G-97-06-12-10B - 6/12/1997ORDINANCE NO. t?" Q17' )313
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3.1400, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
BY DELETING SUBSECTIONS 3.1403(1)(p), 3.1403(4), AND THE
LAST SENTENCE OF NOTE 4 TO TABLE 3.1403, ALL PERTAINING
TO SIGN CLUSTERS; BY DELETING SUBSECTION 3.1404(2),
PERTAINING TO OFF -PREMISES SIGNS, AND BY AMENDING
TABLE 3.1403 BY ADDING A NEW BUSINESS USE CATEGORY;
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS:
I .
That Chapter 3, Section 3.1403(1)(p), Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by deleting
the following:
(p)
Sign Cluster. A group of free standing signs established accordinance with
regulations contained herein.
II.
That Chapter 3, Section 3.1403(4), Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by deleting
the following:
(4) Sign Cluster. A regional center containing three or more restaurants will be permitted a
sign cluster advertising the restaurants. The owner or developer of a regional center who
desires a sign cluster shall file with the Director of Planning a comprehensive site plan
for the sign cluster indicating that the sign cluster will be in compliance with the
following requirements:
(a) The sign cluster shall consist off at least three (3), but not more than seven (7)
pole signs to be located in a cluster sign site.
(b) Each restaurant shall be permitted only one pole sign in the cluster.
(c) Each pole in the cluster shall contain only one sign.
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(d) No sign in a sign cluster shall exceed two hundred (200) square feet of sign area.
(e) No adjacent signs in the sign cluster shall have the same height.
(f) The height of the pole signs in the sign cluster shall average not more than forty-
five (45) feet, with no sign in the sign cluster having a height greater than sixty-
five (65) feet.
(g) No changeable copy or animated signs shall be permitted in a sign cluster.
(h) Pole signs in a sign cluster shall be arranged in a manner that promotes sign
visibility, readability, and that achieves a definable pattern both horizontally and
vertically.
(i)
A sign cluster may include a monument sign that identifies the regional center.
The monument sign shall not exceed one hundred (100) square feet of sign area
more, and shall have a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) feet of landscaped
area.
Upon determining that the sign cluster as depicted on the comprehensive site plan
meets the foregoing requirements, the Director of Planning shall issue a sign
cluster permit. Upon receiving a sign cluster permit, the applicant must obtain
the required building permits from the Chief Building Official before
commencing construction of the sign cluster signs.
III.
That Chapter 3, Section 3.1403(2), Table 3.1403, Code of
Ordinances (1995 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby
amended as follows:
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Table 3.1403
Authorized Free Standing Business Use Signs
(One (1) sign per lot, unless otherwise stated.)
Business Use
(as defined)
Sign Area
(maximum:
square feet)
Height
(maximum:
feet)
Front
Setback
(minimum: feet)
Spacing
(minimum: feet)
Any Business
Use (1)
(Monument
Sign Only)
50
5
0
not applicable
Small Center
40
20
10
not applicable
Fuel Outlet
40(2)
20
10
not applicable
Tenancy
1003)
20
10
not applicable
Large Center
3 -acres plus
200
Two signs per
three acresm
30
25
150
Small Center
(Frontage Road)
320
30
25
150
Large Center
3 -acres plus
(Frontage Road)
320
Two signs per
three acres(4)
30
25
150
Notes:
1. Any business may utilize a Monument Sign, with a maximum sign area of 50 square feet,
a maximum height of 5 feet and with no minimum setback, as a substitute for any sign
listed above.
2. A 50 square foot sign is authorized only if it includes a gasoline price posting on a single
sign.
3. A 100 square foot sign is authorized provided no single tenant is allocated more than 40
square feet of sign area.
4. Additional signs shall be permitted to each Large Center on the basis of one additional
sign for each additional four (4) acres of land, up to a maximum of four signs.
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IV.
That Chapter 3, Section 3.1404(2), Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by deleting
the following:
(2) For the purpose of marketing a recorded subdivision, one (1) off -premises sign of not
more than two hundred (200) square feet may be permitted for each recorded subdivision.
The off -premises marketing sign shall not be placed within twenty-five (25) feet of any
property line and shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in height. The permit required for such
sign shall expire, unless renewed, two (2) years after the date of issuance of such permit.
Each renewal shall be for one year. Each application for, and renewal of, an off -premises
subdivision marketing sign shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of three hundred
dollars ($300.00) and a permit bond in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
posted by the respective sign hanger for the purpose of insuring the proper location,
maintenance, and removal of the respective off -premises subdivision marketing sign
requested.
V.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof ,
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the tan -5'
day of
len
, 1997.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the i
at"
day of
ATTEST:
E LAND, City Secretary
1967
CHARLES CULPEPP R, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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DATE: June 10, 1997
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting, June 12, 1997
Item: 10.B. Consider an ordinance to amend Section 3.1300 Signs of the
City of Round Rock Code of Ordinances 1) by repealing
Subsection 3.1403 (4) Sign Cluster and all other references to
said sign cluster, 2) by repealing Subsection 3.1404(2)
regarding the off -premises subdivision marketing sign; and
3) by expanding Table 3.1403 to include a new category
"Large Center (Frontage Road)." (Second Reading)
Staff Resource Person: Joe Vining
Staff Recommendation: Approval
This ordinance repeals the off -premises subdivision marketing sign which is
currently authorized. It also repeals the cluster sign provisions which
unfortunately conflict with Highway Beautification legislation. Additionally,
this amendment expands the "large center" sign area allocation to achieve sign
size parity for development tracts that abut the Interstate Highway 35 frontage
road or any other freeway frontage road.