87-081 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCE BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 26 1/2 - 8 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE N0. 87-081
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS,
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE
AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 262-8 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING
FOR SPACING REQUIREMENTS FOA BILLBOARDS; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $500.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDIr1G FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1, 1988.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CTTY OF
PARIS:
Section l. That the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended by revising Section 262-8
so that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 262-8. Location and heights.
No sign projecting over a sidewalk or other
public space shall be so lung that the lowest
point will be less than eight (8) feet above the
sidewalk or ground level under the sign, and no
sign shall extend any closer than two (2) feet of
the curb line.
No sign shall project over any street right-
of-way with the exceptiori of the downtown area
where the same is necessary.
No sign attached to the wall of any building
or structure or supported by a support on the
building line and extending outward therefrom
shall project over a sidewalk or public space more
than seven and a half (72) feet.
Al1 signs must be supported from a support on
private property. No supports or obstruction will
be permitted on sidewalk or public space. All
signs in alleys prohibited where signs project
over public space.
No sign erPCted above the second story of any
building or multiple dweTling, shall extend beyond
the walls of the building more than two (2) feet,
or be so spaced as to obstruct any window or means
of exit above the second floor of the building.
No sign shaZl be larger than twelve (12) feet
by twenty-five (25) feet inside "the Loop," which
is a standard size billboard.
No sign shall be larger than ten (10) feet by
farty (40) feet adj acent to Loop 286 or adj acent
to any Farm to Market, Texas or United States
highway outside of Loop 286.
No billboard will be permitted to be
constructed within five hundred (500) feet of
another billboard on the same side of the roadway.
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Section 2. Any person vioZating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed
$500.00, and each and every day's continuance of_ any
violation of the above enumerated section shall constitute
and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shal'L become effective on
January 1, 1988.
Passed and adopted this 14th day of December, 1987.
Bi y Burnett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, i Cler
APP OVED A0 FORM:
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T. . Ha,n , City Attorney