HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 163 Amending the regulation of Outdoor Signage AdvertisingORDINANCE NO. 163
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION OF OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING BY PERMITTING SIZE EXEMPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION SIGNS
AND TEMPORARY SIGNS; AND BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
FEES FOR SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF
WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
PART I. That the Town hereby amends the Ordinance providing for the
comprehensive regulation of outdoor advertising by amending Sections 7
and 8 and adding Section 24 which shall hereinafter read as follows:
"Section 7. Construction Signs.
Whenever a building permit has been issued for the
construction, alteration or repair of a structure, and work is in
progress on the site pursuant to such permit, contractors or
architects engaged in such work during the time such work is going
on, may display on the site their sign, which may be either made of
materials permitted for permanent or temporary signs as prescribed
in this Ordinance, provided, however, that the following area
requirements are complied with:
1. No such individual sign displayed on the building site
shall be of an area larger than twenty (20) square feet.
2. No individual contractor or architect shall display more
than one sign on any building site at any given time.
3. The total area of construction signs displayed at any one
time on the building site, considered together, shall not
exceed thirty (30) square feet. "
The Board of Aldermen may grant special exemptions to the
above allowable areas where the size of the tract, the size of
the building, and/or the magnitude of the total comprehensive
development warrants special consideration. In no event will
the total allowable area for a sign exceed one hundred (100)
square feet.
Temporary signs are such signs as may be needed from time to
time to indicate that the premises are for sale or for rent. Such signs
shall be limited to one (1) such sign for each property frontage
involved and no single sign shall exceed twenty (20) square feet in
area or contain lettering exceeding twelve (12) inches in height. Such
signs shall contain only the following information:
1. That the property is for sale, lease or exchange by the
owner or his agent.
2. The owner's or agent's name.
3. The owner's or agent's address and telephone number.
4. When appropriate to the occasion, the words "open house"
or "inquire within."
Such signs shall not be located on or over public property and
may only be displayed on the property that is for sale, exchange or
lease. Temporary signs may be made of the same material permitted
for permanent signs, and in addition, may be made of less durable
materials and woods such as pasteboard; but in no event shall be
self -illuminated, luminescent, fluorescent, or have any characteristic
which will make them glow or shine. Such signs shall be removed
upon agreement of sale, exchange or lease. "
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The Board of Aldermen may grant special exemptions to the
above allowable areas where the size of the tract, the size of the
building, and/or the magnitude of the total comprehensive
development warrants special consideration. In no event will the
total allowable area for a sign exceed one hundred (100) square feet.
"Section 24. Fees
The Board of Aldermen will set a fee schedule which may be
amended from time to time by action of the Board for Construction
Signs, Temporary Signs and Permitted Signs. The fees will consist of
a one-time charge unless a sign is to be removed by a certain date. If
such a sign is re -permitted or receives another exemption, an
additional fee may be assessed. Allowable signs within the
residential districts and political signs are exempt from the fee
assessment."
That 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 less than Five Dollars
($5.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each offense.
Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate
offense.
That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the
Town of Westlake affecting signs and shall not repeal any of the
provisions of such ordinances, except in those instances where provisions
of such ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance.
It is hereby
declared to be the
intention of the Town
Board of
Aldermen that the
sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and
phrases of
this Ordinance are severable, and
if any phrase, clause,
sentence,
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paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective
or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconsti-
tutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance, since the same would
have been enacted by the Town Board of Aldermen without the
incorporation hereof of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
PART V.
That this Ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage and publications, as required
by law, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of
1987.
ATTEST:
Gry Whi e, Town Secretary —
Town of Westlake, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Paul C. Isham, Town Attorney
Town of Westlake, Texas
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bale White, Mayor
Town of Westlake, Texas
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