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<br />~ ORDINANCE 1985-104
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<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
<br />MARCOS, TEX.AS, DECLARING A MORA'IORIUM UNTIL DECÐ\I!BER
<br />31, 1985, ON THE CONS'IRUCTION OF AND BUILDING PERMITS
<br />FDR OFF-PRF11ISE OU'IIXX)R ADVERTISING SIGNS ANYWHERE
<br />WITHIN TI-IE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS;
<br />PROVIDING FDR VARIANCES; AND DECLARING AN Ð\l!ERGENCY.
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<br />WHEREAS, the City staff has recently conducted workshops and made
<br />presentation to City coITmÜssions and community organizations in San
<br />Marcos concerning sign regulation; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, citizens at these workshops and presentations have
<br />expressed overwhelming disapproval of large off-premise outdoor
<br />advertising signs in San Marcos; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City staff is preparing an ordinance regulating
<br />advertising signs in San Marcos; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, applications for large, off-premise outdoor advertising
<br />signs are pending or have been recently granted in San Marcos In
<br />anticipation of City Council action to regulate such activity; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the Master Plan for the City of San Marcos provides that
<br />the City shall" . . . take measures to preserve the... scenic beauty of
<br />San Marcos..." and the City Council finds that certain types of outdoor
<br />advertising signs can destroy that scenic beauty (see Goal 1,
<br />Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Land Use Element, San Marcos Master
<br />Plan); and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the Master Plan for the City of San Marcos provides that
<br />the City shall "Draft and adopt a sign ordinance" regulating signs
<br />(Page IV-39 , Land Use Element, San Marcos Master Plan); and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos desires to
<br />maintain the status quo until such time as it has throughly and
<br />carefully considered proposals for sign regulation in San Marcos; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council believes that maintaining the status
<br />quo is in the best interest of the City of San Marcos and its citizens
<br />and will promote the health, safety and general welfare of the
<br />citizens and preserve the scenic beauty of the City of San
<br />Marcos, thereby, promoting the economic viability of the tourist
<br />industry and preserving an essential element of the quality of
<br />life in San Marcos; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council approved a moratorium on off-premise
<br />outdoor advertising signs within the City limits of San Marcos on July
<br />29,1985, and,
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<br />WHEREAS, on September 1,1985, a new law, Article 10150, V.A.T.S.,
<br />Outdoor Signs -State and IDeal Regulation, went into effect
<br />giving cities the right to regulate outdoor advertising signs anywhere
<br />within the extraterritorial jurisdiction; now, therefore,
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS,
<br />TEXAS:
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<br />SFrnON 1. That from and after the effective date of this
<br />Ordinance and until an Ordinance regulating signs is adopted by the San
<br />Marcos City Councilor until December 31,1985, which ever comes first,
<br />no building permits shall be issued for nor shall
<br />construction of off-premise outdoor advertising signs be permitted
<br />anywhere within the city limits of che City of San Marcos or within
<br />its extraterritorial jurisdiction, except for those signs for which
<br />applications for building permits were on file on July 26, 1985.
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<br />SECTION 2. OFF-PREMISE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN: A sign,
<br />including its supporting structure, which is erected out of doors and
<br />maintained for a purpose other than to specifically serve or relate to
<br />the premises on which it is located, and which does not refer
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