City of Painesville Building Department v. Dworken & Bernstein Co.

We have examined the law relevant to the issue of the constitutionality of Section 1135.02(d). We conclude that a narrowly drawn municipal ordinance imposing reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on the display of temporary signs, including political yard signs posted on private property, could constitutionally be enacted. Section 1135.02(d), however, is not such an ordinance, and is unconstitutional when applied to prohibit the owner of private property from posting a single political sign on that property outside the durational period set by the ordinance.

The First Amendment to…