{"id":10525,"date":"2021-05-17T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=10525"},"modified":"2021-05-17T10:58:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:58:46","slug":"candidates-should-be-aware-of-city-sign-code-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/candidates-should-be-aware-of-city-sign-code-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates Should be Aware of City Sign Code Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With Yakima County&#8217;s official candidate filing week beginning today, Monday, May 17<sup>th<\/sup>, the City of Yakima reminds candidates and their supporters that signs cannot be affixed to City property &#8211; including fences or utility poles &#8211; or placed within City parks (other than public rights-of-way adjacent to parks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campaign signs must also be removed promptly after the election date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other requirements in the City of Yakima&#8217;s sign code regarding temporary signs, which include those for political campaigns, include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Temporary signs can be no larger than four square feet and the height cannot exceed three feet, including the stake.<\/li><li>Temporary signs may be placed on public rights-of-way between the curb and property line. However, the abutting property owner&#8217;s approval is required, and no signs are allowed to block the clear view triangle.<\/li><li>Dilapidated or nuisance signs in rights-of-way must be removed<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure campaign signs follow the sign code rules and regulations, candidates are encouraged to read Yakima Municipal Code section 15.08. The City of Yakima&#8217;s complete code provisions related to signs can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codepublishing.com\/WA\/Yakima\/html\/Yakima15\/Yakima1508.html#15.08.110\">https:\/\/www.codepublishing.com\/WA\/Yakima\/html\/Yakima15\/Yakima1508.html#15.08.110<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidate filing information for Yakima County is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakimacounty.us\/170\/Elections\">http:\/\/www.yakimacounty.us\/170\/Elections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Campaign-Sign-Code-Requirements-News-Release.pdf\">Campaign-Sign-Code-Requirements-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Campaign-Sign-Code-Requirements-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Yakima County&#8217;s official candidate filing week beginning today, Monday, May 17th, the City of Yakima reminds candidates and their supporters that signs cannot be affixed to City property &#8211; including fences or utility poles &#8211; or placed within City parks (other than public rights-of-way adjacent to parks). Campaign signs must also be removed promptly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10527,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10525\/revisions\/10527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}