Street name markers for non-public streets; regulation by Director of Houston Public Works.

Houston Code of Ordinances § 41-31

in effect

Sec. 41-31. - Street name markers for non-public streets; regulation by Director of Houston Public Works. (a) A street name marker erected on a non-public street shall conform to standards and specifications established by the Director of Houston Public Works and shall not be installed without the approval of the Director of Houston Public Works. (b) The designation 'PRIVATE' or 'PVT' shall follow the street name suffix of a non-public street and shall be indicated on a street name marker erected pursuant to this section. (c) Upon the establishment of the name of any non-public street pursuant to this division, the property owners abutting the non-public street shall be responsible for the installation, erection and continued maintenance of appropriate street name markers at the intersection of the non-public street with any other street. The color of the background of a street name marker to be installed on a non-public street shall not be the same color as a street name marker used to identify a public street. (d) The Director of Houston Public Works may declare as a nuisance or a traffic hazard any street name marker for a non-public street installed in a public street that contains a name not established in conformance with this article. (e) Upon determining that a street name marker for a non-public street is misleading, confusing, deteriorated or is located so as to create a traffic hazard, the Director of Houston Public Works may remove the marker from a public street without providing notice. (f) The property owners abutting a non-public street shall be responsible for the replacement of a street name marker removed by the Director of Houston Public Works pursuant to this section. (Ord. No. 2014-364, § 13, 4-30-2014; Ord. No. 2018-11, § 49, 1-10-2018)

Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH41STNASIAD_ARTIIST_DIV2ADRENBLST_S41-31STNAMANBLSTREDIHOPUWOFetched: 10/26/2026