Upland, CA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

130, political campaign signs are allowed citywide but only after the applicant obtains a permit from the City Manager or designee, issued for each local, special, district, state, or national election. Applicants must sign a statement acknowledging that any sign advertising a candidate or ballot measure is presumed placed with that candidate's or committee's consent, putting legal responsibility for removal on them. Size and height are the two operative numeric limits: no more than six square feet of total sign area and four feet of overall height in residential zones, rising to 16 square feet and six feet in commercial or industrial zones.

Signs cannot be directly or indirectly lighted, cannot be attached to a tree, fence post, or utility pole, and cannot be affixed permanently to any structure. Placement in the public right-of-way is flatly prohibited under subsection (G), which covers parkways, sidewalks, and street medians the City controls. The removal clock starts on election day: subsection (B) gives the candidate, person, or committee that advertised the candidacy or measure 10 days to take the sign down, regardless of who physically installed it. 15's general sign scheme, a sign that violates any of these conditions, oversized, overheight, illuminated, or left up past the deadline, becomes an illegal sign subject to the chapter's separate removal and cost-recovery process. 15's other temporary sign categories, which speeds up the permitting turnaround for candidates and committees close to an election date.