HomeMy WebLinkAbout1465 03-14-2001ORDINANCE NO. 1465
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A SIXTY (60) DAY
MORATORIUM ON THE PERMITTING OF POLE SIGNS FOR
PROPERTY ABUTTING MAIN STREET BETWEEN THE
CENTER LINES OF SOUTH PIPELINE ROAD AND GLADE
ROAD; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Euless intends to call for public hearings on
a proposed change to the Euless Unified Development Code to prohibit pole signs for
properties abutting a portion of Main Street, and
WHEREAS the City Council desires to establish a moratorium on the permitting of pole
signs within such area pending such public hearings and the decision of the City Council
as to whether to amend the Euless Unified Development Code to proscribe such signage
within such area of Main Street.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
For a period of sixty (60) days from the effective date hereof, unless sooner terminated or
further extended, the City of Euless imposes a moratorium on the acceptance of
applications or the issuance of permits for any pole signs on property abutting Main
Street between the centerlines of South Pipeline Road and Glade Road. It is the express
intent of this Ordinance, however, to allow applications for pole signs within such area,
currently in progress, to proceed unaffected hereby, but to prohibit the acceptance of
applications or issuance of permits for any other pole signs within such area until the
expiration of this moratorium.
SECTION Z
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council of the City of Euless that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and
phrases of this ordinance are severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or
section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any
of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, or sections of this ordinance,
since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in
this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase.
SECTION 3
SAVINGS CLAUSE. Chapter 84 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as
amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this
ordinance.
SECTION 4
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND PASSED ON FIRST, AND FINAL READING at a
regular meeting of the Euless City Council on the 14`s day of March, 2001, by a vote of
___Z ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Mary Lib Salev, Mayo
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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