Burleson, TX Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 63-11 of the Burleson Code of Ordinances is the prohibited-signs list. It bars the listed signs from installation, construction, repair, alteration or relocation within the city, except as otherwise permitted in the sign chapter, and item (16) names home occupation signs that advertise for a business operated in the home. Item (8) closes the loop by prohibiting any sign not included under the types of signs permitted in the chapter, so a home business has no separate sign category to fall back on in the City of Burleson.

The ban fits the way the zoning definitions treat a home occupation. The Code's definition of home occupation requires that there be no visible evidence of the conduct of the home occupation from outside the building, that no more than 250 square feet of floor area of the dwelling be used, that no person other than family members residing on the premises be engaged in it, that sales be clearly secondary with no sales from the dwelling, and that no outdoor storage of any type occur. A business sign on the property is visible evidence by definition.

Two other prohibitions in the same section also catch home business advertising: item (7) bars signs attached to utility poles or located in a public right-of-way or easement, and item (10) bars any sign on private or public property without the written permission of the owner. Under § 63-10, sign work needs a building permit approved by the building official, who decides within 30 days, and a decision can be appealed to the city council within ten days of the mailed letter. Section 63-12 lets the city council authorize a variance to any restriction in the chapter when the six approval standards are met. Under § 63-4, any authorized sign can carry a noncommercial message in place of its other message.