# Sign Regulations in Dalworthington Gardens, Texas

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Dalworthington Gardens, Texas (TX)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/texas/dalworthington-gardens
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-09

## At a glance

Dalworthington Gardens, Texas regulates 9 sign types across 5 zoning districts. Nameplates in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at None tall and 1 square foot, with a None setback (Sec. Table 14.02.423). Most commercial signs in Dalworthington Gardens require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (5 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 5 | 20 feet | 200 square feet | — |
| Apartment (MF) | 2 | 18 feet | 50 square feet | — |
| Advertising (B-3) | 1 | None | 600 square feet | — |
| General business (B-2, B-3) | 1 | None | 200 square feet | — |
| General business (B-2, B-3, LI) | 2 | 30 feet | 50 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 5 zones)

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nameplate | None | 1 square foot | — | None | None | — | — | Table 14.02.423 |
| Real estate | 6 feet | 12 square feet | — | None | 1/street frontage | Permitted only on the property being offered for sale or rent | — | Table 14.02.423, Note 5 |
| Institution | 20 feet | 60 square feet | — | 15' | 1/street frontage | Permitted on face of fence or wall in required front yard | — | Table 14.02.423, Note 1 |
| Construction | 20 feet | 100 square feet | — | None | 1/street or site | — | — | Table 14.02.423 |
| Development | 20 feet | 200 square feet | — | None | 1/street entrance | — | — | Table 14.02.423, Note 6 |

### Apartment (MF)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign | None | 50 square feet | — | None | 1/street | — | — | Table 14.02.423, Note 2 |
| Ground Sign | 18 feet | 20 square feet | — | 15' | 1/street | — | — | Table 14.02.423 |

### General business (B-2, B-3, LI)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Sign | 30 feet | 50 square feet | — | 15' | 1/100' | Shopping centers may substitute one directory sign of 50' maximum height, 50 square feet sign face per tenant, but no other ground or pole signs shall be permitted on the property | — | Table 14.02.423, Note 4 |
| Marquee Sign | None | 50 square feet | — | None | 1/use/street frontage | — | — | Table 14.02.423 |

## Prohibited signs in Dalworthington Gardens

- It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or negligently to mutilate, deface, injure, damage, destroy, move, remove, or otherwise tamper with any street identification sign in the city, or to obstruct, obscure, or attach any advertising matter thereto.
- A sign in direct line of vision of any signal light, traffic-control sign or other such device from any point in a moving traffic lane within one hundred (100) feet of and approaching such traffic control shall not be permitted.
- No revolving beam or beacon light resembling any emergency vehicle light shall be permitted as part of a sign display in any zoning district, nor shall any sign be located so as to obstruct the vision or sight distance of motor vehicle operators or pedestrians at any street intersection, street crossing or other point of traffic concentration.
- No high-intensity light shall be permitted as part of a sign display visible from an adjacent street in any zoning district; and in this regard, no reflectorized lights shall be permitted which shall exceed the intensity of a twenty-five (25) watt frosted-face bulb, except general informational type signs such as time or temperature signs.
- Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, no sign shall be erected which constitutes an obstruction to view of operators of motor vehicles on public streets or entering such streets from private property.
- No sign shall be permitted which is not situated on the same premises as the use or activity which it describes or to which it refers - i.e., no off-premise sign shall be permitted, except as follows: An advertising sign when authorized as provided in the schedule of sign standards; or A development sign for a residential subdivision, provided that any such sign shall be situated on premises which are a part of such subdivision and shall otherwise comply with the schedule of sign standards.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- For sign duration of more than one year, special exception is required under division 8 hereof.

## 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 5 zoning districts in Dalworthington Gardens — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Dalworthington+Gardens+TX&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-dalworthington-gardens

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