03-95-Ordinance-Requiring Specific Use Permit for Billboards-06/19/1995Ci��yyiSECRETARY
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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with this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed insofar as the same are in conflict therewith.
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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
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City Secretary, City of Sanger, TexAs
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APPROVED:
Mayor, City of Sanger, Tex
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