Sherman, TX Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Home occupation rule
- No advertising or signs detectable at any lot line
- Residential name sign
- One sign, 1-1/2 square feet, name and address only
- Permit for name sign
- None for nonilluminated signs under § 14.07.007(1)
- Off-premises advertising
- Not allowed (§ 14.07.002(k))
- Advertising vehicles
- Cannot be parked visible from a public right-of-way
- Fine
- Up to $2,000 per violation, each day separate
Summary
In the City of Sherman, Texas, a home occupation cannot show any external evidence of the business at a lot line, and the code names advertising and signs first on that list. The only sign a single-family home carries is the one-sign, one and one-half square foot name and address sign allowed under § 14.07.007.
(B) No external evidence of the home occupation shall be detectable at any lot line, including advertising, signs, smoke, dust, noise, fumes, glare, vibration or electrical disturbance beyond the property line.
Full Breakdown
In the City of Sherman, Texas, the home occupation conditions in note [2] to the use chart in § 14.10.001 start with a visibility limit. Condition (B) says no external evidence of the home occupation shall be detectable at any lot line, and the sentence names advertising and signs ahead of smoke, dust, noise, fumes, glare, vibration and electrical disturbance. On the printed wording, a home occupation cannot put up a business sign. Condition (K) separately lists sign painting among the uses prohibited as a home occupation.
The sign article still gives every single-family residence one sign. Section 14.07.007(1) allows one sign not exceeding one and one-half (1-1/2) square feet in area, indicating only the name and address of the occupant, for each residential unit. Under § 14.07.002(c) no sign permit is required for nonilluminated signs permitted by § 14.07.007(1). Section 14.07.007(2) also allows one non-illuminated temporary sign with a sign face no larger than six square feet when the property is for sale or lease, but that is a real estate provision, not a way to advertise a business.
Other limits in Article 14.07 close off the usual workarounds. Section 14.07.002(k) states that no off-premises advertising is allowed. Section 14.07.003 prohibits "A" frame signs, banner signs, feather flags, pennant signs, merchandise displays and wind driven signs. Section 14.07.005 provides that no person shall park an advertising vehicle or trailer on a public right-of-way, on public property or on private property so as to be visible from a public right-of-way. Development Services administers and enforces the zoning chapter under § 14.11.009.
Violations & Fines
A violation of the zoning chapter in the City of Sherman is a class C misdemeanor under § 14.09.003, with a fine of not more than $2,000 plus court costs on conviction, and each day the violation continues is a separate offense. The city can also seek a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per day for each violation. Section 14.07.003 also bars any sign erected without a required permit.
Frequently Asked Questions
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