01-26-1989 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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® • Page 3 State law (Article III, Section 36 [C] V. C. S. Article 670 ld. Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways) prohibits flashing lights on any sign located within one thousand feet of any public intersection. Staff has attempted to enforce thisprovision over the years. Having this restriction stated in local ordinance will be a very useful enforcement tool. item 4: The Commission has requested that political signs be exempted from the requirements of this section. Item 4, in conjunction with the political sign definition accomplishes this objective. Paragraphs A and B of this item are exceptions to this exemption. Paragraph A prohibits encroachment into sight triangles. Paragraph B requires signs to be the City's regulations will not type of signs used for political therfore not specified a means of of anchoring must be appropriate used. Section 10-100: anchored. As proposed, regulate the size or purposes. Staff has anchoring. The method to the type of sign The Commission directed staff to do further research on sign size and requested that sign companies be contacted regarding size requirements. Staff contacted Ms. Donna'Lewis with Neon Electric Corp. Neon Electric is a large, well established sign company which wgrks in a multi-state area. They are the company which did the McDonald's sign work in La Porte. Kenny Shoes is also among the national chains Neon Electric does work for. The have worked in states including Texas, Louisiana, California, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. Staff feels this company's experience and expertise lends a great deal of credence to the information which they provided the City. • According to Ms. Lewis, the national industry standards for on premise sign size are as follows: Three hundred square feet except in designated scenic areas; seventy-five square feet within scenic areas. Ms. .Lewis stated that companies seldom request signs in the three hundred square foot size range except for locations along major highways.' She further indicated that one hundred fifty square foot signs are well within the range of average requests. Ms. Lewis also stated that there are certainly cities which either allow larger signs or require smaller signs. Based on Ms. Lewis' information, staff recommends the following sign sizes.