1993-030C:\WPDOCS\ORD\SIGNREG.ORD
ORDINANCE NO. 3 `030
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING
REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING
SECTION 35-154.01 RELATING TO DEVIATIONS TO THE GENERAL SIGN REG-
ULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV REGARDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DIS-
TRICTS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM
PENALTY OF $2,000 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City's sign ordinance allows deviation from sign
regulations by utilization of special sign districts; and
WHEREAS, the City's zoning ordinance allows deviation in a
planned development district to sign regulations but fails to set
forth a criteria for evaluating if such district is substantially
in compliance with the City's sign regulations; and
WHEREAS, the criteria used in approving a special sign dis-
trict would be appropriate to use in a planned development district
in determining substantial compliance with the City's sign regula-
tions; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended
that the criteria for approving a special sign district should be
utilized in deviating from sign regulations in planned development
districts; NOW, THEREFORE;
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Division 2 ("Approved Procedures") of Chapter
35 of the Code of Ordinances is amended by adding a new section 35-
154.01 to Article IV entitled "Planned Development Districts" to
read as follows:
Sec. 35-154.01. Deviation from general sign regulations.
(a) Deviations from the general sign standards may be con-
sidered if the continuous street frontage in the planned
development district is less than that required for con-
sideration of a Special Sign District.
(b) Deviations from the ground sign standards may be approved
as long as the deviations equally meet the objectives of
the sign regulations and such deviations are necessitated
by the design of the development within the planned de-
velopment district, and if such deviations are found to
meet the same criteria as that for creation of a Special
Sign District.
(c) Approval of deviations from general sign standards shall
be supported by written findings approved by the City
Council or the Planning and zoning commission.
SECTION II. The provisions of this ordinance are separable,
and the invalidity of any phrase or part of this ordinance shall
not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remainder of the
ordinance.
SECTION III. That any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding
$2,000. Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
SECTION IV. That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen (14) days from the date of its passage, and the City
Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance
to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ day of , 1993.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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