0161-070ORDINANCE NO AIZZ-7-140
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 14 1-4k
OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKEJEXAS, BY DELETING THE
PRESENT SECTION 3. AND REPLACING THE SSE WITH A
NEW IDENTICALLY NUMBERED PARAGRAPH CHANGING THE
APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT FEE; DELETING ANNUAL
RENEWAL FEE; AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE
OF AMENDMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.
That Ordinance No. Paragraph 3. shall read as follows:
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No such signs or billboards shall be erected or maintained within the
corporate limits of the City of Southlake, Texas unless and until the owner
of said sign or billboard shall first have applied for and obtained a permit
for that purpose issued by the City Secretary of the City of Southlake,Texas.
Each and every separate sign or billboard shall require a separate permit for
the same. The permit application shall be in the manner and on the form as
prescribed by the City Secretary and the Applicant shall supply information
requested therm, which said application shall contain essentially the same
information as required on an applicable Form D-15 series issued by=the Texas
Highway Department and such other information as the City Secretary may deem
material or pertinent to the best interest of the City of Southlake, Texas.
Each application for a permit for a billboard or sign shall be accompanied
by a permit fee in accordance with the following schedule:
PERMIT FEES:
(1). Where the valuation does not c l$100.00, no fee shall be
required, unless an inspection is necessary, in which case
there shall be a $1.50 fee.
(2). For a valuation over $100.00 up to and including $15,000.00
the fee shall be $3.00 per thousand or fraction thereof.
(3). For a valuation over $15,000.00 up to and including $100,000.M
the fee shall be ,$45.00 for the first f4ftben:th6uShnd~.
plus $2.00 for each additional thousand or fraction thereof.
(4). For a valuation over $100.004,00 up to and including $500,000.00
the fee shall be $215.00 for the first one hundred thousand plus
$1.00 for each additional thousand or fraction thereof.
(5). For a valuation over $500,000.00 up to and including $1.000.000.00
the fee shall be $615.00 for the first five hundred thousand plus
404 for each additional thousand or fraction thereof.
(5). For a valuation over $1,000,000.00 the fee shall be $815.00
for the first million plus 15t for each additional thousand
or fraction thereof.
(7). Repairs, replacements or additions shall incur the same fee
as provided for in Ordinance 161 of the City of Southlake,
Texas for building permits generally.
Each application for a permit of a business sign in front of or upon a
business or commercial establishment shall be accompanied by the applicable
permit fee regardless of the number of such business signs located upon or
on the business or cercial.--property. The billboard or sign permit shall
be renewed with proper application for a permit when any new or renewed State
license is issued. There will not be any fee for the renewal permit so long as
there is no change being made in connection with the sign. Charitable, civic,
non-profit and religious organizations are exempt from the payment of any permit
fee.
The City Secretary, upon issuance of such permit, shall require that the
numbered permit tag issued by her shall thereafter be installed by the.applicant
within thirty (30) days. Said permit tag will be securely fastened without
bending or mutilating the sign or sign support nearest the highway so as to be
readily visible frim the highway. Each permit will not be assigned or transferred
without prior approval by the City Secretary.
Should the owner of said sign or billboard violate any of the terms and
conditions of this ordinance or deviate from the information stated in the
application for the issuance of said permit, then the City Council may immediately
thereafter revoke the permit which revocation will be effective immediately upon
written notice to the owner of said sign and/or billboard by registered mail
notifying him of the violation and summarily revoking the permit effective five
(5) days from the date that the written notice is deposited with the united States
mail with sufficient postage thereon and addressed to the address of the owner of
said sign or billboard as reflected in the application for permit thereon. The
revocation of permit shall not in any manner affect the city's ability to enforce
the other penalty provisions of this ordinance.
The City Secretary shall prepare or cause to be prepared consecutively numbered
permits relative to signs and billboards and shall keep and maintain a permanent
log or register of all such permits issued showing the date of issuance, the name
and address of the person, form or corporation to whom the same is issued and the
term of said permit.
II.
This ordinance shall become effective and be in full fare and effect
from and after its adoption and publication of caption hereof as provided
by law.
ADOPTED this c~_day of November, 1976.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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city Secretary
APPRfl ED AS TO FORM:
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