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HomeMy WebLinkAbout86-2643~- ORDINANCE NO. 86-2643 a~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE DESIGN, QUALITY OF MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, LOCATION, ELECTRIFICATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL'SIGNS AND SIGN STRUCTURES NOT LOCATED WITHIN A BUILDING: PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTLON OF THE 1985 EDITION, UNIFORM SIGN CODE, AS COPYRIGHTED IN 1985 BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFI'.CIALS OF WHITTIER, _CALIFORNIA, WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO; PROVIDING FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE DESCRIFTI,VE CAPTION OF THLS ORDINANCE TOGETHER WITH THE-PENALTY PROVISION OF THE 19.85 EDITION, UNIFORM SIGN CODE, AS AMENDED, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of ..Plainview has found that the present Sign Code of the City of Plainview has become obsolete; and w~n?RFAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview appointed the Fire Code/Building Code Board of Appeals to prepare recommendations for the City Council in regard to a new sign Code; and.. WHEREAS, the Fire Code/Building Code Board of Appeals recommends the 1985 Uniform Sign Code,- with certain.. amendments thereto; be adopted as the Sign Code of the City of Plainview, NOW THEREFORE: -~ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW. SECTION 1. That the Uniform Building Code 1982 Edition Volume V, :Signs,. (being Ordinance No. 82-2449 of the City of Plainview) be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. .That the 1985 Edition, Uniform Sign Code, as copyrigh ed in 1985 by the .International Conference of Building Officials, Whittier, California,• as` hereinafter amended, is specifically adopted as the Sign Code. of the City- of Plainview, Texas, and a copy is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as though set out .completely. in detail. A copy of said Uniform Sign Code shall. be filed with the City Secretary and a copy maintained in the office,of the Building Official of the City of Plainview, .Texas.. All such copies to be .open to public. inspection during business hours of the offices where they, are maintained with the following amendments thereto: 1) That Section 103 (d) of the 1985 Edi ion, Uniform Sign Code shall hereafter read as follows: (d) Violation and Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move., improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use or maintain any sign or structure in the city, or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of ariy of the provisions of this Code. ~~ a Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and-every day or portion. thereof during which any violation of any of''the provisions of this Code is committed, continued,,or permitted; and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine: of not more that one Thousand Dollars ($1`,OOQ.00}: 2) That Section 304 of the 1985 Edition Uniform. Sign Code shall hereafter. read as follows:~ SECTION 304'. A sign permit fee sha11'` be- paid at the time application's made: for erection of a sign. Such fee shall be as seta out by separate ordinance. SEGTION ,3 That Chapter 3 of the 1982 Edition, Uniform Sign Code, is hereby amended be ;the addition thereto of a new paragraph: to be known as SECTION 307 to read as follows: SECTION 307'. All signs-erected within the City of Plainview shall conform to all requirements established by the Zoning. Ordinances:. SEGTION 4. A11 former Ordinances or parts thereof, conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance or of the'Code hereby adopted are hereby repealed. ---~, SECTION 5. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, -clause, or ''14~ word of this Ordinance or of the ,Code adopted hereby, be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the .remainder of this Ordinance, and of the Code adopted: hereby `shall not be affected thereby.. SECTION 6. The City Secretary'is hereby authorized.. and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with the. penalty provision of the-1985 Uniform Sign Code,.-as amended. This Code. shall become. effective and be -in full form and effect from and after .its. passage and publication as required by law. PASSED on First Reading this .the day of , A. D. PASSED; on Second Reading and: ADOPTED THIS the day of A.D. E.V. RIDLEHUBER, Mayor ATTEST: SHERYL OWEN, Interim City Clerk -2-