04-18-2002 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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. . 12. Siam. Consistent with the terms of the D~velopment Agreement, signage for the track shall be uniform and shall follow a consistent design throughout the development. A sign cOnsultant or other qualified design professional shall be utilized to develop,such uniform and consistent signage plan throughout the tract and the plan that is developed shall be approved by the City of La Porte and be enforced throughout the tract by the Association. No deviation in signage shall be permitted except by recommendation of the Board of the Property Owners Association (Association) and approved by the Planning Director of the City of La Porte upon such recommendation. Consistent vvith this provision, prior to execting any sign, detailed drawings and specifications for such proposed sign, incl~ding, without limitation, site information signs, shall be submitted to the Grantor for its prior written approval. The design and material of every sign on the Property must be approved in writing by the Association. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Grantor, all signs must be attached to a building, parallel to an4 contiguous with its wall, and must not project above its roof line. No mobile or portable sign and no sign with flashing lights or moving characters, or designed to imitate moving lights or flashing characterS, shall be permitted,. No signs may be painted on ~uildings' or other structures unless otherwise approved in writing by the Grantor. No sign (other than traffic control signs and informational signs erected by or with the permission of the Association) may be erected in any street right-of-way or other easement. With the prior written consent of the Association, temporary signs may be erected in the setback areas of a Building Site for the sole purpose of advertising the leasing of the Building Site or businesses to be conducted thereon, or the sale thereof, and such signs may be larger and of a different character than permanent signs. All temporary signs must be removed when the principal building on the applicable Building Site is substantially leased or sold. If, at any time; the purchaser, owner, user or lessee of any Building Site shall be in violation of this Sect~on 12, the Association, without being deemed to be guilty of a trespass and without being otherwise liable to such purchaser, owner, or user, lessee, or any , other'person, may enter upon the Building Site or any part ihereofand may remove any sign not complying with the Section 12 or not previously approvecfas herein required. For purposes of this Section 12, together with interest thereon from the date the costs are incurred until repaid at the maximum nonusurious rate ofinterest allowed by applicable law, shall be due,arid payable by the owner ofthe applicable Building Site upo~ demand. The repayment of such sums shall be secured by the mechanic's lien created by Section 15 below as ifsuch.costs were incurred in perfonning maintenance on such Building Site., All approvals by Association, required by this ' Section 12 shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. 13. Temporal)' Structures. No temporary building or structure other than construction , offices and structures related to construction shall be installed or maintained on any Building Site. ' All temporary structures used for construction purposes ~ust receive prior approval from the ' Grantor with regard to location and appearance, and must be removed promptly upon substantjal completion of construction of the building or improvement to which.they re~ate. '-14. Easements. No structure shall be erected on any easement within the Property, and no improvement may be placed within such easements, without prior written approval of the Grantor and the holder of such easement rights. Easements may be crossed by driveways, p~king areas, landscaping, and walkways upon receipt of the prior written approval of the holder of such easement rights and provided appropriate measures an~ taken tQ protect the pipes, lines and