HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2002-075 ORDINANCE NO. 2002-75
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
REGULATIONS; 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:
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, Sign Regulations, is hereby amended by amending Section 60.L
to read as follows:
"L. GU GOVERNMENTAL USE DISTRICT
Signs in a Governmental District shall meet the sign requirements of the most
restrictive adjacent or contiguous district, except wall, ground, or monument
signs are permitted for public schools adjacent to any district.
The City Council may authorize and approve a sign that does not comply
with the most restrictive adjacent or contiguous district where it is determined
by the City Council, after receipt of a recommendation from the Planning and
. Zoning Commission, that a need exists for such a sign in order to properly
and adequately apprise the public relative to the activities being conducted
� � on the site by issuance of a Conditional Use Permit."
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 an 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.
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 inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate preservation of the 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 BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 17th day of September, 2002.
APPROVED:
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William D. Tate �
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lin a uff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.�
City Attorney
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