Lee County, FL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Your own property
- Four square feet per sign
- Ag, commercial, industrial
- 32 square feet, six feet tall
- Earliest posting
- 60 days before the election
- Removal deadline
- Ten days after the election
- Others' property
- Location list and bond required
Summary
On your own property in unincorporated Lee County you may put up political or campaign signs of up to four square feet without a permit. Signs may go up no earlier than 60 days before the election and must come down within ten days after.
Political or campaign signs may be erected not earlier than 60 days prior to the election and shall be removed within ten days following the election... nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a property owner from placing temporary political or campaign signs on his property, provided they do not exceed four square feet in sign area per sign.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 7 | Land Development Code: Supplement 3 Update 3).
Full Breakdown
Section 30-151(4) of the Land Development Code permits temporary political or campaign signs in any zoning district. The timing rule is fixed: not earlier than 60 days before the election, removed within ten days after it. In areas zoned agriculture, commercial or industrial, signs may not exceed 32 square feet in area or six feet in height. A property owner placing signs on his own property is exempt from those limits so long as each sign stays within four square feet, and section 30-6(1)m lists political signs of that size among the signs requiring no permit. Anyone posting on property owned by others must first file a location list with the Building Official and post a bond.
Violations & Fines
Signs left up more than ten days after the election, or posted on someone else's land without the required location list and bond, violate section 30-151(4). Land Development Code fines reach $500 per offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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