HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 04 02 Tom Tom Noodle HouseORDINANCE NO. 04/02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 90/6, A SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT FOR THE PLAZA AT PRESTON
CENTER BY DESIGNATING SPECIFICATIONS FOR SIGNS FOR TOM TOM
NOODLE HOUSE; PROVIDING FOR APPROVAL OF ELEVATIONS ATTACHED
HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A"; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Urban Design and Development Advisory Committee of the City has
considered a request for amendment of Ordinance No. 90/6, the Special Sign District for the Plaza at
Preston Center, as heretofore amended; and
WHEREAS, the committee is of the opinion that such amendment will result in benefits to
the public health, safety and general welfare and is in the interest of the City of University Park, and
has recommended to the City Council that such amendment be approved; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has provided notice and a public hearing with regard to such
request and recommendation and is of the opinion and finds that such special sign district should be
amended as requested; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Urban Design and Development Advisory Committee has
considered a request for amendment of Ordinance No. 90/6, as heretofore amended, which granted
a Special Sign District for the Plaza at Preston Center, and such amendment has been approved by
the Committee as beneficial to the public health, safety, and general welfare and in the interests of
the City of University Park. The City Council therefore hereby determines that ordinance No. 90/6,
the Special Sign District for the Plaza at Preston Center, as heretofore amended, '~hould be further
amended in accordance with the following sections.
SECTION 2. That the specifications for signage for the Tom Tom Noodle House at 8420
Preston Center Plaza are hereby approved and adopted as follows:
a. The sign along the alley frontage shall be placed on the "Tower" or raised section of the
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building fagade;
b. The sign on the alley frontage may be similar to the Tom Tom 'logo type' sign on the
front of the building, or, in the alternative, may read "Tom Tom" on the upper half and
"Noodle House" on the lower half;
c. The sign on the alley frontage may not exceed thirty (30) square feet in area; .~
d. The sign on the alley frontage may not be internally lighted, but may be lighted by two
luminaries mounted on the building above the sign; and
e. The existing sign on the front (west fagade) of the building shall remain unchanged.
SECTION 3. That the signs approved hereby may be placed as shown on the elevations
attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein.
SECTION 4. That any provision of Ordinance No. 90/6, as heretofore amended, in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance with regard to the signage permitted for the Plaza at
Preston Center and all other ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. That except as amended hereby, ordinance No. 90/6, as heretofore amended,
shall remain in full force and effect as the Special Sign District for the Plaza at Preston Center.
SECTION 6. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same
shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part of provision thereof, other than
the part decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional.
SECTION 7. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of
the City of University Park, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred
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CITY ATTORNEY
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dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and each and every day such offense shall continue shall be
deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 8. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the
6tzh day of January ., 200~.
APPRpVED:/
ATTEST:
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