North Richland Hills, TX Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

North Richland Hills Zoning Ordinance enforces a strict no-signage rule on home occupations operating in residential districts. Any exterior indication that a business is being conducted from the dwelling is prohibited, which includes painted signs, window decals, illuminated signs, freestanding signs, banners, flags, directional signs, and exterior business identification on mailboxes or fences. The prohibition also extends to continuously parked commercial vehicles displaying business graphics (vehicle wraps) parked in the driveway or on the street for advertising purposes; work vehicles may be parked at the home overnight if they are actively used by the resident in an off-site occupation.

Interior signage visible through windows to the street also violates the rule because the intent is to preserve a purely residential streetscape. The city does allow small address identification and standard political, real estate, and garage-sale signage subject to general sign code rules and time limits. Home businesses operating out of mixed-use Town Center and Transit Oriented Development districts follow the separate commercial sign standards for those overlays.