Franklin County, WA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

080(2)(g) lays out the standards that keep them there. A single-faced political sign can't exceed thirty-two square feet in area or six feet above grade; a dual-facing sign can go up to sixty-four square feet. Signs promoting election candidates or ballot propositions must be removed within fourteen days of the election date, whether the outcome favored the sign's message or not. Unlike most temporary signs in the chapter, political signs are allowed to sit within the county right-of-way itself, not just on private property, provided they don't obstruct traffic visibility; any sign the planning and building director deems hazardous must be removed immediately, without waiting for the fourteen-day post-election window.

The sign chapter, adopted by Ordinance No. 9-2010, also incorporates Chapter 10 of the 2009 International Zoning Code and Appendix H of the 2009 International Building Code as a supplement, so a political sign large enough to require structural anchoring is still subject to those adopted construction standards even though it's exempt from the county's own permit process. 100: the planning and building director can issue written removal notices, and unresolved violations feed into the county's standard zoning enforcement chapter.