poles, trees, fences, or anything in a street right-of-way, cannot obstruct traffic vision, and cannot sit in the public right-of-way. Small residential signs generally stay under 9 square feet.
Knox County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 3.90.05.A
Temporary signs shall not be erected or otherwise fixed to any pole, tree, stone, fence, building, structure or any object within the right-of-way of any street.
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