Washington County, MD Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

21 of the Washington County Zoning Ordinance, 'Signs Permitted Without Zoning Permits,' lists specific sign types a property owner may erect in any zoning district without going through the permit process. 21: home-occupation signs are capped at ten square feet (a), farm-product signs at thirty square feet (b), temporary off-site directional signs must come down within three days of the event (c), and civic or church directional signs are capped at six square feet and six feet tall within a one-mile radius (d). Election signs carry none of those numeric limits under county zoning; the only textual restriction is the traffic-visibility condition shared with several of the other no-permit sign categories.

Because the provision sits under Division II - Signs of Article 22, it binds the unincorporated county; Hagerstown, Boonsboro, Williamsport, Smithsburg, Funkstown and Hancock each administer their own municipal sign codes within town limits and are not covered by this county provision. Placement still has to respect right-of-way and drainage-easement rules that apply to the surrounding no-permit signs in the same section.