HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2017-029 ORDINANCE NO. 2017-029
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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 CITY CODE AMENDING SECTION
60, SIGN STANDARDS; REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO
EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00);
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 60 of Ordinance No. 82-73 the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Grapevine regulates sign standards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine wishes to amend Section 60 of
the Zoning Ordinance; 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 hereinabove are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That Ordinance No. 82-73, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Grapevine, Texas, same also being known as Appendix"D" of the City Code, is
hereby amended by revising Section 60 Subsection (B)(2)(o) to read as follows:
"o. CONVERTED DIGITAL BILLBOARD. An existing off-premise advertising
sign that is converted to a sign, display or device, internally illuminated,
which changes the static message or copy by electronic means.
1. An existing advertising sign may be altered to a Converted Digital
Billboard only if all of the following conditions are met:
the existing advertising sign fronts State Highway 114,
b" a right-of-way acquisition by a governmental agency
necessitates the alteration of the existing off-premise
advertising sign, and
iii. City Council approves the conversion with a conditional use
permit."
[The remainder of this Section shall remain unchanged.]
Section 3. That 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ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect; provided,
however, that the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed and
pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas shall be deemed repealed
only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or ordinances have been
disposed of by a final conviction or a finding of not guilty, nolo contendere, or dismissal.
Section 4. That any person, firm or corporation 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) and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
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Section 5. That 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 remain 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 16th day of May, 2017.
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APPROVED:
Mayo William D. Tate
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John F. Boyle, City Attorney
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