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ORDINANCE NUMBER 1496
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SIGNS; PRESCRIBING TEMPORARY
REGULATIONS FOR SIGNS IN THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE,
TEXAS; PRESCRIBING A PENAL TY; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West University Place, Texas
has recently adopted a reformatted zoning ordinance that does not include sign
regulations, it being the intent that all of the Citis sign regulations should be
combined and concentrated into a new, comprehensive sign ordinance in Chapter
3 of the Code of Ordinances (or other appropriate section of the Code of
Ordinances); and
WHEREAS, the work necessary to combine and concentrate the various
sign ordinances will take longer than originally anticipated; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to impose temporary sign regulations
pending the adoption of a comprehensive sign ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1. No permit shall be issued for the construction or structural
alteration of any sign, unless the sign complies with: (1) the zoning ordinance as
it existed prior to the adoption of the reformatted zoning ordinance on December
19, 1994, and (2) Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances eCode") and all other
applicable ordinances. As used in this ordinance, "sign" shall have the same
meaning as in Chapter 3 of the Code.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or
structurally alter any sign unless authorized to do so by a valid permit issued by
the building official. Violations of this section are subject to the same penalties
and enforcement provisions as are violations of the Code. Such permits are
subject to all of the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Code, including the supervisory
powers of the Building and Standards Commission. For this purpose, the
Commission has its regular powers and the power to interpret, vary and enforce
Section 1 of this ordinance (including the ordinances there mentioned).
Section 3. This ordinance shall remain in effect until superseded by a
comprehensive ordinance regulating signs, or until June 30, 1995, whichever is
sooner.
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Section 4, All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 5, If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, sectIOn or
other part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance, shall ever be held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this ordinance and the application of such
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Section 6. The City Council officially fInds, determines and declares
that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place, and subject of each meeting
at which this ordinance was discussed, considered or acted upon was given in the
manner required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, as amended, and that each such
meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during such
discussion, consideration and action. The City Council ratifies, approves, and
confirms such notices and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 7. The public importance of this measure and the requirements
of the law create and emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that this
Ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and a state of
emergency is hereby declared, and this ordinance is accordingly passed as an
emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force on the tenth day
following its publication, as required by Section 2 12 of City Charter.
d PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING, this
f9 dayof A,Ar~___' 1995.
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Voting Aye: -I-
Votin Na ~Q4.A-!)pG
Absent:
ATTEST:
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Ja s . Dougherty, Jr.
City Attorney
Ka ynn Holloway
City Secretary
(SEAL)