Ohio has no statute limiting yard political signs, and Licking County has no countywide sign power over its cities. Newark regulates signs through Chapter 1294 of its zoning code and the townships through their own zoning, but any rule must stay content-neutral after Reed v. Town of Gilbert.
Political signs on your own lawn are protected speech, and no Ohio statute caps them. Regulation is local: Newark controls signs under Chapter 1294 of its zoning code, Heath and Pataskala under theirs, and the townships under their zoning resolutions. Since Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015), none may treat a political sign worse than another temporary sign because of its message, so old caps on political-sign size or display period are unenforceable. What survives is neutral: reasonable size, height, and placement limits, plus a ban on signs in the public right-of-way, on utility poles, or in the sight triangle at a corner. Billboards along interstates and primary highways are a separate matter, controlled by ODOT under ORC Chapter 5516.
A neutral rule still bites: a sign in the right-of-way or on a utility pole gets removed, and one blocking a corner sight line must come down. A rule that targets political content, by contrast, is unconstitutional and unenforceable.
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