Cupertino, CA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Number allowed
- No limit
- Size cap
- 4 sq ft, max 2 sides
- Permit
- Not required
- Removal deadline
- Within 5 days after election
- Right-of-way placement
- Park strip only, with resident consent
Summary
Cupertino sets no numeric limit on how many political signs a property can display, requires no permit, but caps each sign at 4 square feet on no more than two sides and requires removal within 5 days after the election under Table 19.104.250.
C. Political Signs All No limit 4 s.f. No more than 2 sides N/A •Until 5 days after election. N/A •No permit required. •Subject to requirements of Section 19.104.240 •Within the public right-of-way – only allowed in the park strip in residential areas with authorization from the immediately adjacent property owner or resident
Full Breakdown
250(C) covers Political Signs as a category of temporary sign available on all zoning. There is no limit on the number of political signs, but each sign is capped at 4 square feet with no more than two sides, and no permit is required. Signs must come down within 5 days after the election. 240, including the ban on affixing signs to public property such as utility poles, street signs and traffic control equipment; in the public right-of-way, political signs may only go in the park strip in a residential area, and only with authorization from the adjacent property owner or resident.
340 exempts political signs from the de minimis storage rule that lets the city simply destroy cardboard signs, meaning removed political signs must be held for possible reclamation.
Violations & Fines
An illegal political sign can be removed only after a two-business-day verbal notice to the candidate or campaign entity goes uncorrected, under Section 19.104.330(C). A political sign placed in a residential park strip without the adjacent resident's consent may be removed and discarded by that resident directly under Section 19.104.340. Costs of city removal, storage and disposal fall on the responsible party, defined for political signs as the candidate or campaign entity, under Section 19.104.360, and any Title 19 sign violation remains an infraction under Section 19.104.380, punishable through Chapters 1.10 and 1.12.
Frequently Asked Questions
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