HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 86-30 I
ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30,
SECTION 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT CONCERNING SIGN
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
THAT Chapter 30, Section 30-28(D) of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be amended to reflect the
following changes:
Section 30-28(D) :
1 ) Area: The dimensions of any advertising sign
shall not exceed the area listed under Section
30-28D4, excluding cutout extensions and apron
trim without copy. The cumulative area of all
extensions on any one sign shall not exceed 20% of
the area of the sign, excluding extensions and
apron trim without copy.
2 ) Height: Advertising signs shall not be greater
than the height listed under Section 30-28D4, as
measured from the crown of the adjacent roadway to
which the sign is oriented; provided that the
Board of Adjustment may grant a special exception
for a sign not to exceed ten additional feet (10' )
in height when, in its judgment, the sign will, at
a lower height, block an existing sign or
structure from view or be so blocked from view.
4) Spacing:
a) The spacing of all advertising signs within
660 feet of an interstate Highway ( IH-10) a
Federal-Aid Primary Highway (Hwys. 69, 96,
287) , or a non-freeway Federal-Aid Primary
Highway (Hwy. 90) shall be in accordance with
Texas Civil Statute, Article 4477-9a, as
amended. (As of March 3, 1986, the state
regulations required the following spacings :
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On interstate freeways (IH-10) and on
Federal-Aid Primary Highways (Hwys . 69, 96
and 287) the required spacing is 1500 feet
between advertising signs on the same side
of the freeway. On non-freeway Federal-Aid
Primary Highways (Hwy. 90) the required
spacing is 300 feet between advertising
signs on the same side of the freeway) .
b) The following requirements shall be in effect
for signs farther than 660 feet from a Federal
Aid Primary Highway or interstate highway . No
advertising sign shall be located nearer than
the spacing listed under this section to any
other advertising sign, property zoned
single-family residential, or property used as
a public park, public school, church,
courthouse, city hall or public museum which
fronts on the same street the sign fronts on.
Spacing shall be based on the maximum height
or area of the sign being erected, whichever
is greater. Sign spacing shall be as
follows :
Sign Maximum Maximum
Spacing Sign Height Sign Area
300 feet 20 feet 75 sq. ft.
500 feet 25 feet 76-300 sq. ft.
750 feet 30 feet* 301-672 sq. ft.
* Advertising signs fronting on an
Interstate Highway or a Federal-Aid-
Primary Highway may not exceed forty
(40) feet in height.
c) No advertising sign over twenty ( 20) feet in
height or seventy-five (75) square feet in
area may be placed within three hundred (300)
feet of the property line of any property
which is zoned RS (single family residential)
or used as a public school, public park,
church, courthouse, city hall, or public
museum, with the exception noL ecl lhel cya
d) City Council may grant a Specific Use Permit
under the procedures required by Article 3,
Section 30-26 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow
the erection of an advertising sign less than
twenty ( 20) feet in height and seventy-five
(75) square feet in area and which does not
comply with the spacing requirement in
subsection 30-28D4 (c) above.
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Section 2 .
That Chapter 30, Section 30-28D11 of the Zoning Ordinance
be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Section 3 .
That Chapter 30, Section 30-37E2 of the Zoning Ordinance
be amended to reflect the following addition:
Section 30-37E2d:
To grant an exception for ten (10) additional
feet in height for an advertising sign, when
in the Board' s judgment, the sign, at a lower
height, will block an existing sign or
structure from view or itself be blocked from
view .
Section 4.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a
particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various
portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 5 .
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 6 .
That any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in
Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the day of �, � ,. L , 1986.
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