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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 9823 ORDINANCE NO. ~~~/~~ - ~~-d~-- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), BY PROVIDING FOR THE USE, LOCATION AND OTHER REGULATION OF TEMPORARY SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IN THE OFFI- CIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 1, "Definitions", of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth) is hereby amended by revising the definition of Temporary Sign to read as follows: "TEMPORARY SIGN. Any sign intended to be displayed for a limited period of time only, including by way of example but not of limitation, any sign, banner, pennant, valance, or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, light fabric, cardboard, wallboard or other light materials, with or without frames or wheels." SECT ION 2 . That Section 17A, "Off-Premise Signs," of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by revising Paragraph J.3. thereof to read as follows: n* "3. Temporary public interest signs, banners, etc., announcing activities or other events of a public, civic, philanthropic or religious organization, subject to the following: a. Maximum size of sikty (60) square feet; b. Only one (1) such sign shall be allowed per platted lot per street frontage; c. No piggy-backing of signs is allowed; d. No temporary sign shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of another temporary sign; e. The temporary sign shall be maintained for no more than three (3) weeks; and f. The temporary sign must meet all requirements of the Sign Code. * * *~~ SECTION 3 . That Section 17B, "On-Premise Signs" of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by revising Paragraph E thereof to read as follows: "E. The following signs are exempted from the requirements of this ordinance except for Paragraph A above: 1. Nameplate and street address signs not exceeding one (1) square foot in area; 2. Signs on vehicles unless used or intended to be ' used as an on-premise sign. It shall be prima facie evidence that a sign is used as an on- premise sign if a vehicle is parked on site for a continuous period exceeding 72 hours; 3. Warning, security and directional signs for parking, etc.; 4. Government signs, flags, insignia, legal notices or informational, directional or traffic signs; 5. One nonilluminated real estate sign, temporary in nature, advertising real estate for sale or lease or announcing contemplated improvements; provided, however, that said sign shall not exceed eight (8) square feet in any one- or two-family dwelling district and shall not exceed sixty (60) square feet in any other dis- trict; provided, further, however, on corner lots and through lots, one such sign shall be allowed for each street on which the lot has frontage; -2- 6. One construction sign, not exceeding 40 square feet in area and not located in any one- and two-family dwelling district, denoting the owner, architect, financial institution, general contractor, subcontractor or any statement per- taining to the project; provided, however, on corner lots and through lots, one such sign shall be allowed for each street on which the lot has frontage; 7. 'No Dumping' and 'No Trespassing' signs; 8. Political signs erected solely for and pertain- ing to a public election may be erected, pro- vided: a) Said signs shall not be erected more than 60 days prior to any primary or general election to which the sign pertains; b) Said signs shall be removed within 30 days after the general or runoff election to which the signs pertain; c) Signs not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area may be erected in any zoning dis- trict; provided, however, that signs not exceeding 32 square feet in area may be erected only in Districts 'E', 'F-R', 'F', 'G', 'I', 'J' and 'K'. 9. Signs in windows; 10. All signs not visible from off property. 11. Temporary Signs: a. Temporary decorative flags and temporary banners not exceeding sixty (60) square feet in size, for not more than three (3) weeks; b. Other temporary signs, subject to the following: i) Maximum size of sixty (60) square feet; ii) Only one (1) such sign shall be allowed per business, not to exceed two (2) signs per platted lot; pro- -3- o J ., ~i vided that on lots with more than 300 feet of street frontage, one (1) sign shall be allowed per business, not to exceed three (3) signs; iii) No piggy-backing of signs is allowed; iv) No temporary sign shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of another temporary sign; v) Temporary signs shall be permitted for a maximum period of sixty (60) days, and no additional temporary sign shall be permitted on the same lot for a period of thirty (30) days after re- moval of the previous sign. vi) Temporary signs must meet all require- ments of .the Sign Code." SECT ION 4. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi- nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECT ION 5 . It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of -4- this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 6 . Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECT ION 7 . All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance or any other ordinances affecting signs which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending liti- gation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECT ION 8 . The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production thereof, as pro- vided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. -5- . ,, ` ~-. . z , SECT ION 9 . The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed .to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and Sections 1 , 2, 3, 6, 10, and 1 1 in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 10. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, and 11 of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Art. 1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. SECTION 11. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~--w ~-- City Attorney Date : .a' .-. ~ ©~ ~ ADOPTED : oL /~ EFFECTIVE 4 -6-