HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 83-17 - Amend Zoning ORD493
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF GEORGETOWN BY ADDING SECTIONS 5.101 AND 5.102;
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON REQUESTS
FOR VARIANCES TO THE STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THE
GEORGETOWN SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE BY REQUIRING THE
PLACING OF SIGNS ON PROPERTY FOR WHICH SUCH A
VARIANCE IS REQUESTED AND PROVIDING FOR THE PLACING OF
SAID SIGNS ON SAID PROPERTY NOT LESS THAN 5 DAYS PRIOR
TO SUCH HEARING AND THE TYPE OF SIGNS AND INFORMATION
TO BE PLACED THEREON, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
INTERFERENCE WITH SAID SIGNS AND FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE I`.[' ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGE'YOWN,
TEXAS, that the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Georgetown
is hereby amended by adding Sections 5.101 and 5.102 which read
as follows:
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Iq 5.101. in addition to any other notices required, the
0 applicant for a Variance to the strict enforcement of.,�Ae
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Q Georgetown Subdivision Ordinance shall place on the property for
which such variance is applied a sign or signs as herein required
for the purpose of further advertising the hearing on such
variance before the Planning and Zoning Commission. Such signs
shall be placed on the property involved not less than five (5)
days before the date set for said hearing, shall be no smaller
than eighteen inches (18") wide by twenty-eight inches (2811) long
and shall display the nature of the variance sought, and the
date, time and place of the Planning and Zoning Commission
hearing along with such other information as may be determined
necessary by the Director of Planning. All such signs must be
placed within ten feet (101) of each property line paralleling
all established or proposed city streets, must be visible Froin
that street and must be spaced at not more than three hundred
foot ( 300') intervals. All required signs shall remain on the
property until after final action by the final approving body on
the applicant's request but shall be removed by the applicant not
later than five (5) days after such final action. Applicant
shall use bust efforts to maintain posting for a period of
five (5) days prior to the date of the public hearing. Applicant
shall notify the Director of Planning of destruction or removal
of said signs by vandals or by other causes beyond applicant'
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control, upon becoming aware of such damage, destruction or
removal. When it becomes apparent that due public notice has
been given, in whatever legal form, but it also appears that such
signs have not been posted for a continuous period of five (5 )
days prior to the first scheduled public hearing but were first
posted within the time set out herein, the hearing may not be
postponed due to lack of posting.
5.102. Any person who, without authority, intentionally,
knowingly or recklessly removes, damages, destroys, or tampers
with any sign placed on property as required by the above
sections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Should any portion or section of this ordinance be held
.;nvalid such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions or sections and the City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed such remaining portions or
sections despite such invalidity.
READ, PASSED and APPROVED on first reading this VLrjh day of
July , 1983.
READ, PASSED and APPROVED on second and final reading this
25 thday of July , 1983.
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED:
CITY ATTORNEY
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J HN C. DOE FLER, MAYOR