Lenexa, KS Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

The Lenexa City Code has no section headed political signs. Election signage is governed by the temporary sign rules in Article 4-1-E, and the election-window rule is Section 4-1-E-6-C.

In the public right-of-way, Section 4-1-E-6-B otherwise bars every sign except government signs. Section 4-1-E-6-C carves out a window: temporary signs are allowed for forty-five days immediately preceding any primary, general or special election as defined by the Johnson County Election Office, and they must be removed two days after that election. The people responsible for erecting or distributing the signs are jointly and individually liable for their removal. During the window each sign must be set back six feet from the back of curb, and where the right-of-way holds a sidewalk or trail no sign can sit between the curb and that sidewalk or trail. Signs cannot stand in the required sight-distance setback triangle at intersections. Each sign is limited to six square feet of face area, four feet in height and five pounds including the mounting system.

On private property, Section 4-1-E-4-F exempts temporary signs from sign permits. They are allowed on any property at the same size permitted for real estate signs, with the consent of the property owner, and can stay up for ninety days before they must be removed or replaced. Under Section 4-1-E-12, a real estate sign on a single-family lot is limited to 6 square feet and 4 feet in height and cannot be illuminated, while a non-residential parcel with 400 feet or more of public street frontage is allowed 32 square feet and 8 feet.

Section 4-1-E-3 also lets any permitted sign carry non-commercial speech in place of any other message, and Section 4-1-E-2 says the sign regulations balance free speech protections, compliance with K.S.A. 25-2711 and public safety. Signs attached to trees, utility poles, benches or street lights are prohibited snipe signs, and no sign goes on public park property except by the governmental owner.