St. Johns County allows political signs on residential property as temporary signs. Land Development Code §7.02.02 permits up to two temporary signs per parcel, 6 square feet each, with no permit and no content or election-timing limit.
The county's sign code is content-neutral after Reed v. Town of Gilbert, so a campaign sign is treated like any temporary sign, irrespective of copy or message. On a residential-zoned parcel the rules are: a maximum of two temporary signs, each up to 6 square feet per face, up to 6 feet tall, set back at least 5 feet from the front property line, no illumination, and no sign permit required. Signs may not stand in the public right-of-way or a sight-visibility triangle. There is no 45-day-before-election window in the current code — the timing limits from older ordinances did not survive the content-neutral rewrite. HOAs and CDDs in Nocatee and Ponte Vedra may add stricter covenant limits.
Signs exceeding the size or number limits, placed in the right-of-way, or within a sight triangle are prohibited and may be removed. Violations are prosecuted under §125.69 but carry civil penalties only.
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