If they do not remove their signs by 10 days after the election, they forfeit the money. The money also could be taken away if a candidate fails to remove a sign 24 hours after being notified that the sign is in a right of way or on public property. They stuck the signs anywhere and everywhere. They were told to remove the signs, and they didn't. He also wants the number of signs per yard reduced to two.
Candidates currently can erect as many signs as they want.
I just felt it was an opportunity for us to make a difference. He was the only council member to vote against the revised sign ordinance. In Hamilton, candidates can erect as many signs as they want as long as the signs are no larger than 4 feet by 9 feet. Zoning laws, which regulate signs only on private property, say a private property owner or the person in charge of the property where a sign is erected could be cited to court for failing to obey the campaign sign law. In Cincinnati, political signs cans be as large as 32 square feet.