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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
ERICA MAROHNIC, DIRECTOR,PLANNING SERVICES
MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 19, 2023
SUBJECT: CONSIDER AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, NO. 82-73 TO AMEND
SECTION 60, SIGN STANDARDS RELATIVE TO ON-PREMISE
SIGNS AND POLE SIGN CONDITIONAL USES
BACKGROUND:
On July 20, 2021 City Council approved CU21 -12 (Ord. 21-33) and CU21-13 (Ord. 21-34)
to establish a planned commercial center and allow the possession, storage, retail sale, and
on- and off-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and mixed beverages),
outdoor dining, outdoor speakers, and one , 40-foot pole/pylon sign in conjunction with a
restaurant (Rock and Brews) and to allow within a planned commercial center, a restaurant
Velvet Taco) with the possession, storage, retail sale, and on - and off-premise consumption
of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and mixed beverages), drive -through service, outdoor
dining, outdoor speakers, and one, 40-foot pylon sign. The Master Site Plan for the planned
commercial center included three lots, with seven restaurants, and three pole signs. Signs
without elevations were not approved. Further amendments and subdivisions of the property
have resulted in the approval of five separate lots and four pole signs. The developer wishes
to allow for one shared pole sign between Block 1R, Lot 3R2 and Lot 3R1 of the Payton-
Wright Addition.
ISSUES:
Subsections 60.B.1.b, On-Premise Signs, 60.2.d.12, Pole Signs Conditional Uses, currently
prohibits off promise signs except for signs located within developments with frontage on
Grapevine Mills Parkway (F.M. 2499), Grapevine Mills Boulevard North, North State
Highway 121 and Freeport Parkway. If located along the aforementioned frontages, the
signs shall be considered on-premise signs, regardless of the lot on which they are placed,
provided the following conditions are met:
1. A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
2. Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted to the City by the
owner of the property on which the sign is placed.
Tradecor Pebblecreek, LLC is the property owner of Block 1R, Lot 3R2 and Lot 3R1 of
Payton-Wright Addition. The property owner has requested City Council consider
amendments to allow a multi-tenant off-premise sign on Lot 3R2 to be shared with the
adjacent Lot 3R1, within the Payton-Wright Addition.
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Below are proposed draft revisions depicted in a strikethrough/underline format to show
deletions and insertions:
Section 60
Subsection B.1.b, On-Premise Signs
b. On-Premise Signs. A permanent sign, including multi-tenant pole signs, which directs
attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a commodity or service sold,
offered or manufactured, or an entertainment offered, on the premises where the sign
is located or to which it is affixed. Signs within developments with frontage on
Grapevine Mills Parkway (F.M. 2499), Grapevine Mills Boulevard North, North State
Highway 121, and Freeport Parkway, and a segment of West State Highway 114
frontage on the Payton-Wright Addition, Lots 3R1, and 3R2 shall be considered on-
premise signs, regardless of the lot on which they are placed, provided the following
conditions are met:
1) A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
2) Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted to the city by the
owner of the property on which the sign is placed.
Section 60
Subsection B.2.d.12.f, Pole Sign Conditional Uses
Subsection 60.B.2.d.12.f., Pole Sign Conditional Uses
f. Pole signs and multi-tenant pole signs on property zoned Highway Commercial
located along a segment of West State Highway 114 frontage on the Payton -Wright
Addition, Lots 3R1 and 3R2, with a planned commercial center designation, may
include a multi-tenant sign, be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in height up to forty (40)
feet in height. For pole signs and multi-tenant pole signs exceeding twenty (20) feet
in height, the sign cabinet dimensional requirements shall not exceed 24 (twenty-
four) feet in width or height, a maximum of thirty-six (36) inches in depth and a
maximum gross surface area of two hundred eighty-eight (288) square feet, provided
the following conditions are met:
i. A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
ii. Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted to the City by
the owner of the property on which the sign is placed.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2023-097
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, SAME BEING KNOWN AS APPENDIX “D” OF THE
CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 60, SIGN STANDARDS; REGARDING ON-
PREMISE SIGNS AND POLE SIGN CONDITIONAL USES,
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CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A FINE OF UP TO $2,000.00 FOR EACH
OFFENSE IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 60, Sign Standards regulates sign type, location, and size
requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend the Zoning Ordinance relative to
on-premise pole signs and pole sign conditional uses; 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 herein above are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety
Section 2. That Subsection 60(B)(1)(b), On-Premise Signs of Section 60 of the
Zoning Ordinance – “Sign Standards”, is hereby amended as follows:
b. On-Premise Signs. A permanent sign, including multi-tenant pole signs, which
directs attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a commodity or
service sold, offered or manufactured, or an entertainment offered, on the
premises where the sign is located or to which it is affixed. Signs within
developments with frontage on Grapevine Mills Parkway (F.M. 2499), Grapevine
Mills Boulevard North, North State Highway 121, Freeport Parkway, and a
segment of West State Highway 114 frontage on the Payton-Wright Addition, Lots
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3R1, and 3R2 shall be considered on-premise signs, regardless of the lot on
which they are placed, provided the following conditions are met:
1) A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
2) Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted to the city by
the owner of the property on which the sign is placed.
Section 3. That Subsection 60(B)(2)(d)(12)(f), Pole Sign Conditional Uses of
Section 60 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Sign Standards”, is hereby amended as follows:
f. Pole signs and multi-tenant pole signs on property zoned Highway Commercial
located along a segment of West State Highway 114 frontage on the Payton-
Wright Addition, Lots 3R1 and 3R2, with a planned commercial center
designation, may include a multi-tenant sign, be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in
height up to forty (40) feet in height. For pole signs and multi-tenant pole signs
exceeding twenty (20) feet in height, the sign cabinet dimensional requirements
shall not exceed 24 (twenty-four) feet in width or height, a maximum of thirty-six
36) inches in depth and a maximum gross surface area of two hundred eighty-
eight (288) square feet, provided the following conditions are met:
i. A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
ii. Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted to the City
by the owner of the property on which the sign is placed.
Section 4. That the City of Grapevine staff is hereby directed to proceed with
the development and implementation of a notice and enforcement initiative as to short-
term rentals.
Section 5. 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 stay 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.
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Section 7. 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. Each day on which a
reported violation is committed will be deemed a separate offense.
Section 8. 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, on this the 19th day of December, 2023.
APPROVED:
Mayor
William D. Tate
ATTEST
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Matthew C.G. Boyle
City Attorney
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