Missouri law voids HOA covenants that prohibit rooftop solar. Under RSMo 442.404, Lee's Summit homeowners can install panels; associations may set only reasonable placement rules that do not impair the system.
Missouri protects rooftop solar from homeowners' associations. Since January 2023, RSMo 442.404 has voided any deed restriction or covenant that limits or prohibits rooftop solar panels. In 2026 the Missouri Supreme Court, in Eikmeier v. Granite Springs, held the protection reaches even covenants recorded before the law and struck a rule limiting panels to rear-facing roofs. A Lee's Summit HOA may adopt reasonable placement rules, but not ones that prevent installation, impair function, restrict use, or raise cost or reduce efficiency. The protection covers only owner-controlled rooftops, not common-area roofs.
An HOA that enforces a covenant banning rooftop solar acts unlawfully; the homeowner may keep the system and challenge the rule. Fines for breaking valid placement rules vary by CC&Rs.
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Lee's Summit does not regulate residential holiday decorations and requires no permit for them. Any holiday-related yard signs follow the city's temporary-si...
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Lee's Summit treats garage-sale signs as temporary signs. Stake signs are limited to 3 square feet each and 12 square feet total per property, must sit on pr...
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Lee's Summit allows political and other noncommercial signs on private property with no permit. Under the Unified Development Ordinance, temporary stake sign...
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Lee's Summit runs no general rental-registration or landlord-licensing program for long-term residential rentals. There is no citywide rental permit or per-u...
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Lee's Summit has no just-cause eviction law; state law governs. Landlords may end a month-to-month tenancy with one month's written notice under RSMo 441.060...
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Lee's Summit has no rent control and cannot enact one. Missouri's RSMo 441.043 preempts local rent regulation, so landlords charge market rents and may raise...
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