Signs on homes in Campbell: the local rules

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Election and other noncommercial signs	Signs may be posted for no more than 75 days. Applies: Temporary noncommercial signs, including political signs; not in the public right-of-way or on city property. § 21.30.040 · code text Noncommercial signs, including, but not limited to, political signs, posted for no more than seventy-five days, subject to the following conditions: Remove signs within 15 days after the event they relate to. Applies: Temporary noncommercial signs, such as election signs. § 21.30.040 · code text Signs shall be removed within fifteen days after any event to which it relates, such as an election; Signs may be up to 12 square feet. Applies: Temporary noncommercial signs, including political signs. § 21.30.040 · code text Signs shall be a maximum of twelve square feet and no more than eight feet in height; Signs may be up to 8 feet high. Applies: Temporary noncommercial signs, including political signs. § 21.30.040 · code text Signs shall be a maximum of twelve square feet and no more than eight feet in height;
Signs that need no permit	Real estate signs: up to 12 square feet total, 1 per street frontage, plus 1 open house sign per lot. Applies: Temporary on-site signs in residential zoning districts; exempt from the sign regulations. § 21.30.040 · code text Temporary on-site signs not exceeding twelve square feet in aggregate total display area pertaining to the prospective sale, rental, or lease of real property. One sign per street frontage shall be allowed. In addition, one on-site open house sign is allowed per lot, provided the total allowable sign area is not exceeded, and the sign is removed at the end of each day of the open house event. Up to 2 on-site garage sale signs, with a combined total area of 12 square feet. Applies: Signs on the site of the event; removed at the end of the last day of sale. § 21.30.040 · code text A maximum of two on-site signs for garage sales, not exceeding a combined total area of twelve square feet, provided that the signs are located on the site of the event advertised and are removed at the end of the last day of sale.
For-sale and open-house signs	Up to 12 square feet in total display area. Applies: Temporary on-site signs in residential zoning districts for the sale, rental, or lease of real property. § 21.30.040 · code text Temporary on-site signs not exceeding twelve square feet in aggregate total display area pertaining to the prospective sale, rental, or lease of real property. 1 sign per street frontage. Applies: Temporary on-site signs in residential zoning districts for the sale, rental, or lease of real property. § 21.30.040 · code text One sign per street frontage shall be allowed. 1 on-site open house sign per lot, within the 12 square foot total, removed each open house day. Applies: Residential zoning districts. § 21.30.040 · code text In addition, one on-site open house sign is allowed per lot, provided the total allowable sign area is not exceeded, and the sign is removed at the end of each day of the open house event. 1 off-site open house sign per parcel, on private property with owner consent, removed each open house day. § 21.30.040 · code text Off-site open house signs to direct people to a property offered for sale, rent, or lease during an open house event are allowed provided they are located on private property, have the consent of the property owner where they are located, are limited to one per parcel, do not exceed twelve square feet in total sign area, and are removed at the end of each day of the open house event. Up to 12 square feet of total sign area. Applies: Off-site open house signs on private property with the owner's consent. § 21.30.040 · code text Off-site open house signs to direct people to a property offered for sale, rent, or lease during an open house event are allowed provided they are located on private property, have the consent of the property owner where they are located, are limited to one per parcel, do not exceed twelve square feet in total sign area, and are removed at the end of each day of the open house event.

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Campbell's code: Signs may be posted for no more than 75 days. (Temporary noncommercial signs, including political signs; not in the public right-of-way or on city property.) (§ 21.30.040); Remove signs within 15 days after the event they relate to. (Temporary noncommercial signs, such as election signs.) (§ 21.30.040).

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