Quincy, MA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Not more than one temporary sign per window shall be allowed at one time per business. Temporary signs shall cover no more than 15% of the total window space per window. The following limits shall apply to the following types of temporary signs and displays:

a. Festivals and special events, thirty-day maximum.

b. Grand openings, sixty-day maximum.

c. Identification sign (while permanent sign being made) must meet City good repair and safety standard definition, sixty-day maximum.

d. New product or service, thirty-day maximum.

e. Promotional sales, thirty-day maximum.

12. Political signs.

a. No political signs may be affixed to any public property, including utility poles, City trees, bushes, shrubs, fences, lampposts, mailboxes, or any public street furniture. In the case of such violations, the Department of Public Works or other appropriate City department may remove such violating signs and be held harmless in doing so.

b. All political signs located on private property shall be installed only with the permission of the property owner(s).

13. (Reserved) 14. City or nonprofit signs. Temporary signs or banners used by the City or for a nonprofit corporation for holidays, public demonstrations or promotions of civic welfare or charitable purposes or civic events shall be exempt from these regulations as long as they meet safety considerations as determined by the Department of Inspectional Services.

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