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Sign Regulations in Texas (2026)

292 rules on the books across Texas, 91 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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Political Signs

Rules for posting political campaign signs on your property, including size limits, how early you can put them up, and when they must come down.

Texas: statewide

StatewideFew Restrictions

Texas Election Code 259.003 and Election Code Section 259.002 protect political signs on private residential property…

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Austin

Some Restrictions

Austin regulates political signs as temporary signs under Land Development Code Chapter 25-10. Residential properties…

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Carrollton

Some Restrictions

Carrollton caps political signs at 36 square feet and eight feet tall wherever they stand, bans illumination and moving…

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Fulshear

Some Restrictions

Fulshear allows temporary political signs on private property but caps display duration at 90 days and prohibits…

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Irving

Some Restrictions

Irving does not carve out a separate rule for political signs: Code § 7-17 folds them into the noncommercial-sign…

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Midland

Some Restrictions

Midland lets political signs go up on private property without a permit, but caps their size and setback by type: small…

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Sugar Land

Some Restrictions

Texas Election Code Sec. 259.003 bars Sugar Land from banning, permitting, or fee-charging a political sign on private…

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Killeen

Light Restrictions

Killeen lets election signs go up without a permit under Sec. 31-503(10)-(11): general campaign signs up to 36 square…

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Missouri City

Light Restrictions

Missouri City regulates political and temporary signs through its sign ordinance, allowing them on private property…

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Abilene

Few Restrictions

Abilene allows political signs on private property with size limits. Signs in public rights-of-way are typically…

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Allen

Few Restrictions

Political signs are protected speech under the First Amendment and Texas Election Code. Allen allows political signs on…

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Amarillo

Few Restrictions

In Amarillo, Texas Election Code §259.003 bars the city from requiring a permit, charging a fee, or capping the size of…

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Arlington

Few Restrictions

Political signs in Arlington are protected by the First Amendment and Texas Election Code. Texas law (Election Code…

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Baytown

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects the right to display political signs on private property. Baytown cannot…

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Beaumont

Few Restrictions

Beaumont allows political signs on private property with size limits. Signs in public rights-of-way are typically…

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Bellaire

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects the right to display political signs on private property and prohibits…

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Bexar County

Few Restrictions

Political signs in Bexar County are protected by First Amendment and Texas Election Code Section 259.002, which…

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Brownsville

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code § 259.003 bars Brownsville from banning, permitting, charging for, or size-limiting a political…

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Cedar Hill

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects political signs on residential property in Cedar Hill, allowing reasonably…

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College Station

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Sec. 259.003 bars College Station from prohibiting, permitting, charging fees for, or limiting the…

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Collin County

Few Restrictions

Collin County follows Texas Election Code and Transportation Code on political signs. Signs on private property with…

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Conroe

Few Restrictions

Political signs in Conroe are protected under Texas Election Code Section 259.001, which prohibits cities from…

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Converse

Few Restrictions

Converse must permit political signs on residential property under Texas Election Code Section 259.002 and…

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Corpus Christi

Few Restrictions

Corpus Christi permits political signs on private property consistent with First Amendment protections and the Texas…

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Dallas

Few Restrictions

Dallas regulates political signs as temporary signs under Article VII of the Dallas Development Code. Residential…

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Denton County

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects the right to display political signs in Denton County. HOAs cannot…

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DeSoto

Few Restrictions

DeSoto's political sign regulations must comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert…

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El Paso

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Chapter 259 broadly protects the right to display political signs on private property. El Paso's…

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Euless

Few Restrictions

Political signs in Euless on private property are protected by TX Election Code 259.002 and the First Amendment. HOAs…

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Fort Worth

Few Restrictions

Fort Worth Code Chapter 29 regulates signs but must comply with Texas Election Code Sec. 259.002 which protects the…

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Frisco

Few Restrictions

Frisco allows political signs on private property consistent with Texas Election Code Sec. 259.002 and Sec. 259.003…

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Grand Prairie

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code §259.002 protects political signs on private property. Grand Prairie cannot prohibit political…

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Guadalupe County

Few Restrictions

Political signs are strongly protected here. Election Code 259.003 bars Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo from banning…

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Haltom City

Few Restrictions

Political signs on Haltom City residential property are protected by the First Amendment. HOAs cannot ban them under…

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Harris County

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Chapter 259 protects the right to display political signs on private property. Harris County cannot…

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Houston

Few Restrictions

Houston regulates political signs under content-neutral temporary sign rules in Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances…

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Humble

Few Restrictions

Texas law protects the right to display political signs on private property. Humble cannot prohibit political signs in…

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Keller

Few Restrictions

Political signs on Keller private property are protected under Texas Election Code Section 259.002 from most HOA bans…

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League City

Few Restrictions

League City regulates signs under Chapter 125, Article VIII. Political signs on private property are protected by the…

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Live Oak

Few Restrictions

Live Oak residents may display political signs on private property with content-neutral size and setback rules. Texas…

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Mcallen

Few Restrictions

Mcallen allows political signs on private property with size limits. Signs in public rights-of-way are typically…

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McKinney

Few Restrictions

McKinney follows Texas Election Code §259.003 which preempts most local restrictions on political signs. Signs up to 36…

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Mesquite

Few Restrictions

Mesquite follows TX Election Code 259.003: political signs allowed on private property, max 36 sq ft, 8 ft tall, no…

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Plano

Few Restrictions

Plano's sign regulations allow political signs on private property consistent with First Amendment protections. Texas…

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Richardson

Few Restrictions

Richardson regulates signs under Chapter 18. Texas Election Code Sec. 259.001 broadly protects political signs on…

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San Angelo

Few Restrictions

San Angelo cannot require a permit, charge a fee, or restrict the size of a political sign placed on private property…

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San Antonio

Few Restrictions

Political signs in San Antonio are regulated as temporary signs under Chapter 28 (Signs) of the Code of Ordinances…

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Tarrant County

Few Restrictions

Political signs in Tarrant County cannot be placed in road right-of-way per Texas Transportation Code Chapter 393. HOAs…

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The Woodlands

Few Restrictions

The Woodlands is unincorporated, so no city sign ordinance applies. Political yard signs fall under the community's…

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Tomball

Few Restrictions

Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects the right to display political signs on private property in Tomball. The…

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Travis County

Few Restrictions

Political signs are broadly protected under Texas Election Code §259.002 and the First Amendment. Travis County and…

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Tyler

Few Restrictions

Tyler allows political signs on private property with the owner's consent up to 36 square feet and eight feet tall…

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Universal City

Few Restrictions

Political signs on private residential property are protected under Texas Election Code Section 259.002 and generally…

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Williamson County

Few Restrictions

Political signs are protected on private property in unincorporated Williamson County. The county has no sign…

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Garage Sale Signs

Where you can place signs advertising a garage or yard sale, including restrictions on utility poles, medians, and public right-of-way.

Temple

Significant Restrictions

Temple allows one garage-sale sign, no larger than 2 square feet, and only on the property hosting the sale.

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Bryan

Some Restrictions

Bryan prohibits garage-sale signs in the public right-of-way and bans stapling them to utility poles, trees, benches…

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Carrollton

Some Restrictions

Carrollton limits garage-sale signs on two fronts. City Code § 92.32 caps on-premises signs at two, no larger than six…

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Denton

Some Restrictions

Denton treats garage sale signs as temporary signs. On-site signs need no permit. Signs in the right-of-way or on…

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Farmersville

Some Restrictions

Farmersville lets homeowners post one on-site stake sign for a garage, yard, or estate sale without a permit, but the…

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Fulshear

Some Restrictions

Fulshear prohibits posting garage sale signs on utility poles, lampposts, shade trees, public structures, medians, or…

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Grand Prairie

Some Restrictions

Grand Prairie Code § 29-79(c) caps garage-sale signs at six per property, five square feet each, and forty inches tall…

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Grapevine

Some Restrictions

Grapevine allows one garage sale sign on the property conducting the sale during its active hours. Signs in the public…

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Haltom City

Some Restrictions

Haltom City allows temporary garage sale signs on private property with owner permission, posted up to 24 hours before…

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Harlingen

Some Restrictions

Harlingen caps garage/occasional-sale signage to a narrow window: signs can't go up more than three days before the…

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Katy

Some Restrictions

Katy prohibits posting garage sale signs and other bandit signs in public rights-of-way, on utility poles, traffic…

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Killeen

Some Restrictions

Killeen allows exactly one sign for a garage sale, and it cannot exceed two square feet, posted only on the property…

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Mission

Some Restrictions

Mission caps garage-sale signs at one per property, four square feet per side, and requires removal immediately after…

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Odessa

Some Restrictions

Odessa bans garage sale signs on any property but your own and anywhere in the street, alley, or public right-of-way…

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Parker

Some Restrictions

Parker residents holding a garage sale may post up to four signs, each capped at 4 square feet and 4 feet tall, only…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Pasadena's Standard Sign Code (Chapter 31) regulates signage within city limits. Garage sale signs on public…

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Pharr

Some Restrictions

Pharr allows garage and yard sale signs only on the property where the sale is held, up 12 hours before the sale, and…

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Rockwall

Some Restrictions

Rockwall requires garage-sale signs to come down within 24 hours after the sale ends, under the city's garage sale…

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Rowlett

Some Restrictions

Rowlett caps residents at three garage or yard sales in any 12-month period, each running no more than three…

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San Angelo

Some Restrictions

San Angelo garage sale signs are temporary signs needing no permit, but they may not be placed in the public…

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Sugar Land

Some Restrictions

Sugar Land regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs under the Land Development Code. Stake signs…

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Texarkana

Some Restrictions

Texarkana caps garage/yard sale signs at 5½ square feet, limits you to three per sale, and bans them from…

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Tyler

Some Restrictions

Tyler garage sale signs must be posted only on the property where the sale is held, never in the right-of-way, and must…

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Victoria

Some Restrictions

Victoria requires a permit displayed on-site for every garage sale, while citywide sign rules ban bandit and snipe…

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Waco

Some Restrictions

Waco limits garage, yard and estate sale signage to two two-square-foot signs, one at the sale property and one on a…

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Allen

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs are prohibited in the public right-of-way, on utility poles, street signs, or traffic control devices…

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Amarillo

Light Restrictions

A garage sale sign in Amarillo is exempt from the city's sign permit only if it stays at four square feet or smaller…

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Baytown

Light Restrictions

Baytown regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs under its sign ordinance. Signs may not be placed in the…

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Bellaire

Light Restrictions

Bellaire regulates garage sale signs through its sign ordinance. Temporary garage sale signs are permitted on private…

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Cedar Hill

Light Restrictions

Cedar Hill restricts garage sale signs to private property with the owner's permission, prohibits attachment to utility…

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Cedar Park

Light Restrictions

Cedar Park lets residents post garage sale signs without a permit, capped at 4 square feet, for up to 72 consecutive…

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Celina

Light Restrictions

Celina allows garage sale signs without a permit, but caps size at 6 square feet and limits display to 24 hours before…

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Conroe

Light Restrictions

Conroe regulates signs under Chapter 90. Garage sale signs placed on public property or right-of-way are prohibited…

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Converse

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs in Converse must be placed on private property with owner permission and removed within 24 hours…

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Dallas

Light Restrictions

Dallas Development Code Chapter 51A, Article VII allows signs advertising occasional sales (garage sales) as an…

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El Paso

Light Restrictions

El Paso regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs under Title 20, Chapter 20.18 of the Municipal Code…

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Fort Worth

Light Restrictions

Fort Worth Code Chapter 29 regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs. Garage sale signs are generally…

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Frisco

Light Restrictions

Frisco permits temporary garage sale signs on the property of the sale and limited directional signs in accordance with…

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Houston

Light Restrictions

Houston prohibits placing garage sale signs on public property under the bandit sign provisions of Chapter 28 and…

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Humble

Light Restrictions

Humble regulates garage sale signage placement and duration. Signs may not be placed on public property, utility poles…

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Irving

Light Restrictions

Irving regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs under its sign ordinance. Garage sale signs may be placed…

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Keller

Light Restrictions

Keller sign code allows temporary garage sale signs on the host property within size and duration limits. Off-site…

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Laredo

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs in Laredo must be posted on private property with the owners permission. Signs in public…

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Leander

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs are exempt from Leander's sign permit under § 3.08.009(15), so residents don't need to apply to the…

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Lewisville

Light Restrictions

Lewisville allows one on-site garage sale sign of up to two square feet without a sign permit, but bans off-site…

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Little Elm

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs are regulated under Chapter 86. Signs are prohibited on public property and must be removed promptly…

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Lubbock

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs may be placed only on the selling propertys own lot. Placing signs on public right-of-way, utility…

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Mansfield

Light Restrictions

Mansfield prohibits garage sale signs in the public right-of-way, on utility poles, and on traffic control devices…

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Mcallen

Light Restrictions

Mcallen allows temporary garage sale signs with restrictions on size, placement, and duration. Signs in public…

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McKinney

Light Restrictions

McKinney prohibits garage sale signs in public rights-of-way, on utility poles, street signs, and medians. Signs…

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Midland

Light Restrictions

Midland exempts temporary garage sale signs from its sign permit process, but only on the condition that they come down…

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Missouri City

Light Restrictions

Missouri City treats garage sale signs as temporary signs that must stay on private property with owner permission and…

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Montgomery County

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs in Montgomery County rights-of-way are prohibited under Transportation Code §393.002. Conroe allows…

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New Braunfels

Light Restrictions

New Braunfels lets homeowners post a garage or yard sale sign up to eight square feet, in any zoning district, without…

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Pearland

Light Restrictions

Pearland requires a permit for every garage sale and limits each residence to three signs per event. Permits cost $20…

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Plano

Light Restrictions

Signs advertising a Plano garage or yard sale must meet the city's general sign ordinance and come down fast once the…

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Richardson

Light Restrictions

Richardson regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs under Chapter 18. Signs must not be placed in public…

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Rosenberg

Light Restrictions

Rosenberg prohibits off-premise signs, including garage sale signs placed on utility poles, traffic signs, or in public…

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San Antonio

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signage in San Antonio is regulated under Chapter 16, Article XII (Garage Sales) and Chapter 28 (Signs)…

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Tomball

Light Restrictions

Tomball regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs. Signs may not be placed in the public right-of-way, on…

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Travis County

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs are allowed on private property during the sale but prohibited in public right-of-way. Austin City…

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Universal City

Light Restrictions

Garage sale signs must be posted on the sale property only and removed within 24 hours after the sale ends. Signs in…

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Williamson County

Light Restrictions

Garage-sale signs face no county rule on your own property in unincorporated Williamson County: the county has no sign…

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Abilene

Few Restrictions

Abilene allows temporary garage sale signs with restrictions on size, placement, and duration. Signs in public…

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Beaumont

Few Restrictions

Beaumont allows temporary garage sale signs with restrictions on size, placement, and duration. Signs in public…

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College Station

Few Restrictions

College Station allows temporary garage sale signs with restrictions on size, placement, and duration. Signs in public…

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Dallas County

Few Restrictions

No county ordinance restricting garage sale signs on private property. TX Transportation Code prohibits signs on state…

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Denton County

Few Restrictions

Garage sale signs in Denton County are regulated by local city sign ordinances. Most cities allow temporary garage sale…

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Garland

Few Restrictions

Garland regulates temporary signs through its sign ordinance and the I-Sign program that targets illegal signs. Garage…

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Guadalupe County

Few Restrictions

On your own property in unincorporated Guadalupe County there is no county rule on garage-sale signs. But…

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Harris County

Few Restrictions

Harris County has no specific ordinance regulating garage sale signs in unincorporated areas. Texas state law prohibits…

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La Porte

Few Restrictions

La Porte allows temporary signs advertising garage and yard sales on the property where the sale takes place. Signs in…

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Live Oak

Few Restrictions

Garage sale signs in Live Oak must be placed on the seller's property or on private property with consent. Placement on…

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Richmond

Few Restrictions

Richmond's Unified Development Code regulates temporary garage and yard sale signs, restricting their size, placement…

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Holiday Displays

Rules for seasonal decorations, lights, inflatables, and lawn displays, including the sign-permit exemptions most codes give them and any limits on timing, size, or placement.

Cedar Park

Some Restrictions

Cedar Park's outdoor lighting standards cap holiday lighting to fixed calendar windows: homes may display from October…

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New Braunfels

Some Restrictions

New Braunfels caps temporary holiday lighting at 45 days per holiday and requires removal between holiday periods under…

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Pharr

Some Restrictions

In Pharr, holiday lighting installed on public property, streets, alleys, or sidewalks must be wired by a registered…

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Temple

Some Restrictions

Temple's Unified Development Code lets holiday decorations, including string lights, go up in commercial and other…

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Texarkana

Some Restrictions

Within Texarkana's Highland Park-Bingham Park Historic Residential Overlay District, holiday lighting displays are…

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Tyler

Some Restrictions

Tyler sets no limits on holiday decorations at single-family homes. In multi-family and nonresidential districts…

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Celina

Light Restrictions

Celina exempts decorative seasonal lighting from its outdoor lighting standards, but the lights must come down within a…

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Fort Bend County

Light Restrictions

Decorative holiday lighting is exempt from Fort Bend County's outdoor lighting rules, but only from November 15 through…

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Fulshear

Light Restrictions

Fulshear exempts low-wattage seasonal and holiday lighting from its standard outdoor lighting code and lets it flash or…

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Harris County

Light Restrictions

Harris County bans inflatable displays and similar carnival-style devices used as signs visible from its toll roads…

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Killeen

Light Restrictions

Killeen's outdoor lighting ordinance bans light trespass and uplighting citywide and caps fixture height for every…

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Rowlett

Light Restrictions

Temporary decorative seasonal lighting is exempt from Rowlett's exterior-lighting standards, including footcandle…

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San Antonio

Light Restrictions

Inside San Antonio's Military Lighting Overlay Districts near Lackland AFB, Randolph AFB, Camp Bullis/Camp Stanley and…

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Abilene

Few Restrictions

Abilene generally permits holiday decorations and displays on residential property with minimal restrictions. Displays…

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Allen

Few Restrictions

Temporary holiday decorations and displays on private residential property are generally exempt from the Allen Sign…

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Amarillo

Few Restrictions

Amarillo Code Chapter 4-2 (Signs) exempts seasonal and holiday decorations at residential properties from sign permit…

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Baytown

Few Restrictions

Baytown does not heavily restrict residential holiday displays. Seasonal decorations on private property are generally…

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Beaumont

Few Restrictions

Beaumont generally permits holiday decorations and displays on residential property with minimal restrictions. Displays…

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Bellaire

Few Restrictions

Bellaire does not have a specific ordinance restricting holiday decorations on private residential property. Seasonal…

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Brownsville

Few Restrictions

Brownsville's sign code states it does not impose restrictions on seasonal or religious decorations or symbols, and the…

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Cedar Hill

Few Restrictions

Cedar Hill generally permits residential holiday lights and decorations without permits, though displays must not block…

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College Station

Few Restrictions

College Station generally permits holiday decorations and displays on residential property with minimal restrictions…

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Conroe

Few Restrictions

Conroe does not impose specific restrictions on residential holiday displays beyond general sign ordinance provisions…

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Converse

Few Restrictions

Converse allows residential holiday displays and decorations without permits. Displays must not create traffic hazards…

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Dallas County

Few Restrictions

No county regulation on holiday displays. TX Property Code Section 202.011 limits HOA authority over religious displays…

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Denton

Few Restrictions

Denton does not require permits for residential holiday displays. Lights, inflatables, and decorations are allowed…

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El Paso

Few Restrictions

El Paso's Outdoor Lighting Code exempts seasonal decorations outright: strings of unshielded, low-wattage incandescent…

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Euless

Few Restrictions

Euless permits temporary holiday lights, inflatables, and decorations on private property without permit. Displays…

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Fort Worth

Few Restrictions

Fort Worth does not heavily regulate seasonal or holiday displays on residential property. Holiday decorations and…

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Frisco

Few Restrictions

Texas Property Code § 202.018 stops every homeowners association in Frisco from enforcing a deed restriction that bans…

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Garland

Few Restrictions

Garland does not have specific ordinances restricting holiday displays on private residential property. Seasonal…

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Grapevine

Few Restrictions

As the Christmas Capital of Texas, Grapevine is known for elaborate holiday displays. The city allows residential…

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Guadalupe County

Few Restrictions

Guadalupe County has no ordinance on holiday lights, inflatables, or yard displays in unincorporated areas; HOA deed…

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Haltom City

Few Restrictions

Haltom City allows residential holiday displays including lights, inflatables, and yard decorations. Displays cannot…

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Humble

Few Restrictions

Humble does not heavily restrict holiday displays on private residential property. Decorations should not create…

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Irving

Few Restrictions

Irving does not have specific ordinances restricting holiday displays on private residential property. Seasonal…

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Katy

Few Restrictions

Christmas displays and similar non-advertising holiday decorations are expressly exempt from Katy's sign regulations…

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Keller

Few Restrictions

Keller allows residential holiday decorations and light displays with minimal restrictions, focusing on glare, blocked…

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La Porte

Few Restrictions

La Porte does not heavily regulate holiday decorations on residential property. Displays should not create safety…

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Laredo

Few Restrictions

Holiday decorations and seasonal displays on residential property in Laredo are generally exempt from sign permit…

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Leander

Few Restrictions

Leander exempts holiday lights and decorations from sign permitting citywide, provided they carry no commercial…

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Lewisville

Few Restrictions

Lewisville does not heavily regulate residential holiday displays. No permit is needed. Decorations must not obstruct…

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Little Elm

Few Restrictions

Holiday decorations are exempt from sign permits. The town sets no date limits. Most timing restrictions come from HOA…

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Lubbock

Few Restrictions

Holiday decorations and temporary seasonal displays on residential property are not regulated by Lubbock sign code…

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Mansfield

Few Restrictions

Mansfield generally allows seasonal holiday displays on private residential property without a permit. HOAs may impose…

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Mcallen

Few Restrictions

Mcallen generally permits holiday decorations and displays on residential property with minimal restrictions. Displays…

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McKinney

Few Restrictions

McKinney does not regulate seasonal holiday displays on residential property. Lights, inflatables, and decorations are…

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North Richland Hills

Few Restrictions

NRH permits residential holiday displays and decorations without a permit, including lights, inflatables, and seasonal…

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Pasadena

Few Restrictions

Pasadena has no specific ordinance restricting holiday displays on residential property. The city's Standard Sign Code…

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Plano

Few Restrictions

Plano's outdoor lighting ordinance otherwise caps footcandles and requires shielding, but Sec. 6-470(a)(3) makes…

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Richardson

Few Restrictions

Temporary holiday lighting and decorations in Richardson are exempt from sign permits but must comply with electrical…

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San Angelo

Few Restrictions

San Angelo sets no time limits or permit requirements on residential holiday decorations. The sign code expressly…

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Sugar Land

Few Restrictions

Sugar Land exempts holiday decorations from its sign and lighting rules outright: temporary signs and holiday lights…

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Travis County

Few Restrictions

Holiday decorations and displays are permitted in Travis County and Austin without permit, provided they do not create…

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Universal City

Few Restrictions

Temporary holiday decorations on private residential property are permitted without a permit and are exempt from most…

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Victoria

Few Restrictions

Victoria's sign code expressly exempts seasonal and religious decorations from regulation, so residents can put up and…

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Williamson County

Few Restrictions

Williamson County has no ordinance regulating holiday lights, inflatables, or yard displays in unincorporated areas…

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Digital Billboards

Rules governing digital and electronic billboards, including size limits, brightness and dwell-time standards, and the ongoing legal fight in cities like LA.

Austin

Heavy Restrictions

Austin prohibits all new off-premise signs and bars converting existing billboards to digital. Under Land Development…

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Bryan

Heavy Restrictions

Bryan prohibits billboard signs and all off-premises signs citywide, including changeable-copy digital billboard…

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Celina

Heavy Restrictions

Celina prohibits billboards outright, including digital billboards on regulated highways, unless city council approves…

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Denton

Heavy Restrictions

Denton prohibits construction of any new billboard citywide and bars converting existing legal billboards to digital or…

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Farmersville

Heavy Restrictions

Sec. 56-31 outlaws billboards outright citywide and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction. On-premise electronic message…

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Fulshear

Heavy Restrictions

Fulshear's Coordinated Development Ordinance bans all billboards, including digital billboards, citywide regardless of…

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Harris County

Heavy Restrictions

Off-premise signs, including billboards, are barred from toll-road frontage in Harris County, and electronic…

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Plano

Heavy Restrictions

Plano prohibits billboards and off-premise signs outright, so digital billboards cannot be permitted. On-premise…

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Rowlett

Heavy Restrictions

Billboards are prohibited citywide in Rowlett, Texas, and the sign code separately bars electronic or scrolling…

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San Antonio

Heavy Restrictions

New off-premises digital signs, digital billboards, are prohibited across San Antonio and its ETJ. Only the roughly 13…

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Sugar Land

Heavy Restrictions

Sugar Land bans electronic signs outright: the Land Development Code lists 'Electronic Signs' among 15 prohibited sign…

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Taylor

Heavy Restrictions

Taylor's Land Development Code flatly prohibits animated or changeable electronic variable message signs anywhere…

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Arlington

Significant Restrictions

Digital billboards are allowed in Arlington only in the GC, LI, and IM districts along I-20, I-30, SH 360, and US 287…

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Carrollton

Significant Restrictions

Converting an existing nonconforming billboard to a digital face in Carrollton requires a City Manager-approved permit…

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Converse

Significant Restrictions

New billboards are banned in Converse, but LED billboard conversions can be approved by city council under a strict…

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Corpus Christi

Significant Restrictions

New and electronic (digital) billboards in Corpus Christi are allowed only in the CI, IL, and IH zoning districts, must…

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Dallas

Significant Restrictions

Dallas allows only 50 non-premise locations citywide to carry digital display technology, and a new digital face can…

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El Paso

Significant Restrictions

El Paso bans new billboards citywide and across its extraterritorial jurisdiction. Digital billboards, defined as CEVM…

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Fort Worth

Significant Restrictions

Fort Worth prohibits new off-premise (billboard) signs outright. Electronic changeable copy is allowed only by special…

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Garland

Significant Restrictions

Converting a conventional billboard to digital in Garland requires a Building Official-approved permit under GDC §…

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Irving

Significant Restrictions

Irving permits electronic message signs only as small components of an on-premise monument, multi-tenant, wall, or…

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Killeen

Significant Restrictions

Off-premises digital billboards in Killeen are "changeable electronic variable message signs" (CEVMS) under Sec…

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Leander

Significant Restrictions

Leander bans billboards outright: § 3.08.010(2) states flatly that "No billboards shall be permitted. No other…

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Lubbock

Significant Restrictions

Off-premise billboards in Lubbock are allowed only in the LI and GI industrial zoning districts, and only with a…

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Midland

Significant Restrictions

Electronic billboards in Midland need both a sign permit and a City Council-approved specific use permit, and face…

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Mission

Significant Restrictions

Mission's sign code allows digital billboards only in the expressway and secondary arterial corridors, requires static…

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New Braunfels

Significant Restrictions

Off-premise billboards are prohibited citywide under Sec. 106-11(5). On-premise electronic message signs are allowed…

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Parker

Significant Restrictions

Parker prohibits billboards outright and bars any sign from glaring or flashing, but it does allow digital displays…

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Round Rock

Significant Restrictions

Round Rock's sign code bars new off-premises signs and billboards citywide, including digital billboards, unless a…

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San Angelo

Significant Restrictions

San Angelo bans flashing or full-motion digital billboards outright and keeps every electronic message billboard 125…

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Temple

Significant Restrictions

Temple's Unified Development Code prohibits animated or moving signs citywide, and its off-premise sign (billboard)…

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Texarkana

Significant Restrictions

Off-premises digital billboards need a specific use permit, cap at 672 square feet, and must hold each message static…

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Victoria

Significant Restrictions

Victoria requires a single city permit for every off-premise billboard, digital displays included, and bars new…

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Waco

Significant Restrictions

Waco allows digital off-premises billboards only under strict operating rules: each message must hold for at least…

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Abilene

Some Restrictions

Electronic message signs in Abilene must hold each message for at least eight seconds, transition in two seconds with…

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Amarillo

Some Restrictions

Amarillo's sign code lets an on-premises electronic message center display a static image or scroll text across the…

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Baytown

Some Restrictions

Electronic message centers in Baytown must sit at least 200 feet from any residential dwelling, hold each message for…

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Cameron County

Some Restrictions

Cameron County treats any electrified sign, including an LED or digital 'CEVMS' display, as outside the permit…

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Cedar Park

Some Restrictions

Cedar Park caps electronic message center signs at 50% of a monument sign's face, requires 50-foot spacing from…

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Conroe

Some Restrictions

Conroe caps digital LED sign faces at 150 square feet and imposes strict operating standards on any face over 36 square…

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Fort Bend County

Some Restrictions

Fast-changing electronic billboards visible from a county toll road are banned; slow-changing displays and permitted…

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Frisco

Some Restrictions

Frisco allows electronically activated changeable-copy signs under Section 70-27, but every message must hold as a…

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Harlingen

Some Restrictions

Harlingen does not ban digital billboards. It folds them into the animated sign standards of § 111-277(c), which set an…

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Laredo

Some Restrictions

Laredo permits changeable electronic variable message signs (CEVMS), including digital billboards, by permit…

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Odessa

Some Restrictions

Odessa caps electronic billboards at 35 feet (42-1/2 feet on Interstate 20 frontage), requires a 300-foot buffer from…

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Pharr

Some Restrictions

Pharr caps electronic message signs at 5,000 nits by day and 500 nits at night, requires an automatic dimmer, and…

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Richardson

Some Restrictions

Electronic message signs in Richardson must hold each message at least four minutes, change it within two seconds, skip…

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Rockwall

Some Restrictions

Rockwall caps changeable electronic message signs at 200 square feet, requires 5-second static dwell time, and sets…

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Window Signs

Limits on the percentage of window area that may be covered by signs in storefronts, including transparency rules for safety visibility into businesses.

Baytown

Some Restrictions

Permanent window signs in Baytown's nonresidential districts can't exceed 25% of a single window's area per building…

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Bryan

Some Restrictions

Bryan limits window signs to 25 percent of the window surface, with lettering capped at 12 inches tall citywide.

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Carrollton

Some Restrictions

Carrollton lets a business skip the sign permit for window signs so long as each one stays under 25 percent of the…

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Cedar Park

Some Restrictions

Cedar Park caps window signs at 25% of a tenant space's total window area in every zoning district, with no permit…

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Celina

Some Restrictions

Celina limits window signage to 25% of the window area per wall, with incidental signs like "Open" notices counting…

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Conroe

Some Restrictions

Inside Conroe's downtown sign district, a window sign painted or affixed to or behind glass may cover no more than 50…

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Corpus Christi

Some Restrictions

Corpus Christi treats window and advertising-poster signs the same as wall signs under the Unified Development Code…

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Dallas

Some Restrictions

Dallas caps window and glass-door signage at 15 percent of the window or door area under Development Code Sec…

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Farmersville

Some Restrictions

Farmersville caps window signs at half the glass area of the window they're displayed on, and illuminated window signs…

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Fort Worth

Some Restrictions

Fort Worth caps window signs at 25% of the window area on each building facade, under Zoning Ordinance Section…

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Frisco

Some Restrictions

Frisco caps every window sign at 25 percent of the window's total surface and limits placement to one sign per window…

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Fulshear

Some Restrictions

Fulshear caps window signs at one per window frame with area capped at 50 percent of the window's square footage under…

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Garland

Some Restrictions

Garland caps window signage at 25 percent of total window surface area per leased space, and 25 percent in aggregate…

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Harlingen

Some Restrictions

In Harlingen's Downtown District Overlay, window signs can cover no more than 30% of a storefront's total glass area…

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Irving

Some Restrictions

Irving treats window signs as a category of wall sign under Chapter 7 of the Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances…

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Killeen

Some Restrictions

Killeen treats a window sign as a wall sign under Sec. 31-502: any sign painted on, affixed to, or placed within 24…

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Laredo

Some Restrictions

Window signs in Laredo don't need a permit in most cases, but coverage is capped at 25 percent of the window, or just 8…

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Leander

Some Restrictions

Leander limits window signage to half the glass: signs, including 50/50 perforated vinyl and translucent coverings…

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Pearland

Some Restrictions

Pearland's Unified Development Code limits temporary window signs to 25 percent of a business's combined window area…

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Pharr

Some Restrictions

In Pharr's Downtown and Historic Main Street District, a permanent sign painted or applied to a glass window can cover…

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Plano

Some Restrictions

Plano caps window signage at 25% of any individual window and requires a permit once coverage exceeds 15%, unless the…

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Richardson

Some Restrictions

Richardson caps window signage at 25 percent of the total visible window area per facade under Sec. 18-96(35), counting…

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Rockwall

Some Restrictions

Rockwall caps temporary window signs at 25% of a window's total area, but skips the sign permit for signs that stay…

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Round Rock

Some Restrictions

Round Rock caps window signage in its Downtown Special Area at 50% of window area per building elevation, and bars…

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Rowlett

Some Restrictions

Rowlett caps window signage at 40 percent of window area per façade and bars window signs above the first floor, though…

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San Antonio

Some Restrictions

Inside any San Antonio historic district or on a designated landmark, a window sign, defined under UDC Sec. 35-612 as…

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Sugar Land

Some Restrictions

Window and door signs in Sugar Land can't cover more than 25% of the window and door area on the building elevation…

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Taylor

Some Restrictions

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps window signage at 30 percent of a storefront window's area, measured by the…

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Temple

Some Restrictions

Temple limits window signs to 25% of a storefront's window area in every district except residential and agricultural…

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Victoria

Some Restrictions

Window signs in Victoria can't cover more than 30% of an individual window's visibility, per the city's Unified…

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Abilene

Light Restrictions

Abilene does not require a sign permit for a non-illuminated, temporary sign placed in or on a window, under Land…

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Amarillo

Light Restrictions

Amarillo exempts window signs from its sign permit only when they are temporary and cover no more than half of the…

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Harris County

Light Restrictions

Along a Harris County toll road, most signs visible from the main-traveled way need a written permit from the County…

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Midland

Light Restrictions

Midland exempts window signs from its sign permit requirement, but only if they are temporary. A window sign is defined…

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Mission

Light Restrictions

Mission lets you put signs in your windows without a sign permit, but each window sign can't be bigger than the…

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San Angelo

Light Restrictions

San Angelo classifies a painted or cloth-and-paper window sign advertising a temporary sale or promotion as a temporary…

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Cameron County

Few Restrictions

Window signs in unincorporated Cameron County need no sign permit at all, as long as the sign is not electrified, under…

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Lewisville

Few Restrictions

Window signs in Lewisville do not need a sign permit, except directly wired electrical window signs and window signs in…

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New Braunfels

Few Restrictions

Window signs are fully exempt from New Braunfels' sign code: Sec. 106-10(a)(12) excludes any sign placed on a window…

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Freeway-Facing Signs

Restrictions on commercial signs visible from freeways, including height, illumination, and outdoor advertising act compliance.

Frisco

Heavy Restrictions

Frisco prohibits billboards citywide and throughout its extraterritorial jurisdiction under Section 70-29's definition…

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Houston

Heavy Restrictions

Houston prohibits construction of new off-premise signs, billboards visible from freeways and streets, under Sign Code…

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Taylor

Heavy Restrictions

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code bans any new off-premises billboard carrying commercial advertising and bars pole…

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Amarillo

Significant Restrictions

Amarillo bans new off-premise (billboard) signs citywide except along five named freeway corridors: Interstate 40…

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El Paso

Significant Restrictions

New billboards facing Interstate Highway 10 face some of El Paso's tightest sign standards: in C-3, C-4, M-1, M-2, and…

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Garland

Significant Restrictions

Garland allows conventional billboards facing IH-635, IH-30 or State Highway 190 to convert to digital display only if…

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Harris County

Significant Restrictions

Harris County requires a written County Engineer permit for any sign visible from a county toll road's main-traveled…

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Irving

Significant Restrictions

Irving does not allow new billboards along its freeways: only billboards that stood lawfully on a controlled-access…

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San Antonio

Significant Restrictions

Along the IH-10 West/Loop 1604 corridor outside city limits, San Antonio bans off-premise billboards outright and caps…

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Austin

Some Restrictions

Austin caps freestanding signs in an expressway corridor sign district at one per lot, with area topping out at 300…

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Carrollton

Some Restrictions

On lots larger than three acres that front IH-35E, Carrollton limits how close together pylon signs can stand and how…

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Cedar Park

Some Restrictions

Cedar Park allows the tallest, largest monument signs along 183A Toll Road frontage, up to 30 feet with a sign-area…

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Corpus Christi

Some Restrictions

Freestanding signs facing an expressway or freeway in Corpus Christi's commercial and industrial districts get the…

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Denton

Some Restrictions

Signs along IH-35 in Denton can be measured for height from the principal lanes or frontage road, not just the curb…

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Fort Worth

Some Restrictions

Fort Worth limits freeway signs to property immediately adjacent to a designated freeway, under Zoning Ordinance…

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Laredo

Some Restrictions

Laredo signs next to an elevated freeway, expressway, arterial, or collector section can grow taller than the standard…

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New Braunfels

Some Restrictions

On any property with Interstate 35 frontage in New Braunfels, a freestanding sign can be a full pole sign, not just the…

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Plano

Some Restrictions

Plano's zoning ordinance gives general business signs, identification signs, and multipurpose signs a larger size and…

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Waco

Some Restrictions

In Waco's C (commercial) and M (industrial) zoning districts, detached on-premises signs facing a primary arterial…

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Dallas

Light Restrictions

Texas Transportation Code Chapter 391 (Highway Beautification Act) requires TxDOT outdoor-advertising licenses and…

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