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The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the above date
with Mayor Pro -Tem Ferd Tonn presiding.
Council Present:
George Arroyos
Susan Hoyt
Lee Bain
Dick Vincent
Charles "Hoss" Burson
Ferd Tonn
Shelley Davis
Staff Present:
Hartley Sappington, Acting City Manager
Marianne Banks, City Attorney
Sandra Lee, City Secretary
Murray Blackman, Asst. to City Manager
Ed Barry, Dir. of Development Services
Council Absent:
Mayor Leo Wood
Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner
Regular Session - called to order at 12:02 p.m.
A Second Reading of an ordinance to extend the effective date of the Georgetown Sign
Ordinance, also known as Chapter 12.10 of the Georgetown Municipal Code, from the
current expiration date of August 24, 1996, to a revised expiration date of December 31,
1999 -- Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma
Kingma read the caption and noted a change that was made to the wording of Section 5
of the Ordinance.
Burson said that he is not comfortable with the "grandfathering" of streamers and
pennants. He said he feels the City is interfering with the way merchants conduct their
business.
Tonn asked Kingma for the background regarding pennants. Kingma stated that
originally the advisory committee appointed to develop the sign ordinance had decided
there could be no banners or pennants allowed, but an exception was made for car
dealerships. Barry confirmed Kingma's statement, gave a chronological background for
the adoption of the ordinance in 1993, and added that the "grandfathering" was allowed
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for all businesses that had the pennants and/or banners in place at the time that the
ordinance was adopted as well as being allowed for car dealerships.
Burson suggested making revisions to the ordinance. Torn explained that the action
posted for this meeting was to extend the effect of the current ordinance, saying that
revisions could be made in the future.
Hoyt stated that she would like to see all banners and pennants removed.
Bain asked why the extension was being requested for three years. Tonn explained that
the timeframe was such so that the Historic Preservation and Urban Plans could be
adopted first. Kingma agreed and added that it wouldn't necessarily mean that it would
take the full three years before the revision would be complete.
Tonn called on Marvin Waley in the audience. Waley told Council that he had served on
the original committee that had been appointed to develop the sign ordinance. He said he
agrees with the ordinance, but would request that the extension be granted for only
twelve months rather than three years.
Tonn called on Mischelle Diaz in the audience. Diaz said she spoke on behalf of Sun
City Georgetown and requested time to look at the ordinance, but thought that could be
accomplished in twelve months.
Arroyos said he is in favor of a twelve-month extension in order to increase the priority
of dealing with the issue, but if the revision was not complete in twelve months, it could
be extended again.
Bain stated that he is not sure changing the timeframe is necessary. Tonn said he felt the
seated Council would expect action as soon as time permitted. Vincent said he felt the
Historic Preservation Plan and Urban Design Plan are far more important to be adopted,
and he felt it would be better for the staff to spend their time on those before worrying
about revising the sign ordinance. Hoyt agreed with Vincent.
Davis said he doesn't care for banners and pennants either, but agreed with Arroyos that
the timeframe should be shortened to twelve months.
Tonn stated that he didn't think time would permit the staff to deal with the sign
ordinance within twelve months.
Barry recalled the "challenging" process that was handled by the committee, and
reminded Council that the staff had to have the Council direct the Planning and Zoning
Commission in order to finalize the process. Barry said that it was important to have the
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Urban Design Plan in place prior to revising the sign ordinance.
Motion by Hoyt, second by Vincent to approve Ordinance 96-33 on second reading.
Approved 6-l. (Burson opposed)
The meeting was adjourned at 12:29 p.m.
Approved:
Leo Wood, Mayor
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Attest:
Sandra D. Lee, City Secretary