HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 178 Amending Outdoor Signage regulationsORDINANCE NO. 178
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 159, THE COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR SIGN ORDINANCE,
PROVIDING FOR LETTERING AND ILLUMINATION OF SIGNS SET BACK A
MINIMUM OF 100 FEET FROM A STREET, HIGHWAY OR ROAD; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF
WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
PART 1. That the Town hereby amends Ordinance No. 159, the
Comprehensive Outdoor Sign Ordinance, by adding a new
subsection (f) of Section 11 "Signs and Display Cases Within
the Commercial Districts" which shall hereinafter read as
follows:
"(f) Permissible illumination and lettering of signs and
display cases situated at least 100 feet from a street, highway
or road:
1. The maximum aggregate area of any sign shall not
exceed twenty-four (24) square feet.
2. Standard type letters shall not exceed eighteen (18)
inches in height and trade logo letters (for logos
only) shall not exceed thirty-six (36) inches in
height.
3. Signs may be illuminated to a maximum allowable
footlambert level of fifty (50).
The provisions contained in this Subsection shall take
precedence over any conflicting provisions contained in
Subsection (a) for those signs situated 100 feet or more from a
street, highway or road."
PART II.
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.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town
Board of Aldermen that the sections, clauses and phrases of
this Ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be
declared void, ineffective or
judgment or decree of any court
voidness, ineffectiveness or
affect any of the remaining
paragraphs or sections of this
have been enacted by the Town
unconstitutional by the valid
of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not
phrases, clauses, sentences,
Ordinance, since the same would
Board of Aldermen without the
incorporation hereof of any such void, ineffective or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
NVANIMINtA
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 /6 k day of October, 1989.
'Dade White, Mayor
Town of Westlake, Texas
ATTEST:
Gry ite, Town Secretary
T wn o Westlake, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Paul C. Isham, Town Attorney
Town of Westlake, Texas