Daytona Beach, FL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Article 11 of the Land Development Code defines a Campaign Sign as 'a sign on behalf of candidates for public office or measures on election ballots,' but the LDC does not carve out separate size or timing rules for campaign signs. Instead they fall under the generic Temporary Signs standard in Sec. 12, which governs banner signs and other nonpermanent signs citywide. In residential districts, a parcel may display a maximum of ten temporary signs at once, none exceeding three square feet in sign area, which covers yard signs for candidates and ballot measures.

Across all districts, no temporary sign, campaign or otherwise, may be displayed on a parcel for more than 100 days in any rolling 12-month period. Because a non-electric temporary sign in a residential district is specifically exempted from the Sign Permit requirement under Sec. 12, Temporary Signs,' a homeowner does not need to apply for or pay for a permit to plant a campaign sign in the yard, as long as it stays within the three-square-foot size cap, the ten-sign count, and the 100-day annual ceiling.

Nonresidential parcels get a different temporary-sign allowance, up to 32 square feet of total temporary sign area for each 100 feet of street frontage, which a business could also use to display a campaign message. The City treats campaign signs as ordinary commercial-neutral temporary signage rather than a distinct election-law category.