Richardson, TX Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Article XXII-E, Section 10(a)(6) states the rule without qualification: no interior or exterior signs, advertisement, or display located on the premises shall be used to advertise the home occupation. That reaches a lettered yard sign, a lit window sign, or an interior display meant to be seen through a window just as much as a freestanding pole sign. Section 10(a)(5) backs it up with a broader ban on any exterior indication at all that the premises serve as anything other than a dwelling, closing off workarounds like porch banners or driveway placards that fall short of being a traditional sign.

Section 10(a)(4) reinforces the same policy from another angle by prohibiting building modifications that alter the residential character of the dwelling or property, so mounting a permanent sign structure would independently violate that standard too. The no-impact home-based business track lands on the same result through different language: Section 10(b)(4) requires that none of the business's activities be visible from a street, which rules out street-facing advertising for that category of home business as directly as the express sign ban does for a standard home occupation. Together the three provisions leave no path to lawful home-based advertising visible from outside the residence.