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(a) While all signs not explicitly exempted are subject to the provisions of this article, and while a permit to erect any sign not so exempted may be applied for if desired, a permit is required only for the following signs:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), all signs having an effective area greater than 20 square feet.
(2) All signs having a height in excess of eight feet.
(3) All illuminated signs.
(4) All signs with moving elements.
(5) All signs erected or to be erected in or over any public way.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), all signs projecting more than 18 inches from any wall, roof, parapet, or eaves.
(b) Pursuant to Section 216.903 of the Texas Local Government Code, a permit is not required for a sign that contains primarily a political message and is located on private real property with the consent of the property owner unless the sign:
(1) has an effective area greater than 36 feet;
(2) is more than eight feet high;
(3) is illuminated; or
(4) has any moving elements.
In this subsection, the term “private real property” does not include real property subject to an easement or other encumbrance that allows the city to use the property for a public purpose. This subsection does not apply to a sign, including a billboard, that contains primarily a political message on a temporary basis and that is generally available for rent or purchase to carry commercial advertising or other messages that are not primarily political.
(c) Any sign for which a permit is issued shall be inspected after its erection for conformity to the provisions of this article by the division of building inspection. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 25921)
(a) General provisions.
(1) The city council or city plan commission may authorize a hearing to designate an existing sign as an extraordinarily significant sign. Any person may apply for designation of an existing sign as an extraordinarily significant sign. Except for city council or city plan commission authorized hearings, each owner of a proposed extraordinarily significant sign and each owner of property where the proposed extraordinarily significant sign is located must sign the application.
(2) The director shall send written notice of a public hearing on an application to designate an extraordinarily significant sign to all owners of real property lying within 200 feet of the boundary of the area of request.
(4) An owner of an extraordinarily significant sign must ensure that the sign is not structurally dangerous or a fire hazard, and does not cause electrical shocks or other hazardous conditions.
(b) The city plan commission shall review an application to designate an extraordinarily significant sign in accordance with Subsection (c) of this section in a public hearing and shall submit its recommendation to the city council. The city council shall act upon the recommendation of the city plan commission by granting or denying the application subject to the voting requirement in Section 51A-4.701(c)(2)(B) and Section 51A-7.803 of this article.
(c) To qualify for designation as an extraordinarily significant sign, the sign must:
(1) be at least 40 years of age;
(2) possess unique physical design characteristics such as configuration, color, texture, or other unique characteristics; and
(3) be of extraordinary significance to the city, the historic district where it is located, or the historic structure to which it is attached.
(d) In the consideration of Subsection (c)(3) of this section, the following must be evaluated:
(1) the significance of the sign on the basis of the significance of the physical composition or structure of the sign without regard to the significance of the company or other entity which is identified by the sign; and
(2) the importance of the sign in identifying a particular area of the city and the attitude and sentiment of the community concerning the significance of the sign without regard to the significance of the company or other entity which is identified by the sign. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 19557; 20927; 21186; 22738)
It is the declared purpose of this division that, in time, all privately owned signs shall either conform to the provisions of this article or be removed. By the passage of this ordinance and its amendments, no presently illegal sign shall be deemed to have been legalized unless such sign complies with all current standards under the terms of this ordinance and all other ordinances of the city of Dallas. Any sign which does not conform to all provisions of this ordinance shall be a non-conforming sign if it legally existed as a conforming or non-conforming sign under prior ordinances; or an illegal sign if it did not exist as a conforming or non-conforming sign, as the case may be. It is further the intent and declared purpose of this ordinance that this division, and not the provisions of Article IV, shall exclusively govern how non-conforming signs in the city are treated. It is further the intent and declared purpose of this ordinance that no offense committed, and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred prior to the time this ordinance was adopted shall be discharged or affected by such passage, but prosecutions and suits for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures may be instituted, and causes presently pending may proceed. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 24232)
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