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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER;' /L,�
H.T. HARDY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
SUBJECT: SECTION 60, SIGN REGULATIONS, RELATIVE TO SIGNAGE
IN THE "GU" GOVERNMENTAL USE DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission consider
the attached amendments to Section 60, Sign Regulations, relative to signage in the
"GU", Governmental Use District, and take any action necessary.
BACKGROUND:
Prior to the 1984 citywide rezoning, the sign regulations did not apply to uses located
within the "GU" Governmental Use District. In 1984, the sign ordinance was amended to
require that uses located within this district adhere to the sign regulations for the most
restrictive abutting district, thus making the sign regulations for the "GU", Governmental
Use District the most restrictive of any other district within the city.
This case was tabled from the August 20, 2002 meeting to give staff the opportunity to
amend the proposed revisions to Section 60.1- of the zoning ordinance per Council
direction. The revised amendments provide a mechanism for signs that do not comply
with the sign regulations of the "GU" district to be approved by the City Council with a
conditional use permit.
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September 10, 2002 (10:10AM)
DRAFT 9/5/02
Section 60. Sign Standards
L. GU GOVERNMENTAL USE DISTRICT
Signs in a Governmental District shall meet the sign requirements of the most
restrictive adjacent or contiguous district, except wall, ground, or monument signs
are permitted for public schools adjacent to any district.
The City Council may authorize and approve a sign that does not comply with
the most restrictive adjacent
jacent or contiguous district where it is determined by
the City Council, after receipt of a recommendation from the Planning and
Zoning Commission, that a need exists for such a sign in order to properly
and adequately apprise the public relative to the activities being conducted
on the site by issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
In accordance with Article 10150-1, Texas Revised Civil Statues Annotated, the
provision of this Section 60 are extended to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City
as defined by the Municipal Annexation Act (Art. 970a, Texas Revised Civil Statutes
Annotated.)
011502 Section 60
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 82-73, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, SAME BEING ALSO KNOWN AS
APPENDIX "D" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR
AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO ZONING
REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 60 SIGN
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE
OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY
DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS OR
CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 82-73, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Grapevine, Texas same being also known as Appendix "D" of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas is hereby amended in the following particulars,
and all other sections, subsections, paragraphs, definitions, words and phrases of said
Appendix "D" are not amended but are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed:
A. That Section 60, Sign Regulations, is hereby amended by amending Section 601
to read as follows:
L. GU GOVERNMENTAL USE DISTRICT
Signs in a Governmental District shall meet the sign requirements of the most
restrictive adjacent or contiguous district, except wall, ground, or monument
signs are permitted for public schools adjacent to any district.
The City Council may authorize and approve a sign that does not comply
with the most restrictive adjacent or contiguous district where it is determined
by the City Council, after receipt of a recommendation from the Planning and
Zoning Commission, that a need exists for such a sign in order to properly
and adequately apprise the public relative to the activities being conducted
on the site by issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
Section 2. 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 an sum not
to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues.
Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in
this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances 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 remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. 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 inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety
and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective
from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 17th day of September, 2002.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ORD. NO. 2