Christine Ritzmann - Director
201 Locust Lane
2nd Floor
Nashville, Indiana 47448
P.O. Box 401
Phone: 812-988-5490
Fax: 812-988-5488
Email:
planning@browncounty-in.us
Kayla Robertson - Office Manager
Chuck Braden - Zoning Inspector
State Sign Law During Election Seasons: 
Public Law 211-2017 – Senate Enrolled Act 348 – Effective July 1, 2017
Regulation of Signs
Adds IC 36-1-3-11 and amends IC 36-7-4-1109 - Provides that an ordinance or a regulation of a
political subdivision relating to the number or size of signs is unenforceable beginning 60 days
before an election and ending at the beginning of the sixth day after the election. Provides that
the statute does not prohibit a political subdivision from enforcing an ordinance or regulation
relating to the number or size of signs at any time if necessary to ensure public safety. Provides
that a zoning ordinance relating to signs is considered to contain a provision that permits the
substitution of the copy on a sign regardless of whether the original and new copy is commercial
or noncommercial.