Ordinance 1996-34
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
12 OF THE WYLIE CITY CODE BY MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE
EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE, AS CODIFIED IN SECTION 1 OF
CHAPTER 12, BY MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE TEXT OF THE
SIGN REGULATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN; REPEALING ALL
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A PENALTY CLAUSE;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council has the authority to amend the City's Zoning
Ordinance, under section 35.2 thereof; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission, after first having all requisite
hearings, has made recommendations concerning enactment of the hereinafter specified
amendments to the Zoning Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has held a public hearing with respect to all of the
proposed changes, after first giving all requisite notice thereof; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the proposed changes are in
keeping with the stated policy of the City's Zoning Regulations and are otherwise in the
best interest of the community;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS, as follows:
SECTION I
That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Wylie, as set forth in Exhibit A to
Section 1 of Chapter 12 of the Wylie City Code be, and hereby is, further amended by
changing the text contained within Section 27.17 (c. 1) of the Sign Regulations from:
"Wall signs shall not exceed forty (40) square feet or the product of two (2) times
the lineal footage of the wall area available to such signs or store frontage for
which such signs are intended, whichever is lesser."
To the following:
''Wall signs shall not exceed forty (40) square feet or the product of two (2) times
the lineal footage of the wall area available to such signs or store frontage for
which such signs are intended, whichever is greater."
SECTION II
Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance, or any part hereof, shall be
guilty of committing an unlawful act and shall be subject to the general penalty provisions
of the Wylie Zoning Ordinance, City Code as set forth in Section 38 thereof, as the same
now exists or is hereafter amended.
SECTION III
Should any paragraph, sentence, sub-division, clause, phrase or section of this
ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than
the part or parts as declared to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the
City Council and publication of its caption as the law and the City Charter provide in such
cases.
SECTION V
That all other ordinances and code provisions in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of any such conflict or consistency and all other provisions of the
Wylie City Code not in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION VI
The repeal of any ordinance, of parts thereof, by the enactment of this ordinance,
shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such
ordinance; nor shall it have the effect of discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any
penalty accruing or to accrue, nor as effecting any rights of the municipality under any
section or provisions of any ordinances at the time of passage of this ordinance.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie,
Texas, this /&~aYOf--"d~, 1996.
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City Attorney