1989-021NO 2222--o-a/
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 21-9
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE PLACEMENT OR PAINTING OF
SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF $500 00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I. That section 21-9 of the Code of Ordinances is
amended to read as follows
Sec 21-9 Painting or Marking on Public Property,
Permit for Address Numbers
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to draw,
mark, or paint any sign, picture, or character upon any
sidewalk, pavement, curbstone, utility pole, public
bridge, public building, public right-of-way, or other
public property, except as otherwise provided in this
section
(b) The prohibition of paragraph (a) of this
section shall not apply to City employees, surveyors, or
public utility employees or their authorized agents
marking public property in performance of their duties
or permitted construction work or to persons marking or
painting upon a public sidewalk by making use of chalk
or other similar water-soluble materials
(c) The prohibition of paragraph (a) of this
section shall not apply to persons desiring to paint
house numbers upon curbs in consideration of payment by
the owner at that address, in accordance with a permit
issued by the City Secretary The application form for
the permit shall contain the name and address of the
person making application, minimum standards for the
application of the numbering, and other information as
may be deemed necessary House numbers shall be placed
only on the curb in front of the dwelling on the driveway
return portion of the curb In no event shall numbering
be placed upon a curb without first obtaining payment or
approval of payment from the owner of the property All
persons soliciting owners of property to provide house
numbering services shall include the name, address and
permit number for the person soliciting on any written
solicitation materials delivered to the property owner
SECTION II That any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding
$500 00 Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense
SECTION III, 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 , 1989
RAY S HENS, MAYOR
ATTEST
J NI M ALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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