Frisco, TX Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)
Key Facts
- Protected display size
- Unlimited since 2021 (SB 581 repealed cap)
- Old limit (pre-2021)
- 25 square inches, door or door frame only
- Governing law
- Tex. Property Code § 202.018(a)-(b)
- HOA exceptions
- Safety threats, other law violations, offensive content
- Local lighting exemption
- Seasonal decorative lights, Frisco Zoning § 4.05.08(A)
Summary
Texas Property Code § 202.018 stops every homeowners association in Frisco from enforcing a deed restriction that bans a resident's religious display, including holiday decorations tied to a sincere religious belief. A 2021 rewrite, Senate Bill 581, repealed the old 25-square-inch, door-frame-only limit, so the display can now be any size, anywhere on the property, subject to narrow safety and content exceptions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property owners' association may not enforce or adopt a provision in a dedicatory instrument, including a restrictive covenant, that prohibits a property owner or resident from displaying or affixing on the owner's or resident's property or dwelling one or more religious items the display of which is motivated by the owner's or resident's sincere religious belief. (b) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or adoption of a provision in a dedicatory instrument, including a restrictive covenant, that, to the extent allowed by the constitution of this state and the United States, prohibits the display or affixing of a religious item on the owner's or resident's property or dwelling that: (1) threatens the public health or safety; (2) violates a law other than a law prohibiting the display of religious speech; or (3) contains language, graphics, or any display that is patently offensive to a passerby for reasons other than its religious content.
Full Breakdown
018, "Regulation of Display of Certain Religious Items," governs every deed-restricted subdivision in Frisco, including the master-planned HOA communities that make up most of the city's newer growth. " That covers wreaths, menorahs, nativity scenes, crosses, and other holiday items tied to a resident's faith, not just year-round religious symbols. Subsection (b) preserves three narrow categories an HOA can still restrict, to the extent the state and federal constitutions allow it: a display that threatens public health or safety, one that violates a law other than a law banning religious speech, or one containing language or graphics that is patently offensive to a passerby for reasons unrelated to its religious content.
Before 2021, the statute limited protected displays to 25 square inches on the entry door or door frame; the 87th Legislature's Senate Bill 581 repealed that size and location cap outright, so a Frisco resident's protected religious or holiday display can now be any size and placed anywhere on the property or dwelling, not just the front door. 08(A), so seasonal string lights on a house do not need a lighting plan or shielding review the way permanent commercial lighting does.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 202 gives an owner or resident whose religious or holiday display is wrongly restricted the right to sue the HOA in state district court for a declaration that the restriction is void and unenforceable, and a court can award the resident attorney's fees; the statute does not create a city fine because Frisco itself has no enforcement role in a private deed restriction dispute.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can my Frisco HOA make me take down my holiday display?
Is there still a size limit on religious holiday displays in Texas?
Do my holiday lights need a permit under Frisco's lighting code?
Sources & Official References
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