06-18-15 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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placement of temporary signs in accordance with the provisions of this article, the other ordinances of the City of La Porte, and further providing for the indemnification of the city for any and all damages or liability that may accrue to or against the city by reason of the placement, maintenance, alteration, repair or removal, or defects in any temporary sign erected by or under the direction of such applicant, and further providing for the indemnification of any person who shall, while on public property or public right-of-way of the City of La Porte, incur damages for which the person erecting any such temporary sign is legally liable by reason of his act or omission in regard to erection of such temporary signage. (4)No permit issued under this ordinance shall be transferable. (d)Number of temporary sign permits: No permittee for a temporary sign may obtain a permit for section 106- placement of more than two temporary signs at any one particular location specified in 877(b) (Temporary signs) above with a maximum of ten temporary signs per permittee, and a maximum oftwo temporary signs per permittee per location. (e)Further limitations on permit: No permittee may obtain permits for location of temporary signs for more than four consecutive weeks. Upon the expiration of four consecutive weeks of permits for a particular permittee, no permit shall be issued by the city for any temporary signs for 30 days following said four consecutive week period. (f)Revocation of permit: Upon learning of any violation of this article or the ordinances of the City of La Porte by any temporary sign permit holder, the building official shall give notice of said violation to the responsible permit holder. Two or more violations of this article, or other ordinances of the City of La Porte shall result in denial of future temporary sign permits to the responsible permittee by the City of La Porte. (g)Signs erected for a governmental purpose by or on behalf of the City of La Porte are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.” Section 5 . Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed TWO THOUSANDDOLLARS ($2,000.00). Section 6. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this Ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. Section 7 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. Section 8. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council is posted at