South Fulton, GA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Section 706.06 sets the baseline rules for every temporary sign in the city: no internal illumination, and a placement duration set out in the Section 707 tables by zoning district. Subsection (2) then carves political signs out of that duration limit entirely, citing Georgia's O.C.G.A. § 16-7-58, the state law that bars local governments from restricting how long a political campaign sign can stay up. Table 7-1, governing agricultural and residential districts, applies the same exemption to sign count: small temporary signs are normally capped at two per lot, but 'during a political election there shall be no limit on the number of signs, in accordance with O.C.G.A § 16-7-58.'

Political signs still have to meet the size and construction standards that apply to small temporary signs generally under Table 7-1, no more than four square feet, no more than three feet high, mounted on a stake or frame no thicker than 1½ inches, and they still cannot sit in a state or county right-of-way, block a clear-vision triangle at an intersection, or otherwise violate the general placement rules in Section 706.01, such as the ten-foot right-of-way setback. What South Fulton does not do is limit how many a resident can post or how long they can stay up around an election, deferring entirely to the state statute on that point.