Annual Permit No Longer Required for Open House Signs
Annual permit stickers to display open house signs in the public right-of-way are no longer required. If you obtained an open house sign sticker in 2026, you do not need to renew it or obtain a new sticker for 2027.
Although stickers are no longer required to be displayed on signs, all open house signs in the right-of-way must continue to comply with the City’s sign location and display-hour requirements, below.
Rules for Displaying Open House Signs in the Right-of-Way
Refer to Sign Ordinance Section 8-87 (g) for additional information regarding real estate marketing signs.
- Sign must be for an open house, not to simply announce that a property is for sale. Please include the words “Open House.”
- Sign may only be used to direct buyers to a previously occupied home, not to new construction.
- Sign may include only the following information:
- the words “Open House”
- the realtor’s/seller’s name and picture, or “for sale by owner”
- address of the home for sale
- directional arrow
- Sign may only be displayed in certain locations (listed below).
- Only one sign per property for sale is allowed at each location.
- Sign may only be displayed on
- Fridays between 3 and 7 p.m.
- Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Locations Where Open House Signs May Be Posted
- Open house signs may be posted on local or collector streets within a neighborhood.
- Open house signs may be posted where one of the following arterial streets intersects a local or collector street.
- Open house signs may not be posted where the arterial street intersects a highway, interstate, or another listed arterial.
- A.W. Grimes Blvd.
- Bowman Rd.
- CR 112
- Creek Bend Blvd.
- Double Creek Dr.
- Forest Creek Dr. (west side of
Red Bud Lane/CR 122 only) - Gattis School Rd.
- Greenlawn (south of Gattis only)
- Hesters Crossing
- High Country Blvd.
- McNeil Rd.
- Old Settlers Blvd. (east of
Mays St. only) - Red Bud Lane/CR 122
- Sam Bass Rd.
- Sunrise Rd.
- University Blvd.
- Wyoming Springs Dr.
If you have further questions, please contact Planning & Development Services at 512-218-5428.
1 What is a “right-of-way?” For these purposes, the right-of-way is city- or state-owned property for roads and/or utilities. It is almost always wider than the road itself, including sidewalks and utility corridors. In a residential neighborhood the property line between the right of way and the private lot is usually a few feet into the front yard. In some communities the right-of-way is an easement rather than outright ownership.
An approximate location of the property line between the right-of-way and a private lot can be seen on CityView, the city’s online mapping system. This is an approximation; the actual property line can only be determined with a survey.
