Westland, MI Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Scope
- Public property and utility poles only
- Covers
- Poles, trees, sidewalks, rights-of-way
- Exception
- Except as expressly authorized by law
- Default penalty
- Up to $500 fine / 90 days
- Origin
- 1981 Code § 3-2
Summary
Westland bans posting political signs, along with handbills and other advertising matter, on streets, sidewalks, trees, utility poles, and other public property citywide.
Except as expressly authorized by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to place, post, nail, paint, print, stamp, or in any other manner attach any placard, poster, circular, showbill, handbill, card, leaflet, political sign, or other advertising matter whatsoever on any street or sidewalk, or upon any fence, wall, post, tree, platform, tower, telegraph pole, telephone pole, electric light pole, or other utility pole or tower, or in or upon any easement, right-of-way, or on any public property whatsoever in this city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 66).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 6-2 makes it unlawful, except as expressly authorized by law, to place, post, nail, paint, print, stamp, or otherwise attach a political sign, grouped with placards, posters, circulars, showbills, handbills, and other advertising matter, to any street, sidewalk, fence, wall, post, tree, platform, tower, utility pole, easement, right-of-way, or other public property in the city. The rule targets where a sign is fixed, not its message: political signs are listed alongside commercial and noncommercial notices, and the ban reaches only public property and utility infrastructure, not signs placed on private lawns. Chapter 6 states no dedicated penalty, so the Code's general penalty provision, § 1-8, governs enforcement.
Violations & Fines
Attaching a political sign to a public pole, sidewalk, tree, fence, or right-of-way violates § 6-2; absent a chapter-specific penalty, City Code § 1-8's general fine of up to $500.00 and/or 90 days' imprisonment applies.
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