Political signs are regulated on where allowed to go. Probably not in neighborhoods.

Pull all others.

Temporary open house signs are one thing, but signs hawking everything from soccer camps to power washing to sports card trading events are not. It’s presumptive, self-entitled, and a visual blight.

The Town of Vienna doesn't allow these signs on public property and I've seen them driving around on the weekends, picking up the signs and throwing them in the back of a pickup truck.

I occasionally see auction signs go up. Way too many in a very small area. But they do get removed promptly so it is tolerable.

I honestly wish all the signs were banned they just make it look so trashy! Same with all the old newspaper dispensers that have been empty and unused in 2+ decades that are laying sideways on the sidewalks can we dispose of them or reuse/recycle them for something else that's not on the sidewalks? Clutter everywhere.

Put up your own signs next to them. In the case of open houses, say "Now with Fewer Rats!" Next to religious signs, "Get your FlavorAid ready for the apocalypse."

Anonymous wrote:Of course you can move it.
I’d leave realtor signs respectfully placed for open houses. They get 8 hours (a few hours before and a hour after) then I pull it.

I stop and remove college hunks hauling junk signs (please do not hire them) and other signs littering our roads. They are not allowed to place them on public areas or private areas unless owner gives consent.

If you really want to screw with them, put up a sign next to it with an arrow pointing to her sign that says NO WAY

This is Karen behavior. That isn’t your place.

Anonymous wrote:we live on a corner lot and realtors, advertisers, random church groups are always sticking yard signs in our corner landscaping, our grass, etc... sometimes it is on the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. I was outside this morning taking the trash out and saw a realtor putting a sign up for an open house. She rudely said to me "this is NOT your property," so what is the law? I know you can't stick an advertisement in my landscaping that is in front of my house but can you stick something in the grass between the sidewalk and street? I am required to mow that but it is really public property? This is Fairfax county.

The tree lawn is not your property. However there are ordinances governing placement of signs.

Corner lot in Fairfax County here. I know it varies by jurisdiction. The packet we received when we purchased our house included a land survey that was developed based on a title report. It shows the easement distance. The title report dictates the easement parameters. Maybe you have something like that.

In our circumstance, there is a specific amount of our private land on which Fairfax County holds an easement for appropriate use. It is not public property. On our particular corner, we own and maintain the grass between the sidewalk and the curb on our street (the one where our address is, and front door).The strip of grass between the curb and sidewalk on the right side of our house (connecting street) is maintained by the county. There are no houses on that particular stretch of that road. If you call the county RE office, they can answer your questions so you know the answers… but I wouldn’t hesitate to take down junk signs.

I own to the curb with an easement for sidewalk, but I know it varies.

I wouldn't bother engaging though, I'd just pull the signs after they're gone. Advertising signs, I mean: open house is good for you, you want sales in your neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:Of course you can move it.
I’d leave realtor signs respectfully placed for open houses. They get 8 hours (a few hours before and a hour after) then I pull it.

I stop and remove college hunks hauling junk signs (please do not hire them) and other signs littering our roads. They are not allowed to place them on public areas or private areas unless owner gives consent.

If you really want to screw with them, put up a sign next to it with an arrow pointing to her sign that says NO WAY

Why not?

Anonymous wrote:Of course you can move it.
I’d leave realtor signs respectfully placed for open houses. They get 8 hours (a few hours before and a hour after) then I pull it.

I stop and remove college hunks hauling junk signs (please do not hire them) and other signs littering our roads. They are not allowed to place them on public areas or private areas unless owner gives consent.

If you really want to screw with them, put up a sign next to it with an arrow pointing to her sign that says NO WAY

I was thinking murder house but whatever.

Of course you can move it.
I’d leave realtor signs respectfully placed for open houses. They get 8 hours (a few hours before and a hour after) then I pull it.

I stop and remove college hunks hauling junk signs (please do not hire them) and other signs littering our roads. They are not allowed to place them on public areas or private areas unless owner gives consent.

If you really want to screw with them, put up a sign next to it with an arrow pointing to her sign that says NO WAY

You typically only own the land to the your house side of the sidewalk. The rest is in the road right of way which is owned by the jurisdiction you live in - the sidewalk and the strip of land next to the street. You need to find out it is legal for anyone to put up a sign on county property.

If they don't have a county permit for the sign, the sign can't be there. You can contact your county council member (MoCo) and their staff will handle.