Middlesex County does not regulate political signs on private property. Sign rules are set by each municipality's zoning ordinance under New Jersey's Municipal Land Use Law, and political signs are protected First Amendment speech, so towns may impose only limited content-neutral time and size limits.
There is no Middlesex County political-sign ordinance for private property. In New Jersey, signs are regulated through municipal zoning under the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.); N.J.S.A. 40:55D-62 gives each town's governing body the power to zone structures, which courts have long applied to signs. Political and other noncommercial signs are protected speech under the First Amendment, so a municipality such as New Brunswick, Edison, Woodbridge, or Perth Amboy may regulate only content-neutral aspects like size, number, setback from the right-of-way, and safe sight-distance, and generally cannot single out political signs for stricter treatment than other temporary signs. Many New Jersey towns cap yard-sign size and prohibit placement in the public right-of-way. The county government does not
Signs placed in the public right-of-way, blocking traffic sight lines, or exceeding a municipality's size or setback limits may be removed by the town and can draw local zoning penalties. Enforcement is by the municipality, not the county.
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