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HomeMy WebLinkAbout022554 ORD - 04/23/1996AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 3-3 -- BANNERS, ETC. OVER PUBLIC STREETS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City of Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances Section 3-3 is hereby amended to hereafter read as follows: No person may build, construct, fasten, tie, install, remove, or maintain any banners, streamers, or similar materials ("banners") anywhere within the city in such a manner that the same is above, over, or across any portion of the public right-of-way or street or public property in the city except as set out below: 1. The City Traffic Engineer may issue a permit for installation of banner for a temporary period of time, set out in the permit, at specific locations over or across city property or street right-of-way to a non-profit organization promoting, or any person engaged in promoting, a non-profit public event or activity or donating 100% of the net proceeds (less banner costs and associated banner expenses) to a non-profit organization, subject to compliance with the conditions set out below. 2. Prior to issuance of the permit and installation of banners, the permittee must: a) Furnish a certificate of insurance, meeting the insurance requirements set by the risk manager, to the city traffic engineer and risk manager, naming the city as additional insured, no less than 10 business days prior to the first day of the permitted banner installation; b) Sign an indemnity form indemnifying the city from all personal injury or property damage that might result from installing, maintaining, or removing the banners. c) Pay a non-refundable processing fee of $25 for administrative costs associated with issuing the permit. d) Agree in writing to install, maintain, and remove the banner in the manner and at the times set by the city traffic engineer, and stated in the permit, and to ensure that the banner remains properly secured during the time it is permitted. 3. A permittee may request a banner application no more than one year prior to the first day requested for installation. A permittee is limited to two banner locations for a maximum of two weeks for a specific event each six months. Completed applications must be returned to the city traffic engineer no less than 30 days prior to the first day of installation. H:\ag5000.814.vr MiCfQEILMEC If more than one person requests the same banner location for the same time on the same business day, the person who first requested the location will be given 30 days to return the completed application, and if he/she fails to do so the first person's reservation is forfeited, then the second person will be given 30 days to return the completed application. If neither person returns the completed application within the stated time periods, and any other required information, the city traffic engineer may use another method of determining who may use the requested banner locations, including leaving the banner location vacant. 4. Permittee must remove banners at the time set out in the permit. If the banners are not removed the city will invoice the permittee for the city's cost of removing the banners plus 25% overhead and the permittee must pay the invoice within 30 days after the city mails the invoice. 5. The city traffic engineer may require permittee to remove a banner from an approved location prior to the scheduled removal date at the permittee's expense and city owes no damages to permittee for the early removal. 6. Banners must not contain the name of any product or business, and must contain information only about the public event and/or activity being promoted. H:\ag5000.8I4.vr Tat the foregoingordi , ce was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the Day of f 111 I , 19Q ll, by the following vote: Mary Rhodes Dr. Jack Best Betty Black Melody Cooper Tony Heldenfels Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Edward A. Martin Dr. David McNichols akr CG That the coreggqing ordinance was : d for the second time and passed finally on this the J Day of CAQ i*l l , 19 cit, , by the following vote: Mary Rhodes Dr. Jack Best Betty Black Melody Cooper Tony Heldenfels PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 23 Day of ATTEST: 7a i7 City Secretary Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Edward A. Martin Dr. David McNichols MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI oz_ APPROVED: 4 DAY OF._2l Din l , 199_cs JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY Alison Gallaway CC LQ4), , ),>.)17- Alison ,»17- Assistant City Attorney H:\ag5000.814.vr i 4 PUBLISHER'S AIHDAVIT State of Texas, } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI County of Nueces } ss: Ad # 584533 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Darrell G. Coleman, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is Vice -President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corpus Christi Ca11er-Timeg, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said County and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, and Webb Counties, and that the publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 022554 hich the annexed is a true copy, was published in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the 29TH day(s) of APRIL. 1996. ONE (1) Time(s) $ 24.05 \\\00011111 11110,,,, Pint N Ct. ;o:= 1r• T`7 '= Vice -President and Chief Financial Officer Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8TH day of MAY. 1996. tekitaett.) Seri Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas CONNIE HARALSON Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 5/14/97.