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Brownsville moves to ban billboards, amends Unified Development Code to reinstate sign limits
Summary
On first reading the Brownsville City Commission voted to repeal billboard provisions that had been added under a pilot program and to reinstate prohibitions and illumination limits in UDC §5.3; staff said enforcement equipment is on order and training completed.
Brownsville — The Brownsville City Commission on April 15 voted on first reading to amend the city’s Unified Development Code to prohibit billboards and to re-establish illumination and enforcement parameters for signs across the city.
The ordinance (first reading) would repeal language that created a billboard pilot program, reinstate billboards as a prohibited sign type in UDC §5.3 and add illumination standards and enforcement language. Staff said the pilot program began in August 2023 and the pilot was officially concluded on Dec. 30, 2024.
“This text amendment is to basically reinstate and memorialize regulations against billboards,” a staff member told…
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