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ORDINANCE NO. 2O/L-35S8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12, "UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
ORDINANCE", ARTICLE 7 "GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARDS",
SECTION 12-7.5 D "PROHIBITED SIGNS", SECTION 12-7.5 F, "SIGN STANDARDS",
SECTION 12-7.5 0, "FUEL PRICE SIGNS", AND ADDING SECTION 12-7.5 CC,
"ELECTRONIC READER BOARDS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, AS SET OUT BELOW; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART l:
That CHAPTER 12, "UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE", ARTICLE 7
"GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARDS", SECTION 12-7.5 D
"PROHIBITED SIGNS", SECTION 12-7.5 F, "SIGN STANDARDS", SECTION
12-7.5 0, "FUEL PRICE SIGNS", AND 12-7.5 CC, "ELECTRONIC READER
BOARDS", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, be
amended as set out in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance
for all purposes.
PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void of
unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining
provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect.
PART 3: That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than
Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be
permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said Ordinance, being
a penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days after its date of passage by the
City Council, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College
Station.
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PASSED, ADOPTED, and APPROVED this 24th day of July, 2014.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
City Secreta
APPROVED:
City Attorney
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Mayo
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EXHIBIT "A"
That Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance," Article 7 "General Development Standards",
Section 12-7.5 D, "Prohibited Signs", Subsections 6 and 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of College Station, Texas, are hereby amended to read as follows:
6. Signs and displays with flashing, blinking, or traveling lights, or erratic or other
moving parts, including electronic message boards that change more than once per
fifteen (15) minutes, either internal or external to the premise, and oriented an
visible to vehicular traffic, provided that time and temperature signs are permissible
if the maximum area and setback requirements of this Section are met and if the
commercial information or content of such signs are restricted to no more than eight
(8) square feet.
7. Signs containing manual change copy which are greater than thirty (30) percent of
the allowable sign area.
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That Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance", Article 7 "General Development Standards",
Section 12.7.5 F "Sign Standards", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
F. Sign Standards.
The Following table summarizes the sign standards for the City of College Station:
Sign Type
Maximum
Area (s.f.)**
Maximum
Height (ft.)
Setback
From
ROW
(ft.)
Number Allowed
Apartment/Condominium /
Manufactured Home Park
Identification Signs
100
10
10
1/frontage
Area Identification Signs
16
4
Not to exceed one
(1) foot from top of
wall, marquee, or
parapet to which it
is attached
6
10
1/10-50 acre
subdivision or phase
:Attached Signs
Varies, see
Section 12-7.5.1
below
30
Any number allowed
if within the total
allowed square
footage of attached
signs
See Section 12-7.5 BB
below
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Campus Wayfinding signs
—
Commercial Banners
1
36
No to exceed the
top of structure to
which it is attached
10
1/premises
!Development Signs
15
10
1/premises
Residential/Collector Street
35
{Arterial Street
65
Freeway (As designated on
Thoroughfare Plan)
200
Directional Traffic Control
Signs
1
3
4
4
1/curb cut
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Electronic Reader Boards
Varies, see 12-7.5.D.6 and 12-7.5.CC
Freestanding Signs
Varies, see 12-7.5.N below
1/building plot where
lot exceeds 75 feet of
frontage
Home Occupation Signs
2
Not to exceed top
of wall to which it
is attached
1/dwelling unit
Low Profile Signs
60
4
10
See 12-7.5 R "Low
Profile Signs"
below/***
Low Profile Signs (In lieu of
permitted Freestanding Sign)
60
10
1/150 feet of frontage
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Real Estate, Finance, and
Construction Signs
1 /frontage(Real
Estate)
Up to 150 -foot frontage
Greater than 150 -foot
frontage
(Roof Signs
Subdivision Signs
16
32
Determined by
frontage. Same as
freestanding
Max. 100 s.f.
150
8
10 feet above
structural roof
15
10
1 /property (Finance)
10 3/property
(Construction)
10
1/building plot in
place of a freestanding
sign
1 /primary subdivision
entrance.
Not to exceed 2 signs.
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That Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance", Article 7 "General Development Standards",
Section 12-7.5.0.1, "Fuel Price Signs", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. The area of the fuel price sign shall not exceed twenty-four (24) square feet.
That Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance", Article 7 "General Development Standards",
Section 12-7.5.CC, "Electronic Reader Boards", of the Code of Ordinance of the City of College
Station, is hereby added after Section 12-7.5.BB "Campus Wayfinding Signs", and is to read as
follows:
CC. Electronic Reader Boards.
In addition to meeting the other requirements of this Section, Electronic Reader Boards
(ERB) are subject to the following requirements:
1. The sign display (message) change shall be instantaneous; scrolling, fading, or
animation between messages is prohibited;
2. No electronic reader board shall exceed a brightness level of 0.3 foot candles above
ambient light as measured using a light meter capable of measuring in foot candles at
a distance based upon sign area, measured as follows:
Measurement distance = V (sign display area of ERB x 100)
3. The sign shall be equipped with automatic brightness control keyed to ambient light
levels;
4. In the event of a malfunction, the sign display must go dark; and,
5. Electronic Reader Board size is limited to thirty (30) percent of the allowable sign area.
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