Parking Lot Sign Installation
In East Fort Worth, TX

Parking Lot Sign Installation in East Fort Worth, TX

1-800-STRIPER® of East Fort Worth mounts, replaces and re-posts parking lot signage across Fort Worth, Arlington and the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex: accessible-space signs, fire-lane and tow-away signs, and directional signs.

Two of those are not decoration. Texas specifies the sign at an accessible space; the Fort Worth Fire Code specifies a fire-lane sign to the inch. Get either wrong and the paint on the pavement will not save you. Call (972) 543-1033.

Accessible-space signage — what TAS 502.6 requires

Every accessible space must be identified by a sign, and Section 502.6 of the 2012 Texas Accessibility Standards sets its spec:

Requirement	TAS 502.6
Symbol	International Symbol of Accessibility
Van spaces	Identified “van accessible”
Mounting height	Bottom of sign 60 in minimum above finished floor or ground
Status	Binding on a private commercial lot in Texas

TAS attaches on new construction, alteration and change of occupancy. What an older, untouched lot must be brought up to is a safe-harbor question for a Registered Accessibility Specialist.

The Texas add-on: 16 TAC § 68.104 and the “fine and towing” wording

TAS 502.6 tells you the accessible-space sign must carry the symbol and, on a van space, the van designation. Texas adds one more line to it. Since 1 August 2020, 16 TAC § 68.104 has required that a paved accessible space also carry a sign identifying the consequences of parking there illegally — at minimum the words “Violators Subject to Fine and Towing,” in letters at least one inch tall.

Requirement	16 TAC § 68.104(a)(3)
Wording	At minimum, “Violators Subject to Fine and Towing”
Letter height	Not less than 1 in
Mounting	Pole, post, wall or freestanding board
Position	No more than 8 in below the TAS 502.6 sign
Height	Bottom edge 48–80 in above ground level
Applies to	New construction and alterations beginning on or after 1 Aug 2020

You do not automatically need a second post. Subsection (b) is explicit: an identification sign that already complies with TAS 502.6 and includes that wording satisfies the requirement on its own. Most signs already in the ground in Texas predate the rule and do not carry it, so the usual fix is a replacement face or an add-on plaque below the existing sign — but if your sign already says it, you are done, and we will tell you so.

When it reaches you. § 68.104 is not retroactive. TDLR stated on the record that it lacks “the statutory authority under HB 3163 to make the rules retroactive,” and that “compliance with § 68.104 will be determined at the time of construction.” A lot that is simply sitting there, unaltered since before August 2020, is not out of compliance today. The rule attaches when you build or alter — resurfacing the lot, or a restripe that changes the accessible spaces or access aisles. A like-for-like repaint that reproduces your existing layout is treated as painting, which the standards do not count as an alteration unless it affects usability.

Fire-lane and tow-away signs — the Fort Worth spec, to the inch

Fort Worth writes the fire-lane sign into the code, dimension by dimension. Section 13-2 of the Fort Worth Fire Code, amending the adopted 2021 International Fire Code:

Element	Fort Worth Fire Code § 13-2
Legend	NO PARKING FIRE LANE
Sign size	12 in wide × 18 in high
Companion sign	TOW AWAY ZONE — 12 in wide × 6 in high
Color	White background, letters and borders in red
Lettering	Not less than 2 in
Mounting	Permanently affixed to a stationary post
Height	Bottom of sign 6 ft 6 in above finished grade
Spacing	Not more than 50 ft apart, both sides
Status	Binding

Section 503.3 also puts an ongoing duty on the sign once it is up: signs and striping “shall be maintained in a clean and legible condition at all times and be replaced or repaired when necessary to provide adequate visibility.” A faded or missing fire-lane sign is a compliance failure, not a cosmetic one. Whether a fire lane is required at all is the fire marshal’s determination.

No compliant sign, no citation — the sign is your enforcement

At an accessible space, the sign is what makes enforcement possible. Texas Transportation Code Chapter 681, at § 681.011(f-2), provides that a peace officer “may issue a warning but may not issue a citation” to a person who parks in a space “that does not have a parking space identification sign” meeting the standard.

The sign is not paperwork that follows enforcement — it is what enables it. Without a compliant one, the accessible space you paid to stripe can sit occupied all day, and the officer you called has nothing to write.

Note what the statute turns on: the sign, not the pavement marking. Repainting a faded symbol does not restore an officer’s power to write the ticket. A compliant sign on a post does.

Directional and regulatory signs — the conventions we build to

Everything else — stop, do not enter, one way, reserved, visitor, drive-thru — is a legibility problem. We solve it with the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices R-series regulatory signs.

The federal manual’s applicability section, 23 CFR §655.603(a), excludes parking areas and their driving aisles from what counts as a road open to public travel, so the MUTCD is not federally mandated for the bays and drive aisles of a private lot. We build to MUTCD and Texas MUTCD conventions because that is what your drivers already read — and a city’s site-plan standards may adopt them, so confirm it for your project. Your binding signage requirements at accessible spaces and fire lanes come from the 2012 Texas Accessibility Standards and the Fort Worth Fire Code.

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Signage is quoted with the markings it goes with: the accessible stalls, the fire lane, and the line striping. We will inventory the signs that are faded, bent, mounted short, or missing. 1-800-STRIPER® of East Fort Worth is rated 4.6 stars from 9 Google reviews. Call (972) 543-1033.

Code references verified against the published ordinance and standard on 13 July 2026. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm what applies to your property with the authority having jurisdiction.