Restrictions on Political Signs in Boston Heights

Chapter 1179 "Signs" of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Boston Heights, Ohio regulates the timing and placement of political signs within the Village. (As of January 2005)

All temporary political signs must be registered with the Village Office Clerk on an approved "Temporary Sign Registration Form". (Section 1179.03(j))

Any temporary political sign "shall not be erected more than thirty days prior to, and shall be removed not more than three days after, the election to which it relates". (Section 1179.04(a)(3)(D) et al.) There appears to be no specific limit on the number of such signs that may be erected.

Temporary political signs may be one- or two-sided, and must be non-illuminated. See the Signs regulations for other requirements.

Size limits are by district:
RES Residential: up to six (6) square feet per side
OP Office Professional: up to six (6) square feet per side
GB General Business: up to twelve (12) square feet per side
RB Retail Business: up to twelve (12) square feet per side
LM Light Manufacturing: up to twelve (12) square feet per side

For information about the constitutionality of time limitations on political signs, sees this 2001 decision of the Ohio Supreme Court:
Painesville Bldg. Dept. v. Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 564.
Justice Paul E. Pfeifer's commentary on this decision
Supreme Court Summary: "Ordinance limiting political yard signs unconstitutional"
Another summary of this decision (West Legal Studies)
ACLU Press Release on settlement of a similar case in Ohio