Ordinance No. 2023-8 Development Codethe Development Code of the City of Huntsville, Texas Article 8 "Signs" seeks to balance the public interest in promoting a safe, well-maintained, and attractive City with the interests of businesses, organizations, and individuals who rely on signs as a means to identify and advertise products, services, and ideas:
the Development Code of the City of Huntsville, Texas Article 8.200 .. Prohibited Signs" identifies signs and sign characteristics that are prohibited so as to protect the safety and welfare of the public by minimizing sign-related hazards to pedestrian and vehicular traffic; to promote the reasonable, orderly and effective display of signs by minimizing visual clutter; to minimize the possible adverse effects of signs on nearby public and private property, in particular on residential uses and districts: and
the Planning Commission reviewed and recommended adopting the updates to the City of Huntsville Development Code; and
the Council held a public hearing at their meeting on March 21, 2023. prior to consideration of amending the Ordinance:
The facts and matters set forth in the preamble of this Ordinance are found to be true and correct and are hereby adopted, ratified, and confirmed.
The City of Huntsville Development Code Section 8.200 '"Prohibited Signs". shall be amended as shown in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein.
All ordinances or parts of Ordinances that are in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
4: Should any paragraph. sentence. clause. phrase or section of this Ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstin1tional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof. other than the pmt so declared to be invalid. illegal or unconstitutional.