HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2001-091 ORDINANCE NO. 2001-91
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 20, SECTION 20-13.1
SIGNS ON RIGHTS-OF-WAY RELATIVE TO POLITICAL
SIGNS OF A TEMPORARY NATURE, DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT
ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 20 Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Ways,
Section 20-13.1 (c) (1) of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Temporary signs may be placed in the public right-of-way if they fall
within the following categories and comply with the stated
requirements:
�.,b, (1) Political signs of a temporary nature of not more than
four square feet in an area may be placed in public
rights-of-way in that portion of the City of Grapevine
represented by a candidate for which a resident of
Grapevine may vote. Said signs may be placed in
said rights-of-way only during the 17 day period
immediately preceding the election, or to coincide
with the early voting period, for which they are posted
and shall be removed within three (3) days after the
election."
Section 2. That the public importance of this measure creates an emergency
and an imperative public necessity, and this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force and effect immediately upon its passage; all ordinance and/or Charter rules
requiring ordinances to be considered and passed at more than one meeting or session
are hereby dispensed with for the purpose of adopting this Ordinance as an emergency
ordinance, and this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force and effect from and after
its final passage, as provided by the Charter of the City.
- � Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, that sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this
�;� Ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance since
the same would have been enacted by the City Council of the City of Grapevine without
the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section.
Section 4. That this Ordinance shall be effective from and after the date of its
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passing.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, Texas, on this the 4th day of December, 2001.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lin 'a Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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