# Sign Regulations in Haslet, Texas

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

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

## At a glance

Haslet, Texas regulates 10 sign types across 7 zoning districts. Monument Sign - Single Occupancys in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 8 feet tall, 120 square feet per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 60 square feet, and 12 feet wide, with a 1 foot from any right-of-way or property line setback (Sec. § 4.04.047(c)).

## Sign rules by zoning district (7 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 6 | 36 inches (less than 300 ft from right-of-way) / 48 inches (301 ft and greater) | 1,050 square feet with a maximum of 525 square feet per sign face | — |
| Residential District | 2 | 6 feet | 18 square feet | — |
| Community Facilities Zoning District | 1 | 3 feet above grade | 12 square feet with not more than 6 square feet per sign face | — |
| AF (Airport Facilities) | 1 | 8 feet | 16 square feet with a maximum of 8 square feet per sign face | — |
| LI (Light Industrial) | 1 | 8 feet | 16 square feet with a maximum of 8 square feet per sign face | — |
| I (Industrial) | 1 | 8 feet | 16 square feet with a maximum of 8 square feet per sign face | — |
| I-35W Corridor Overlay | 1 | 15 feet | 64 square feet with a maximum of 32 square feet per sign face | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 7 zones)

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Attached Sign | 36 inches (less than 300 ft from right-of-way) / 48 inches (301 ft and greater) | 400 square feet | 75% of the width of any building or lease space | — | One per lease space along each street frontage; second sign allowed at public entrance on another side of the building | Within the first story of the main exterior entrance for a building or lease space | — | § 4.04.047(b) |
| Monument Sign - Single Occupancy | 8 feet | 120 square feet per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 60 square feet | 12 feet | 1 foot from any right-of-way or property line | One per street frontage | Along each street frontage on any site | — | § 4.04.047(c) |
| Monument Sign - Multiple Occupancy | 12 feet | 200 square feet per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 100 square feet | 15 feet | 1 foot from any right-of-way or property line | One per street frontage | Along each street frontage on any site | — | § 4.04.047(d) |
| Ground Sign | 3 feet | 8 square feet with a maximum for 4 square feet per sign face | — | 1 foot from any right-of-way line and 15 feet from the side property line | 1 per site | 1 foot from any right-of-way line and 15 feet from the side property line | — | § 4.04.047(e) |
| Economic Development Sign | 15 feet | 200 square feet, with a maximum of 100 square feet per sign face | 15 feet | 1 foot from any right-of-way or property line | 2 per corridor overlay district | Only on property owned by or permanent easement dedicated to the city or the type A or B EDC | — | § 4.04.047(f) |
| I-35W Overlay Sign | 35 feet | 1,050 square feet with a maximum of 525 square feet per sign face | 15 feet | 1 foot from any right-of-way or property line | One per street frontage | Along each street frontage on any site | — | § 4.04.047(g) |

### Residential District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bulletin Board Sign | 6 feet | 18 square feet | — | Minimum 25 feet from the street | One per entrance, not to exceed two per residential subdivision | Minimum 25 feet from the street; located on designated common area | — | § 4.04.067(3) |
| Garage/Yard Sale Sign | 3 feet above grade | 12 square feet with not more than 6 square feet per sign face | — | Not applicable | 4 per sale. Not more than 3 off-site signs | Not applicable | — | § 4.04.068(13) |

### Community Facilities Zoning District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Garage/Yard Sale Sign | 3 feet above grade | 12 square feet with not more than 6 square feet per sign face | — | Not applicable | 4 per sale. Not more than 3 off-site signs | Not applicable | — | § 4.04.068(13) |

## Prohibited signs in Haslet

- Do not create a hazard due to collapse, fire collision, decay, or abandonment.
- Do not obstruct firefighting or police surveillance.
- Do not create traffic hazards by confusing or distracting motorists or by impairing the driver’s ability to see pedestrians, obstacles, or other vehicles, or to read traffic signs.
- Do not interfere with scenic views.
- Do not create a nuisance to persons using the public rights-of-way.
- Do not create a nuisance to occupancy of adjacent and contiguous property by their brightness, size, height or movement.
- Are not detrimental to land or property values.
- Any sign which is not specifically permitted by this article or any sign not in compliance with the city’s building code is prohibited.
- All off-site signs are prohibited unless specifically allowed in this article.
- No person shall erect or display on any site a sign which prevents free ingress to or egress from any door, window, or fire escape.
- No person shall erect or display on any sight a sign in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision at any street, intersection, or driveway.
- No person shall erect or display on any site any sign which interferes with vehicular or pedestrian traffic as a result of the sign’s position, size, shape, movement, color, fashion, wording, or intensity of illumination or any other characteristics causing such interference.
- No person shall illuminate a sign to such intensity or in such a manner as to cause a glare or brightness to a degree that it constitutes a hazard or nuisance to traffic.
- Moving, flashing, intermittently lighted, revolving, or similarly constructed signs shall not be allowed.
- No person shall erect or display a lighted sign within 150 feet of property zoned for a single-family residence, measured in a line from the front facade of the residence to the adjoining property line, along the property line to the right-of-way line, along the right-of-way line to the sign.
- No person shall erect or display any type of sign on or over public right-of-way or other public property, unless the same be erected by the city, county, state or other authorized governmental agency, or with the permission of the city, for public purposes.
- The painting or otherwise affixing of signs on a roof is prohibited.
- No person shall erect or display a sign on any utility pole located upon any public right-of-way or utility easement unless it is erected by the city, county, state or other authorized governmental agency, or with the permission of the city, for public purposes.
- No person shall erect or display a pole sign or billboard sign unless it is erected by the city, county, state or other authorized governmental agency, or with the permission of the city, for public purposes.
- No person shall erect or display any sign that moves or appears to move, blinks, flashes, changes color, gyrates, revolves, or makes noise.
- No person shall erect or display a sign that contains a strobe light, rotating beacon, searchlight, or flashing light.
- No person shall erect, paint or display a sign on a fence, sidewalk, tree, shrub, public right-of-way, or public thoroughfare.
- No person shall erect or display a wind device sign, except for featherblades.
- No person shall place, erect or display posters, placards, handbills, or any advertisement on an automobile without the owner’s permission.
- No person shall erect or display any sign on private property without the consent of the property owner.
- No person shall erect or display any sign on property zoned for residential uses except as provided in this article.

## Signs exempt from permit in Haslet

- Vehicular signs, unless the sign is used or intended to be used as an on-site or off-site sign.
- Warning and security signs of less than 4 square feet in face area that are not illuminated.
- Government signs including flags, insignia, legal notices, and traffic signs.
- "No dumping" and "no trespassing" signs of less than 4 square feet sign face area.
- Signs in public parks placed inside ballfield 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 which are erected on private real property with the consent of the property owner, have an effective area of less than 36 square feet, are less than eight feet in height, are not illuminated, have no moving parts, which are not placed on signs which are generally available for rent or purchase to carry commercial advertising or other messages which are not primarily political, and which are not placed in public rights-of-way.
- Signs on temporary construction trailers on construction sites.
- Underground utility marker.
- Street address number signs not exceeding one square foot in area.
- Holiday signs containing only holiday messages and no advertising.
- Railway signs within or upon the railway right-of-way placed and maintained in reference to the operation of the railway.
- Signs on outdoor machines, devices, or equipment which display the trademark, trade name, manufacturer, cost or operating instructions or similar information but do not advertise the business where located.
- Warning signs, no trespass signs, and other signs that pertain to the health and safety of the public, may be attached to fences after approval by the building official.
- All signs required by an oil and gas special use permit.
- Certain billboard signs under specific conditions.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- The purpose of a master sign plan is to allow an applicant, subject to approval of the city council, the option of designating an area that will define unique characteristics in all sign elements including: type, design, and location based on a specific performance criteria.
- The applicant shall develop a master sign plan for all sign elements in the development based on the sign design guidelines.
- The building official shall forward the applicant’s master sign plan application to the city secretary for action, by the city council after evaluating the master sign plan based on the design guidelines.
- The city council shall make the final determination on all master sign plans.
- If the city council grants the application for a particular development, all signs in that development shall conform to the standards approved in that master sign plan, and the approved master sign plan shall constitute a variance from the other provisions of this article.

## Full detail

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