Collierville, TN Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Section 151.180(Q) of the Collierville Code of Ordinances sets the size and number rules for political signs. A ground-mounted political sign may have a maximum sign area of six square feet per side with a total of 12 square feet, a maximum height of five feet, and is limited to one sign per candidate or campaign for each street frontage of a premises or for each street frontage of an undeveloped lot, parcel, or tract of land. A corner lot with two street frontages therefore carries a separate allowance for each frontage, but the limit is counted per candidate or campaign.

The code also addresses vehicle-mounted political signs, which are otherwise banned. Section 151.174 prohibits parked-vehicle signs and trailer signs but points to § 151.180(Q) for the political exception. Under division (Q)(2), a political sign on a parked vehicle or trailer may have a maximum sign area of 32 square feet per side with a total of 64 square feet and a maximum height of four feet, exclusive of the vehicle or trailer. Such a sign is exempt from any maximum time durations or limitations if the vehicle is parked in a residential driveway. The definition of a parked vehicle sign in § 151.171 covers signs visible for more than two consecutive hours or more than four total hours between sunrise and sunset.

Other provisions complete the picture. Section 151.171 defines a political sign as a temporary sign erected on private property for the purpose of supporting a political candidate or stating a position regarding a political issue or similar purpose. Section 151.176(B)(1)(b) lists political signs among those that can be erected without a sign permit, though they remain subject to sections 151.170 through 151.183. The 60-day annual display limits for temporary signs in residential districts under § 151.180(N) and in non-residential districts under § 151.180(O) both carve political signs out. Because the definition limits these signs to private property, § 151.174(A), which prohibits signs erected in a public right-of-way or on public property, keeps them off the Town's road edges.