Stratford, CT Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

The rule sits in Section 6.11.4 (Temporary signs) of the Stratford Zoning Regulations, the code the Zoning Commission administers for the Town of Stratford. Item 4 covers a sign or signs for a political organization. Each sign is capped at eight square feet of total area, it must be on privately owned land, and it must stay out of every public right-of-way, whether that right-of-way is dedicated, owned in fee simple, or held as an easement. A sign that meets those limits needs no permit.

Putting a sign on public ground is a separate track. Item 5 of the same section allows temporary non-commercial signs on public property and in the public right-of-way only with the approval of the Town Council. Those signs cannot be erected more than 60 days before the event and must be removed at the end of the sixty-day period.

Other parts of Section 6.11 still reach a political sign. Section 6.11.3 prohibits signs erected so that they obstruct clear vision for a distance of 20 feet from any street intersection, signs placed so that a traffic control device sits in a direct line between the sign and oncoming traffic, and signs whose size, location, movement, coloring or illumination could be confused with a traffic control device. Signs that obstruct a fire escape or any door, window or opening used for egress are also banned. Section 6.11.1 adds that the sign section must be interpreted consistently with the First Amendment and with the Connecticut Constitution, Article 1, § 5 and 6.

The Zoning Enforcement Officer is the officer the Town designates in Section 7.1.5 to enforce and administer the zoning regulations, and Section 7.4 gives the Planning and Zoning Administrator or the Administrator's designee authority to inspect any sign and order a violation fixed in writing.