Bryan, TX Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- ROW placement
- Unlawful unless on authorized list
- Pole/tree signs
- Banned citywide and in ETJ
- Impound fee
- $25 plus $5/day storage
- Storage hold
- Up to 30 days
- Who enforces
- Building official, police, public works
Summary
Bryan prohibits garage-sale signs in the public right-of-way and bans stapling them to utility poles, trees, benches, or streetlights citywide; the city seizes and impounds unlawful signs, chargeable at $25 plus daily storage.
(a) No sign may be placed, posted, attached, painted, marked, or written on or otherwise affixed, installed or displayed on public property or in the public rights-of-way, except as authorized in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section. (b) With the exception of state maintained highways, it shall be unlawful to place a sign in the public right-of-way, except as authorized herein.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 31).
Full Breakdown
Bryan's right-of-way sign rules (ch. 106, art. V) bar any sign, including a handwritten garage-sale sign, from public streets, medians, and sidewalks unless it falls on a short authorized list (government signs, safety warnings, flags, street-closing-event signs, projecting signs, subdivision wayfinding signs). Garage-sale signs are not on that list. Citywide and in the ETJ, sec. 98-5 separately bans 'snipe signs' stapled or nailed to trees, utility poles, public benches, or streetlights, the classic garage-sale-sign spot. City crews (the chief building official, police, public works, and traffic staff) can seize any unlawful sign found on a public street, sidewalk, or alley and hold it up to 30 days.
Violations & Fines
Signs found unlawfully in the right-of-way or on poles/trees may be seized and impounded; redeeming an impounded sign costs $25 plus $5 per day of storage, on top of any fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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