Signs on homes in Fowler: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Fowler Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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Election and other noncommercial signs	May not be put up earlier than 60 days before the election. Applies: Applies to political signs. § 9.185.100 · code text No political signs shall be erected prior to sixty (60) days before the date of the election to which they pertain. Remove within 6 days after the polls close. Applies: Applies to political signs. § 9.185.100 · code text Each candidate or person/group named on such political sign shall be responsible for the removal of all such signs within six (6) days after the polls close.
Signs that need no permit	Street number/name signs: 1 sq ft (single-family, duplex) or 3 sq ft (other uses) each; 1 per frontage. Applies: Applies to street number and/or name signs. § 9.185.040 · code text Street number and/or name signs not exceeding one (1) square foot per sign for single-family or duplex structures and three (3) square feet per sign for all other uses. One (1) sign per street frontage shall be allowed.
For-sale and open-house signs	6 sq ft maximum, 4 ft vertical; one per lot, or per 60 ft of frontage on larger lots. § 9.185.040 · code text Real estate signs not exceeding six (6) square feet in area and having a vertical dimension of not more than four (4) feet, pertaining to the sale, lease or rental of the property on which they are displayed, may be erected without obtaining a sign permit; provided, that not more than one (1) such sign shall be permitted on a lot, or upon each sixty (60) feet of frontage of larger parcels One sign per lot, regardless of parcel size. Applies: Applies in R or RM zones. § 9.185.040 · code text provided further that when located in any R or RM zone, not more than one (1) such sign shall be allowed no matter the size of the parcel. 3 square feet per face; 2 signs total; displayed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Applies: Applies to temporary signs directing traffic to a residential property for sale. § 9.185.040 · code text Temporary signs directing traffic to a residential property for sale provided that such signs shall have an area on any face not greater than three (3) square feet, shall be limited to two (2) in total pertaining to any property and shall be displayed only during the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

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Fowler's code: May not be put up earlier than 60 days before the election. (Applies to political signs.) (§ 9.185.100); Remove within 6 days after the polls close. (Applies to political signs.) (§ 9.185.100).

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