Texas Administrative Code
Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 21 - RIGHT OF WAY
Subchapter I - REGULATION OF SIGNS ALONG INTERSTATE AND PRIMARY HIGHWAYS
Division 1 - SIGNS
Section 21.160 - Commercial Sign Location Requirements
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) The department will not issue a permit under this subchapter unless the sign for which application is made is located along a roadway to which Transportation Code, Chapter 391, applies and is in:
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a commercial sign that was lawfully in existence when it became subject to Transportation Code, Chapter 391.
(c) The department may refuse to issue a permit or approve an application for an amended permit if the location of the sign is:
(d) An electronic sign may be located or upgraded only along a regulated highway and within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
(e) An electronic sign may not be located within 1,500 feet of another electronic sign on the same highway if facing the same direction of travel except as provided by this subsection. If the sign will be located in a political subdivision that is authorized to exercise control under § 21.192 of this subchapter (relating to Local Control of Commercial Signs), the sign spacing must comply with the Texas Federal and State Agreement on Highway Beautification.