Hoover, AL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Maximum size
- 4 feet tall, 3 square feet
- Location
- improved residential lot only
- Illumination
- not permitted
- Removal deadline
- 3 days after the election
- Portable/trailer signs
- prohibited
- Mounting
- no utility poles or trees
Summary
Political yard signs in Hoover must sit on an improved residential lot, stay under 4 feet tall and 3 square feet, skip trees and utility poles, and come down within three days of the election or the City removes them and bills the candidate for the cost.
B. Political campaign signs, subject to the following: 1) Signs shall only be located in a residential zoning district on property which is improved with a dwelling. 2) Signs shall not be affixed to utility poles nor trees and shall not exceed four feet in height nor three square feet in sign face area. Signs shall not be illuminated. 3) Owners of residential property may grant permission for the placement of signs in their yard and on portions of the street right-of-way they maintain, provided that no sign shall protrude over paved or improved streets, including valley gutters. Any signs which are a hazard to vehicular traffic are prohibited. 4) Portable, trailer or mobile signs are prohibited, except signs placed in windows or on the sides of motor vehicles. 5) Signs shall be removed by the candidate within three days following the election. Otherwise the City shall remove the signs at the candidate's expense.
Full Breakdown
B exempts political campaign signs from the sign permit requirement, but only within limits. Signs "shall only be located in a residential zoning district on property which is improved with a dwelling," so a bare lot or a commercial parcel isn't eligible. A sign can't be "affixed to utility poles nor trees," can't exceed "four feet in height nor three square feet in sign face area," and can't be illuminated. Homeowners may let signs go up in their own yard and on the portion of the right-of-way they maintain, but no sign may protrude over a paved or improved street, including valley gutters, and any sign that creates a vehicular hazard is prohibited outright.
Portable, trailer or mobile political signs are banned, with one carve-out: signs placed in windows or on the sides of motor vehicles. A, none of which need a building permit the way a commercial freestanding or wall sign does.
Violations & Fines
An oversized, illuminated, tree-mounted or overdue political sign is treated as a §12.13 unlawful sign and enforced under §12.14, which holds the sign owner and the property owner jointly and severally responsible, punished per §2.01.06: a $1 to $500 fine or up to six months' imprisonment, with each day a separate offense. Beyond that fine, the City can simply remove any sign left up more than three days after the election and bill the removal cost to the candidate.
Frequently Asked Questions
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