Sign Regulations in Temple, TX (2026)
4 verified sign regulations for Temple, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Garage Sale Signs
Temple allows one garage-sale sign, no larger than 2 square feet, and only on the property hosting the sale.
Temple Caps Garage Sale Signs at 2 Sq Ft
Significant RestrictionsTemple, TX Code of Ordinances Sec. 22-72
One sign is permitted, not to exceed two (2) square feet, upon the property where an occasional garage sale is taking place. All signs at any other location are prohibited.
Holiday Displays
Temple's Unified Development Code lets holiday decorations, including string lights, go up in commercial and other non-residential districts starting 45 days before a holiday, with no permit required, but they must come down within 14 days after.
Temple Holiday Lights: 45 Days Before, 14 After
Some RestrictionsUDC § 7.6.8
Holiday Decoration | All except res. and AG | N/A | No | From 45 days before to 14 days after celebration
Digital Billboards
Temple's Unified Development Code prohibits animated or moving signs citywide, and its off-premise sign (billboard) standards along I-35 and H.K. Dodgen Loop set only static dimensional specs: no digital-display exception exists for billboards.
Temple Bans Animated, Digital Billboard Signs
Significant RestrictionsTemple UDC Sec. 7.6.4.B
Animated or moving signs as defined in Sec. 7.6.2 are prohibited.
Window Signs
Temple limits window signs to 25% of a storefront's window area in every district except residential and agricultural, with no permit required as long as the sign doesn't block a cashier's view from the street.
Temple Caps Window Signs at 25% of Glass
Some RestrictionsSec. 7.6.8 (Temple UDC, Art. 7 "Standards According to Sign Type")
Window Sign | District: All except res. and AG | Maximum Area: 25% of the window area | Permit Reqd?: No | Time Limit: None | Standards: Must not obstruct visibility of the cashier clerk from the street level.
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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Temple city rules.
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