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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 216.002: DEFINITIONS.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
  4. CHAPTER 216. REGULATION OF SIGNS BY MUNICIPALITIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. RELOCATION, RECONSTRUCTION, OR REMOVAL OF SIGN

In this subchapter:

(1) "Sign" means an outdoor structure, sign, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform.

(2) "On-premise sign" means a freestanding sign identifying or advertising a business, person, or activity, and installed and maintained on the same premises as the business, person, or activity.

(3) "Off-premise sign" means a sign displaying advertising copy that pertains to a business, person, organization, activity, event, place, service, or product not principally located or primarily manufactured or sold on the premises on which the sign is located.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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