Medford, OR Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest posting
- 8 weeks before the election
- Removal deadline
- 7 days after the election
- Residential zone cap
- 6 sq ft, 6 ft height per sign
- Commercial/industrial cap
- 32 sq ft per sign
- Governing section
- MMC 10.1022(10)(c)
Summary
Medford allows political campaign signs on private property starting eight weeks before an election and requires removal within seven days after, capping residential signs at six square feet and six feet tall.
(c) Political Campaign Signs. Signs erected on private property no earlier than eight (8) weeks prior to any federal, state or local election and removed no later than seven (7) days after the applicable election. In all residential zones such signs shall be limited to six (6) square feet in area and a maximum height of six (6) feet per sign. In all commercial and industrial zones such signs shall be limited to thirty-two (32) square feet in area per sign.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-32, passed May 6, 2026).
Full Breakdown
1020, but only within a defined posting window and size limits. Signs may go up no earlier than eight weeks prior to any federal, state or local election and must come down no later than seven days after that election. In residential zones the size cap is six square feet in area and a maximum height of six feet per sign; in commercial and industrial zones the cap rises to thirty-two square feet per sign, with no stated height limit different from the general commercial standards.
1022 list of ten permit exceptions, alongside real estate signs in subsection (10)(b), which share the same six-square-foot residential cap but run on the length of a sale rather than an election calendar. 1020, or is subject to removal as a nonconforming or prohibited sign.
Violations & Fines
A political sign erected outside the eight-week pre-election window, left standing more than seven days after the election, or exceeding the six-square-foot/six-foot residential cap (or thirty-two-square-foot commercial cap) forfeits the permit exemption and can be treated as an unpermitted sign subject to removal under Section 10.1020 and the nuisance provisions of Section 10.1130.
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