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Planning & Zoning Me~ing • Minutes of 1-19-89 Page 2 of 3 •~ A motion was made b In a Browder to recommend the thirty (30) day Y g grace period for existing parks to be licensed as recommended by staff, seconded by Charles Boyle. Vote was unanimous. The thirty (30) days begin from the day of notification by the City of La Porte. 4. CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED SIGN•REGULATIONS Mr. Albrecht reviewed t signs with the Planning These cases are: (1) (2) (3) •hree recent court cases involving portable & Zoning Commission. Lindsey -VS- City of San Antonio, Huntsville Sign Rental -VS- City of Huntsville, Alabama, Harris County Outdoor Advertising Agency -VS- City of Houston. All of these cases upheld the cities prohibition of portable signs as well as a brief amortization period, the longest being 6 months. Mr. Albrecht went over with the Commission some amendments staff has proposed for the sign regulation ordinance. These include adding two definitions; (1) Public Service Signs and (2) Reader •. Panel. A section that deals with the removal of non-conforming portable signs (Section 10-1001), a section that regulates the number of on premise freestanding signs which may be placed on a given piece of property (Section 10-1002), section that places limits on maximum allowable sign size (Section 10-1003), section that would regulate survey and site plan requirements for sign permitting (Section 10-1004), Commercial Use Tables A & B - amended would regulate the placement of off premise public service signs, and Industrial Use Table B - will require a minimum three hundred (300') foot separation between any off premise signs. The Commission suggested the definition for "Portable Signs" be added to the definitions, ( a portable sign shall mean any sign designed or constructed to be easily moved from one location to another, including signs mounted upon or designed to be mounted upon a trailer, wheel carriage, or other non-motorized mobile structure. A portable sign which has the wheels removed shall still be considered a portable sign. The term non-electric portable sign shall mean any portable sign which does not have any electrical components). Mr. Albrecht suggested that La Porte utilize the definitions verbatim from the San Antonio sign ordinance because they had been court tested. He also suggested that the reasons for prohibition should be verbatim also for the same reasons. The Commission agreed to the suggestions. Amendments to Section 10-1001, Section 10-1002 were ok with the Commission.