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Special Provision Sign Districts (SPSD)

The purpose of the Special Provision Sign District (SPSD) is to establish a geographic area where standard sign regulations are modified to be more restrictive, or in some cases more lenient, than what the normal provisions for signs in the Dallas Development Code allow. The established geographic areas need to have a unique character and special development potential. Special regulations are then required to enhance, preserve, and develop the character, quality, and property values of the designated areas.

All signs located within an SPSD must obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness (CA) prior to the issuance of a sign permit.  The Certificate of Appropriateness process is not a variance process, all signs are still required to meet every aspect of the code.   In general, this is an additional 2 to 3 month review process evaluating the aesthetics of the sign and strictly its “appropriateness to” and “impact on” the special provision sign district.  Except for signs in the Arts Sign District, the review requires at least two public meetings/hearings.  The first is the Special Sign District Advisory Committee (SSDAC), who will provide a recommendation to the City Plan Commission (CPC).  The CPC hearing will generally take place the following month.  The CPC will ultimately approve or deny the CA application.  If it is approved, the permit can be approved, if denied the permit is denied.  All required documents must be uploaded to the submittal site and a $345 sign review fee must be paid prior to the deadline for an item to be placed on an agenda.  Incomplete applications will not be accepted and will delay the process.

Depending on the location and type of sign, an application may be eligible for expedited review.  These applications are approved or denied by the Director (e.g. if sign area is 50 sq. ft. or less - see page three of the submission checklist below for the full list of expedited review criteria).  Some SPSDs provide for expedited, Director, approval on all signs and some SPSDs, such as the West End or Southside Entertainment Sign Districts, require Committee review on all signs.

All signs located in the Arts District must be reviewed by the Arts District Advisory Committee, who provides a recommendation to the Director, before the application is approved or denied. 

For information concerning the SPSD process or applying for a Certificate of Appropriateness contact Jason Pool at (214) 670-4195 or by  email at jason.pool@dallas.gov.

SPSD CA Submission Checklist

2023 SSDAC/ADSAC Calendar (draft)

2022 SSDAC/ADSAC Calendar

2021 SSDAC/ADSAC Calendar

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Please Note: all files are Adobe .pdf format unless noted otherwise.  Case files are linked from the agenda .pdf file.

Special Sign District Advisory Committee​​				​	​Arts District Sign Advisory Committee​​
Meeting	Agenda	Minutes​	Video​	​|	Meeting​	Agenda​	Minutes	Video
Dec 13, 2022	SSDAC Agenda​	SSDAC Minutes​	SSDAC Video​	​|	​Dec 13, 2022	No ADSAC​	No ADSAC​	No ADSAC​
​Nov 8, 2022	SSDAC Agenda​	SSDAC Minutes	SSDAC Video	​|​	Nov 8, 2022​	No ADSAC	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC
​Oct 11, 2022	No SSDAC	No SSDAC	No SSDAC​	​|	Oct 11, 2022​	No ADSAC	No ADSAC​	No ADSAC
Sept 13, 2022​	SSDAC Agenda	SSDAC Minutes​	​SSDAC Video	​|	Sept 13, 2022	No ADSAC​	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
​Aug 9, 2022	SSDAC Agenda	SSDAC Minutes	​SSDAC Video​	​|	​​Aug 9, 2022	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
July 12, 2022​	SSDAC Agenda​	​SSDAC Minutes	​SSDAC Video	​​|	​July 12, 2022​	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC​	No ADSAC
June 14, 2022​	SSDAC Agenda	SSDAC Minutes​	SSDAC Video​	​|​	June 14, 2022​	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
​May 10, 2022	​SSDAC Agenda	​SSDAC Minutes	​​SSDAC Video	​​|	​​May 10, 2022	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
​Apr 12, 2022	​SSDAC Agenda	​SSDAC Minutes	​​​SSDAC Video	​|	​Apr 12, 2022​	​ADSAC Agenda	ADSAC Minutes	ADSAC Video
​Mar 8, 2022	​​SSDAC Agenda	​SSDAC Minutes	​SSDAC Video​	​|​	​Mar 8, 2022​	No ADSAC​	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
​Feb 8, 2022	​​SSDAC Agenda	​SSDAC Minutes	SSDAC Video​	​|	​Feb 8, 2022​	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
​Jan 11, 2022	​​SSDAC Agenda	​SSDAC Minutes	​SSDAC Video	​|​	​Jan 11, 2022	No ADSAC	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
​Dec 7, 2021	SSDAC Agenda	​SSDAC Minutes​	​​SSDAC Video	​|​	​Dec 7, 2021​	ADSAC Agenda​	ADSAC Minutes	ADSAC Video
Nov 11, 2021​	SSDAC Agenda	SSDAC Minutes​	SSDAC Video​	​|​	Nov 11, 2021​	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC​​​	No ADSAC
Oct 12, 2021​	SSDAC Agenda	SSDAC Minutes	​SSDAC Video	​|​	​Oct 12, 2021​	​No ADSAC	No ADSAC	No ADSAC
If you have any questions, please feel free to call (214) 670-4209.​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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