From Your Homeowner Liaison

By Sonja Perez, CAAM, CMCA SRCA Homeowner Liaison

POLITICAL SIGNS

If you haven’t noticed, voting season is upon us!! Every street corner and median are cluttered with political signs. The street corners and private property in SRCA are no exception. I always get the question, “Is that allowed?”. The answer is yes.

Within Scottsdale Ranch, political signs are allowed on private property within the HOA in accordance with AZ Statute §33-1808 of the Planned Community Act.

C. Notwithstanding any provision in the community documents, an association shall not prohibit the indoor or outdoor display of a political sign by an association member on that member’s property, except that an association may prohibit the display of political signs as follows: 1. Earlier than seventy-one days before the day of a primary election. 2. Later than fifteen days after the day of the general election. 3. For a sign for a candidate in a primary election who does not advance to the general election, later than fifteen days after the primary election. D. An association may regulate the size and number of political signs that may be placed on a member’s property if the association’s regulation is not more restrictive than any applicable city, town or county ordinance that regulates the size and number of political signs on residential property.

If the city, town or county in which the property is located does not regulate the size and number of political signs on residential property, the association shall not limit the number of political signs, except that the maximum aggregate total dimensions of all political signs on a member’s property shall not exceed nine square feet.

• Political signs are permitted no earlier than seventy one days (71) before the Primary Election.

For 2022 the Primary Election will be held August 2nd.

Political signs were allowed starting May 23rd. • Signs for Primary Election candidates who do not advance to the General Election must be removed 15 days following the Primary Election. Those signs will need to be removed no later than August 18th. • The state General Election will be held November 8, 2022.

Signs displayed for the General Election must be removed 15 days following the election or no later than November 23rd. Did you know... Per the Arizona Revised Statutes Title 16. Elections and Electors § 16-1019. Political signs; printed materials; tampering; violation; classification

It is a class 2 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly remove, alter, deface or cover any political sign of any candidate for public office or in support of or opposition to any ballot measure, question or issue or knowingly remove, alter or deface any political mailers, handouts, flyers or other printed materials of a candidate or in support of or opposition to any ballot measure, question or issue that are delivered by hand to a residence for the period commencing forty-five days before a primary election and ending fifteen days after the general election, except that for a sign for a candidate in a primary election who does not advance to the general election, the period ends fifteen days after the primary election.

On December 6, 2011, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 8853 which established two Sign-Free Zones as authorized by Arizona Revised Statutes 16-1019(F). In the Sign-Free Zones, the State Law’s limitations on local enforcement for campaign, political, and ballot signs do not apply. One, includes portions of Scottsdale’s “Old Town” district and the other, further to the north, surrounds an area north of Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. and south of Bell Rd.

Residents with concerns about unsafe or improperly placed campaign signs can contact Scottsdale’s Code Enforcement hotline at (480)312-2546, by email at codeenforcement@scottsdaleAZ. gov, or by using the city’s ScottsdaleEZ eservices site.

For more information regarding political signs check out the websites below. https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/codes/signs/campaign-signs https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/01019.htm