FLAGS AND DECORATIVE AND PROMOTIONAL BANNER(S).
Madison General Ordinances § 31.075
in effect31.075 - FLAGS AND DECORATIVE AND PROMOTIONAL BANNER(S).
Flags, decorative banners and promotional banners, as defined in Sec. 31.03(2), may be displayed in the districts indicated in Sec. 31.15(2) (Table 2), subject to the following:
(1) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any private property to permit the placement or display of any, flags or decorative and promotional banners upon private property except in compliance with the following:
(a) A permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each promotional banner.
(b) A minimum clearance of eight feet (8') shall be required over pedestrian ways and twelve feet (12') over vehicular areas.
(c) No flag or banner shall be so installed to intrude into any public right-of-way.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to install, place or display any flag, decorative banner, or promotional banner in the public right-of-way except in compliance with Sec. 31.04(6) and the following:
(a) A permit fee of two hundred dollars ($200) for each promotional banner. (Am. by ORD-18-00131, 12-14-18)
(b) A minimum vertical clearance of seventeen feet (17') shall be maintained from the roadway to the bottom of the banner when mounted on poles, except on State Street where the clearance shall be a minimum of sixteen feet (16'). When mounted to a structure, the minimum vertical clearance shall be no lower than the bottom of the structure.
(c) The maximum tensile strength of any rope, cord or other attachment device to be used for attaching banners to City property shall be four hundred (400) pounds.
(d) Attachment of any banner to a City pole shall be by existing eye bolts or other method approved by the City Department of Transportation.
(e) A certificate of insurance evidencing the existence of commercial general liability insurance shall be filed with the City Department of Transportation before banner installation with minimum limits of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per occurrence with the City named as an additional insured.
(3) Any flag, decorative banner or promotional banner installed, placed, or displayed in the public right-of-way in violation of this ordinance shall be removed at the owner's expense which shall be in addition to and in excess of any forfeiture or storage fees for violating this ordinance.
Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOIICH20--31_CH31SICOOR_SPTYSI_31.075FLDEPRBAFetched: 11/1/2026