San Angelo, TX Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Sec. 008(a) lists the only categories of temporary sign the city allows, and item (5) covers "temporary window signs," defined as signs painted on a window or displayed in a window made of cloth or paper advertising a temporary sales event or promotion. Unlike construction signs, subdivision signs, hazard signs and banners, which each get their own size and duration limit spelled out in subsections (1) through (4), window signs are not given a bespoke size cap or display period in the text. Sec. 008(b) fills that gap: any temporary sign not specifically limited above is allowed for 60 days and must meet the setback requirements that apply to freestanding signs.

Temporary signs, window signs included, are exempted from the building-permit requirement in Sec. 004(a) by the carve-out in Sec. 004(c), and they are not counted against a business's allowable freestanding or attached sign area or number under that same subsection. Because the exemption in Sec. 004(c) is limited to signs "otherwise in compliance with this article," a window sign that is not advertising a genuinely temporary sales event or promotion, for example a sign functioning as permanent business identification, falls outside Sec. 008(a)(5) and would instead need to comply with the permanent attached-sign area limits for the applicable zoning district under Sec. 005.