Campaign Sign/Electioneering Regulations

SIGNAGE REGULATED BY THE CITY OF AMMON

City of Ammon 1-11-5: ELECTION SIGN REGULATIONS: All election signs must comply with the following rules and regulations and the current Title X of the City Code.

(A) Political or campaign signs are permitted in accordance with the following provisions provided that any such sign shall not be erected earlier than sixty (60) days prior to the election, at which time, the candidate, measure, proposition, resolution or other matter that will be voted upon and shall be removed within fifteen (15) days after such election, campaign, or event. Unlighted temporary signs promoting any candidate for public office or measure on the ballot are permitted in any zone. Signs shall be set back fifteen (15) feet from the edge of road asphalt and shall comply with the Clear View of Intersecting Streets and Ways section 10-5-08 of Ammon City Code.

(B) No sign shall be posted in the public right of way.

City of Ammon 10-5-8: CLEAR VIEW OF INTERSECTING STREETS AND WAYS: For the purpose of insuring reasonable visibility and safety in the residential districts and in the business districts which require buildings to be set back from the right-of-way line, the triangle of land formed on any corner lot by drawing a line between the points on the two lot lines which points are each (thirty) 30 feet from the intersection of said lot lines shall be free from structures, except as otherwise permitted in this section; and any triangle of land formed along any side street by drawing a line between a point on the side lot line (which point is thirty (30) feet from an alley or driveway which abuts the side street) and a point on the near side of such alley or driveway (which point is fifteen (15) feet from the side yard line) shall be free from structures, except as otherwise permitted in this section. Trees in such triangles shall be trimmed at least seven feet above the top of curb to provide clear visibility up to that height; and shrubs, fences and walls therein shall not exceed three (3) feet in height.

City of Ammon 10-34-6: SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY: It shall be unlawful for any person to fasten or attach, paint or place any sign, handbill, poster advertisement or notice of any kind upon any lamp post, telephone, power or other utility pole, fire hydrant, bridge, street, curb, gutter, swale, sidewalk or landscaping within the right of way or otherwise on the property of the City of Ammon.

City of Ammon 10-34-7: SIGNS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY: No sign shall be placed on private property without the permission of the owner of the property.

SIGNAGE REGULATED BY THE STATE OF IDAHO

Idaho Code 18-7029: PLACING POSTERS OR PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION: It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, install, attach or paint, or cause to be erected, installed, attached or painted, election posters or signs upon public or private property, real or personal, in the State of Idaho, without permission from the owner or occupant of such property, and it shall be unlawful for any person to place or leave any literature or other political, promotional or sales materials upon public or private property, real or personal, in the State of Idaho when the owner or occupant of such property, by a sign conspicuously posted on the property, or by other written or audio communication to such person, has forbidden the placing or leaving of literature or other political, promotional or sales material upon that property. Provided, however, that the granting of such permission by any public utility company on behalf of any candidate for public office shall constitute the granting of like permission by such public utility company to all other candidates for the same public office. Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

Idaho Code 49-805: DISPLAY OF UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS, SIGNALS OR MARKINGS:

(1) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be, or is an imitation of, or resembles a traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.

(2) No person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic-control device bearing on it any commercial advertising, except for business signs included as a part of official roadside area information panels approved by the department.

(3) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for traffic control signs.

(4) Every prohibited sign, signal or marking is declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is empowered to remove the public nuisance or cause it to be removed without notice.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS

Idaho Code 18-2318: ELECTIONEERING AT POLLS: (1) On the day of any primary, general or special election, no person may, within a polling place, or any building in which an election is being held, or within one hundred (100) feet thereof:

  • (a) Do any electioneering;
  • (b) Circulate cards or handbills of any kind;
  • (c) Solicit signatures to any kind of petition; or
  • (d) Engage in any practice which interferes with the freedom of voters to exercise their franchise or disrupts the administration of the polling place.

(2) No person may obstruct the doors or entries to a building in which a polling place is located or prevent free access to and from any polling place.

(3) Any election officer, sheriff, constable or other peace officer is hereby authorized, and it is hereby made the duty of such officer, to arrest any person violating the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, and such offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).