Haverford, PA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Political signs sit in the exemption list of § 182-701B(18). The listed exempt signs are free from the district requirements, from the need to secure permits and from the allowable sign area and item of information requirements. Paragraph (g) covers temporary signs advertising political parties or candidates for election, provided that they do not exceed six square feet. The Code also defines an election/political sign as a sign indicating the name, cause or affiliation of a person seeking public office, or referring to an issue on which a public election or referendum is scheduled.

Two placement limits come with the exemption. Election and political signs cannot be erected within any right-of-way. They also cannot be erected or placed upon property owned by Haverford Township, with one exception: on Election Day, a sign is allowed within 50 feet of Township property used as a polling place.

Other general sign rules in § 182-701B still apply to a political sign. No sign can be erected within or over a public right-of-way other than an official sign or a transit shelter sign (B(3)). No sign can be painted, pasted or placed on any tree, telegraph, electric light or public utility pole or upon a natural feature (B(10)). A sign cannot be of such character, form or shape as to confuse or dangerously distract the operator of a motor vehicle on a public street (B(4)). Freestanding signs cannot sit in the triangular area at an intersection formed by the right-of-way lines and a line connecting them at points 25 feet from their intersection unless the sign is less than two feet or more than eight feet above curb grade (B(5)).