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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 146-2004 Amend Sign Ordinance.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 146-2004 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2001-01 (SIGN REGULATIONS) BY LIMITING TEMPORARY PROMOTIONAL SIGNS FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS TO SUBDIVISIONS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF ANNA AND PROHIBITING OFF -PREMISES OUTDOOR SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTIOIN OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna has determined that the regulation of signs is necessary to the orderly growth, aesthetic appearance, and welfare of the community; and WHEREAS, the proliferation of temporary promotional signs advertising subdivisions and projects outside the city limits of the City of Anna is not considered to be fair and reasonable to developers and/or builders inside the citv limits of Anna: and WHEREAS, the location of off -premises outdoor signs in the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction is an aesthetic nuisance and interferes with the City's ability to properly plan for the development of the community; now therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS: SECTION 1. TEMPORARY PROMOTIONAL SIGNS Section 49 shall be added to read: Temporary promotional signs for residential subdivision developments shall be restricted to subdivisions located inside the corporate limits of the City of Anna. The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to remove signs that are in violation of this provision. SECTION 2. OFF -PREMISES SIGNS PROHIBITED Section 50 shall be added to read: Off -premises outdoor signs are prohibited extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Anna. include signs painted on structures and fences. within the corporate limits and within the The term `off -premises outdoor signs" shall ORD 146-2004 Arndt to Sign Ordinance 04-27-2004 Page 1 of 2 SECTION 3. PENALTY Any person, firm, corporation, or association violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), continues shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 4. SAVING conviction thereof be fined in the sum of not and each day a violation of this ordinance If any section, article, sentence, or part of this ordinance is in conflict with any State law of the State of Texas or is hereafter adjudged invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such conflict or adjudication shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any such section, article, sentence, or part hereof not so adjudged in conflict, invalid, or unconstitutional. SECTION 5. CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS REPEALED All ordinances and/or parts of all ordinances in conflict with the provisions of the sign regulations herein are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and required publication. PASSED on this the 27th day of April, 2004. . - neth Pelham, Mayor ATTEST: _ �� a Hobden, City Secretary ORD 146-2004 Arndt to Sign Ordinance 04-27-2004 Page 2 of 2