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UNIFORM SIGN CODE - 1988
ORDINANCE NO. 88-2758
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, 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 ADOPTION OF THE 1988
EDITION, UNIFORM SIGN CODE, AS COPYRIGHTED IN 1988
BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING
OFFICIALS OF WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, WITH CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS THERETO; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR
THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE DESCRIPTIVE
CAPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE TOGETHER WITH THE PENALTY
PROVISION OF THE 1988 EDITION, UNIFORM SIGN CODE,
AS AMENDED; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview appointed
that the present Sign Code of the City of Plainview has become
obsolete; and
WHEREAS, 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 1988 Uniform Sign Code, with certain amendments
thereto, be adopted as the Sign Code of the City of Plainview; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Uniform Sign Code 1985 Edition (being
Ordinance No. 86-2642 of the City of Plainview) be and the same is
hereby repealed. '
SECTION 2. That the 1988 Edition, Uniform Sign Code, as
copyrighted in 1988 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:
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1) That Section 103(d) of the 1988 Edition, 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 any of the
provision of this Code.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the
provision of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and each such person shall be deemed guilty-of a separate
offense for each and everyday 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 than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
2) That Section 304 of the 1988 Edition Uniform Sign Code
shall hereafter read as follows:
SECTION 304. A sign permit fee shall be paid at the time
application is made for erection of a sign. Such fee shall
be as set out by separate ordinance.
SECTION 3. That Chapter 3 of the 1988 Edition, Uniform Sign
Code, is hereby amended, by the addition thereto of a new paragraph
to be known as SECTION 307 to read as follows:
SECTION 307. Ail signs erected within the City of Plainview
shall conform to all requirements establiShed by the Zoning
Ordinance.
SECTION 4. Ail 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
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 ~f the descriptive caption of this
Ordinance together with the penalty provision of the 1988 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.
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PASSED ON FIRST READING this the 25th day of October, 1988.
PASSED ON SECOND READING this
the 8th day of November, 1988.
E.V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carla Reese, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mike McDonough, Director o3 Municipal Services
David B~a~kburn, City Attorney
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