HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1981-075 r �
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
ORDINANCE NO. g1-75
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE
PROHIBITING PORTABLE COMiVIERCIAL BILL-
BOARD SIGNS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVID-
ING FOR A LICENSE FOR PORTABLE BUSINESS
SIGNS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING
TO SAME; PROVIDING FOR EXISTING NON-CON-
FORMING SIGNS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTNE DATE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A PENALTY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the City concluded that the proliferation of Portable
Commercial Billboards in the City has caused numerous problems such as safety
and traffic hazards and that said signs should be prohibited in the City, and
WHEREAS, the City has concluded that on site Portable Business Signs
should be regulated and that the owner of the business has the ability to comply
with the regulations incorporated into the body of this ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE:
Section 1. That the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them by this section:
A. Portable Commercial Billboard. Any sign supported by the
ground but not attached to the ground or other object used
primarily to advertise to the general public for commercial
purposes; is of a temporary nature; is not directly connected to or
in relation to or in close proximity to a business, church,
development or other establishment that is being advertised.
B. Portable On Site Business Sign. Any sign supported by the
ground but not attached to the ground or other object, is of a
temporary nature, and is used for advertising purposes connected
to, adjacent to or in close proximity of the business church,
development or other establishment that is being advertised.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for the Owner of Any Property or any other
person, firm or entity to place, allow to be placed, maintain, or
allow to be maintained any Portable Commercial Billboard in the
City.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any property or any other
person, firm or entity to place, allow to be placed, maintain or
allow to be maintained any Portable On Site Business Sign except
upon the issuance of an annual license by the Building Inspector.
The license shall be for the period of January 1 through December
31.
Section 4. An annual license fee of $10.00 payable on January 1 of each year
shall be paid to the City Secretary for a license to place and
maintain one or more Portable On Site Business Signs. A separate
license shall be obtained for each location that is being advertised.
Separate licenses are not required for multiple signs at the same
- location.
Section 5. All Portable On Site Business Signs shall comply with the following
requirements:
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A. No sign shall be placed within any City right of way or
within ten (10) feet of any property line. All such signs when
located on property situated adjacent to one or more intersecting
streets shall comply with the requirements of this section and be
placed in such a manner that it does not block or obscure the vision
of any passing or stopped traffic. The license issued by the City's
Building Inspector for property at intersections shall reflect the
approved location of the sign or signs.
B. No sign shall exceed four (4') feet in height measured from
the ground to the top of the sign, six (6') feet in length, three (3')
feet in width and said sign shall be constructed of frames or posts
rigidly attached to bases so proportioned that the weight and size
of the base is adequate to resist an assumed wind load of twenty
pounds per square foot.
Section 6. All signs covered by this ordinance in place on the date this
ordinance becomes effective shall be deemed non-conforming and
shall be governed by this section. All non-conforming Portable
Commercial Billboards shall be removed within ninety (90) days of
the effective date of this ordinance. The owners of all non-
conforming Portable On Site Business Signs shall obtain a license
for said sign within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this
ordinance. Failure to remove or obtain a license for all signs
governed by this section within the ninety (90) day period shall
result in the signs being illegal and in violation of this ordinance.
Section 7. This ordinance shall go into effect on the lst day of Jan�y,
1982.
Seetion 8. Severability. If any section, sentence, phrase, word, paragraph, or
provision of this ordinance or the application 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 provision 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 severable.
Section 9. Penalty. Any person violating any of the portions of this ordinance
shall be deemed quilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined $1.00 to $200.00, and each day such
violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Section 10. Emergency. 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 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 on the lst day of December , 1981.
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ATTEST: Mayor, 'ty o Grapevine
City Secr ar ���
City Attorney
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