Sign Regulations in Kansas (2026)
35 rules on the books across Kansas, 10 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Political Signs
Rules for posting political campaign signs on your property, including size limits, how early you can put them up, and when they must come down.
Kansas: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsKansas state law prohibits cities and counties from regulating the placement or number of political signs on private…
Read full rule →Wichita
Significant RestrictionsPolitical and other temporary signs placed in Wichita's public rights-of-way are a nuisance under Sec. 24.04.215 and…
Read full rule →Lawrence
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Lawrence, political yard signs get their own exception to the normal temporary-sign caps. A lot may…
Read full rule →Lenexa
Some RestrictionsThe Lenexa City Code has no separate political-sign section. Its election-window rule lets temporary signs stand in the…
Read full rule →Olathe
Some RestrictionsOlathe caps yard signs, including election signs, at two per lot in AG, R-1 and R-2 districts, each no larger than six…
Read full rule →Sedgwick County
Some RestrictionsState law K.S.A. 25-2711 bars any Kansas city or county from prohibiting or limiting the number of political signs on…
Read full rule →Topeka
Some RestrictionsTopeka regulates political yard signs the same as any other temporary sign: a content-neutral rule capping them at six…
Read full rule →Wyandotte County
Some RestrictionsThe Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas treats political signs as a permitted "incidental sign"…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Few RestrictionsK.S.A. 25-2711 bars Kansas cities from regulating the placement or number of political signs on private property during…
Read full rule →Garage Sale Signs
Where you can place signs advertising a garage or yard sale, including restrictions on utility poles, medians, and public right-of-way.
Johnson County
Significant RestrictionsJohnson County bars temporary garage-sale signs from public roads and rights-of-way and requires sale signage to be…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Some RestrictionsOverland Park has no garage-sale-specific sign category. O.P.M.C. 5.44.035 sends sale signs to the Unified Development…
Read full rule →Topeka
Some RestrictionsTopeka garage-sale signs are yard signs under TMC 18.10.170, but the display window is capped by the sale itself. TMC…
Read full rule →Wichita
Some RestrictionsWichita caps signs advertising a garage or miscellaneous sale at 4 square feet and confines them to residential zoning…
Read full rule →Lenexa
Light RestrictionsIn the City of Lenexa, Kansas, garage sale signs are temporary signs that need no sign permit and can stay up for…
Read full rule →Olathe
Light RestrictionsOlathe caps garage-sale signs at four square feet with up to two faces, allows them only at the site of the sale, and…
Read full rule →Holiday Displays
Rules for seasonal decorations, lights, inflatables, and lawn displays, including the sign-permit exemptions most codes give them and any limits on timing, size, or placement.
Lenexa
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Lenexa, Kansas, strings of lights used as holiday decoration are allowed from Thanksgiving to January 6…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Few RestrictionsOverland Park's code contains no seasonal-decoration ordinance. Holiday lights and yard decorations on private property…
Read full rule →Wichita
Few RestrictionsInflatable Santas, snowmen, and other seasonal yard displays on private property in Wichita are exempt from the city's…
Read full rule →Digital Billboards
Rules governing digital and electronic billboards, including size limits, brightness and dwell-time standards, and the ongoing legal fight in cities like LA.
Lawrence
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Lawrence, billboards are banned outright, along with animated, flashing, scrolling, and traveling…
Read full rule →Lenexa
Heavy RestrictionsThe Lenexa City Code lists no permitted category for a digital billboard. In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, any sign not…
Read full rule →Olathe
Heavy RestrictionsOlathe bans new billboards citywide and blocks existing nonconforming billboards from adding digital faces, extra…
Read full rule →Wyandotte County
Significant RestrictionsDigital billboards in Wyandotte County are allowed only on existing, legally established off-premises billboard…
Read full rule →Topeka
Some RestrictionsTopeka limits electronic message center signs to set districts, capped brightness, banned flashing/scrolling, and…
Read full rule →Wichita
Some RestrictionsDigital billboards and other electronic message signs in Wichita can run as bright as they want by day, but Sec…
Read full rule →Window Signs
Limits on the percentage of window area that may be covered by signs in storefronts, including transparency rules for safety visibility into businesses.
Wichita
Significant RestrictionsIn the Old Town Overlay (OT-O) District, window signs and temporary on-site signs attached to or painted on glass…
Read full rule →Lenexa
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Lenexa, Kansas, non-illuminated window signs need no permit but cannot exceed 20 percent of the overall…
Read full rule →Olathe
Some RestrictionsIn Olathe's Downtown District, a permanent window sign can cover only 10% of the window's area, or up to 20% if the…
Read full rule →Topeka
Some RestrictionsTopeka caps window signage at 50 percent of window area in commercial and industrial districts and just 20 percent…
Read full rule →Wyandotte County
Some RestrictionsIn the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, window signs may cover no more than 25% of a…
Read full rule →Lawrence
Light RestrictionsIn the City of Lawrence, window signs skip the sign permit only within limits. Nonilluminated first-floor window signs…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Light RestrictionsOverland Park lets you post non-illuminated temporary signs directly on or behind your window glass without a sign…
Read full rule →Freeway-Facing Signs
Restrictions on commercial signs visible from freeways, including height, illumination, and outdoor advertising act compliance.
Wichita
Significant RestrictionsWichita lets ground, monument or pole signs near an elevated freeway structure rise higher than the normal cap, so…
Read full rule →Sedgwick County
Some RestrictionsBillboards facing the Kansas Turnpike, I-135, I-235, U.S. 81, U.S. 54 or six state highways through unincorporated…
Read full rule →Shawnee County
Some RestrictionsShawnee County lets advertising signs in its C-2 commercial district grow from 35 feet to 55 feet tall when they sit…
Read full rule →Wyandotte County
Some RestrictionsWyandotte County lets a sign facing a freeway or expressway grow larger and taller than the standard billboard limits…
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