HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2023-097ORDINANCE NO. 2023-097
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, SAME BEING KNOWN AS APPENDIX "D" OF THE
CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 60, SIGN STANDARDS; REGARDING ON -
PREMISE SIGNS AND POLE SIGN CONDITIONAL USES,
(AM23-06); PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS
CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A FINE OF UP TO $2,000.00 FOR EACH
OFFENSE IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 60, Sign Standards regulates sign type, location, and size
requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend the Zoning Ordinance relative to
on -premise pole signs and pole sign conditional uses; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine deems the passage of this
ordinance as necessary to protect the public, health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized by law to adopt the provisions contained
herein, and has complied with all the prerequisites necessary for the passage of this
Ordinance, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated herein above are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety
Section 2. That Subsection 60(B)(1)(b), On -Premise Signs of Section 60 of the
Zoning Ordinance — "Sign Standards", is hereby amended as follows:
b. On -Premise Signs. A permanent sign, including multi -tenant pole signs, which
directs attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a commodity or
service sold, offered or manufactured, or an entertainment offered, on the
premises where the sign is located or to which it is affixed. Signs within
developments with frontage on Grapevine Mills Parkway (F.M. 2499), Grapevine
Mills Boulevard North, North State Highway 121, Freeport Parkway, and a
segment of West State Highway 114 frontage on the Payton -Wright Addition, Lots
3R1, and 3R2 shall be considered on -premise signs, regardless of the lot on
which they are placed, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
(2) Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted to the city by
the owner of the property on which the sign is placed.
Section 3. That Subsection 60(B)(2)(d)(12)(f), Pole Sign Conditional Uses of
Section 60 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Sign Standards", is hereby amended as follows:
Pole signs and multi -tenant pole signs on property zoned Highway Commercial
located along a segment of West State Highway 114 frontage on the Payton -
Wright Addition, Lots 3R1 and 3R2, with a planned commercial center
designation, may include a multi -tenant sign, be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in
height up to forty (40) feet in height. For pole signs and multi -tenant pole signs
exceeding twenty (20) feet in height, the sign cabinet dimensional requirements
shall not exceed 24 (twenty-four) feet in width or height, a maximum of thirty-six
(36) inches in depth and a maximum gross surface area of two hundred eighty-
eight (288) square feet, provided the following conditions are met:
i. A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
ii. Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted to the City
by the owner of the property on which the sign is placed.
Section 4. That the City of Grapevine staff is hereby directed to proceed with
the development and implementation of a notice and enforcement initiative as to short-
term rentals.
Section 5. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares
it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity,
which remaining portions shall stay in full force and effect.
Section 6. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace,
and general welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that this ordinance
become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
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Section 7. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not
to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each day on which a
reported violation is committed will be deemed a separate offense.
Section 8. All ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms of this
ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, on this the 19th day of December, 2023.
Mayor
William D. Tate
ATTEST
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Tara Brooks
City Secretary
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Matthew C.G. Boyle
City Attorney
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