# Sign Regulations in New Fairview, Texas

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

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

## At a glance

New Fairview, Texas regulates 3 sign types across 1 zoning district. Monument Signs in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 4 feet, excluding monument base and sign structure tall and 100 square feet per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 50 square feet, with a 15 feet from any property line setback (Sec. § 4.06.102(b)). Most commercial signs in New Fairview require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (1 zone)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 3 | 4 feet, excluding monument base and sign structure | 400 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Attached Sign | — | 400 square feet | — | — | Only one attached sign per lease space along each street frontage; secondary 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 | — | § 4.06.102(a) |
| Monument Sign | 4 feet, excluding monument base and sign structure | 100 square feet per sign with a maximum area per sign face of 50 square feet | — | 15 feet from any property line | Only one monument sign per street frontage; no closer than 500 feet on any one site | Along each street frontage on any site | — | § 4.06.102(b) |
| Ground Sign | 3 feet | 8 square feet with a maximum of 4 square feet per sign face | — | 15 feet from any property line | One sign per site | One sign per site | — | § 4.06.102(c) |

## Prohibited signs in New Fairview

- Any sign which is not specifically permitted in divisions 5 and 6 of this article shall be prohibited.
- No person shall erect or display 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.
- No person shall erect or display on any site any sign which prevents free ingress to or egress from any door, window, or fire escape.
- No person shall erect or display on any site any sign in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision at any location, 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 position, size, shape, movement, color, fashion, manner, or intensity of illumination or any other characteristics causing such interference.
- No person shall erect or display on any site any portable sign; except, however, that upon a majority vote by the city council, a conditional use permit may be issued to any nonprofit organization for an on-site portable sign.
- No sign shall be illuminated to such an 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.
- No lighted sign shall be erected or displayed within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a single-family residentially zoned property unless the lighting is shielded from view of the residentially zoned property and indirect light does not exceed 1/2 lumen measured from any property line of the residentially zoned property.
- It shall be prohibited to erect or display any type of sign on or over public right-of-way (R.O.W.) 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.
- Any sign erected on a vertical framework supported by and located immediately and entirely over the roof of a building is prohibited.
- No person shall erect or display any sign on any utility pole located upon any public right-of-way or utility easement.

## Signs exempt from permit in New Fairview

- Vehicular signs, unless the sign is used or intended to be used as an on-site or off-site sign.
- Warning and security signs.
- Government signs and signs for nonprofit organizations sponsored by government including flags, insignia, legal notices, and 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, unless affixed to the ground or a grounded structure located within public right-of-way or on public property.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- An application for a conditional sign permit shall be submitted to the code enforcement officer and shall include all documents as required by section 4.06.033 of this article.
- The city council may authorize variances to any restriction set forth in this article, including but not limited to the number, type, area, height, or setback of signs, or any other aspect involved in the sign permitting process.

## Full detail

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