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Title
A public hearing and an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-10 (Sign Regulations) to authorize larger signs in the public right-of-way that include electronic images, light, and off-premises advertising and waiving City Code Section 25-1-501 (Initiation of Amendments). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.
Pulled by Council Member Siegel.
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Lead Department
Austin Economic Development and Austin Transportation and Public Works.
Fiscal Note
This item has no fiscal impact.
Prior Council Action:
On December 12, 2024, City Council approved Resolution No. 20241212-138, asking the City Manager to recommend flexible signage regulations for transit-oriented signage, bikeshare signage, and interactive wayfinding kiosks in the public rights-of-way and at key transit nodes and corridors, including off-premises advertising allowances; and to address relocation challenges related to non-conforming signs located along urban and transit corridors and eminent domain and condemnation related to transportation improvements along transit lines and corridors, and redevelopment by providing flexibility for relocating transit-oriented signage, nonconforming off-premises and bike-share signs.
For More Information:
Anthony Segura, Interim Director, Austin Economic Development, Anthony.Segura@austintexas.gov; Jim Dale, Director, Austin Transportation and Public Works, Jim.Dale@austintexas.gov.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
December 17, 2025 - Approved by the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee on a 4-1-1 vote.
January 13, 2026 - Planning Commission approved to split the item into Sign Code Changes for Signs in the Right-of-Way and Sign Code Changes for Relocating Billboards:
- Sign Code Changes for Signs in the Right-of-Way was not approved on a 3-4-3 vote.
- Sign Code Changes for Relocating Billboards was postponed to January 27, 2026, Planning Commission meeting on a 7-1-3 vote.
January 27, 2026 - Sign Code Changes for Relocatin...
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