Suffolk regulates political signs as content-neutral temporary yard signs with no permit. In residential districts a yard sign may be up to 8 square feet and 4 feet tall, with no limit on the number, displayed up to 90 days. Right-of-way placement is barred.
Suffolk's Unified Development Ordinance §31-714, updated July 21, 2021, requires no permit for temporary signs and treats them content-neutrally: any sign "may, at the option of the owner, contain a noncommercial message in lieu of a commercial message," so a political yard sign is just a temporary yard sign. A yard sign is "a temporary sign placed upon or supported by the ground independently of any other structure." In residential districts (RR through RU-12) it may reach 8 square feet and 4 feet high with no cap on the number. Temporary signs may stay up no more than 90 days and may not sit in the public right-of-way or on utility poles.
A yard sign over 8 square feet or taller than 4 feet in a residential district, or one left up beyond 90 days, draws a zoning-enforcement citation. Signs placed in the public right-of-way or on utility poles are removed.
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