Texas Transportation Code
§ 391.038 — SIGN HEIGHT
TN § 391.038Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part H. HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION · Ch. 391. HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ON INTERSTATE AND PRIMARY SYSTEMS AND CERTAIN ROADS · Art. B. REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL SIGNS GENERALLY
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as otherwise provided by this section, a sign may not be higher than 60 feet, excluding a cutout that extends above the rectangular border of the sign, measured:
(1)from the grade level of the centerline of the main-traveled way, not including a frontage road of a controlled access highway, closest to the sign at a point perpendicular to the sign location; or
(2)if the main-traveled way is below grade, from the base of the sign structure. (a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to a sign regulated by a municipality certified for local control under an agreement with the department as provided by department rule.
(b)A sign existing on March 1, 2017, that was erected before that date may not be higher than 85 feet, excluding a cutout that extends above the rectangular border of the sign, measured:
(1)from the grade level of the centerline of the main-traveled way, not including a frontage road of a controlled access highway, closest to the sign at a point perpendicular to the sign location; or
(2)if the main-traveled way is below grade, from the base of the sign structure.
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1211 (S.B. 357), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.