Sign Regulations in New Jersey (2026)

Burlington County bans posting any signs or notices, including political signs, anywhere in the County Parks System…

Newark bans political campaign signs on streets, sidewalks, curbs, utility poles and any public property outright. On…

In the City of Bayonne, temporary political and religious announcement signs, permitted under City Code § 35-25.3.e…

Clifton bans political signs on any public street, sidewalk, park or other public facility, and bars placing them on…

In the City of East Orange, a political sign advancing a candidate's campaign may go on private property, on an…

Edison Township exempts temporary political preference or event signs from zoning permits, but caps them at 32 square…

Freehold Township lets political signs go up without a permit, but requires the property owner's permission, removal…

Political and election signs are exempt from Hackensack's sign permit but capped at 12 square feet, must sit entirely…

Hamilton caps political signs at 32 square feet and limits their display window to the 60 days before an election, with…

Howell Township allows political signs without a permit but only inside a window: no earlier than 30 days before a…

Irvington allows one nonilluminated political-preference, election, or event sign per lot without a sign permit, capped…

Jersey City exempts political signs from its general sign standards but caps their display window: they may go up no…

Lakewood Township exempts political signs from its sign permit process, but caps them at 32 square feet, bars them from…

Long Branch caps political signs at one per candidate or issue per property, bans them on public property and utility…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, temporary political signs must be non-illuminated, stay up no more than…

Old Bridge Township allows temporary political signs without a permit only if they are nonilluminated, stay out of the…

Passaic caps yard political signs at eight square feet and building signs the same size (with one exception for a…

Paterson caps yard political signs at 8 square feet and requires a 10-foot setback from the sidewalk, with a…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, temporary political signs are permitted in any zone without a municipal sign…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 190-122H(6) allows temporary, nonilluminated political signs in every zone but requires…

Political signs in Toms River Township may go up 30 days before an election and must come down within seven days after…

Trenton bars campaign and special-event material from every public place or facility, from utility poles to public…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, political messages are allowed on temporary noncommercial signs. On residential property…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, signs of a political party or announcing a candidacy need no permit, but they…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, temporary political signs are exempt from the sign permit under §…

In East Brunswick Township, temporary political signs and posts go up no earlier than 30 days before an election and…

Hoboken lets residents and campaigns put up political signs without a zoning or building permit under City Code §…

Jackson Township, New Jersey lets residents post political signs without a sign permit, but Code Section 244-207 sets…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, temporary political signs can be no greater than 20 square feet, can go up no…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, § 430-280H allows temporary political signs up to 32 square feet on any one surface with no…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a political sign needs no permit. Signs for a campaign, candidate, issue…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78 defines a POLITICAL SIGN as one announcing or supporting a candidate or issue in any…

In the City of East Orange, garage, yard, rummage and flea-market sale signs are a prohibited sign type in every zoning…

Mercer County bars placing advertising signs, including garage-sale signs, along any county road or right-of-way…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, garage sale signs must be the uniform 12 inch by 12 inch signs specified by…

Bayonne allows only two signs advertising a licensed garage or private sale, each no larger than two feet by three…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, garage sale signs can be posted only on the premises where the sale is held. A sign…

Brick Township requires garage, yard, and flea market sale signs to come down within three days after the sale ends…

Burlington County does not regulate garage-sale signs on streets or private lots; that is municipal. On county park…

Clifton lets garage sale permit holders post signs only if they follow the City's Sign Ordinance, Chapter 461, Article…

Edison Township exempts on-premises garage sale signs from zoning permits, but caps them at 2 square feet, requires the…

Elizabeth allows garage-sale signs only on the day of the sale during permitted hours, on the premises covered by the…

Galloway's § 233-10 sign rules cover temporary signs such as garage-sale and yard-sale signs. Temporary signs must be…

Garage, rummage and yard sale signs in Hackensack are capped at six square feet and five feet tall, whether posted on…

Jackson Township's zoning code treats a garage-sale sign as a "private sale or special event sign": one per lot…

Jersey City bans posting garage-sale signs on public property and utility poles without Traffic Engineer authorization…

Lakewood Township allows a temporary garage or yard sale sign without a permit, but caps it at four square feet, only…

Linden restricts a licensed garage sale to a single sign, no larger than four square feet, posted on the residential…

Newark garage sale signs cannot exceed two feet by two feet, may only go up two days before the sale, must come down…

A Passaic garage-sale license does not allow signs in the street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way, § 234-6.D…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a garage sale can use no more than two path marking signs, each no larger than…

In the City of Plainfield, garage sale signs are allowed only on the premises where the sale is held. Each sign is…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 163-6 allows no more than two garage-sale signs per property, each capped at four square…

Trenton allows a temporary garage or yard sale sign only for a seller who holds a valid City sale permit. The sign can…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, garage sale signs must come down within 24 hours after the sale ends, and none can be…

Garage sale signs in Irvington may go only on the seller's own premises, capped at two feet by two feet. Section 478-28…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, garage sale pathmarking signs are limited to two signs of no more than two square…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, § 430-280J exempts garage sale signs from permits and fees if they stay on the premises, do…

Piscataway allows up to two garage-sale signs per sale under Township Code § 4-4.d, capping each at two feet by three…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78C defines a PRIVATE SALE OR EVENT SIGN to include garage sales, rummage sales and…

Ridgewood confines privately funded holiday displays on Village property to one spot at Van Neste Square, caps them at…

Edison Township's sign code classifies all banners and inflatables, including holiday displays, as temporary signs…

Brick Township permits temporary holiday displays in every zoning district under § 245-314.C(1)(d), with no size or…

Newark exempts seasonal holiday lights and decorations from its sign permit and design rules, but only if they carry no…

Jersey City exempts holiday lights and decorations from its sign code entirely, so long as they carry no commercial…

Paterson doesn't require a sign permit for holiday lights and decorations, as long as they carry no commercial message…

Toms River Township exempts outdoor holiday decorations from sign permits and area limits entirely, so long as the…

Trenton exempts temporary holiday and seasonal lighting displays from its exterior lighting standards entirely. Under…

Bergenfield prohibits billboards outright in every zone, along with roof signs, portable A-frame signs, inflatable…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, prohibits billboards and outdoor advertising signs outright in §…

Brick Township prohibits construction or relocation of any new billboard, digital or static, anywhere in the township…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, § 228-253 bans signs with blinking, flashing, vibrating, flickering, tracer or…

In the City of East Orange, a digital or video billboard is defined as a sign type not permitted anywhere in the city…

Edison Township bars off-premise billboards from carrying electronic, digital, or automatically changing images…

Freehold Township bans electronic changeable-message boards outright except for gas station price signs and multiplex…

Hackensack's zoning code bans billboards outright and separately prohibits electronic message centers, changeable-copy…

Hoboken bans billboard signs outright in every zoning district. City Code § 196-31C(2)(k) lists billboards among signs…

Irvington's zoning code bars any outdoor display structure or billboard outright, and separately bans flashing signs…

Jackson Township, New Jersey outlaws digital and electronic billboards outright. Code Section 244-207D bars any…

Mercer County prohibits placing advertising signs and structures, including digital billboards, along any county road…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, treats digital displays as electronic message center (EMC) signs under §…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, § 108-10.1(G) prohibits signs using blinking, flashing, vibrating, flickering…

The City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, has no separate digital billboard section. Section 17.06.030 prohibits…

Newark bans digital billboards outright. Even where a billboard is otherwise allowed as a conditional use, § 41:6-2-11…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, billboards and other advertising signs, fixed or portable, are prohibited in…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 190-122B(1)(a) bans billboards outright everywhere in the Village except at a railroad…

Trenton's Zoning Code blocks digital billboards outright: electronic message signs are barred from operating as…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, digital billboards are not allowed. Section 134-63.5(F) prohibits electronic message…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, Chapter 338 prohibits any billboard, defined as a sign for outdoor…

Digital billboards, called Electronic Message Center outdoor advertising signs, are allowed only along designated…

Lakewood Township caps digital billboards at five townwide, requires a public-bid permit process with a $200…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, billboards are off-premises signs, allowed only in the POD district and the O-2 district on…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, billboard signs are prohibited unless preexisting and permitted. A digital…

Off-premises digital billboards in Toms River Township must meet New Jersey's multiple-message sign standard, N.J.A.C…

Digital, electronic and LED billboards are permitted along the Route 18/9 corridors under Old Bridge Code §…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78.L(3) of the City Code sets detailed operating standards for digital signs, including…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, § 134-68.1 prohibits signs attached to the exterior glass of a building and signs that…

Woodbridge Township's property maintenance code bans any window sign, permanent or temporary, that covers more than 10%…

In the City of Bayonne, a business window sign in a commercial or Highway Commercial/Select Light Industrial district…

In Bergenfield's business and industrial zones, a painted window sign plus any temporary window signage together cannot…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, window signs for commercial establishments cannot cumulatively exceed 20% of the…

Brick Township exempts temporary window-mounted signs from permitting, but caps coverage at 50% of the window's area…

In East Brunswick Township, window signs and interior floor displays are restricted only between three and seven feet…

East Orange caps window signage at 25% of the glass panel it's applied to under City Code § 51-170.D, with no window…

Edison Township caps temporary window signs in commercial windows at 25% of the window's area and requires them to come…

Elizabeth commercial display windows may carry the store's name, description or logo inscribed on the glass, but that…

In Hackensack's Business and Manufacturing districts, window signage content is limited to specific categories…

In the City of Hoboken, permanent window signs cannot exceed 30% of the window area under City Code § 196-31D(6)…

In Howell Township business and industrial zones, window signs are allowed on the first floor of the building only and…

Irvington caps temporary window advertising at 33 1/3% of any single window or display area and forces removal of paper…

Jackson Township caps window signage at 25% of the total window area in which it's displayed, and the limit applies…

Jersey City caps temporary signs and paper advertising on any single window or window-display area at 50% of its square…

Lakewood Township caps interior window signage at 25% of the window it's displayed on, with a temporary bump to 50%…

In Linden, a temporary sign posted inside a storefront window is exempt from the City's sign-permit requirement as long…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, no more than 20% of the square footage of any single window or single window…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, temporary signs inside the windows of commercial establishments cannot cover…

Newark caps how much of a storefront's glass can carry signage: mixed-use buildings are held to 10% of glazed area per…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, temporary signs inside commercial windows cannot cover more than 20% of any given window and…

Passaic storefronts can't cover more than 33⅓% of any single window or window-display area with temporary signs or…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a temporary sale sign attached to a window needs no municipal sign permit, but…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the maximum area for a window sign is 25% of the window. The code counts any…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 190-122E(2)(d) caps nonilluminated interior window signs at 20% of the glass area or 50…

Within the Downtown Toms River Business Improvement District, window lettering and logos applied directly to glass…

Trenton limits window signs on nonresidential buildings to no more than 30% of each window's surface area, whether the…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78 of the City Code treats every window sign as a wall sign, so its allowed coverage is…

In the Town of West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, window display signs in nonresidential districts are capped at…

Interior window signs in Hamilton need no construction permit, but they cannot cover more than 30% of the total window…

Long Branch exempts temporary window signs from its sign permit rules, but only if they stay under 25% of the window…

Paterson prohibits signs in every district that obstruct views of natural geographic features, particularly views seen…

In the City of Bayonne, billboards facing the New Jersey Turnpike are permitted only inside the Limited Commercial…

City Code Schedule III, Item O, referenced by Section 17.36.070, permits billboards in any district only within 300…

Hamilton confines freeway-facing outdoor advertising signs to ten named zones bordering I-195 and I-295, capping height…

Linden allows billboards only as freestanding, principal-use signs in its L-I, L-1A and H-I industrial zones, the…

New billboards in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, are allowed only in billboard corridors on the Black Horse Pike…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, an advertising structure must stand within 100 feet of the New Jersey Turnpike…

Old Bridge Township allows highway billboards only along the State Route 18 and Route 9 corridors in the C-C, SD1 and…

Piscataway Township limits billboards to the HC, LI-5 and SC zones along Interstate 287, per Township Code Section…

A Trenton billboard larger than 300 square feet must sit in an I-L or I-G industrial district and be oriented to show…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78.I(1)(g) of the City Code singles out limited access highways such as Route 55 for the…

Freehold Township lets a temporary real estate sign grow past its normal 50 or 100 square foot cap when the property…