Kyle, TX Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

City Code § 53-1003 lists six exemptions from the Chapter 53, Article V outdoor lighting standards, and item (2) covers holiday displays: temporary holiday decorations are exempt for the period commencing 30 days before the holiday and extending no later than 30 days after it. That window applies alongside the article's scope in § 53-1002, which reaches new nonresidential and multifamily development requiring site plan approval; an existing nonresidential or multifamily property stays exempt from the whole division unless it redevelops through extension, reconstruction, resurfacing, or structural alteration equal to at least a 50 percent increase in size or value.

Section 53-1004 defines 'holiday lighting' narrowly as festoon-type low-output string lights, low-output lamps used to internally illuminate yard art, or flood or spot lights producing less than 2,000 lumens each whose light source is not visible from any other property and which are used only as temporary lighting. Once a display stays up past the 60-day window, it loses the exemption and must comply with the article's shielding, fixture-type, and zero light-trespass standards like any other installation, verified at final electrical inspection under § 53-1007(b).

Because Article V sits inside Chapter 53, Zoning, a display left up too long is treated as a zoning violation rather than a minor citation.