HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1982-056 ORDINANCE NO. g2-56
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
�N ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 8175 PASS�D ON THE 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER,
1981 DEALING WITH PORTABLE SIGNS BY ADDING PROVI,SIONS
F�OR TEMPORARY SIGNS USED BY CANDIDATES FOR POLITICAL
OFFICES AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER ELECTIONS
C;ALLED PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE; PRO-
VIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING A TIME LIMITATION; PRO-
VIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the City Council has concluded that the citizens and voters of
the City in the exercise of their First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech
and in order to further participate in the operation of our governmental and
political system should be given the opportunity to express their views prior to
electior�s with temporary signs, provided said signs do not constitute a traffic
hazard or impair in any manner the health, morals and general welfare of the
citizens; of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY C�F GRAPEVINE:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 8175 is hereby amended by adding a
new Section 8 that shall read as follows:
'''Section 8 - Temporary Political Sign
� ��. Temporary Political Sign is defined as any sign supported by the
ground, either attached to the ground or a portable sign not attached to the
ground, that is in support of a candidate for elected public office or is in support
of or in opposition to any proposition that is on the Election Ballot of an
Eleetio�l duly called pursuant to the Texas Election Code.
]3. Temporary is defined as a period sixty (60) days prior to the
Election through ten (10) days after the Election.
C. Temporary Political signs, irrespective of the provisions of any
other c�rdinance or ordinances of the City, may be placed on private property
provided the Chief Building Official of the City does not conclude that the
placement of same constitutes a traffic hazard or endangers the health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the citizens of the City. The Chief Building
Official is granted the authority to require any such sign to be removed. The
owner may appeal any request by the Chief Building Official to remove to the
City Council by submitting a written appeal to the City Manager within two (2)
days of' receipt of written notice to remove. During pendency of the appeal the
sign m,�y remain. The City Council's decision shall be final.
D. All temporary Political Signs shall be removed within a period not
to exceed ten (10) days after the election for which the sign was placed. Failure
to rerriove said sign within the stated period shall give the Chief Building
Official the authority to remove said sign and to afix a lien against the property
for the reasonable cost of removal. In order to affix a lien against the property
the Chief Building Official shall follow the provisions of Section 12-41 of the
City Code.
E. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not be applicable to signs
constructed in accordance with a permit issued by the Chief Building Official in
accord�ance with other relevant City Ordinances dealing with signs"
SECTION 2. Penalty. Any person violating any of the portions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, and upon conviction
thereolE, shall be fined $1.00 to $200.00, and each day such violation continues
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
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SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, phrase, word,
paragraph, or provision of this ordinance or the appication of that section,
sentence, phrase, word, paragraph, or provision to any person, situation or
circumstances is for any reason adjudged invalid, the adjudication shall not
affect any other section, sentence, phrase, word, paragraph or provision of this
ordinance or the application of any other section, sentence, phrase, word,
paragraph, or provision to any other person, situation, or circumstances, nor shall
such adjudication affect any other section, sentence, phrase, word, paragraph or
provisio�n of the Grapevine City Code. The City Council declares that it would
have adopted the valid portions and applications of this ordinance without the
invalid part, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severabl.e.
SECTION 4. Emergency. The fact that the present ordinances and
regulati�ons of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly
safegua�°d the health, safety, morals, peach and general welfare of the
inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas creates an emergency for the
immedi��te preservation of public business, property, health, safety, and general
welfare of the public which requires that this Ordinance shall become effective
from arid after the date of its passage and it is aecordingly so ordained.
F'ASSED AND APPROVED on the 21 st day of September , 1982.
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Mayor, Cit of Grapevine, Texas
ATTEST:
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City Seeretary
APPROVED:
City At:torney
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