Roeland Parkers can now place an unlimited number of political signs in their yard after a city council approved ordinance amendment. The adjustment brings bring the code into state statute compliance. The Roeland Park City Council Monday evening amended its city code to allow an unlimited number of political signs within unpaved right-of-ways. Previously the city’s code only allowed up to three political signs per residential lot. But this restriction did not comply with 2015 state statute prohibiting municipalities from regulating political signs. A previous Roeland Park city attorney had questioned the constitutionality of the statute but City Attorney Steve Maurer said the statute does not allow the city to limit political speech nor restrict First Amendment speech.
Source: Shawnee Mission Post
