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Argyle staff recommends reconsidering mural rules; council signals interest in separating murals from sign code

2136188 · January 21, 2025
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Summary

Town staff reported that current sign code treats murals as signs and prohibits painted-on wall signs. Councilmembers indicated support for revisiting the ordinance so murals can be allowed under separate rules and recommended staff study model ordinances used by other Texas cities.

Argyle Town Council received a staff report on Jan. 13 reviewing how murals are treated under the town’s sign ordinance and sign variance process. The staff presentation found that “mural” appears in the sign definition but the wall-sign provisions prohibit painted-on wall signs, effectively making murals disallowed unless a property owner pursues a sign-variance process.

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