Fort Bend County, TX Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Fast-changing digital billboards
- Banned near toll roads
- Exempt refresh rate
- No faster than once per 5 minutes
- Allowed spectacular-sign content
- Time, date, temp, weather, stock reports only
- Off-premise sign permit
- Required from County Engineer
- Penalty
- Class C misdemeanor, per-day offense
Summary
Fast-changing electronic billboards visible from a county toll road are banned; slow-changing displays and permitted off-premise signs are allowed.
No permit may be granted for the following: ... (7) spectacular signs, except otherwise conforming signs which use moving or intermittent lights to give time, date, temperature, weather, or stock market reports;
Full Breakdown
Fort Bend County regulates signs visible from the main-traveled way of a County Toll Road (Fort Bend Parkway, Westpark Tollway, Grand Parkway). A sign with automatically changing advertising, strobe or flashing lights, or moving parts is a "Spectacular Sign" and is barred from a permit unless it only uses moving or intermittent lights to show time, date, temperature, weather, or stock reports. A display that changes no more than once every five minutes escapes the spectacular-sign definition entirely. Off-premise billboards also need an operating permit from the County Engineer and are otherwise prohibited outright.
Violations & Fines
Placing or maintaining a violating sign is a Class C misdemeanor; each day of violation is a separate offense, and the County Engineer can revoke the permit and order removal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a business put up a digital billboard near a Fort Bend County toll road?
Do these rules apply to signs anywhere in the county?
Sources & Official References
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