Tamarac, FL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Most of Tamarac's Land Development Code treats political signs the same as any other temporary sign rather than singling them out for their own size or timing rule. LDC § 10-4.10 defines a 'Political Sign' as a sign used to indicate the name, cause, or affiliation of anyone seeking public office, or that indicates any issue for which a public election is scheduled, and the general Sign Permit regime then governs it: § 10-4.10(B)(1) requires a Sign Permit under § 10-5.4(L) before the construction, erection, installation, posting, relocation, or alteration of any sign, unless the sign falls into one of the exemptions listed at § 10-4.10(B)(2), which include, at subsection (f), yard signs for single-family lots.

A political sign placed on the ground independently of a structure meets the Code's own definition of a 'Yard Sign,' so a ground-mounted political sign on a single-family lot does not need a separate Sign Permit, though it still has to meet whatever substantive sign standards apply. The one place the Code names political signs specifically is the Woodlands Overlay District, LDC § 10-2.7(C)(4)(i), which otherwise bars permanent and temporary signage of every kind from Woodlands properties: permanent and/or temporary signs shall not be erected or displayed upon any properties within the Woodlands, with a short list of exceptions that includes political signs, security signs, warning signs, and real estate and open-house signs.

Political signs are the only category in that exception list the Code does not cap by size or setback, directing them instead to conform to § 10-4.10, the citywide standard that applies everywhere else in the city.