1988-1282429L
NO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR A
MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN SIGNS BY PROHIBITING THE ERECTION,
CONSTRUCTION, OR PLACEMENT OF, ALL OFF-PREMISE PORTABLE SIGNS,
MORE THAN ONE ON-PREMISE PORTABLE SIGN ON ANY ONE PREMISE, ALL
GROUND SIGNS OVER 150 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE OR OVER 30 FEET IN
HEIGHT, AND ALL GROUND SIGNS WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANOTHER GROUND
SIGN ON THE SAME PREMISE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF $2 FOR HEREOF I THIS
AND INCLUDfNGPROVIDING
DECEMBER 6 ,OR
1988,
ORDINANCE TO ,BE 000IN00EFFECT UNTILVIOLATIONS
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, on January 6, 1987, the City Council appointed a
Blue Ribbon Beautification Task Force for the purpose of
studying, developing, and recommending actions to be taken to
enhance the overall appearance of the City, and
WHEREAS, the Task Force has made certain recommendations
concerning the amendment of the City's sign regulations, among
which are the following
1 That all off-premise portable signs be prohibited
2 That the number of permitted on-premise portable signs be
reduced from three to one
3 That the permitted maximum size of ground signs be reduced
from 400 to 150 square feet
4 That the permitted maximum height of ground signs be
reduced from 40 to 30 feet
5 That
one premise beeincrequired reased from100ito 500 feet, andd signs on any
WHEREAS, the Task Force has recommended that a moratorium be
of the
erecomendationsnuntil the a City Council determines n prohibiting
above whether
the proposed changes should be adopted, and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after considering the Task Force's
recommendations, has determined that it would be in the best
interest of the City to prevent the proliferation of those signs
that would be in violation of the Task Force's recommendations,
pending a reasonable time for the City Council to study, review,
h the Task Force's recommendations should be
and determine whet er
enacted, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
Ordinances, of article permit
SECTION I
x B- That Zoning notwithstanding dCode the
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shall be issued for any ground sign to be located within a non-
residential zoning district, which has an effective area greater
than 150 square feet, a height greater than 30 feet, or which is
to be located within less than 500 feet of another ground sign
on the same premise, except as follows
A The provisions of this section shall not apply to
ground signs located along Interstate Highway 35N,
35W, and 35E, and U S Highways 377 and 380, for
which a permit is required from the Texas Department
of Highways and Public Transportation
for i any section ground prohibiting
B The pprisions
sign over 30 h feet issu-
permit of
ance o in
height shall not apply to any medical emergency
ground sign for which a special exception is allowed
in accordance with section "I Special Exceptions
Allowed" of article 17 of Appendix B-Zoning of the
Code of Ordinances
SECTION II That
B Zoningnotwithstanding ofhOrdinances,7Sit (shall articbe
17 o p en
unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly erect or
place, or allow or cause any other person to intentionally or
knowingly erect or place, any off-premise portable sign on any
premise within the City of Denton
SECTION III That notwithstanding the provisions of article
17 6T T_ peen x 1B-Zoning of the Code of Ordinances, it shall be
unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly erect or
place, or intentionally or knowingly cause any other person to
erect or place, more than one on-premise portable sign anof any
y one
size permitted by article 17 of Appendix
premise within the City of Denton
SECTION IV That it shall be unlawful for any person owning
or contr- ITn any premise within the City of Denton to inten-
tionally or knowingly permit, allow, or cause any other person
to erect, cconstruct, or lace any
in violation owned
that would o be the premises
controlled by that pers any
provision of this ordinance
SECTION V That the words "off premise", "ground sign",
"port- e s gn", "premise", "non-residential zoning district",
and "effective area", or any other word as used in his tordi hem,
nance, shall have the meaning respectively BZoning of the Code of
if any, by article 17 of Appendix
Ordinances
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SECTION VI That except as otherwise specifically provided
for n t s ordinance, any provision of article 17 of Appendix
B-Zoning of the Code of Ordinances relating to the administration
and enforcement of sign regulations, shall apply to the signs
height limited to, tthe
he
reulated measurement by of this ordinance, but
removal of unlawful signs, and the identification and registra-
tion of portable signs
conany viction,1be violatin any rovision of fined a sum not exceeding tTwo
SECTION VII on That
ordinance upon
Thousand Dollars ($2,000) Each day that a provision of this
ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense
SECTION VIII That the provisions of Sections I, V, and VI
of t a or nance shall become effective immediately upon passage
be force
this nincluding thereafter
the e 6th e day continue of December, 1988
and effect until and
SECTION IX That all other Sections of this ordinance shall
become a ect ve fourteen (14) days from the date of passage of
force and
this ordinance tee day continue
December, 1988
effect until and including the 6th.
SECTION X That the City Secretary is hereby directed to
cause t e caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the
City of
Denton Record Chronicle, the official newdateer o its passage
the
Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days o
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ day of aldi-1 1988
RAY ST 'NS, AYOR
ATTEST
J R, CI S C E. Y
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY ~N-
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