Election Sign Regulations Adopted In Barnegat

BARNEGAT, NJ — Back in November, Barnegat residents were asked to vote on whether signs should be banned on public property. And the results were overwhelmingly "yes."

At the latest Barnegat Township Committee meeting, officials adopted an ordinance amending the existing sign regulations in town.

Under the new regulations, it is only public property that is impacted - residents are of course still allowed to put signs on their own private property.

"No sign of any type shall be permitted to obstruct driving vision, pedestrian or vehicular traffic, traffic signals, traffic directional and identification signs, walkways, entrances, exits, fire escape, doorways, other places of business, or other signs or windows of the building on which they are located, or in any way affect the safety of the public," the ordinance reads.

"No signs shall be attached to utility poles, public structures, trees, stumps, fenceposts, other signs or sign posts, but shall be free-standing or attached to buildings," the ordinance says, and Barnegat is allowed to remove any sign.

An abundance of signs in town during election season has been brought up at previous meetings, with officials and residents alike complaining. Then-Mayor Alfonso Cirulli said that the township had been getting complains about signs "for years," noting that they were seen "falling all over the place."