Stonecrest, GA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Chapter 21's temporary sign article splits temporary signage into two tracks: signs needing a temporary sign permit under § 21-85(1) through (5), covering promotional signs, yard and garage sale signs, grand-opening banners, and real estate signs, and a separate list of signs needing no permit under § 21-85(6). Political signs fall in the no-permit track. Section 21-85(6)a defines a political sign as one identifying or urging voter support for a particular election issue, political party, or candidate for public office, and holds it to two dimensional limits: no more than 32 square feet of area and no taller than eight feet.

The same subsection sets a hard removal deadline, requiring the sign to come down the day after the election rather than after a fixed display window like the ten-day and 14-day periods that apply to permitted temporary-sign categories elsewhere in § 21-85. Because political signs skip the permit process, they are not subject to the six-per-year cap the code sets on family yard-sale sign permits in § 21-85(2)h, nor to the application, fee, and 45-business-day review process in §§ 21-23 through 21-25 that governs permanent and other permitted signage.

General rules still apply regardless of the permit exemption: § 21-62(1) bars any sign, political or otherwise, from the dedicated right-of-way of a public road, and § 21-63 requires the consent of the property owner or authorized agent before a political sign is posted on private land.