Content-Neutral Sign Regulation

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the case law affecting the substantive provisions and administration of local sign regulations. Following a brief introduction, it discusses free speech legal principles — including content- and speaker-neutrality — basic constitutional issues related to on-premises sign regulation, and regulatory approaches and free speech issues related to special types of signs. The guide concludes with a discussion of substantive local sign code provisions that are generally resilient to constitutional challenges.