Kenner, LA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Kenner's political and non-commercial message sign rule sits in Section 11.05(b) of the Unified Development Code's Temporary Signs article, and it applies the same thirty-two-square-foot cap and permit exemption in every district, residential or non-residential, without the district-by-district size scaling the ordinance uses for other temporary signs. Because political signs are classified as exempt, a candidate, campaign, or homeowner does not need to file a sign permit application or pay a fee before posting one, unlike permanent wall or freestanding signs, which require Department of Inspections and Code Enforcement review.

The exemption carries two placement conditions. Signs cannot be posted on any public property or within a public right-of-way, which tracks the City's general right-of-way sign ban in Section 11.03(f)(13) and prevents campaign signs from being planted in medians, along road shoulders, or on City-owned lots. Signs placed on private property require the consent of that property's owner, so a sign posted in someone's yard without permission is unlawful even though political signs generally need no City permit. The Article XI purpose section, Section 11.01, frames this exemption as part of the City's broader effort to avoid visual clutter while still protecting political expression, and the separate exempt-sign list in Section 11.03(e)(7) independently confirms the same thirty-two-square-foot ceiling for temporary political signs, so two different parts of the sign code converge on the same limit.

Enforcement of an oversized or improperly placed sign runs through the same Department of Inspections and Code Enforcement removal process, under Section 11.03(h), that governs every other sign in the City.