Section 21.160 - Commercial Sign Location Requirements(a) The department will not issue a permit under this subchapter unless the sign for which application is made is located along a roadway to which Transportation Code, Chapter 391, applies and is in: (1) an unzoned commercial or industrial area; or(2) a zoned commercial or industrial area.(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a commercial sign that was lawfully in existence when it became subject to Transportation Code, Chapter 391.(c) The department may refuse to issue a permit or approve an application for an amended permit if the location of the sign is:(1) within a parcel that when the application was received had been identified for acquisition on a schematic or plan as part of a transportation project; or(2) within the prohibited spacing distance of planned facilities, as determined under § 21.179 of this subchapter (relating to Location of Commercial Signs Near Certain Highway Facilities).(d) An electronic sign may be located or upgraded only along a regulated highway and within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.(e) An electronic sign may not be located within 1,500 feet of another electronic sign on the same highway if facing the same direction of travel except as provided by this subsection. If the sign will be located in a political subdivision that is authorized to exercise control under § 21.192 of this subchapter (relating to Local Control of Commercial Signs), the sign spacing must comply with the Texas Federal and State Agreement on Highway Beautification.43 Tex. Admin. Code § 21.160
The provisions of this §21.160 adopted to be effective July 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 2418; amended to be effective April 19, 2012, 37 TexReg 2687; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 10, March 9, 2018, TexReg 1456, eff. 3/14/2018; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 33, August 16, 2024, TexReg 6265, eff. 9/1/2024