Clarkstown, NY Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 243-6(O)
- Permit required
- No, exempt from permit
- Removal deadline
- Within 5 days after election
- Placement
- Private property, owner's permission only
- Right-of-way
- Placement prohibited
- Decorations
- No balloons or streamers
- Max penalty
- $2,500 fine or 15 days jail
Summary
Clarkstown lets residents post temporary political campaign signs without a sign permit, but § 243-6(O) requires them off the property within five days of the election. Signs must sit on private property with the owner's consent, cannot carry balloons or streamers, and can never be placed in the street or road right-of-way.
O. Temporary political signs promoting the election of individuals to public office, provided they shall be removed within five days following the election. Such signs shall not be embellished by balloons, streamers or other distractive adornments and shall be placed only on private property with the permission of the owner and shall in no event be placed upon or over the street or road right-of-way.
Full Breakdown
" Being exempt from the permit requirement is not the same as being exempt from the chapter altogether. " That means a political sign still has to comply with the general provisions in § 243-7, including not obstructing visibility at intersections or blocking a door, window or fire escape. The Building Inspector administers and enforces Chapter 243 under § 243-13A, and a candidate, campaign committee or property owner who leaves signs up past the five-day window, plants them in the town right-of-way, or decorates them with balloons or streamers is out of compliance with § 243-6(O) even though no permit was ever required for the sign in the first place.
Violations & Fines
A political sign left up past the five-day post-election deadline, placed in the road right-of-way, or embellished with balloons or streamers violates § 243-6(O). Under § 243-13C that is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $2,500, imprisonment up to 15 days, or both, with each day of continued violation treated as a separate offense enforced by the Building Inspector.
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