1989-151No N --1-6-1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE SIGN
REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF APPENDIX B-ZONING OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDED SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUND
SIGNS, PROVIDING FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THE SIDE AND REAR YARD
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS PLACED ON EXISTING SUPPORTING
STRUCTURES, AMENDING THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SIGNS
IN PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL USES, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000 00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I. That article 17 D 1 (c) of Appendix B-Zoning of
the Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows
(c) Setbacks All ground sign
setback of ten (10) feet fro
or rear yard property line,
may make use of a supporting
that was lawfully erected on
without regard to the sic
specified herein, if the sign
any other provision of this
s shall maintain a minimum
m the curbline and any side
except that any ground sign
structure for a ground sign
or before February 21, 1989,
e or rear yard setbacks
so placed would not violate
article
SECTION II That article 17 D 2 (c) of Appendix B-Zoning of
the Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows
(c) Setbacks. All ground and projecting signs shall
maintain a minimum setback of twenty (20) feet from the
curbline and a minimum setback of ten (10) feet from any
side or rear yard property line, except that any ground
sign may make use of a supporting structure for a ground
sign that was lawfully erected on or before February 21,
1989, without regard to the side and rear yard setbacks
specified herein, if the sign so placed would not violate
any other provision of this article
SECTION III That article 17 D 2 (e) (2) of Appendix B-
Zoning of the Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows
(2) Signs and Residential Structures Signs over 10 feet in
height which are not located on the same premise where
there is a residential structure shall maintain the
following setbacks from the boundary of a residential
zoning district or a premise used for residential
purposes
Non-illuminated 100 feet
Internally Illuminated 200 feet
Externally Illuminated 500 feet
The measurement shall be made in a straight line from the
nearest portion of the supporting structure at ground
level, to the nearest boundary of a residential zoning
district or the property line of an existing residential
structure
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
1989 PASSED AND APPROVED this the y day of
I
RAY ST P ENS, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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