Ord. 509-105 12-17-97ORDINANCE NO. 509-105
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 22.17 OF THE LAND USE AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, NO. 509, AS AMENDED, OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES, TO ALLOW FOR A COMPRE-
HENSIVE SUBDIVISION DIRECTIONAL SIGNS PROGRAM AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO THE CURRENT BUILDER/SUBDIVISION AND
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFICATION SIGNS PROVISION (APPLICATION
NO. 105); PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; HAVING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A REPEALER CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, in accordance with its Police Powers, the City Council of the City
of Pearland wants to (1) remedy the proliferation of illegal signage; (2) promote an
aesthetically pleasing appearance along Pearland's main corridors and thoroughfares;
(3) protect the health, safety, and welfare of the travelling public by limiting signage
on City thoroughfares in densely occupied areas; (4) reduce the likelihood of motor
vehicle accidents caused by confused drivers and haphazard driving decisions by
providing clear and consistent subdivision directional signs; and (5) assist the travelling
public in finding their destinations to Pearland subdivisions by the safest and most
direct routes possible; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 22.17 of the Land Use and Urban Development
Ordinance, No. 509, as amended, of the City of Pearland Code of Ordinances, shall
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"Section 22.17. Builder/Subdivision and Subdivision Identification Signs.
(1) (a)
One builder/subdivision sign may be located at the main entrance
of any new subdivision. Four (4) additional directional signs may
be located off-site at appropriate locations.
(b)
The maximum area of a builder/subdivision sign shall not exceed
130 square feet (two sides maximum).
(c)
The maximum area of a subdivision directional sign shall not
exceed 32 square feet (two sides maximum), with a length to
width ratio not to exceed 3: 1.
(d)
Such sign(s) shall be removed after a period of five years or when
the subdivision is sold out, whichever occurs first.
(e)
Subdivision identification sign or signs not exceeding one hundred
twenty (120) square feet per sign face and containing no more
than the name of the subdivision may be permitted at the entrance
to subdivisions. Subdivision signs shall not be located on public
rights-of-way.
(2) Comprehensive Subdivision Directional Signs Program.
(a)
Off-site subdivision directional signs erected in accordance with
this program may be located within the main corridors of the City.
(b)
Main corridor is defined as the area within five hundred feet
(500') of the right-of-way of SH 288 from Clear Creek to the
City's southern extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) boundary,
Broadway (FM 518) from the east City limit to SH 288, Main
Street (SH 35) from Clear Creek to the southern ETJ boundary,
Dixie Farm Road from the northeast city limit to Main Street, Oiler
Drive from Main Street to Centennial Boulevard and Centennial
Boulevard from Oiler Drive to Blackhawk Boulevard (no signs shall
be located on public rights-of-way).
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(c)
(d)
(e)
Signs erected in accordance with this program shall be allowed
only upon issuance of a specific use permit in accordance with
Section 23-Specific Use Permit Regulations of the Land Use and
Urban Development Ordinance No. 509, as amended. In addition,
a sign permit is required for each sign pursuant to Section 22.1 of
said Ordinance.
Each specific use permit is temporary in nature 'and is valid for a
term not to exceed three years, at which time the signs erected in
accordance with said permit shall be removed and may not be
used or converted for any other purpose unless a new permit is
issued for said .signs.
Only one (1) specific use permit shall be granted in accordance
with this program for each three year period."
Section 2. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or fail
to comply with the requirements of any provisions of the Code herein adopted shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction by a court of
competent jurisdiction, be punished as provided in Section 1-11 of the City of Pearland
Code of Ordinances.
Section 3. Repealer. All Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed,
but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 4. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the
City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the
benefit of the City.
Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or
otherwise unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be
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deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 6. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified as herein
provided.
Section 7. Publication and Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this
Ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the
City at least once within ten (10) days after its passage on second and final reading.
This Ordinance shall thereafter become effective ten (10) days from and after its
publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in the official City
newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED ON FIRST READING this the~:lay of
A. D., 19 ~
TOM REID
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
~ITY SECF1ETAFIY
PASSED and APPROVED ON ~37/D AND FINAL READING this the//'/day
of ~ , A, D,,
TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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YA~~MO'ES McCULLOUGH
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST READING)
NOVEMBER 25, 1996
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers
Cole, Wilkins, Richardson, Tetens
and Beckman.
Voting "No" - None
Motion passed 5 to O.
VOTING RECORD (SECOND READING)
DECEMBER 17, 996
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers
Cole, Wilkins, Richardson, Tetens
and Beckman.
Voting "No" - None
Motion passed 5 to O.
PUBLICATION DATE: December 23,
1996
EFFECTIVE DATE:.
JANUARY 1,
1997
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION
3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITH OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS
__ Change in Zoning Classification from:
~/CC~nge in Regulations in Section #: ~
__ Specific Use for: *
Property address: ~J/&
Metes & Bounds Description: '
(unplatted property only; attach sun, ey)
to:
Subdivision:
Proposed use of land within requested designation:
Record owner's name:
Owner's mailing address:,
Owner's telephone nmnber:
Agent's name:
Agent's mailing address: c~"/
PETITION: As owner/agent, I hereby petition the City for approval of the above described request as
provided by the laws of the State of Texas and Ordinances of the City of Pearland. *On a Specific Use
Permit request to allow a residential use in a business zone (OP, NS, GB), I acknowledge that such use
may be incompatible. with current and future uses on properties in my vicinity.
Owner's signature: fi/A' ~ Agent's signatur/~
Fees paid: $ l'),,l~-
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Brazoria and Harris Counties
i~ Joan Cummings, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published
in Brazoria and Harris Counties in the REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general
'circulation in Brazoria and Harris Counties, for / issues, as follows:
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