The City of Levelland and Code Enforcement Department recently issued a message for the public regarding signs and its regulations.
The city ordinances and codes are minimum standards designed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and your neighborhood. It is the city’s intention to encourage compliance and not impose penalties.
A reminder that the following is prohibited, “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. No sign or any part of the sign structure may be located on or above or encroach upon any street, alley, park, or any other public right-of-way. This prohibition relates to all signs, including without limitation, the following: temporary signs of any kind, signs and placards applied to poles or any structure within a right-of-way, including utility poles and boxes, and any temporary sign within railroad right-of-way, except for identification, warning, and contact information placards applied by the owning utility.”
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. For any questions or concerns please contact the Inspections Department at 806568-5442.
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.
No permit is required for temporary signs that meet the following conditions: In “SF-1,” “SF-2,” “Multi-1,” “Multi-2,” “Multi-3,” “Multi-4” zoned districts, temporary signs no greater that nine square feet in sign area per residential lot or per residence if more than one residence is located on the lot; and All other zoning districts, one temporary sign no greater than 12 square feet in area per business with no more than two temporary signs per development if there is more than one business located in the development.
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.