The City of Levelland is reminding citizens to be cautious of sign placement for events such as garage sales.
Garage sales will become more common throughout the community and any rules and guidelines regarding sign regulations can be found on the City of Levelland website. Article 9.3000 Sign Regulations highlights all rules, definitions and exact guidelines.
All signs that are not permitted as provided for in Section 9.304 or otherwise allowed under the article or other ordinances of the city are prohibited. This prohibition includes, without limitation, the following: Any sign not in compliance with any provision of this article; Any sign or sign structure posing a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare; Any sign attached to any tree, shrub, public light fixture, utility poles, public telephone poles, public buildings (other than an on–premises attached sign), fences or railings; Any sign hand painted, or spray painted directly on a structure wall or covering, except for stenciled and professionally painted signs; Any sign (other than a traffic sign or signal installed under proper authority of a governmental entity) that imitates or resembles an official traffic signs, signals, or devices that may be confused with official traffic signs, signals, or devices or otherwise may cause confusion to pedestrian or vehicular traffic; Any sign with any wording, phrase, image, symbols, lighting, or any form of visual communication which is patently offensive because it affronts community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters, is utterly without redeeming social value or has been adjudicated to be obscene; Any sign erected or displayed in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision at any location, street, intersection, or driveway or otherwise places an obstruction in the visibility triangle except for properly placed traffic-control signs or signals or permitted utility poles; Any sign located such that it creates an obstruction or route deviation to vehicular or pedestrian traffic including fire escape routes; and Any sign illuminated to such 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.
Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the city, an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful, or an offense, or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such code or ordinance the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or the amount set by applicable laws of the State of Texas.
Provided, however, if the development has more than 400 linear feet of street frontage, such development is permitted to have up to four temporary signs spaced no closer than 50 feet to another temporary sign.
Unless otherwise provided for in this section, all temporary signs without a permit must also meet the following conditions: At any point in time the combined message area of all temporary signs on the premises may not exceed the maximum sign message area allowed for permanent signs on that premises; All temporary signs may be used for on-premises advertising or purposes only and must be unlit; and All temporary signs may remain in place only so long as the signs and sign structures, and parts thereof, are maintained in a proper, safe, and hazard-free condition not to exceed the time limits specified above. The property owner or the owner’s designated agent shall be responsible for the maintenance of the temporary signs and sign structures.