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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-2
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, BY STRIHING ALL OF
PARAGRAPH o. OF SECTION 1 OF APPENDIX A THEREOF, SAID
APPENDIX A BEING THE CITY'S SIGN ORDINANCE, AND
SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW PARAGRAPH o; PROVIDING A
DEFINITION OF "MONUMENT SIGN"; ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM
HEIGHT OF SEVEN FEET FOR ALL MONUMENT SIGNS, EXCLUDING
ANY CONCEALED POLE BASE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE
OF TEXAS: •
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas, is hereby
amended by striking all of Paragraph o of Section 1 of Appendix A thereof, said Appendix A
being the City's Sign Ordinance, which reads as follows:
[o. Monument sign: A ground sign mounted on the ground and not elevated
above the ground by any columns, poles, uprights, or braces.]
and substituting therefor a new Paragraph o, which shall read as follows;
o. Monument siQn: A sign not more than seven feet (7') in hei�ht from
natural �round level to the hi�hest portion of the sign. Such signs shall
be desi�ned and constructed to substantially aUpear as a solid mass such
as a block, rectangle, or square, and shall be sup�orted by an integral
structural framework.
Section 2. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed
$2,000. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. In the event any clause phrase,provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance
or the application of the same to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged
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invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, or
invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to
be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, declares
that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any such
part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, whether there be one or more parts.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 7"' day of January, 2002.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 21S` day of
January, 2002.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
Harold L. Whitaker
Mayor
ATTEST
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Deloris McKenzie, RMC
City Secretary
MOTION: COUNCILMEMBER KIM BRIZENDINE
2ND: COUNCILMEMBER JERRY REICSSON
APPROVED: 6-0 (Larry Taylor left early)
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