# Sign Regulations in Levelland, Texas

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

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

## At a glance

Levelland, Texas regulates 7 sign types across 3 zoning districts. Freestanding Signs in the B-1, B-2, B-3, I zoning district are capped at 25 feet tall and 48 square feet or calculated by formula (Sec. § 9.308(a)(1), § 9.308(b)(1)). Most commercial signs in Levelland require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (3 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| B-1, B-2, B-3, I | 4 | 40 feet | 48 square feet or calculated by formula | — |
| SF-1, SF-2, Multi-1, Multi-2, Multi-3, Multi-4 | 1 | — | 9 square feet | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 2 | — | — | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements

### B-1, B-2, B-3, I

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Sign | 25 feet | 48 square feet or calculated by formula | — | — | — | On premises | — | § 9.308(a)(1), § 9.308(b)(1) |
| Projecting Sign | Minimum 9 feet above grade | 10 square feet | — | — | — | On premises | — | § 9.308(a)(2), § 9.308(b)(2) |
| Attached Sign | May not extend above the building wall | Calculated by formula | — | — | — | On premises | — | § 9.308(a)(3), § 9.308(b)(3) |
| Billboard | 40 feet | — | — | — | — | Bordering state highways | — | § 9.310(a), § 9.310(b) |

### SF-1, SF-2, Multi-1, Multi-2, Multi-3, Multi-4

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Sign | — | 9 square feet | — | — | — | Per residential lot or per residence | — | § 9.309(a)(1), § 9.309(b) |

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Illuminated Sign | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | § 9.313 |
| Electronic Sign | — | — | — | — | — | On premises | — | § 9.314 |

## Prohibited signs in Levelland

- Any sign not in compliance with any provision of this article.
- Any sign or sign structure posing a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare.
- Any sign attached to any tree, shrub, public light fixture, utility poles, public telephone poles, public buildings (other than an on-premises attached sign), fences, or railings.
- Any sign hand painted, or spray painted directly on a structure wall or covering, except for stenciled and professionally painted signs.
- Any sign that imitates or resembles an official traffic signs, signals, or devices that may be confused with official traffic signs, signals, or devices or otherwise may cause confusion to pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
- Any sign with any wording, phrase, image, symbols, lighting, or any form of visual communication which is patently offensive because it affronts community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters, is utterly without redeeming social value or has been adjudicated to be obscene.
- Any sign erected or displayed in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision at any location, street, intersection, or driveway or otherwise places an obstruction in the visibility triangle except for properly placed traffic-control signs or signals or permitted utility poles.
- Signs placed or painted on vehicles, trailers, or other portable machinery or equipment which are parked and where the primary purpose of such vehicle, trailer or portable machinery or equipment is to provide a base for such sign, display a sign, or to constitute the sign itself.
- Any sign located such that it creates an obstruction or route deviation to vehicular or pedestrian traffic including fire escape routes.
- Any sign illuminated 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.

## Signs exempt from permit in Levelland

- Traffic-control signs installed and maintained by a governmental entity responsible for the control and enforcement of traffic laws and safety.
- Signs erected or maintained pursuant to a government function, required by law, ordinance or government regulation or located on property owned, leased or under the control of the United States, the state, county, the city, a public school, or an agency thereof and including flags, insignia, legal notices, informational, directional, and traffic signs which are legally required or necessary to the essential functions of government agencies.
- Changes or replacements to the face of a previously permitted or a sign allowed under this article so long as there is no increase in sign area or height, no substantive structural change is made.
- Signs for sites and structures of historical significance including names of buildings, dates of erection, monument statues, commemorative tablets and similar markers when carved into stone, concrete, metal, or any other permanent type of construction and made an integral part of an allowed structure or made flush to the ground.
- Signs installed by public utilities to mark utility locations and/or hazards.
- Temporary construction signs on private property after a building permit has been issued, if applicable, marking construction locations and providing construction related information and directions.
- Signs painted on or attached to any vehicle or trailer or other portable structure, provided that such vehicle, trailer or, if applicable, other portable structure, is currently licensed and inspected in the state and is in operable condition and such vehicle, trailer or other portable structure does not remain parked for longer than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours on the same property.
- Signs on equipment or machinery when the sign displays identification information, instructions, safety procedures, and notification information for the device.
- Flags attached to a flagpole.
- Address or nameplate signs for residential locations provided that they do not to exceed four (4) square feet in sign area.
- Signs on a coin-operated vending machine, fuel dispensing pump, automated teller machine, automotive vacuum cleaner, amusement ride, or similar machine, device or equipment.
- Signs not readily visible from a public street intended to provide information to a specific audience such as signs facing internally in an athletic field intended to be viewed by athletic event attendees within the athletic stadium.
- Incidental signs provided that no single sign has a sign area greater than four (4) square feet.
- Temporary signs meeting the requirements of Section 9.309.
- Temporary signs not exceeding nine (9) square feet in sign area.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- A site plan of the proposed location for the sign is required as part of the sign permit application.

## Full detail

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