Mount Pleasant, SC Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

02 states the operative rule plainly: it shall be unlawful to place, or allow to be placed, a sign promoting a political candidate or party within a state maintained street, highway or right-of-way in the corporate limits of the town, or within any right-of-way in the corporate limits of the town that is maintained by the town. C. Code § 57-25-10 already makes it unlawful to display or affix a sign within state highway rights-of-way, but political signs kept turning up there anyway before primary and general elections, often left unmaintained or not removed promptly after the vote.

Council found that such signs block the vision of motorists and pedestrians, present a danger to the public, consume town staff time to remove when they create hazards, create litter and visibility-polluting blight, and can hurt the tourism economy, so Council declared them a nuisance. Both sections were adopted together by Ordinance 99060, passed January 11, 2000, and the ordinance reaches signs in state-maintained rights-of-way inside town limits as well as rights-of-way the Town itself maintains, so the ban is not limited to town streets alone. 02 is a right-of-way rule, a political sign placed entirely on private property is outside its reach.