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City allows unlimited political signs

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com

The easiest way to tell political season is underway in Peachtree City is the proliferation of signs supporting candidates for City Council races.

With 11 candidates in the field, including six for mayor, it might seem there are too many political signs out there already. But the city’s recently changed sign ordinance allows unlimited “temporary” signs to be erected by or for political candidates until the matter is settled at the polls.

That means if you want to support several candidates by posting their signs in your yard, have at it with as many as you want.

The signs will have to disappear in most cases after Tuesday, Nov. 8, when the election is held, or in the case of a runoff election, no later than Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Those temporary signs can be no bigger than 16 square feet if on residentially-zoned property, and no more than 32 square feet on all non-residentially zoned property, according to the new regulations. Also, none of the signs can exceed four feet in height.

In the past, such temporary signs were restricted to just one per lot at any given time, no matter the message displayed on the sign. But this change to the city ordinance, along with others, was crafted due to recent appeals court decisions that have weakened the ability of municipalities to regulate signs, City Attorney Ted Meeker has said.

The City Council approved the new ordinance in June.