HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 11-050 ORDINANCE NO. 11-050
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28,
SECTION 28.04.003, TO ALLOW MULTI-COLOR
ELECTRONIC READER BOARD SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
THAT Chapter 28, Subsection 28.04.003(b)(1)(C), of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28.04.003. Sign regulations.
(b) Signs in residential districts. Signs shall not be permitted in
residential districts except as specifically authorized in this section.
(1) One detached owner identification sign shall be permitted for
a multiple-family dwelling development, nonresidential or institutional
building for each abutting street, subject to the following restrictions:
(C) The sign shall not have flashing lights, any type of
intermittent illumination or revolve in any manner,
except as allowed below:
(1) Electronic reader board signs shall not be
permitted, except as an attachment to or a part
of a detached owner identification sign.
(ii) The message copy may change no more than
once every forty-five (45) seconds.
(iii) Message copy shall not include any flashing,
flowing, alternating or blinking lights or
animation.
(iv) As measured at the property line, the maximum
light emanation from a sign shall be no greater
than 0.2 footcandles.
(v) Electronic reader board signs shall not be
permitted in an historic district.
(vi) Electronic reader board signs that are part of a
detached owner identification sign shall be
allowed to have multiple colors.
Section 2.
THAT Chapter 28, Subsection 28.04.003(b)(3)(D), of the Code of Ordinances of the City ,
of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28.04.003. Sign regulations.
(b) Signs in residential districts. Signs shall not be permitted in
residential districts except as specifically authorized in this section.
(3) One detached owner identification sign shall be permitted for
a commercial use with a specific use permit in the RCR,
Residential Conservation and Revitalization District, subject to
the following conditions and restrictions:
(D) The sign shall not have any flashing lights, intermittent
illumination, or revolve or rotate in any manner, except
as allowed below:
(i) Electronic reader board signs shall not be
permitted if approved as part of the specific use
permit.
(ii) The message copy may change no more than
once every forty-five (45) seconds.
(iii) Message copy shall not include any flashing,
flowing, alternating or blinking lights or
animation.
(iv) As measured at the property line, the maximum
light emanation from a sign shall be no greater
than 0.2 footcandles.
(v) Electronic reader board signs shall not be
permitted in an historic district.
(vi) Electronic reader board signs that are part of a
detached owner identification sign shall be
allowed to have multiple colors.
Section 3.
THAT Chapter 28, Subsection 28.04.003(c)(1)(C), of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28.04.003. Sign regulations.
(c) Owner identification signs in commercial and industrial districts. Signs
shall not be permitted in commercial or industrial districts except as
specifically authorized in this section.
(1) One detached owner identification sign, and one additional
detached sign for each thoroughfare more than one that abuts the
property, shall be permitted in the NC, Neighborhood Commercial
District, and the OP, Office Park District, subject to the following
conditions and restrictions:
(C) The sign shall not have any flashing lights, any type of
intermittent illumination or revolve in any manner,
except as allowed below:
(i) Electronic reader board signs shall not be
permitted, except as an attachment to or a part
of a detached owner identification sign.
(ii) The message copy may change no more than
once every forty-five (45) seconds.
(iii) Message copy shall not include any flashing,
flowing, alternating or blinking lights or
animation.
(iv) As measured at the property line, the maximum
light emanation from a sign shall be no greater
than 0.2 footcandles.
(v) Electronic reader board signs that are part of a
detached owner identification sign shall be
allowed to have multiple colors.
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Section 4.
THAT Chapter 28, Subsection 28.04.003(c)(5), of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28.04.003. Sign regulations.
(c) Owner identification signs in commercial and industrial districts. Signs
shall not be permitted in commercial or industrial districts except as
specifically authorized in this section.
(5) Electronic reader board signs shall be permitted in the GC-MD,
GC-MD-2, CBD, C-M, LI, HI and PD Districts subject to the
following conditions:
(A) The electronic reader board is to be attached to or a
part of a detached owner identification sign.
(B) The message copy may change no more than once
every forty-five (45) seconds.
(C) Message copy shall not include any flashing, flowing,
alternating or blinking lights or animation.
(D) As measured at the property line, the maximum light
emanation from a sign shall be no greater than 0.2
footcandles.
(E) No more than sixty(60) square feet of fifty (50) percent
of the maximum sign area, whichever is less, shall be
dedicated to electric changeable copy.
(F) Electronic reader board signs that are part of a
detached owner identification sign shall be allowed to
have multiple colors.
Section 5.
That, in all other respects, the use of the property herein above described shall be
subject to all of the applicable regulations contained in Chapter 28 of the Code of
Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, as amended.
Section 6.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause of 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 7.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 8.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be punished, as provided in Section 1.01.009 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont,
Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 9th day of
August, 2011.
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