Greece, NY Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Section 157-9B of the Property Maintenance Code defines political signs by function: any sign that supports the election of an individual, or that recommends how to vote on a particular matter, is treated as a temporary sign for regulatory purposes. The section sets a placement window rather than a size limit: such signs may be placed or erected on a lot not earlier than six weeks before any election, and that election is defined broadly to include primary, general or special elections, not just the November general.

Once the window closes, the removal deadline is equally specific: the sign shall be removed from the lot not later than one week after the election. Because political signs are temporary signs, they also fall under § 157-9A's general placement bar: they cannot be attached to fences, trees or utility poles, cannot be placed within a public right-of-way, and cannot obstruct or impair a motorist's vision. Unlike the garage-sale, roadside-stand and event categories listed in the § 157-9C table, political signs carry no maximum-size or maximum-number figure in this chapter; the six-week/one-week timing window is the operative local limit.

The rule cross-references Chapter 211, Zoning, for the underlying sign standards that apply townwide. A sign left up past the one-week removal deadline is a Property Maintenance Code violation subject to Building Inspector notice under § 157-18 and, if uncorrected, the § 157-20B penalty of up to $1,000 or 15 days' imprisonment, or both, per day of continued violation.