HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 186 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 178 BY ADDING SUBDIVISION 1.300 H, SUBSECTION 5; PROVIDING
FOR THE LOCATION OF OFF-PREMISE SIGNS IN AGRICULTURAL, LIGHT
COMMERCIAL, HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES ONLY; PROVIDING
REGULATIONS FOR OFF-PREMISE SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE
NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 1.300 H of Ordinance No. 178 of the City of The Colony be, and
the same is hereby, amended to add subsection 5 as follows, to-wit:
"5. Off-premise signs ore permitted in Agricultural, Light Commercial, Heavy
Commercial, and Industrial zoned districts of the City, but are prohibited in all
other zoning districts. No off-premise sign in any of said districts shall exceed
one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area. No off-premise sign may be located
nearer than three hundred (300) feet from any other off-premise sign within the
City and permitted under this ordinance. This requirement shall not apply to
signs which ore situated on the same billboard or pole and which are in fact
back-to-bacK signs. No off-premise sign shall exceed twenty (20) feet in height
at its highest point."
SECTION 2.
Any person, firm or corporation violating uny of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court
of the City of The Colony, Texas, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the sum
of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense, and each and every day any such
violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 3.
The provisions of this ordinance are severable, and if any portion of this ordinance
shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not
affect any of the remaining portions of this ordinance not so declared.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASS.by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas on the
/~ day of ~1981.
APPROVED: ~ ~
ATTEST:
t~l'l'Y SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY