With election season approaching, the City of Covington is reminding residents that political signage is banned on public property.
On March 7, the City of Covington published a public notice reminding candidates and their supporters that political signs cannot be placed on public property, including parks, medians, promenades, tree wells, on actual trees, utility poles, street signs and strips of grass that run between public sidewalks and streets.
City staff is authorized to remove candidates’ signs in those areas, as well as signs for businesses, organizations, and causes placed without an encroachment permit.
Signs are also prohibited in the state-maintained right of way along state routes maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Political signs on private property are only allowed with the permission of the property owner. If that permission is not sought and granted, the property owner has the authority to remove the sign.
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