Farmersville, TX Holiday Decorations: Lawn Ornament Rules (2026)

Section 56-31 groups yard signs, newborn announcements, security-system placards, animal notices, and seasonal decorations together under a single 'yard sign' definition, covering a temporary stake sign used to publicize a newborn's arrival, a family member's school activity or sport, a security system, animals, or seasonal decorations. For the categories that are signs, the code sets real limits: no permit is required, but the item must sit on a lot with an occupied single-family, two-family, or multifamily dwelling, and must be erected no closer than ten feet from the street pavement.

Security-system placards are capped at one square foot, while newborn, school-activity, and animal-presence signs are capped at four square feet. Seasonal decorations, holiday lights, inflatable lawn figures, wreaths, and similar yard ornaments displayed for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other seasons, are carved out entirely: subsection (6) states plainly that seasonal decorations are excluded from place and manner requirements, meaning the ten-foot setback, size caps, and lot-occupancy rule that bind other yard signs do not reach a homeowner's holiday display. That leaves seasonal lawn ornaments regulated only by the general sign chapter's nuisance, obstruction, and public-safety provisions in section 56-32, not by a dedicated size or placement rule of their own.