Carrollton, TX Holiday Decorations: Lawn Ornament Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest placement
- 45 days before the holiday, § 92.10(A)
- Removal deadline
- 30 days after the holiday, § 92.10(A)
- Right-of-way placement
- Banned on collector/arterial frontage, § 92.10(C)
- Year-round decorations
- Prohibited even if unlit, § 92.10(D)
- Maximum fine
- $2,000.00, § 10.99(A)(2)(f)
Summary
Carrollton lets residential holiday decorations, including yard ornaments and inflatables, go up only 45 days before the holiday and requires removal within 30 days after. Decorations must be holiday-specific, non-commercial, and cannot sit in the right-of-way along collector or arterial streets.
(A) Holiday decorations for residential districts may be placed no earlier than 45 days before the holiday and must be removed no later than 30 days following the holiday. (B) All holiday decorations on property within a residential district must be specific to the holiday celebrated and cannot be used for commercial advertisement. (C) Holiday decorations on property within a residential district which abuts a collector or arterial roadways may not be placed in the city right-of-way. (D) Holiday decorations, even if not illuminated, are not permitted to remain on any house, tree, shrub, structure, or on the ground year-round.
Full Breakdown
03 to include holiday lighting on houses, structures, the yard or shrubbery, yard ornaments or decorations, and cold-air inflatable devices. 10 then sets the operative rules. Subsection (A) fixes the display window: decorations for residential districts may go up no earlier than 45 days before the holiday and must come down no later than 30 days after it. Subsection (B) requires that any holiday decoration on residential property be specific to the holiday being celebrated and prohibits using it for commercial advertisement. Subsection (C) adds a placement restriction for homes on collector or arterial roadways: decorations may not be placed in the city right-of-way.
Subsection (D) closes the loop by barring any holiday decoration, lit or not, from remaining on a house, tree, shrub, structure, or the ground year-round, meaning even an unlit yard ornament must come down within the 30-day post-holiday window. 02, who can delegate enforcement to other city personnel. 10 that had governed fence maintenance and was repealed in 2013.
Violations & Fines
A holiday decoration left up outside the 45-day-before/30-day-after window, placed in the right-of-way on a collector or arterial street, or used for commercial advertising is a Chapter 92 nuisance violation, punishable as a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $2,000.00 under Section 10.99(A)(2)(f), since Chapter 92 is one of the chapters classified for public-health-and-sanitation-level penalties.
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