Here are the rules for the City of Chippewa
Falls. As each municipality may have its own
ordinances, you should check your town, city,
or village clerk.
YARD SIGNS
You may
want to put up yard signs. No
permit is required for these signs however,
please refer to the City of Chippewa Falls Code
of Ordinances Section
19.09(12):
19.09(12) POLITICAL AND
CAMPAIGN SIGNS. Political and campaign signs on
behalf of candidates for public office or
measures on election ballots provided that said
signs are subject to the following
regulations:
(a) Said signs may be erected
not earlier than 60 days prior to the primary
election and shall be removed within 7 days
following said general election.
(b) Each
sign, except billboards, shall not exceed 16
square feet in nonresidential zoning districts
and 11 square feet in residential zoning
districts.
(c) No sign shall be located
within 15 feet of the public right-of-way at a
street intersection, nor over the
right-of-way.
HOWEVER, State Statutes 12.04
allow you to place a sign "during an election
campaign period" (from the date nomination
papers can be circulated) on your own personal
residential property, pretty much without
restriction as long as it is not over 11 square
feet and doesn't present a safety hazard.
Municipalities can restrict signs over 11
square feet or that provide hazards. The
statute pretty much rules out other
restrictions anywhere, as long as it is your
own residential property or your rented
property.
You can't have signs within
100 feet of a polling place (except bumper
stickers on cars).
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