HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 83-16 - Amend Zoning Ordinance491
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF GEORGETOWN BY ADDING SECTIONS 14.2031 AND 14.2032;
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON REQUESTS
ICOR SPECIAL PERMITS OR CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS OR
DIS'CRIC'T MAP BY REQUIRING THE PLACING OF SIGNS ON
PROPERTY FOR WHICH SUCH A SPECIAL PERMIT OR CHANGE; IN
,THE REGULATIONS OR DISTRICT MAP IS REQUESTED AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PLACING OF SAID SIGNS ON SAID
PROPERTY NOT LESS 'THAN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH HEARING
AND THE TYPE OF SIGNS AND INFORMATION TO BE PLACED
THEREON, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOA INTERFERENCE WITH
SAID SIGNS AND FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
TEXAS, that the Zoning Ordinance of -the City of Georgetown is
hereby amended by adding Sections 14.2031 and 14.2032 which read
as follows:
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I' 14.2031. In addition to any other notices required, the
(29 applicant for a Special Permit or a change in the Regulations or
a
Q District Map shall place on the property for which such Special
Permit or change is applied a sign or signs as herein required
for the purpose of further advertising the hearing as hereinabove
required. Such signs shall be placed on the property involved
not less than fifteen (15) days before the date set for said
hearing, shall be no smaller than eighteen inches (18") wide by
twenty-eight inches (28") long and shall display the current
classification of the property and the classification 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 from
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 City Council 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 best efforts to maintain posting for a period of
fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the first public hearing.
Applicant shall notify the Director of Planning of destruction
or removal of said signs by vandals or by other causes beyond
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applicant's 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
fifteen (15) 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.
14.2032. 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
invalid 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 12th day of
July , 1983.
READ, PASSED and APPROVED on second and final reading this
25 thday of July , 1983.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
CITY ATTORNEY
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J N C. DOER LER, 1XAYOR