HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 3548-11-2007A Resolution
NO 3548-11 2007
IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED REGULATIONS
ALLOWING ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has established a series of seven strategic goals
by which to guide decisions and actions relative to its continued growth and development
and
WHEREAS, four of the seven strategic goals deal with the safety and cleanliness of
the City - Become the nation s safest mayor city" - Create a cleaner and more attractive
city" - Revitalize central city neighborhoods and commercial districts - `Promote
orderly growth m developing areas and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth has a substantial interest m
enhancing the economic value of the landscape by avoiding visual clutter and protecting
adjacent and nearby property from the impact of lighting size height and location of
signs which can be potentially harmful to property values and business opportunities and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Fort Worth has a substantial interest in promoting
the safety and efficiency of the City s transportation network by reducing the confusion or
distraction to motorists and enhancing the motorists ability to see pedestrians obstacles
other vehicles and traffic signs through the prohibition of the erection or expansion of
billboards within the city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth
and
WHEREAS enactment of state regulations by the Texas Department of
Transportation allowing the incursion of electronic billboards into the City limits and
within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City will violate all of the above stated
strategic goals and interests of the City of Fort Worth and
RESOLUTION NO 3548 11 2007
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Fort Worth is best suited to establish
policy and make the necessary decisions governing the location, erection and maintenance
of billboards electronic or otherwise within the City of Fort Worth or its extraterritorial
jurisdiction and
WHEREAS the enactment of state regulations by the Texas Department of
Transportation allowing the incursion of electronic billboards into the City limits and
within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City will constitute an unnecessary and
unwarranted violation of the rights and powers of the City of Fort Worth by the State of
Texas and the Texas Department of Transportation
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY' OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
That the City of Fort Worth does hereby unequivocally express its opposition to any
and a:ll efforts by the Texas Department of Transportation to enact a set of regulations that
would permit and govern the placement and/or maintenance of electronic billboards within
the a city limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city and
That a copy of this resolution be provided to the Texas Department of
Transportation and to the Texas legislative delegation of the City of Fort Worth
Adopted this 6th day of November, 2007
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