Legally erected nonconforming rights.
San Antonio City Code § 28-55
in effectSec. 28-55. - Legally erected nonconforming rights.
(a) Generally. Any legally erected off-premises sign which, by reason of revisions to this chapter, no longer complies with its provisions, is awarded nonconforming status by the director if the operator registers the off-premises sign with the director within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of passage of the chapter revisions. After that time, the director may order any unregistered nonconforming off-premises sign removed at the operator's expense.
(b) Damaged or deteriorated structures. The right to maintain any nonconforming off-premises sign terminates and is subject to removal at owner's expense whenever it is damaged or deteriorated beyond fifty (50) percent of its replacement value.
(c) Nonconforming rights awarded under subsection (a) run with the site for sixty (60) days following the removal of the nonconforming off-premises sign, provided such land owner within twenty-four (24) hours after removal of the nonconforming off-premises sign files with the department a written notice of intent to replace the nonconforming off-premises sign with an off-premises sign relocated from another site.
During that 60-day period, an off-premises sign may be erected at the identical location of the nonconforming off-premises sign, provided that the new sign shall be erected to conform to all relocation, construction, height and spacing requirements of this chapter. The new sign shall have the same size sign face as the previous off-premises sign but shall not exceed the limits of subsection 28-52(4). If the existing sign exceeds the standards set out in this chapter, the new sign must conform to the provisions of subsection 28-52(4). Provided further, that during the same 60-day period, no off-premises sign may be erected within the applicable spacing regulations except at the identical location of the removed nonconforming off-premises sign.
(Ord. No. 2017-05-04-0297, § 1(Att. 1), 5-4-17)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH28SI_ARTIVERMARE_DIV2REBAUPSICL_SDBOEMSI_S28-55LEERNORIFetched: 10/27/2026