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03-95-Ordinance-Requiring Specific Use Permit for Billboards-06/19/1995Ci��yyiSECRETARY yy'��-jjY GNAL COPY CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 03-95 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, REVISING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REQUIRING SPECIl+IC USE PERMITS FOR BILLBOARDS IN THE CITY AND PROHIBITING FUTURE PLACEMENT OF SAME WITHOUT SUCH PERNIITS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE CITY; ESTABLISHING SEV ;+ RABILITY OF THE ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, the City of Sanger, Texas wishes to restrict the proliferation of fieestanding billboards in and around the corporate limits of the City; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS: I. CODE OF ORDINANCES REVISED A. That Chapter 3, Article 3.1500, Section 3.1503 (Schedule of Uses) be revised to revise the table therein to allow the use of "Billboard Type" signs in all districts but only with specific use permits. B. That from and after the effective date of this Ordinance, the erection of billboard type signs shall require the issuance of a specific use permit. Existing signs shall not be effected by this; however, should an existing sign fail to be maintained as provided for in Chapter 3, Article 3.1500, Section 3.1506 or become obsolete as provided for in Section 3.1507, said sign shall be removed and may not be repaired or reconstructed except with a specific use permit. H. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS Any and all Ordinances of the City of Sanger, Texas, heretofore adopted which are in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed insofar as the same are in conflict therewith. Page 1 of 2 M. SEVERABILITY OF ORDINANCE If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, hereby declares that it would have passed such remaining portions of the Ordinance despite such invalidity. IV, EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after passage and publication, as the law in such cases provides. DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY C UNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER,rBXAS, ON THIS A THE Q v" DAY OF ATTEST: ' 42=u �A'L City Secretary, City of Sanger, TexAs GRY SEORETARY ORIGINAL COPY APPROVED: Mayor, City of Sanger, Tex Page 2 of 2