The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2962ORDINANCE NO. 2962 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS106-2, 106-4, 106-12, 106-13 AND 106-14 OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND THE SIGN REGULATIONS OF THE CITY REDEFINING THE TERM "SIGN," DEFINING ARTISTIC OBJECTS, IMAGES AND WORKS OF ART, PERMITTING OUTSIDE DISPLAY OF WORKS OF ART APPROVED BY THE SIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE; ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS IN EXCESS OF 100 ACRES UP TO THREE ON-SITE DEVELOPMENT SIGNS AND TWO OFF-SITE DEVELOPMENT SIGNS; ALLOWING BANNER SIGNS FOR ADVERTISING MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES TO BE PLACED IN LANDSCAPED AREAS; PERMITTING PORTIONS OF MONUMENT SIGNS IN "U" DISTRICTS TO CONTAIN A CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD; RESTRICTING THE LOCATION, SIZE, COLORS, MOVEMENT AND FREQUENCY OF SIGN MESSAGE REFRESHMENT AND DISPLAY OF "U" DISTRICT ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS; REQUIRING THAT INTERIOR TRAFFIC DIRECTIONAL SIGNS BE SET BACK A MINIMUM OF 30 FEET FROM ANY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY; PROVIDING THAT SIGNS ILLEGALLY PLACED IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY MAY BE REMOVED BY MUNICIPAL WORKERS WITHOUT NOTICE; RESTRICTING THE STORING OF VEHICLES AND TRAILERS CONTAINING ADVERTISING IN ALL EXCEPT THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council desires to encourage the public display of artistic, historic and nostalgic objects and images and works of art; and; WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need for adequate signage for large residential and mixed use developments as well as for multifamily developments without adequate wall space for display of allowed banners; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has been requested to establish standards for electronic message boards for the Institutional ("U") zoned uses; and, WHEREAS, City staff has recommended and the council concurs that interior traffic signs on large sites should be required to be set back from public right of way by at least 30 feet; and, WHEREAS, City staff has requested and the City Council concurs that specific authorization should be provided for municipal workers to remove of signs within public right of way which are unlawful; and, WHEREAS, vehicles displaying advertising in retail commercial districts are being stored close to streets and used primarily for advertising businesses selling products on such property rather than delivery of goods and services; and Ordinance No. 2962 Page 1 of 6 WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish standards for the storage of such vehicles when not in actual use for permitted purposes, such as delivery of goods; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: Section 1: Section 106-2 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by amending the definitions of the terms stated below: "Artistic objects, images and works of art means a structure presenting an artistic, historic or nostalgic theme or image that does not meet the definition of a sign as defined in this chapter and does not include the advertisement of products, goods or services of an existing business. Sign means an outdoor structure, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, brand, or logo or other thing that is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform. „ Section 2: Section 106-4(4) of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 106-4 Signs exempt from permit. The following shall be exempt from permitting but shall comply with any other applicable requirement of this chapter: (4) Artistic, historic or nostalgic objects, images and works of art approved by the Sign Review Committee located in any multifamily or nonresidential zoning district at such location as the Committee may approve. Such approval shall not be deemed to approve any support structure which may be required. „ Section 3: Section 106-12 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 106-12. Electronic message boards. Ordinance No. 2962 Page 2 of 6 Electronic message boards within the freeway overlay zoning district shall be subject to the specific regulations for the freeway overlay zone. Electronic message boards outside the freeway overlay zoning district shall be allowed for fuel pricing which does not change more often than once per hour, as long as they do not flash, blink, scroll, fly or chase into view or create a sense of motion. Other electronic message boards located outside the freeway overlay zoning district shall be allowed only in the Institutional (U) zoning district. Electronic message boards in the Institutional (U) district shall be subject to the following restrictions: (a) Only monument signs shall contain an electronic message board. (b) Monument signs containing an electronic message board shall be subject to the limitations of Section 106-13(a)(2)c. of this Chapter. (c) Electronic message boards shall not exceed 2/3 of the sign message area. (d) Electronic message boards shall display only low intensity amber lighting with a black background and shall not flash, blink, scroll fly or chase into view or create a sense of motion. Such boards shall contain only static displays and shall not change displays more frequently than once each fifteen seconds." Section 4: Sections 106-13(a)(3)b.(5)a.9., 106-13(c)(1)g, 106-13(c}(2)g., 106- 13(c)(6), and 106-13(c)(7)e. of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances are hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 106-13. Sign height,construction and placement standards. (a) Ground signs generally. ... (3) Major development signs. ... b. Major retail malls. (5) Traffic directional signs. ... a. General/y. Ordinance No. 2962 Page 3 of 6 9. Interior traffic directionai signs on sites having combined building areas greater than 200,000 square feet and setback a minimum of 30 feet from public right of way may be exempted from the above requirements by approval of the sign review committee. (c) Temporary signs. ... (1) New development sign. ... g. Residential or mixed use developments greater than 100 acres in size are allowed up to three on-site development signs and up to two off-site new development signs provided that all new development signs are located on separate street intersections. (2) Vehic/e advertising. g. Vehicles and trailers displaying advertising shall be required to be stored more than 65 feet from any public right of way; provided, however, such vehicles and trailers may be stored no closer than fifteen feet from public right of way of freeways and primary arterial streets designated on the city thoroughfare plan, and no closer than five (5) feet from any other public right of way if 1. The property is located within the "I-1" and "I-2" industrial zoning districts, or 2. Such vehicles and trailers are available for lease to the public as part of the business' primary on site use, or 3. Such vehicles and trailers are used for regular delivery of inerchandise or transportation of service providers to work sites. (6) Political signs. Ordinance No. 2962 Page 4 of 6 Political signs placed or remaining in public right of way in violation of this chapter may be removed by municipal workers or contractors without notice. (7) Banner signs. ... e. Banner signs shall be attached to a building wall surface or fascia and shall not project above the apparent roof or eaves line, with the exception of banner signs advertising multifamily complexes which shall also be allowed to be placed in front of the building setback in open landscaped areas a minimum of ten feet behind the public right of way. Multifamily banner signs in landscaped areas shall be suspended between permanent decorative wood or steel posts. Section 5: Section 106-14 of the North Richland Hills Code of ordinances is hereby amended by relettering subsection (d) thereof as subsection (e) and adding a new subsection (d) which shall read as follows: "Sec. 106-14. Sign review committee. (d) Works of Art. The sign review committee shall be responsible for reviewing requests, locations, and plans for works of art on private property. Works of art shall include artistic, historic, or nostalgic objects and images which are in relative scale and context with the subject property and do not include the advertisement of products, goods or services of an existing business. Section 6: Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon final conviction thereof fined in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day any such violation shall be allowed to continue shall constitute a separate violation and punishable hereunder. Ordinance No. 2962 Page 5 of 6 Section 7: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, subsections, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the final judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the city council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. Section 8: The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption and penalty clauses of this ordinance as an alternative method of publication provided by law. Section 9: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage. AND IT IS SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED on the 12th day of CITY e~R~\\Ctii~ctl5\1~'r l1 t 1 i i. ~ Illl '`~•a. ~, ~ ~•~~ ~ f!!(~~, <,,S R /,~ , ;.:~ ~ ~C, .!i`~~ ~~j B , = ~,,:: :~'~,"~~ y~ A.~-~S~ C : ~ , ! •' • ~~ _ Jo ber, 2 7 )F ORT RI H~D~Bi~L S car T ' o, Mayor atr`r`'~a,-C~u'~~ ,~,w#y Secretary APP TO F RM AND LEGALITY: George A. Staple , City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: ~~~ ~,~.~.~-~ ._____~~~ „ John Pitstick, Planning & Development Director Ordinance No. 2962 Page 6 of 6 INVOICE r>rarr on?y Star-Telegram Customer ID: CIT13 400 w. 7TH sTREE'r Invoice Number: 291471231 ForzT wo~Tlt, Tx 761 oz Invoice Date: 1 1/27/07 (R17) 3~o-~7~i Federal Tax t~ z2-314a2s4 Terms: Net due in 21 days Due Date: 11/30/07 Bill To: PO Number: CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS/SE Order Number: 29147123 PO BoX 820609 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76182- Sales Rep: 005 Description: CITY OF NORTH RI Publication Dates: 1 1/26/07 • 11/27/07 Attn STACEY HARRISON Description Location Col Depth Linage' NiU Rate Amount CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND Sales DISCOtInt HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 2962 An Ordinance a m e n d i n g Mist Fee Sections106-2, 106- 4, 106-12 106-13 and 106-14 ot` the City o~ North Richland Hills Texas Code of Ordi- nances and the Sign Regulations of the City redefining the term sign," defin- ing artistic objects, images and works of art, permitting out- srdedisplay of works of art approved by the sign review committee; allowing residential or mixed use developments in excess of 100 acres up to three on-site development signs and two off-site development signs; allowing banner signs for advertising multifamily com- plexc~: to be placed in landscaped areds; permitling portions THE STATE OF TE of monument signs in U" districts to County of Tarrant contain a changeable electronic menage board; restricting the location, size, colors Before me, a Nota~ movement and fre- quencY of siggH Telegram, publlSh( message refresh- ment and displav'of attached clipping o' "u" disa;ct elec-. tropic displays; re- (817) 390-7501 quiring that mteri,or traffic directional signs be set back~a muiimum of 30 feet from any public rigght of way; provfdi~ that signs illegailtt SUBSCRIBED AN placed in public right of way may be re- moved by municipal workers withqut notice; restrictinng the storing of vehi- cles and trailers containing advertis- ing in all except the industrial zonipg district; providing a rhallk YOU F penalty; providing a severability clause; providing for publi- _ ,, cation and providing °~ ~" "" ~~ an effective date. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a } C misdemeanor and Re171It T'O. ^~'' upon final convictioq thereof fined in an P amount not to ex~ teed Fide Hundred Dollars ($500:00), ~ Each day any such Ir violation shall be y allowed to continue s shall constitute a f separate violation s and punishable e hereunder. t Passed and Approv~tl 0 on this 12th day of November, 2007. _ ~ /s/Oscar Trevino y Oscar Trevino - Mayo1' - s ATTEST: t /s/Patricia Hutson - i Patricia Hutson -City Secretary - APPROVED AS Td FORM AND LEGAL- ITY: /s/Georye Staples George Staples -City Attorney ~$5.~~~ $5.00 Net Amount: $'74.88 i 'r ~ " ~~ 1 ~ _ ..... and State, this day personally appeared Deborah Baylor, Bid and Legal Coordinator for the Star- Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas; and who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the ed in the above named paper on the listed dates: BIDS 8r LEGAL DEPT. STAR TELEGRAM Signed ~~.9->~ 'HIS Wednesday, N ery~ber 8, 2007. Notary Public ' ~ ; i .10]-2051 ~~nS(OI]~CI" I(]: Customer Name Invoice Nun,her Invoice Amount PO Number: Amount Cnclosed '~:~';~;. CHRISTY L. HOLiAnL ,~~~;*` MY COMMISSION EXPIRES • Jule 31, 2008 . v r! - G c C[T13 CITY OI= NOR1'I-I RICFILAN ?91471231 $74.8 I~