# Sign Regulations in Blue Ridge, Texas

Sign permit rules, size and height limits, setbacks, and ordinance citations for Blue Ridge, Texas, compiled by PermitPal from the jurisdiction's published municipal code.

- **Jurisdiction:** Blue Ridge, Texas (TX)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/texas/blue-ridge
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-09

## At a glance

Blue Ridge, Texas regulates 13 sign types across 4 zoning districts. Freestanding Signs in the Business Districts zoning district are capped at 30 feet tall and 300 square feet, with a Minimum 20 feet from right-of-way; minimum 50 feet radially from another freestanding sign setback (Sec. § 4.08.077(b)). Most commercial signs in Blue Ridge require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (4 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 7 | 36 inches | 32 square feet | — |
| Central Business District | 1 | 4 feet | 8 square feet per side | — |
| Business Districts | 3 | 30 feet | 300 square feet | — |
| Residential Districts | 3 | — | 40 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 4 zones)

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Political Sign | — | — | — | — | Unlimited | Private property | — | § 4.08.073(a) |
| Government Flag | — | — | — | — | — | Allowed | — | § 4.08.073(b) |
| Temporary Construction Sign | 12 feet | 32 square feet | — | — | One per site | On premises under construction | — | § 4.08.073(c) |
| Subdivision or Homebuilder Sign | 12 feet | 32 square feet | — | Not closer than 100 feet to a residential dwelling not within the subdivision | — | On premises | — | § 4.08.073(d) |
| Sale or Lease Sign - Residential Property | 5 feet | 8 square feet | — | — | One per lot or complex per street | On premises | — | § 4.08.074(1) |
| Sale or Lease Sign - Business Property | 8 feet | 16 square feet | — | — | — | On premises | — | § 4.08.074(2) |
| Homebuilder/Real Estate Directional Sign | 36 inches | 5 square feet | — | Minimum 15 feet from adjacent real estate directional sign | — | Public property | — | § 4.08.075 |

### Business Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Illuminated Sign | — | 150 square feet | — | — | — | Business Districts | — | § 4.08.077(a) |
| Freestanding Sign | 30 feet | 300 square feet | — | Minimum 20 feet from right-of-way; minimum 50 feet radially from another freestanding sign | One per site | Business Districts | — | § 4.08.077(b) |
| Attached Sign | 6 feet | 40 square feet or two times the width of the building/store frontage | — | — | One per occupancy | Business Districts | — | § 4.08.077(c) |

### Residential Districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Illuminated Sign | — | — | — | — | — | Residential Districts | — | § 4.08.078(1) |
| Special Purpose Sign | — | — | — | — | — | Residential Districts | — | § 4.08.078(3) |
| Subdivision Entrance Sign | — | 40 square feet | — | — | One per street entrance | Entrance of single-family residential subdivision | — | § 4.08.078(5) |

## Prohibited signs in Blue Ridge

- It shall be unlawful for any person to display upon any sign any obscene, indecent, or immoral matter.
- No person shall erect, maintain, or permit the erection of any balloon or other floating device anchored to the ground or to any structure.
- It shall be unlawful to erect, relocate, or maintain a sign which prevents free ingress to or egress from any door, window, or fire escape.
- It shall be unlawful to attach any sign, paper, or other material or paint, stencil or write any name, number (except house numbers) or otherwise mark on any sidewalk, curb, gutter, street, utility pole, public building, fence or structure except as otherwise allowed by ordinance.
- No person shall place on or suspend from any building, pole, structure, sidewalk, parkway, driveway, or parking area any goods, wares, merchandise, or other advertising object or structure for the purpose of advertising such items, other than a sign as defined, regulated, and prescribed in this article, except as otherwise allowed by ordinance.
- It shall be unlawful to erect, relocate, or maintain any sign using any combination of forms, words, colors, or lights which imitate standard public traffic regulatory or emergency signs or signals.
- No sign shall project above the roofline or be attached to a roof of a building except that a sign may be placed on the first 30" above the roof on a parapet or similar projection which is continuous on two or more sides of the structure.
- Signs attached to or upon any vehicle shall be prohibited where any such vehicle is allowed to remain parked in the same location, or in the same vicinity, at frequent or extended periods of time, where the intent is apparent to be one of using the vehicle and signs for the purpose of advertising an establishment, service, or product.
- It shall be unlawful to attach any sign to a trailer, skid, or similar mobile structure, where the primary use of such structure is to provide a base for such sign or constitute the sign itself.
- No person, firm, corporation, or association of persons shall paste, stick, tack, nail or otherwise place any handbill, placard, or printed, pictured, or written material or for political advertising or other advertising purposes upon any fence, railing, sidewalk, public telephone facility, electric or other utility pole, or any other public property, including trees.
- No sign shall be illuminated to such an intensity or in such a manner as to cause glare or brightness to a degree that it constitutes a hazard or nuisance.
- Moving, flashing, intermittently lighted, changing color, beacons, revolving or similarly constructed signs shall not be allowed.
- No cloth, paper, banner, flag, device, or other similar advertising material shall be permitted to be attached to, suspended from, or be allowed to hang from any sign, building or structure, when the same shall create a public menace or danger.

## Signs exempt from permit in Blue Ridge

- Signs not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area which advertise the sale, rental, or lease of the premises on which such sign is located; limited to one (1) sign on any one (1) lot or premises.
- Name plates not exceeding one (1) square foot in area.
- Political signs.
- Bulletin boards not exceeding sixteen (16) square feet in area for public, charitable, or religious organizations when they are located on the premises of the institution.
- Temporary construction signs, not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area, denoting the architect, engineer, or contractor, when placed upon the premises under construction.
- Occupational signs, not exceeding two (2) square feet in area, denoting only the name and profession of an occupant in a commercial building or public institutional building.
- Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings, and date of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of bronze or other incombustible materials.
- Flags, emblems and insignia of any governmental body, and decorative displays for holidays or public demonstrations which do not contain advertising and are not used as such.
- On-site directional signs not exceeding eight (8) square feet, provided such directional signs do not contain advertising and are not used as such.
- Traffic or other governmental signs, legal notices, danger and such emergency, temporary or non-advertising signs as may be approved by the mayor or authorized representative.
- The changing of words on a sign that is designed with interchangeable words.
- Normal maintenance to replace worn parts and repainting deteriorated paint without a word change.
- Garage sale signs.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Upon proper application thereto the city council shall have the power to grant variances from the provisions of this article if it appears that the provisions would work a manifest injustice.
- In considering the requests for variation to requirements of this article, the city council shall consider, but not be limited to, the degree of variance, the reason for the variance requested, the location of the variance request, the duration of the requested variance, the effect on public safety, protection of neighborhood property, the degree of hardship or injustice involved, and the effect of the variance on the general plan of regulating signs within the city.

## Full detail

This page publishes an overview of every zoning district plus a sample of 3 districts in full. Complete zone-by-zone requirements for all 4 zoning districts in Blue Ridge — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Blue+Ridge+TX&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-blue-ridge

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