Fort Collins, CO Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

6, is built around express content-neutrality findings so that election-season yard signs, campaign signs and other political speech are regulated only by the same dimensional standards that apply to every other temporary yard sign, never by message. 3(C), Table (C), single-family and duplex residential properties may display an unlimited number of yard signs; multi-family buildings are capped at one sign per 20 feet of property frontage, and nonresidential or mixed-use buildings at one per 80 feet. Each yard sign is limited to six square feet of area (eight square feet in the Commercial-Industrial and Multifamily/Mixed Use sign districts) and four feet in height, must sit at least two feet back from property lines and other signs, may carry no lighting, and must be installed in a permeable landscaped area.

Duration is set by the sign's material class under Table (D)(2): sturdier Class 5 and 6 materials such as vinyl, plastic, or wood may be displayed up to 180 days per year, while flimsier Class 2 paper or laminated signs are capped at 45 days and Class 3 cloth signs are not allowed as yard signs at all. One caveat on currency: these sign provisions appear in the Transitional Land Use Regulations, the edition Municode designates for projects submitted before May 17, 2024. The sign rules enforced against a display put up today may differ, so confirm the operative section with the City before relying on a specific dimension or duration.