Killeen, TX Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Sec. 31-503 lists the signs Killeen allows without a building permit, and subsections (10) and (11) cover political and election signage separately from ordinary temporary signs. Under subsection (10), a general election sign may go up no earlier than 90 days before, and must come down no later than 10 days after, a federal, state, or local election. On residential tracts of one acre or less, or on commercial tracts, the sign may reach 36 square feet, compared with the smaller 6-square-foot cap that applies to most other unpermitted temporary signs under the same section.

The sign may not exceed 8 feet in height, may not be illuminated, and may not have any moving element. Critically, it must sit on private real property with the owner's consent, and the code specifically excludes property burdened by an easement or other encumbrance that lets the city use it for a public purpose, closing off a placement inside a utility easement or similar strip. Subsection (11) adds a distinct, tighter rule for signs placed on the premises of a polling place located at a public building: they must stay outside 100 feet of any door a voter uses to enter, may not exceed 6 square feet or weigh more than 1 pound, may stand no more than 3 feet tall on a temporary ground-mounted stake or pedestal, may not be illuminated or contain moving parts, and may not sit on impervious surfaces, landscaping or irrigation lines. the day after the election.