Boca Raton, FL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Chapter 24 defines a "noncommercial sign" as one that carries no commercial message, and Section 24-104(3) governs the display of noncommercial temporary signs, the category political and campaign signs fall under since they carry no commercial message. On a property containing only residential buildings or uses, or on vacant land in a residential district, a single noncommercial temporary sign is capped at 3 square feet in area, 2 feet in width, and 4 feet in height, with the combined total for all such signs on one street frontage also capped at 3 square feet, ordinarily subject to the citywide 45-day-per-365-day display limit in Sec.

24-104(1)d. S. Sec. 021, the display of a noncommercial temporary sign no longer counts against that 45-day annual limit, and the combined residential street-frontage allowance jumps to 18 square feet. Within 5 days after the election, any additional signage displayed under that carve-out must come down. Separately, subsection (3)(e) permits noncommercial temporary signs in the public right-of-way between 150 and 200 feet of a polling place or early-voting site on election or early-voting days, capped at 3 square feet per face and 6 square feet aggregate; anyone erecting more than 10 such signs in the right-of-way must post a $500 cash bond with the city manager, forfeited if the signs are not removed within 5 days after the election or early-voting period ends.

Chapter 24's stated purpose confirms this framework was written to track First Amendment sign-regulation caselaw, including City of Ladue v. Gilleo on political signs in residential areas and Burson v. Freeman on election signs near polling places.