Overland Park, KS Holiday Decorations: Lawn Ornament Rules (2026)

The City of Overland Park does not regulate decorative lawn ornaments through a residential ordinance. The UDO (Title 18 OPMC) addresses primary and accessory uses but does not restrict garden decor, statuary, seasonal yard ornaments, or similar decorative items on private residential property. Applicable general rules: (1) Public right-of-way: under OPMC Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places) provisions, nothing may be placed in the public sidewalk, planting strip, or street that obstructs pedestrian or vehicular passage, snow plowing operations, or utility access — items placed too close to the curb risk damage from Public Works street maintenance and may be removed by the City. (2) Vision-clearance triangle: the UDO requires unobstructed visibility at corner intersections — typically nothing over 3 ft in height within a triangular area measured back from the curb intersection; applies to fences, hedges, and tall ornaments alike. (3) Property maintenance / nuisance: OPMC Title 7 (Health and Sanitation) and the City's Property Maintenance Code, administered by Code Compliance (Community Services Division, 913-895-6270), address property-maintenance complaints — extreme cases such as deteriorating, unsafe, or abandoned 'junk' yard decor accumulating into a property-maintenance issue can trigger enforcement (notice, follow-up inspection, citation to Overland Park Municipal Court). Ordinary decorative ornaments are not subject to enforcement. (4) HOA covenants: most Overland Park planned subdivisions in southern Overland Park (south of 119th Street — Blue Valley, Nottingham By The Green, Hallbrook) include CC&Rs governing yard decoration — common restrictions limit the number, size, or seasonal duration of lawn ornaments and may require Architectural Review Committee approval for permanent installations; enforced privately under KSA 58-3801 et seq. (5) First Amendment: religious and political yard signs receive constitutional protection that overrides most municipal sign restrictions subject to reasonable time/place/manner limits.