O-88-2324 - 2/25/1988THAT:
ORDINANCE NO. e213,g4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, SECTION 6, CODE OF
ORDINANCES, BY ADDING SUB -SECTION L; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL
EXCEPTIONS TO SETBACK AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS ON
PROPERTY ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE 35; ESTABLISHING REQUIRED
FINDINGS FOR THE GRANTING OF SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS;
ESTABLISHING THE BURDEN OF PROOF; LIMITING HEIGHT
EXCEPTIONS TO FIFTY FEET (50'); PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE
AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
I.
Chapter 4, Section 6, Code of Ordinances, City of Round Rock is
hereby amended by adding a Subsection L, which subsection shall read
as follows:
L. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS
(1) The development review board shall have the power to issue
a special exception to the setback and/or height
requirements provided for herein.
(2) Before issuing a special exception to the setback and/or
height requirements, the development review board shall
make the following findings:
(a) That the parcel of land for which the special
exception is requested is zoned C-1 or C-3 and is
adjacent to the right-of-way for Interstate Highway
35;
(b) That the sign will be used to advertise only on-site
restaurants, businesses selling motor vehicle fuel, or
hotels, motels, and other establishments providing
overnight lodging; and
(c) That a sign constructed in compliance with the setback
and height requirements on any permitted location
could not be seen from any main lane of Interstate
Highway 35 from a location more than one thousand feet
(1000') prior to the nearest exit which provides
access to the affected business. The point from which
the one thousand feet (1000') is measured shall be the
point of tangency between the main lanes of Interstate
35 and the exit ramp.
(3) The burden of proof regarding the above findings shall be
on the applicant requesting the special exception.
(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 fifty feet (50') in height.
Under no circumstance shall a special exception be granted
for the following:
(a) Any sign, sign structure, or advertising device not
specifically permitted in this section.
(b) Any sign or device which by design or location
resembles or conflicts with any traffic control sign
or device.
(5)
T19ORDINANCE
(c) Any sign or device that creates a potential safety
hazard by obstructing views of pedestrian and
vehicular traffic at street intersections or driveways
or by creating glare or other hazardous distraction.
(d) Any sign or device that is erected within six feet
horizontally or twelve feet vertically of any overhead
electric conductors.
(e) Any roof sign, portable sign, billboard, balloon
inflatable, any sign constructed of a nondurable
material, signs in the public right-of-way, wind
driven advertising devices and flashing signs.
II.
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 Council Members present, the requirement for reading this
ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with.
READ, PASSED and ADOPTED on first reading this the e;`is� ) 1h day
of b L , 1988.
Alternative 2
READ AND APPROVED on first reading this day
of , 1988.
READ AND APPROVED on second reading this day
of , 1988.
ATTEST:
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E LAND, City Secretary
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
2.
DATE: February 22, 1988
SUBJECT: Council Agenda, February 25, 1988
ITEM: 11A. Consider an ordinance amending the Sign Ordinance.
(First Reading)
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Joe Vining
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval.
This ordinance provides for a special exception
for businesses marketing restaurant food, lodging
or fuel which have frontage on IH 35.
This ordinance provides for a special permit to
be granted by the Development Review Board
when the standard 30 foot sign can not be
seen from any main lane on the interstate or
minimum of 1,000 feet before the exit serving
the subject business. The maximum height with
a special permit may not exceed 50 feet.