Baltimore County, MD Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

F, as amended by Bill Nos. 136-1997, 97-1998 and 139-2006, sets a 45-day pre-primary posting window and a seven-day post-election removal deadline for political campaign signs, with the removal clock running from the closing of the polls in either a primary or general election. F unconstitutional as a prior restraint on speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and permanently enjoined Baltimore County from enforcing it, citing Clarence Bell et al v. Baltimore County, CCB 07-0305, and the published opinion at 550 F. Supp. 2d 590 (2008).

That injunction leaves the timing and mandatory-removal language on the books but not enforceable against a resident who leaves a sign up longer than the code describes. What the Table of Sign Regulations still applies to a political campaign sign is a separate set of standards: no zoning permit is required, the sign may not be placed in a right-of-way or on private property without the owner's express permission, and area is capped at 50 square feet in business and manufacturing zones (8 square feet elsewhere), with height limited to 15 feet in those same zones and 8 feet elsewhere.

Illumination of a political sign is not permitted under the table. 8 do not override a standing federal injunction, the county cannot use those provisions to force removal of an otherwise compliant political sign left up past the code's stated deadline.