Sign Regulations in Oregon (2026)

Beaverton allows unlimited temporary election signs up to six feet tall for sixty days before any election, but bars…

Clackamas County confirms 'the size and placement of political signs are not regulated by election law.' In the…

Political signs may not be placed in Lane County road right-of-way, and none may block a traffic-control device. On…

Medford allows political campaign signs on private property starting eight weeks before an election and requires…

Unincorporated Multnomah County treats campaign and election signs as temporary signs: six-month time limit, no…

The City of Bend allows temporary election signs without a permit for the period starting 60 days before and ending 7…

Portland has no separate political-sign ordinance; campaign yard signs are regulated the same as any other lawn sign…

Salem's sign code is content-neutral, so political yard signs follow the same rules as other lawn signs: up to six…

In unincorporated Clackamas County, garage-sale signs are temporary signs under ZDO Section 1010. A sign 3 square feet…

Gresham caps garage sale A-board signs at 12 square feet, limits them to two consecutive days, and only allows them out…

Like political signs, garage-sale signs may not be placed in Lane County road right-of-way and cannot obscure…

In unincorporated Multnomah County, a garage-sale sign counts as a temporary lawn sign: capped at 3 square feet and 42…

Garage sales in Eugene are treated as a temporary activity under EC 9.5800, and every sign advertising one has to stay…

Hillsboro allows signs advertising a household, yard or garage sale only on the property where the sale is held; HMC…

In Salem, garage-sale signs are temporary lawn signs: up to six square feet and 30 inches tall on private property…

Beaverton bans inflatable signs, balloons and similar devices larger than eight cubic feet anywhere in the city: a…

In the City of Bend, no one may attach ropes, wires, chains, or similar devices to a tree on City property, but Bend…

Holiday decorations in Gresham skip the sign development permit entirely, but the exemption only holds if you take them…

Medford exempts holiday decorations from its sign permit requirement citywide, covering displays for traditionally…

In the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area's General Management Area, Multnomah County exempts seasonal holiday light…

The City of Bend bans internally illuminated and animated billboards outright under BC 9.50.090(B)(7), caps active…

Multnomah County Code § 39.6770(E)(9) bans any billboard with moving parts, flashing lights, or intermittent lights…

Beaverton bans standalone digital billboards outright and allows Electronic Message Centers only as part of a permitted…

Medford allows one electronic message ground sign per commercial parcel only if it sits 150 feet or farther from a…

Portland caps changing image sign features, its term for digital displays, at 20 square feet total per site under Title…

SRC 900.070 bans electronic display signs in historic districts, caps message changes at once every eight seconds in…

Digital billboards in unincorporated Washington County are allowed only in the General Commercial District under…

Digital billboards in Eugene's highway commercial and employment zones must sit at least 1,200 feet from another…

Gresham doesn't allow stand-alone digital billboards: an electronic message center may only be built into a…

In Hillsboro, Oregon (Washington County), electronic message and tri-vision billboards can't change copy faster than…

Beaverton limits window signs to 20% of a window's interior area citywide, rising to 40% in the Downtown District…

The City of Bend lets window signs covering 25 percent or less of the window area go up without a sign permit, but…

Gresham exempts window signs on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties from a development permit, but…

Hillsboro limits non-illuminated interior signs facing a sidewalk or street to covering no more than 25% of an…

Non-illuminated signs placed inside Portland windows are exempt from the sign code, but illuminated window signs lose…

Medford exempts window signs from its sign permit requirement citywide in commercial and industrial zones, so long as…

Washington County's Community Development Code prohibits any sign built to face freeway traffic outright. Section…

Hillsboro, Oregon (Washington County) caps freeway-facing billboards along the Sunset Highway (US 26) corridor at just…

Medford confines freeway signs to parcels inside its Freeway Overlay District, capping one sign at 250 square feet and…

Multnomah County caps freeway billboards at the pre-existing countywide inventory and limits relocated interstate…

SRC 900.135(g)(3) limits any outdoor advertising sign primarily viewed from Interstate 5 to 40 feet in height, tighter…

Property fronting Eugene's designated freeway corridors, including the south side of I-5, I-105 near the Coburg…