# Sign Regulations in Westlake, Texas

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Westlake, Texas (TX)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/texas/westlake
- **Data last verified:** 2025-03-19
- **Source:** [municode municipal code](https://library.municode.com/TX/Westlake/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH70SI)

## At a glance

Westlake, Texas regulates 8 sign types across 4 zoning districts. Projecting Signs in the Commercial District zoning district are capped at 3 square feet (Sec. Sec. 70-13). Most commercial signs in Westlake require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (4 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Commercial District | 3 | — | 180 square feet | — |
| Residential District | 3 | — | 4 square feet | — |
| R-5 Country Residential District | 1 | — | 2 square feet | — |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 2 | — | 50 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 4 zones)

### Commercial District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign | — | 180 square feet | — | — | — | Street facing building facade | — | Sec. 70-13 |
| Projecting Sign | — | 3 square feet | — | — | One per business | Interior mall or walkway area | — | Sec. 70-13 |
| Flat Sign | — | 6 square feet | — | — | One per business | Interior mall or walkway area | — | Sec. 70-13 |

### Residential District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| House Name Sign | — | 4 square feet | — | — | — | Residential property | — | Sec. 70-14 |
| Home Occupation Sign | — | 2 square feet | — | — | — | R-5 Country Residential District | — | Sec. 70-14 |
| Temporary Sign | — | 3 square feet | — | — | One per sale | Residential property | — | Sec. 70-14 |

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Temporary Real Estate Sign | — | 20 square feet | — | — | One per property frontage | Property for sale, exchange or lease | — | Sec. 70-9 |
| Temporary Business Sign | — | 50 square feet | — | — | One per premises | Attached to the principal structure | — | Sec. 70-10 |

## Prohibited signs in Westlake

- It shall be unlawful for any landowner, tenant, contractor or other person having responsibility or control of any premises, to suffer, permit or allow placement, erection or maintenance of any sign or display case of any type within this town other than publicly-maintained street or directional signs, except as specifically provided for in this chapter.
- No sign shall extend over public property or public right-of-way.
- No sign shall be erected upon the fire wall or coping of any building unless such wall is especially designed to carry the additional load.
- No sign shall be anchored to such wall, but shall be attached to and supported by other structural parts of the building.
- No outside advertising shall be so placed as to appreciably obstruct the lighting of any street, alley or public property, or interfere with any public utility service or traffic control device.
- No sign of any kind shall be placed in any position in such a manner as to obstruct any fire escape, door, window or other passageway leading to a fire escape or to a street exit, nor shall a sign be fastened in any manner to a fire escape.
- It shall be unlawful for any person to post, paint or otherwise exhibit any billboard, advertisement, poster, bill or other notice or sign, on any property not owned or controlled by him, without the permission of the person owning or controlling such property.
- It shall be unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed anywhere in the town, any poster, placard, handbill, or advertising material on any vehicle, or in any location, in such a manner that the poster, placard, handbill, or advertising material may reasonably be expected to be blown about by the wind.
- It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, maintain or paint any sign, billboard or other outdoor advertising upon a tree, rock or other natural feature.
- The following types of signs and advertising devices are not permitted within the corporate limits of the town: Advertising searchlights, All off-premises commercial signs and billboards, Sky signs, Sandwich or 'A-frame' signs, Sidewalk or curb signs, Tethered pilotless balloons or other gas-filled advertising devices, Signs placed on vehicles and used as stationary advertising devices, Mobile advertising, Changeable copy sign.

## Signs exempt from permit in Westlake

- Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give the right to any person to erect or maintain any outdoor advertising in any zone or district of the town wherein the particular form of outdoor advertising is prohibited by deed restrictions, zoning or other ordinances, state or federal law or regulations.
- Signs advertising civic events sponsored by the town, Westlake Academy or other local civic clubs provided that no sign shall be allowed to remain posted longer than seven days before the event and be removed within 24 hours of the conclusion of the event.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Signs that do not comply with all of the applicable regulations contained within this chapter may seek approval by the town council after receiving a recommendation from the planning and zoning commission.
- The town council may consider resolutions which grant special exceptions to this chapter where hardship is incurred or where unusual circumstances warrant special consideration.

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

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