# Sign Regulations in Corinth, Texas

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Corinth, Texas (TX)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/texas/corinth
- **Data last verified:** 2025-01-13
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/tx/corinth/codes/unified_development_code?nodeId=S4SIFESCRE_SUBSECTION_4.01SIRE)

## At a glance

Corinth, Texas regulates 44 sign types across 4 zoning districts. Sign, Developments in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 8 feet tall, 64 sq. ft. with a maximum of 32 sq. ft. per sign face, and 4 feet wide (Sec. 4.01.18. - Temporary Signs Requiring Permit, D. Development Sign). Most commercial signs in Corinth 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 | 44 | 35 feet | 400 sq. ft. or 10% of facade area | Yes |
| I-35E | 2 | 8 feet, up to 15 feet with enhancements, up to 30 feet with City Council approval | 160 sq. ft. per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 80 sq. ft. | Yes |
| F.M. 2181 | 2 | 6 feet, up to 7 feet with enhancements | 120 sq. ft. per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 60 sq. ft. | Yes |
| F.M. 2499 | 2 | 6 feet, up to 7 feet with enhancements | 120 sq. ft. per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 60 sq. ft. | Yes |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monument Sign | 5 ft | 100 sq. ft. per sign, 50 sq. ft. per sign face | — | — | One per street frontage, max two per site | Each site may have no more than one sign oriented to each street on which the site has frontage with a maximum of two signs per site | Yes | 4.01.15.C |
| Multi-Tenant Monument Sign | 5 ft | 100 sq. ft. per sign, 50 sq. ft. per sign face | — | — | One per street frontage, max two per site | One sign per street frontage, max two per site | Yes | 4.01.15.D |
| Ground Sign | 3 ft | 8 sq. ft., 4 sq. ft. per sign face | — | — | One per site | One per site | Yes | 4.01.15.I |
| Sign, Attached | — | 400 sq. ft. or 10% of facade area | Middle 50% of the width of any lease space | — | One per primary entrance | On-premises | Yes | 4.01.15. - General Sign Requirements, B. Attached Sign |
| Sign, Builder | 4 feet | 6 sq. ft. | — | — | One per lot per site | On the lot of the future or existing structure | No | 4.01.19. - Temporary Signs Exempt from Permit, A. Builder Sign |
| Sign, Bulletin Board | 6 feet | 18 sq. ft. | — | — | One per subdivision entrance, not to exceed two per subdivision | No closer than 100 feet from an arterial | Yes | 4.01.17. - Permanent Signs Requiring Permit, D. Bulletin Board Sign |
| Sign, Development | 8 feet | 64 sq. ft. with a maximum of 32 sq. ft. per sign face | 4 feet | — | One per site | — | Yes | 4.01.18. - Temporary Signs Requiring Permit, D. Development Sign |
| Sign, Inflatable | 30 feet | 64 sq. ft. | — | — | One per business and/or lot | Permitted in all nonresidential and mixed-use districts | Yes | 4.01.18. - Temporary Signs Requiring Permit, F. Inflatable Signs |

### I-35E

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monument Sign | 8 feet, up to 15 feet with enhancements, up to 30 feet with City Council approval | 160 sq. ft. per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 80 sq. ft. | — | — | One per street frontage, maximum of two per site | — | Yes | 4.01.15. - General Sign Requirements, E. Monument Sign - I-35E |
| Multi-tenant Monument Sign | 8 feet, up to 15 feet with enhancements, up to 30 feet with City Council approval | 160 sq. ft. per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 80 sq. ft. | — | — | One per street frontage, maximum of two per site | — | Yes | 4.01.15. - General Sign Requirements, F. Multi-tenant Monument Sign - I-35E |

### F.M. 2181

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monument Sign | 6 feet, up to 7 feet with enhancements | 120 sq. ft. per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 60 sq. ft. | — | — | One per street frontage, maximum of two per site | — | Yes | 4.01.15. - General Sign Requirements, G. Monument Sign - F.M. 2181 and F.M. 2499 |
| Multi-tenant Monument Sign | 6 feet, up to 7 feet with enhancements | 120 sq. ft. per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 60 sq. ft. | — | — | One per street frontage, maximum of two per site | — | Yes | 4.01.15. - General Sign Requirements, H. Multi-tenant Monument Sign - F.M. 2181 and F.M. 2499 |

## Prohibited signs in Corinth

- No person shall place on or suspend from any building or structure any goods, wares, merchandise or other advertising object or structure other than a sign as defined, regulated and prescribed by this UDC.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays on any site a sign in which the dominant theme of material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex, or is patently offensive because it affronts community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters, and is utterly without redeeming social value.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays on any site a sign which prevents free ingress to or egress from any door, window, or fire escape.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays on any site a sign in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision at any location, street, intersection, or driveway.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays on any site a sign which interferes with vehicular or pedestrian traffic as a result of the position, size, shape, movement, color fashion, manner, or intensity of illumination or any other characteristics causing such interference.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or allows to be displayed a sign in such a manner as to interfere with, obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal, or device, including, without limitation, signs making use of the words 'stop', 'go', 'look', 'slow', 'danger', or any other similar word, phrase, symbol or character, or employ any red, yellow, green, or other colored lamp or light in such a manner as to cause confusion or otherwise interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays a portable sign (Sign, Portable).
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays any type of sign on or over public Right-of-Way or other public property, unless the same is erected by the City, County, State or other authorized governmental agency, or with the permission of the City, for a public purpose.
- Any sign erected on a vertical framework supported by and located immediately and entirely over the roof of a building is prohibited.
- Any sign attached to a fascia extending above the projection of the fascia shall be prohibited.
- The painting or otherwise affixing of signs on a roof is prohibited.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays any sign on any utility pole located upon any public Right-of-Way or utility easement.
- The Building Official shall not allow off-site signs (Sign, Off-Site) including Billboards to be permitted or installed in the City.
- Billboards that are substantially destroyed or dismantled shall not be permitted for reconstruction.
- A person commits an offense if the person erects or displays a pole sign.

## Signs exempt from permit in Corinth

- Vehicular signs (Sign, Vehicular), unless the sign is used or intended to be used as an on-site or off-site sign.
- Warning and security signs.
- Government signs (Sign, Government) and signs for organizations sponsored and/or co-sponsored by government including flags, insignia, legal notices, informational, directional, and traffic signs which are legally required or necessary to the essential functions of government agencies.
- 'No Dumping' and 'No Trespassing' signs.
- Signs in public parks placed inside ball field fencing by the City, which are intended for advertising to raise funds for recreation programs which have copy on only one face with the copy facing toward the interior of the field.
- Political Signs (Sign, Political).

## 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 Corinth — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Corinth+TX&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-corinth

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