# Sign Regulations in Gunter, Texas

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

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

## At a glance

Gunter, Texas regulates 6 sign types across 5 zoning districts. Freestanding Signs in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 8 ft tall and 60 sq ft, with a 15 ft front yard, height for side/rear setback (Sec. § 3.06.017(13) Monument (individual) sign (MIS-1)). Most commercial signs in Gunter 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 | 2 | 8 ft | 60 sq ft | — |
| Commercial zones | 1 | — | 6 sq ft per side | — |
| Nonresidential zoning district | 1 | 4 ft | — | — |
| Residential zoning district | 1 | 4 ft | 32 sq ft | — |
| Unified development zone | 1 | 16 ft | 80 sq ft for 10 acres or less | — |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign | Not specified | Varies by facade size | Not specified | — | — | On building facade | — | § 3.06.017(23) Wall sign |
| Freestanding Sign | 8 ft | 60 sq ft | — | 15 ft front yard, height for side/rear | 1 per street frontage | Nonresidential zoning districts | — | § 3.06.017(13) Monument (individual) sign (MIS-1) |

### Residential zoning district

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Model Home Sign | 4 ft | 32 sq ft | — | 5 ft front, 10 ft side/rear | 1 per lot | Residential lot with building permit | — | § 3.06.017(12) Model home sign |

### Unified development zone

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monument (Unified Development) Sign | 16 ft | 80 sq ft for 10 acres or less | — | 15 ft front, 75 ft from other signs | 1 per street frontage | Within unified development zone | — | § 3.06.017(15) Monument (unified development) sign (UDMS) |

## Prohibited signs in Gunter

- Any sign not referenced in or governed by this article
- Any sign erected or installed without the issuance of a permit, either prior to or after the adoption of this article (if a permit was required)
- Any sign that emits odor or visible matter
- Any sign erected or installed in or over a public right-of-way, access, maintenance, or utility easement unless permitted within this article
- Any sign that does not comply with this or other applicable municipal ordinances, or those which do not comply with federal or state laws
- Any sign supported by a bench, tree, rock, bridge, public utility pole
- Any sign supported by a fence
- Any sign not allowed or defined by this article
- Abandoned sign
- Audible sign
- Balloons and other floating devices
- Billboard
- Cloud buster balloon and air devices
- Feather flag
- Merchandise display
- Moving sign
- Neglected sign
- Off-location or off-premises sign
- Pennant
- Pole sign
- Portable signs
- Revolving sign
- Roof sign
- Searchlight or skylight
- Temporary nuisance signs
- Vacant building sign
- Wind device
- Human sign
- Snipe/bandit signs

## Signs exempt from permit in Gunter

- Any sign inside a building, not attached to a window or door and not oriented so as to be read from outside the building
- Commemorative plaques and historical markers mounted on the face of a building or erected on a site as a freestanding monument sign, when placed or approved by a governmental entity, historical society, religious organization or other nonprofit entity to commemorate a person, event or other matter of historical interest
- Any sign installed or required to be installed by any governmental entity or public utility to give information, directions or warnings to the general public, regardless of the sign's location on public or private property
- Temporary signs with the intended use of identifying seasonal, occasional or special community, educational, charitable and civic events, facilities, activities or social events, and of identifying newly opened businesses

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Upon request by the city, a site plan shall be provided by the applicant, showing the location of all signs on the property and/or adjacent properties
- A sign coordination plan will be required to illustrate the location of banners, stake signs, inflatable device signs, or other apparatuses to be used for a special event
- The director of development services or designated representative shall have final approval for special event sign coordination plan
- A sign coordination plan must be approved by director of development services for the placement of kiosk (panel) signs within a single-family or two-family residential subdivision prior to issuance of a sign permit
- If a property averages more than two (2) MIS-2s per acre, a sign coordination plan must be approved prior to placement of the MIS-2s
- A sign permit shall not be issued to erect, install or place a UDMS on a property until a sign coordination plan has been approved
- Alternative types of a subdivision identity sign may be approved as part of a sign coordination plan
- The sign coordination plan shall be submitted for review with the final plat, landscaping, and screening wall plans for review by the development services department

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

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