HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 633 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ ~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE II RELATING TO
SIGNS; AMENDING SECTION 6-7.6 RELATING TO
NONCONFORMANCE; EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAT3SE; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE C~3MULATIVE OF ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY RELATING TO SIGNS
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE S~3M OF
TWO THOr}SAND DOLLARS ($2000.00) AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED
EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION
OCCTJRS OR CONTINUES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 6-26 (b) of Chapter 6, Article Il of
the Code of Ordinances shal I be amended by adding the fol lowing
additional designated polling place:
b. Special purpose political signs - any zone
FIRST BAPTIST CHDRGH (County elections only)
Northbound along the east side of Branch Hollow Drive from
100 feet of the polling place to the intersection of S. Colony
Blvd. ,and then eastbound along the south side of South Colony
Blvd. to the eastern most property line of the First Baptist
Church.
Section 2. If any section, article paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto
any persons or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional
by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance;
and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such
remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity,
which remaining portions shall remain in full force and el. feet.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all
other ordinances of the City affecting signs and shall not repeal
any of the provisions of said ordinances except in those
instances where provisions of those ordinances are in direct
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in a sum not to
exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) for each offense and a
separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and
regulations of the City of the Colony, Texas, are inadequate to
properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general
welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The Colony, Texas,
creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public
business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the
public which requires that this ordinance become effective from
and after the date of its passage and it is accordingly so
ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by(t~e City Council of the City of
The Colony, Texas on this the ~-~ ~ day of ~_~_ , 1990.
Don Ami~k, Mayor
ATTEST,
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John Boyle, City Attorney