HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-3258SIGN CODE AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 00-3258
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE PLAINVIEW CODE OF
ORDINANCES SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, CUMULATIVENESS
CLAUSE: CONFLICTS CLAUSE: AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The City of Plainview Planning and Zoning Commission met in
open session and approved the proposed change to the current Sign Code, and
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Plainview is enacting this
Ordinance to establish reasonable regulations for the posting of temporary signs
on public and private property, and
WHEREAS, The City Council finds that temporary signs provide an important
medium through which individuals may convey a variety of noncommercial and
commercial messages. However, left completely unregulated, temporary signs
can become a threat to public safety as a traffic hazard and detriment to property
values and the City's overall public welfare as an aesthetic nuisance, and
WHEREAS, To balance the rights of individuals to convey their messages
through temporary signs and the right of the public to be protected against the
unrestricted proliferation of signs, and
WHEREAS, To further the objectives of the City's comprehensive plan, and
WHEREAS, To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and
WHEREAS, To reduce traffic and pedestrian hazards, and
WHEREAS, To protect property values by minimizing the possible adverse
effects and visual blight caused by temporary signs, and
WHEREAS, To promote economic development, and
WHEREAS, To ensure the fair and consistent enforcement of the temporary sign
regulations specified below,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Plainview, Texas that:
SECTION I:
Article VI of Chapter 19 of the Plainview Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to add
the following:
ARTICLE VL
SIGNS
Section 308. Locations Permitted and Prohibited.
a. ~). Portable _signs that will be in place for seven days or less will not require a
p_e_r, mi_t~_.
h Portable display signs shall meet all the setback requirements as
for other._sjg.n~ sba_Il be_a_ng_hored to the ground, and all electrical connections shall meet
current City of Plainview Electrical Code requirements. Portable signs are considered
temporary signs. Portable sign permits shall be for a maximum period of ninety (90)
days~._No more than one (1) portable sign permit shall be issued within a six (6) month
period for the same lot/tract.
SECTION II:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is, for any
reason, held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions thereof.
SECTION III:
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent, alter, or
diminish the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting, regulating, or
governing the subject matter herein.
SECTION IV:
All ordinances or portion of any ordinance 'of the City of Plainview, Texas, in conflict
herewith, are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof
SECTION V:
This ordinance shall be of full force and effect upon its passage.
PAS SED AND APPROVED THIS
DAY OF 2OOO.
ATTEST:
Karen McBeth, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally Hatch, City Attorney
03/23/00
Lloyd Woods, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
John Castro, Dir. Of Comm. Dev.