Because Texas counties cannot zone, El Paso County has no home-business sign ordinance for unincorporated areas - no size cap, illumination rule, or sign permit for a home-occupation sign. State law limits off-premise highway advertising, and private deed restrictions may restrict signs. Inside a city, that city's sign ordinance governs.
Sign regulation in Texas is primarily a municipal zoning function under Local Government Code Chapter 216 and a city's zoning ordinance. Counties lack general zoning power, so El Paso County imposes no home-occupation sign standards - no square-footage cap, illumination ban, or county sign permit in the unincorporated area. The regulation that does reach unincorporated land is state outdoor-advertising law: the Texas Highway Beautification Act (Transportation Code Chapter 391) and TxDOT rules regulate off-premise commercial signs and billboards visible from interstate and primary highways. An on-premise sign identifying a home business at its own location generally is not regulated 'outdoor advertising.' Private deed restrictions often limit signs. Inside a city, that municipality's sign ordinance applies.
The County generally cannot cite an on-premise home-business sign in the unincorporated area because it has no sign ordinance. A regulated off-premise billboard along a controlled highway without a TxDOT permit violates the Highway Beautification Act. A sign breaching a
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