Noblesville, IN Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

The Noblesville Unified Development Ordinance treats political yard signs the same as any other temporary yard sign under § 159.167(A)(2) for residentially zoned property and § 159.167(A)(3) for non-residentially zoned property, and neither needs a sign permit. Outside election season the baseline rule caps a yard sign at six square feet, restricts ground-mounted signs to 42 inches in height, and limits a residential lot to no more than two signs; a non-residential lot faces the same two-sign cap plus a 60-day-per-calendar-year display limit. Both subsections carry an identical election carve-out at subsection (h): for the 60 days before an election through the sixth day after it, the city defers to the sizing rules of Indiana Code 36-1-3-11 instead of its own six-square-foot cap, height rises to a flat six feet, and the two-sign-per-property ceiling is suspended entirely.

The sign still cannot obstruct a driver's line of sight, sit in the public right-of-way, or belong to anyone other than the property's owner or tenant in possession, per subsections (b) through (d) of each rule. Enforcement of the UDO runs through the Director of Planning and Development, who investigates complaints under § 159.241 and can order a noncomplying sign relocated or removed with written notice under § 159.244. A conviction for violating the sign chapter is fined under Appendix A's fee schedule per § 159.999, with the city recovering its enforcement and attorney's fees, and each day a sign remains in violation after notice counts as a new offense.