Street Department

Signs and Painting

We Keep Owensboro Moving!

City Ordinance No. 53-89, adopted 21-Nov-89, outlines Owensboro’s rules for sign placement. These rules limit sign proliferation and help to provide a neat and clean community. Signs that are improperly placed are removed by City employees and stored at the Street Department for a period of two weeks before being discarded. In addition to disposing improperly placed private signs, we are charged with maintaining over 10,000 street signs and all of the street and curb painting throughout the City.

City Signs

We are responsible for maintaining all of the street signs placed in the City. If you know of a sign that has been damaged, is faded or is otherwise in need of repair, please contact us.

Removed Signs

Are you missing a sign? The link below will take you to a list of signs that have been collected and are being held at the City Street Department (1410 W. 5th Street). Signs may be collected on weekdays between 7:00am and 3:00pm before they are scheduled to be discarded. Click here to view the Removed Signs list.

Street and Curb Painting

Thousands of cars travel our streets and occasionally bump our curbs each day. If you know of a street or curb that needs painting, please contact us.