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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, "SIGNS", BY AMENDING SEC 29-31 TO EXTEND
THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION OF OFF-PREMISE SIGNS FROM
OCTOBER 1, 1997, TO OCTOBER 31, 1997, AMENDING SEC. 29-31 TO
MAKE CLERICAL CHANGES TO REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 17A OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE CONCERNING
REGULATION OF SIGNS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BE CUMULATIVE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on April 15, 1997, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth adopted
Ordinance No 12971, which enacted Sec. 29-31 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth
requiring registration of off-premise signs on or before October 1, 1997,
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to extend the registration deadline from
October 1, 1997, to October 31, 1997, in order to consider objections to the registration
process raised by representatives of the outdoor advertising industry;
WHEREAS, on July 1.5, 1997, the City Council adopted Ordinance No 13092,
which repealed Sections 17A and 17B of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance regulating
off-premise signs and on-premise signs, respectively, and enacted a new Section 17A
regulating all signs,
WHEREAS, as a result of the adoption of Ordinance No 13092, certain references
to Section 17A in Sec 29-31 are no longer accurate and should be corrected,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Sec. 29-31(a) of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, "Registration of Off-Premise
Signs", is hereby amended to extend the deadline for registration from October 1, 1997, to
October 31, 1997
SECTION 2.
Sec 29-31(a) and Sec. 29-31(b) of the Code of the City of Fort Worth are hereby
amended to replace references to "Subsection J" of Section 1.7A with references to
"Subsection C" of Section 17A. Such amendments are not substantive and are
necessary because the provisions of Section 17A of the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance were amended and recodified by Ordinance No 13092 The exceptions under
Sec. 29-31(a) and Sec. 29-31(b) shall be amended to read as follows
Exceptions Signs listed in Subsection C of Section 17A of the Comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance and signs subject to a Unified Sign Agreement shall be exempt from the
registration requirements.
SECTION 3.
Except as expressly amended herein, Sec. 29-31 shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), 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
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SECTION 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
unconstitutional 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 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500 00) for each offense Each day
that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense
SECTION 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 Code of the City of Fort Worth which have
accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance, and, as to such accrued
violations and all. pending litigation, 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
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SECTION 8.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish
the caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the
official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52 013,
Texas Local Government Code
SECTION 9.
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
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE REFERENCE NUfdBER LOG NAME PAGE
10/02/97 **G-12015 12SIGN 1 of 1
SUBJECT AMENDMENT OF SECTION 29-31(A), FORT WORTH CITY CODE, TO EXTEND
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION OF OFF-PREMISE SIGNS TO OCTOBER 31, 1997
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance which would extend the
deadline for registration of off-premise signs from October 1, 1997, to October 31, 1997
DISCUSSION
On April 15, 1997, the City Council enacted Ordinance No 12971, which requires registration
of off-premise signs The deadline for registration is October 1, 1997 A representative of
several outdoor advertising companies has raised objections to the registration process and has
requested that the City extend the registration deadline, in order to provide for discussion
between outdoor advertising representatives and City staff concerning the registration process
The attached Ordinance would extend the registration deadline by 30 days
The Ordinance also makes clerical corrections to Section 29-31 which are necessary because of
the recodification of Section 17A of the comprehensive zoning ordinance concerning signs,
adopted by the City Council on July 15, 1997 The July 15, 1997 Ordinance renumbered
portions of Section 17A, which are referred to in Section 29-31 Section 2 of the Ordinance
makes these references consistent with the July 15, 1997 Ordinance This amendment does not
make any substantive changes to Section 29-31
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that adoption of this ordinance would have no significant
impact on City funds
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
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Wade Adkins 7623 (from)
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City of Fort Worth,?e~tS
Contact:
Wade Adkins 7623
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