Hoover, AL Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

Exempt signs

A. Construction signs, instructional signs, official flags, governmental signs, holiday decorations, interior signs, plaques, public notices, public signs, symbols or insignia, warning signs and signs awarded by the Hoover beautification board.

B. Political campaign signs, subject to the following:

1) Signs shall only be located in a residential zoning district on property which is improved with a dwelling.

2) Signs shall not be affixed to utility poles nor trees and shall not exceed four feet in height nor three square feet in sign face area. Signs shall not be illuminated.

3) Owners of residential property may grant permission for the placement of signs in their yard and on portions of the street right-of-way they maintain, provided that no sign shall protrude over paved or improved streets, including valley gutters. Any signs which are a hazard to vehicular traffic are prohibited.

4) Portable, trailer or mobile signs are prohibited, except signs placed in windows or on the sides of motor vehicles.

5) Signs shall be removed by the candidate within three days following the election. Otherwise the City shall remove the signs at the candidate's expense.