In unincorporated Shelby County, the Unified Development Code sign chapter (UDC 4.9) allows any permitted sign to carry a lawful noncommercial message, including political speech, and treats campaign yard signs as temporary residential signs subject to size, number, and setback limits.
Political and campaign signs on unincorporated Shelby County land are governed by the Memphis/Shelby County UDC sign regulations, Section 4.9. UDC Sec. 4.9.10 provides that any sign allowed under the chapter may instead carry any lawful noncommercial message, so political signs are permitted wherever a temporary sign is allowed and are not singled out by content. In residential districts (UDC Sec. 4.9.9B), most residential-use temporary signs may not exceed five feet in height and seven square feet in area, must sit at least 10 feet from the right-of-way, and each occupied lot may have up to four detached signs. Election-related signs must be removed within seven days after the election. Cities set their own sign codes.
Erecting a political sign that exceeds the residential size limit, ignores the setback, or is not removed within seven days after the election violates UDC Sec. 4.9. Under UDC Sec. 4.9.11 each continued day is a separate offense.
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