Rock Hill's sign rules regulate political signs through content-neutral size, height, and placement standards after Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015) barred content-based sign restrictions. Signs must stay on private property with permission and out of the public and SCDOT highway right-of-way.
Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 576 U.S. 155 (2015) struck down sign codes applying different rules to political or campaign signs based on message. Rock Hill therefore applies content-neutral standards to all temporary residential and small commercial signs regardless of message. Typical content-neutral standards in the City's sign chapter include limits on aggregate square footage per residential parcel (commonly around 6 sf), height caps (often 4 ft), setbacks from the curb, sight-distance triangles at intersections, no attachment to utility poles, and a ban on signs in the public right-of-way. The South Carolina Department of Transportation (S.C. Code §57-25-140+) prohibits signs in state-highway right-of-way and bans cutting roadside vegetation. State election law (S.C. Code §7-25-180) bars distributing campaign literature or displaying political posters within 500 feet of a polling place entrance on Election Day.
Signs exceeding size or height, in public or SCDOT right-of-way, on utility poles, or blocking sight triangles are removed by Code Enforcement and cited in Rock Hill Municipal Court. SCDOT removes state-highway right-of-way signs. Electioneering inside the 500-foot polling buffer violates §7-25-180 and is a misdemeanor.
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