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G-93-03-11-8D - 3/11/1993ORDINANCE NO. 4 - Q3-03-1/ -8D AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.1403(2), CODE OF ORDINANCES (1990 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK TO REDUCE THE ALLOWED DISTANCE BETWEEN INTERSTATE SIGNS FROM TWO HUNDRED FEET TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET; AMENDING SECTION 3.1412(4), CODE OF ORDINANCES (1990 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FROM FIFTY FEET TO SIXTY-FIVE FEET; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, THAT: I. That Section 3.1043(2), Code of Ordinances (1990 Edition), City of Round Rock is hereby amended to read as follows: (2) Nonresidential uses which abut the Interstate Highway 35 right-of-way shall each be permitted, in lieu of any other authorized sign or signs, one (1) sign of not more than three hundred twenty (320) square feet, provided that such sign shall not be placed within any required yard nor within twenty-five (25) feet of the front property line nor within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any existing similar such sign and provided further that such sign shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in height. 11. That Section 3.1412(4), Code of Ordinances (1990 Edition), City of Round Rock is hereby amended to read as follows: (4) Any special exception granted shall be only for the minimum necessary to achieve the required visibility, but in no event shall a special exception be granted for a sign in excess of sixty-five (65) feet in height. OR03113D III. A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are expressly repealed.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. Alternative 1. By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with. READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this i 1 - day of CUVCA , 1993. Alternative 2. READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of , 1993. READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the day of , 1993. ATTEST: • •'4', NE LAND, City Secretary MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor City of Round Rock, Texas 2. DATE: March 9, 1993 SUBJECT: City Council Meeting, March 11, 1993 ITEM: 8.D. Consider an ordinance amending the City Code regarding signs along the Interstate Highway. (First Reading) STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Joe Vining STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval Staff is recommending two amendments to the sign ordinance. Both deal with food, gas, and lodging businesses on the Interstate. The first amendment would reduce the spacing required between pylon signs from two hundred feet (200') to one hundred fifty feet (150'). The second amendment would increase the maximum height allowed under special exceptions for visibility restrictions from fifty feet (50') to sixty-five feet (65').