Spokane County, WA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

040 lists eight categories exempt from the county's sign permit requirement, and item six is simply political signs, alongside changeable copy on existing signs, painting and normal maintenance, temporary banners, real estate signs, incidental signs, right-of-way bench signs, and contractor signs. The exemption is not a blank check, though: the same section warns that these exemptions shall not be construed as relieving the owner from the responsibility to comply with the provisions of the code or any other law or ordinance, including the Uniform Building Code.

110's location and setback standards. 812, and to stay off and not overhang any public right-of-way. Subsection 2 adds a numeric setback: any part of a sign, including its structural supports, that stands higher than three feet and less than seven feet above grade must sit at least ten feet back from a public right-of-way, unless the applicant can show the support or monument will not create a sight-distance hazard for vehicles entering or leaving the site. A political sign shorter than three feet or taller than seven feet skips that particular setback test, since it only applies within the three-to-seven-foot band.