HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1991-013 '� �' ORDINANCE NO. 91-13
�� 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
STANDARDS; 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:
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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 relative to Sign Standards is hereby amended
by adding Section B. 2 . (b) (4) to read as follows:
" (4) Ground sign conditional uses:
The following conditional uses may be permitted
provided they meet the provisions of Section 48
and a Conditional Use permit is issued:
Sign face with changeable copy. "
B. That Section 60 relative to Sign Standards is hereby amended
by amending Section B.2 . (c) (6) to read as follows:
" (6) Changeable copy:
Thirty (30) percent of the gross surface area of
� ., the sign face may have changeable copy. All
explanatory text related to the changeable copy
shall be calculated as a part of the thirty (30)
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percent gross surface area. "
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C. That Section 60 relative to Sign Standards is hereby amended
by amending Section E. 1. (d) to read as follows:
" (d) Small signs displayed on private property for the
'�` convenience of the public, including signs to
identify entrance and exit drives, parking areas,
one-way drives, rest rooms, freight entrances, and
the like, conforms to the following regulations:
(1) The maximum height of the sign shall be
forty-two (42) inches.
(2) A company logo or name shall not exceed 10�
of the sign.
(3) Directional signs, i.e. enter, exit, drive
through, shall have an arrow indicating the
direction of travel.
(4) The maximum gross surface of the sign cabinet
shall be five (5) square feet. "
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 a 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.
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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 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 19th day of February , 1991.
APPROVED:
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i� William D. Tate
Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Linda Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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