Burlington County, NJ Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Rule 12 of the Burlington County Parks System Rules and Regulations, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners and last amended April 23, 2025, states there "shall be no commercial uses of any Parks System property except as permitted in writing by the Board" and that "no signs or notices may be posted, nor advertisements distributed" without the Board's written permission. The rule applies to every facility, trail, trailhead, parking lot and natural resource area the Parks System manages, from the Rancocas Nature Center to the county's regional trail network.

Because the rule does not carve out an exception for political speech, a campaign yard sign, a candidate's stake sign or an advocacy banner staked along a park trail or attached to a park fence falls under the same permission requirement as a commercial advertisement. Anyone wanting to post signage inside a county park, including during an election season, must first obtain written Board authorization; the rule gives the Board full discretion over whether and how to permit it. The prohibition sits alongside the rule's parallel bans on begging, soliciting and selling without Board permission, all enforced the same way.

Because this is a facility-use rule adopted by County resolution rather than a municipal zoning ordinance, it applies only on Parks System property; political signs on private property or public rights-of-way outside county parks are governed by the host municipality's own sign ordinance, not by this rule.