LaPorte County, IN Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

075(H) governs temporary occasion and event signs, including pennants, banners and portable devices, and permits them for special events lasting no more than 90 days per calendar year as long as they don't obstruct traffic views and stay off public rights-of-way. Within that same subsection, the code singles out political signage: no business or on-premise lighted political sign may be displayed in residential zoning, or within 500 feet of residential zoning, anywhere in the unincorporated county. Portable temporary signs generally are capped at one per parcel unless devices are spaced at least 60 feet apart, may not flash or use lighted moving elements, and must be maintained in orderly condition and good repair.

Written permission from the Zoning Administrator is required before any of these temporary devices, including qualifying political displays, goes up. The provision sits within the broader Signs and Billboards article of the county Zoning Ordinance, meaning it governs only unincorporated LaPorte County and not signs inside Michigan City, La Porte, or the county's other incorporated towns.