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Council pauses sign-variance request after debate over advertising vs. delivery signage

Bulverde City Council · January 28, 2026
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Summary

A Bulverde business sought a variance for a vehicle-mounted sign and a fence sign near a park; council raised precedent and park-impact concerns and asked the applicant to return with smaller, delivery-focused wayfinding signs, postponing a decision to the council's second February meeting.

Council held a public hearing on a sign-variance application for a property north of the city park in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Planning staff explained the city can regulate off-premise signs in the ETJ but cannot treat a property as on-premise signage unless it is the business's primary location under Texas law. Staff said the variance request covered a vehicle-mounted sign and a fence-mounted sign and noted the planning and zoning commission had recommended approving…

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