Political signs are allowed on private property across Elkhart County. The county zoning ordinance and city sign codes treat them as temporary signs with size limits; content-based restrictions are unconstitutional after Reed v. Gilbert. Signs in the public road right-of-way get removed.
In unincorporated Elkhart County, signs fall under the Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance (adopted December 15, 2014), administered by the Planning and Development Department. Political and other temporary signs are allowed on private property subject to size and setback limits, and a yard sign generally needs no permit. Placement off your own land is the catch — signs staked in a public road right-of-way or attached to utility poles are prohibited and removed, and INDOT clears signs along state highway rights-of-way under IC 8-23-20. Since Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015), the county and its cities cannot single out political signs for stricter rules based on the message. Elkhart and Goshen apply their own sign codes inside city limits.
A political sign in a county or state road right-of-way is removed by the county or INDOT. Oversized or improperly placed signs draw a zoning correction notice from Planning and Development.
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