Bayonne, NJ Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest posting
- Two months before the event
- Removal deadline
- Two weeks after the event
- Applies to
- Residential, commercial and industrial districts
- Size limit
- None set in § 35-25.3.e
- Enforcement
- Zoning Officer removal, owner-billed cost
Summary
In the City of Bayonne, temporary political and religious announcement signs, permitted under City Code § 35-25.3.e, can go up no earlier than two months before an event and must come down within two weeks after it, with the Zoning Officer enforcing removal of overdue signs.
No signs shall be permitted in any residential district except signs permitted in all districts as identified in Subsection 35-25.2a and as follows: ... ... e. Temporary announcement signs for political and religious organizations, erected not sooner than two months prior to an event and removed not later than two weeks following an event.
Full Breakdown
Bayonne's residential sign list at § 35-25.3 authorizes six categories of signs, and subsection e covers 'temporary announcement signs for political and religious organizations, erected not sooner than two months prior to an event and removed not later than two weeks following an event.' Because commercial districts adopt 'those signs permitted in residential districts' under § 35-25.4.a, and industrial districts do the same under § 35-25.5.a, the same two-month-before, two-week-after window governs political and religious signage citywide, not just on residential lots. Unlike the for-sale sign in the same section, which carries a 12-square-foot cap, § 35-25.3.e sets no size limit of its own, though the general sign provisions in § 35-25.7 still apply: a sign must be kept clean, securely fastened, and taken down once it no longer refers to a current event.
If a political sign stays up past the two-week deadline, § 35-25.7.a requires the owner to remove it, and the Zoning Officer can remove it and bill the cost to the permittee or owner if it is not taken down within 30 days of notice. A sign left up long enough to become a hazard, or that obstructs a fire escape, window or right-of-way, is separately prohibited under § 35-25.7.d.
Violations & Fines
Posting a political or religious sign more than two months before an event, or leaving one up longer than two weeks after, violates § 35-25.3.e. The Zoning Officer can order removal under § 35-25.7 and, after a 30-day notice goes unanswered, remove the sign and bill the owner. Because Chapter 35 has no dedicated fine for this subsection, the City's general penalty, § 1-5.1, applies: up to $1,250 or 90 days.
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