Burleson, TX Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Section 63-39 of the Burleson Code of Ordinances is short and has two requirements. Under location, window signs must be premises signs, meaning signs located upon the premises where the business, profession, activity, commodity, service or entertainment referred to by the sign is located. Under area, the maximum is 30 percent of the area of the window. The code defines a window sign as a sign attached to, placed upon, or painted on the exterior or interior of a window or door of a building, which is intended for viewing from the exterior of such building, so painted lettering and interior-mounted posters count the same as exterior ones.

The permit rule is in § 63-10(d): window signs, restricted or incidental parking signs, A-frame signs, residential yard signs and movable signs do not require a permit, but they are required to follow all other provisions and regulations of the chapter. Those other provisions matter in a storefront window. Section 63-11(3) prohibits moving, whirling and flashing signs except reader boards, and § 63-11(2) prohibits string lights and strip lighting except holiday and festival decorations allowed as temporary signs. Section 63-11(12) and (13) prohibit any sign that obstructs free ingress or egress from a fire escape, door or window or other required exit way, or that obstructs light or air from any room, and § 63-101(b)(5) repeats that no sign shall obstruct any fire escape, required exit, window, or door opening used as a means of egress.

Wall signs are capped separately at 30 percent of the area of the building elevation under § 63-30, so the window cap does not draw down the wall allowance. Section 63-102 adds that sign brightness shall not be greater than necessary, light sources shall be shielded from adjacent buildings and streets, and lighting shall not create excessive glare to pedestrians or motorists.