SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR ATTACHED SIGNS.
Dallas City Code § 51A-7.1507
in effectSEC. 51A-7.1507. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR ATTACHED SIGNS.
The regulations relating to the erection of attached signs in this district are expressly modified as follows:
(a) Location restrictions.
(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2), no attached sign may be erected on a facade unless it faces a public right-of-way that is adjacent to the lot where the sign is proposed to be located, except that flat attached signs may be located on any upper facade within the Maple Subdistrict and any facade within the Quad Subdistrict.
(2) In the Maple Subdistrict, flat attached signs may be located on any upper facade. A maximum of two flat attached signs may be located between the top of the lower facade and the 14th floor on each facade.
(3) No small words may be on an attached sign erected partially or totally within an upper facade in either the Spine, Maple, Quad, or Quadrangle Subdistricts.
(4) In the Peripheral Subdistrict, no attached sign may be erected on:
(A) an upper facade; or
(B) a lot where a detached sign is erected.
(b) Effective area.
(1) Spine, Maple, Quad, and Quadrangle Subdistricts. In the Spine, Maple, Quad, and Quadrangle Subdistricts, the combined effective area of all attached signs:
(A) on a lowrise building or a lower facade may not exceed 10 percent of the total area of the building facade or the lower facade, as the case may be; and
(B) on an upper facade may not exceed five percent of the total area of the lower facade, except in the Quad Subdistrict on the upper facade facing Howell Street or Routh Street may not exceed three percent of the total area of the upper facade.
(2) Peripheral Subdistrict. In the Peripheral Subdistrict, the combined effective area of all attached signs on a lowrise building or a lower facade may not exceed eight percent of the total area of the building facade or the lower facade, as the case may be.
(c) Flat attached signs.
(1) Except as provided in this paragraph, no flat attached sign may project more than eight inches from a building. In the Maple and Quad Subdistricts, no flat attached sign may project more than 18 inches from a building.
(2) A flat attached sign may be erected on an arcade, but it may not project above the roof of the attached building.
(3) In the Quad Subdistrict, a flat attached sign on one upper facade may be attached to any part of the building and project 10 feet above the roof of the attached building.
(d) Projecting attached signs.
(1) A projecting attached sign may be erected on an arcade, but it may not project above the roof of the attached building.
(2) No projecting attached sign may be erected partially or totally within an upper facade.
(3) No face of a projecting attached sign erected below the bottom of a second story window may exceed eight square feet.
(4) No face of a projecting attached sign erected above the bottom of a second story window may exceed 15 square feet.
(5) In the Maple Subdistrict, projecting attached signs are prohibited on a facade with one or more blade signs.
(e) Marquee signs.
(1) No marquee sign may:
(A) exceed 100 square feet in effective area;
(B) be longer than one-half of the length of the frontage of the building to which the marquee is attached; and
(C) be located above the bottom of a second story window.
(2) A marquee sign must:
(A) be parallel to the surface to which it is attached; and
(B) have a height dimension between two and six feet.
(3) No premise may have more than one marquee sign.
(4) A marquee sign may be erected only on a building that contains a theater use.
(5) A marquee sign may consist of up to 100 percent plastic.
(f) Window signs.
(1) Except as modified by Paragraph (2), the effective area of a window sign may not exceed more than 25 percent of the area of a window or 10 percent of the facade area, whichever is less.
(2) If a window sign uses neon bulbs, the effective area of that sign may not exceed more than 15 percent of the area of a window.
(3) No window sign may be erected on an upper facade.
(g) Blade signs. Blade signs may only be located in the Maple Subdistrict and:
(1) may only be located on a facade facing Fairmont Street;
(2) may not exceed 20 square feet in effective area;
(3) may not be located lower than 12 feet above grade or outside of the lower facade;
(4) may not be located more than four feet from the facade or above a roof of a building; and
(5) must maintain a minimum 25 foot horizontal spacing separation from all other blade signs.
(h) Window art displays. In the Maple Subdistrict, window art displays on the ground floor of a building are allowed subject to the following regulations:
(1) A window art display must be located within a window on a facade facing Fairmont Street and may contain only a promotional message, generic graphics (including three-dimensional artifacts or objects), cultural event or activity, merchandise only if sold by a tenant occupying space within the premise, a message identifying the sponsor of the display, or a message referring to the sale or lease of the premises.
(2) No sign permit or certificate of appropriateness is required to erect or remove a window art display. (Ord. Nos. 21145; 32497; 32642)
Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-88268Fetched: 10/26/2026