Irondequoit, NY Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Town of Irondequoit Code § 235-113(A) lets residents and campaigns post temporary political signs without a building permit, subject to five conditions. Only one nonilluminated, nonmoving sign per zoning lot is allowed per candidate. The maximum total area of all signs on a zoning lot cannot exceed eight square feet, though window signs have no area limit. No sign can go on fences, trees or utility poles. The display window is the period 45 days before and five days after an election, so signs left up past that point fall outside the permission. Subsection (A)(5) exempts political signs from the general enforcement provisions of Chapter 235, Zoning.

Location matters beyond the lot itself. Under § 235-112, no signs are allowed in the public right-of-way except listed categories. A temporary sign there needs a permit under § 235-119, can carry no commercial message and cannot exceed two square feet each. Any sign placed on public property outside those rules is forfeited to the public and subject to confiscation, and the Town can recover the full cost of removal and disposal from the owner or the person who placed it.

The sign article also bars banners-on-poles type clutter such as pennants, beacons, inflatable signs and tethered balloons under § 235-115, so campaign displays built from those items are prohibited. The Director of Development Services administers the sign article, and the Board of Appeals hears appeals from decisions of the Building Inspector under § 235-101.