Kendall County, IL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

", with no accompanying size, height, setback, number or duration standard attached, in contrast to nearly every other item on the same list, which pairs its category with explicit numeric limits (garage sale signs at 5 square feet, real estate signs at 6 to 32 square feet, construction signs at 32 square feet and 10 feet tall). " Because the code drops political signs into the same exempt bucket as historic markers, memorial signs, and traffic control signs rather than the sized, permitted categories, a resident or campaign posting an election or referendum sign in the unincorporated county needs no PBZ Department sign permit and faces none of the dimensional standards Article VI otherwise imposes district by district.

The exemption still leaves the general maintenance and public safety requirements of the article in force, meaning a political sign cannot be an unsafe structure, cannot sit in the right-of-way absent the § 36-1063 exceptions, and remains subject to the general sight-triangle and traffic-safety rules that apply countywide.