West New York, NJ Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Political signs in the Town of West New York are governed by Chapter 338, Signs, adopted by the Board of Commissioners as Ord. No. 8/17. Section 338-13(B)(11) lists signs of any political party and announcements of the candidacy of any individual for a nomination or office among the signs that need no permit under § 338-6. The size limit depends on the district. In any residential district no such sign can exceed two square feet in area. In any other district it cannot exceed the maximum area of sign display permitted on any lot in that district, and the area formulas for commercial and industrial lots appear in § 338-9(D) through (H). Every political sign must be removed no later than 10 days after the day of the election to which it pertains.

Section 338-11(C) adds a location rule. Nothing in the chapter permits the erection or installation of any political sign on any pole or tree located on public property or within the public right-of-way within the Town of West New York, and that is specifically prohibited. The same subsection preserves temporary lawn signs and street banners as set forth in § 338-13(B). Two further prohibitions in § 338-13(A) reach the same conduct: no sign other than an official traffic sign can be erected within the right-of-way of any street, and no sign can be placed on fences, walls, utility poles, trees, railway or road bridges, retaining walls, parking meters or water towers.

A political sign must also be consistent with § 338-11(C), a condition written into § 338-13(B)(11) itself. The zoning chapter repeats the same exemption, the same two square foot residential cap and the same 10 day removal deadline in § 414-22(E)(3), so the standard reads the same in both chapters.