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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinances (O-82-438)-03/16/1982 VOL PAGE ~~. :J. ~Il~t.. ~ 1 DISAPPROVED 'I/) )~ . !/r .} ,1 - /~:1 2 3 ORDINANCE NO. 0-82- 438 4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION D OF SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 3 OF THE COLLEYVILLE CODE BY ADDING THERETO AN ADDITIONAL SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF PORTABLE SIGNS, DEFINING PORTABLE SIGNS, SPECIFYING THE LOCATION AND SIZE OF PORTABLE SIGNS, RE- QUIRING A PERMIT FOR PORTABLE SIGNS, DESIGNATING A TIME PERIOD FOR UTILIZATION OF PORTABLE SIGNS, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE PORTABLE SIGN PROVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING A PENALTY AND AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION. 5 6 7 8 WHEREAS, the number of portable signs utilized within the city is increasing; and, 9 WHEREAS, the city council is of the opinion that it is in the best interest of the citizens that the following regu- latory procedures be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE, 10 11 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS: 12 Sec. 1. THAT Section D of Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the Colley- ville Code be amended by adding thereto an additional 13 Section 3 providing as follows: 14 "Sec. 3. Portable Signs. A. Definition. 15 "Portable signs" shall mean signs or poster boards of any material which are capable of being moved without machinery from one location to another, for the purpose of advertisement or announcement for business or other purpose. The term portable sign includes, but is not limited to, signs mounted on trailers and signs mounted on frames placed on the surface of any lot. 16 17 18 19 B. Location and size of portable signs. 20 (1) 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 sign used primarily to advertise to the general public a business or other commercial establishment that is not located upon the same platted lot or tract of land on which the business or other commercial establishment that is being advertised is situated. 21 22 23 24 25 (2) On site portable signs may be located within CPO, CN, CC, or ML zoning districts. The 26 Ordinance No. 0-82-438 Page 2 VOL PAGE DtSllPP~aVED 1 2 term "locate" shall mean the placing of a sign on a lot or tract of land. No portable sign shall be placed in any other zoning districts or on any public property. No more than one portable sign shall be allowed on any platted lot or tract of land; provided, however, if a lot has more than one hundred yards of street frontage, an additional sign may be located on such property for each additional one hundred y~r9s of frontage. No sign shall be placed within any city right-of- way or within ten feet of any property line. All such signs shall be placed in a manner that they do not block or obscure the vision of any passing or stopping traffic. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (3) No sign shall exceed four feet in height, measured from the ground to the top of the sign, six feet in length, three feet in width and said sign shall be constructed on frames or posts ridgedly attached to the base, so portioned that the weight and size of the base is adequate to resist an assumed wind load of twenty pounds per square foot. 10 11 12 c. Permit required. 13 A permit must be secured from the building inspector for portable signs to be used on any premises. Per- mits shall be designated for one location and one time. The permit fee for one time at one location shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). No more than four permits per calendar year shall be granted for loca- tion of each portable sign allowed on any platted lot or tract of land; provided, however, on multiple- use property, such as shopping centers, four permits per year for location of a portable sign on the multiple-use property may be granted to any business located on such property. The permit issued by the building inspector shall reflect the approved loca- tion of the signs or sign and it shall be unlawful to place the sign other than in accordance with the permit. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 D. Time period authorized. 21 Each permit shall authorize a portable sign at a particular location for fifteen (15) days. No new permits shall be granted for a location within one hundred fifty feet of any location where a portable sign was located within the previous seven (7) days. 22 23 E. Enforcement; Severability 24 25 (1) Failure to move a portable sign upon expira- tion of the authorized period shall constitute a 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ordinance No. 0-82-438 Page 3 VOL n ~~~ \'\ ftf\'!"'lt"'1ll ~r1i" ... "'. ., f..;l ~'" r~ ~. ~ "~'" i'j ." ":' & ~~" .'.. .,.1 .L. ~ ~'L.~)j 1!-'! or ...V PAGE violation. Placement of a sign without a permit or not in accordance with a permit shall consti- tute a violation. The owner or person in control of the premises where a portable sign is located or placed shall be chargeable with any violation defined in this chapter. If any portion of the portable sign is found on public property or private property without permission of the owner thereof, it shall be impounded by the city and will be released to the owner thereof only after a payment of Five Dollars ($5.00), plus Two Dollars ($2.00) for every day of storage. If any portable sign, for which there is no valid, current permit, is found within the city displaying a message readable from any public street, such sign shall be impounded by the city and will be released to the owner thereof only after the payment of Five Dollars ($5.00), plus Two Dollars ($2.00) for every day of storage. Enforce- ment of the provisions of this chapter shall be the responsibility of the city manager or his designee. The remedies available in this section are additional to any other penalties available. (2) If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions hereof, it being specially intended that all portions hereof should be severable and individually valid. F. Violation of section. Violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor that any person, firm or corporation convicted of such shall be fined in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); each day during which such violation shall continue to exist shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and is punishable as such." Sec. 2. THAT the city secretary is authorized and directed to cause publication of the descriptive caption and penalty clauses hereof as an alternative method of publication as provided by law. 22 The day The day The day 19 20 21 AND IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 24 25 26 I 'I lie" /' I ' /1 ;IId( ;,j - ;/ it: / l;/ public hearing being conducted on the , 1982. public hearing being conducted on the , 1982. public hearing being conducted on the , 1982. Ordinance No. 0-82-438 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 ATTEST: 6 7 LaVada Johnson City Secretary 8 A.p...p.r.o.ved as to ~..~.r and.. ""7 - / :) ,t:m~'- - ... Ross T. Lst City Attorney 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 VOL PAGE 1';1. <;1,1 ~Jn.~~. .. f1~D"'. UhJn, rHuvt4r CITY OF COLLEYVILLE BY: Buck Hubbard, Mayor legality: