HomeMy WebLinkAbout031974 RES - 12/17/2019 Resolution decertifying the City of Corpus Christi under Texas
Highway Beautification Act; and reestablishing the annual permit
renewal fee for billboard permits.
WHEREAS, the City last increased the billboard annual permit renewal fee
on August 1, 2006;
WHEREAS, the fees last adopted in 2006 were repealed and not replaced
upon adoption of the Unified Development Code (UDC);
WHEREAS, the fees adopted in 2006 and reestablished by this resolution
are reasonably necessary to cover cost of granting permits and of exercising
proper police regulation, and bear reasonable relationship to legitimate object of
sign ordinance; and
WHEREAS, UDC Section 7.5.24 authorizes establishment of fees for
billboards through resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City of Corpus Christi voluntarily relinquishes its Certified City status as
defined in Title 43, Texas Administrative Code §21.200 (Relating to Local Control) and
returns full regulatory responsibility to the Texas Department of Transportation
concerning all commercial signs located on highways regulated under Trans. Code Ch.
391 within the incorporated limits of the City. The City Manager or designee is authorized
to execute all documents necessary to voluntarily relinquish the City of Corpus Christi
Certified City status.
SECTION 2. The annual permit renewal fee for billboards under§7.5.24 of the UDC shall
be:
(a) For signs not exceeding 100 square feet in area, the fee is $13.00 plus $0.05 per
square foot of sign area.
(b) For signs greater than 100 square feet in area and not exceeding three hundred 300
square feet in area, the fee is $28.00 plus $0 .05 per square foot of sign area.
(c) For signs greater than three hundred square feet in area, the fee is $40.00 plus $0.05
per square foot of sign area.
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SCANNED
PASSED AND APPROVED on the /' day of ..t/z 2019:
Joe McComb
Roland Barrera
Rudy Garza 1111,.�
Paulette M. Guajardo
Gil Hernandez �L_
Michael Hunter &-
Ben Molina
Everett Roy A (Z_
Greg Smith
ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Reb cca Huerta J'•- i cComb
City Secretary - •
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