§ 28-28. Sign specifications, design and other requirements.

These requirements and standards are applicable to all signs located in the city of Laredo:

(1)

Compliance with other codes and ordinances. If any portion of this chapter is found to be in conflict with any other provision of any zoning, building, fire, safety or health ordinances adopted by the city, the provision which establishes the higher standard shall prevail. All signs shall meet the standards of the adopted city building codes.

(2)

Visibility. All signs shall observe all visibility requirements. Signs shall not be placed within visibility/site triangles, corner clips, easements as defined in the city's thoroughfare plan, engineering department standard design guide and the traffic department access management policy as they currently exists or may be amended. Signs shall not create a hazard. Signs with flashing, intermittent or moving lights are expressly prohibited within fifty (50) feet of an intersection, except for signs providing only time and temperature information.

(3)

Identification marking required. All signs that require the issuance of a permit after adoption of this chapter shall have attached, written, or painted in a weatherproof manner and in a conspicuous place thereon, the name and telephone number of the licensee who erected the sign.

(4)

Assumed wind load for design purposes. For the purposes of design of structural members in signs must withstand one hundred five (105) MPH, three (3) second wind gusts, or as found in the latest adopted International Building Code. All signs must be certified by a structural engineer, authorized and licensed to do business in the state of Texas.

(5)

Illumination. Signs that are illuminated shall be designed so that any external illumination is shielded and no direct light is cast into residential areas or public streets. External lighting devices shall be permitted provided such fixtures do not extend more than eight (8) feet beyond the sign structure and are so attached that such illumination is directed upon the face of the sign so that it does not reflect directly into adjoining property or public streets.

(6)

Multiple signs on a property or building. The permitting of a sign on a property or building shall not preclude the permitting of other types of signs on a property or building, unless the signs are expressly prohibited herein, or additional signs will exceed allowable square footage per sign type. However, if a freestanding multi-tenant sign or attached multi-tenant sign is used, another freestanding sign shall be allowed only on another platted lot within the development. Only one (1) freestanding sign shall be allowed per property per street frontage.

(7)

State standards. Signs located along federal and state primary aid highways are also subject to the latest requirements contained in V.T.C.A. Health and Safety Code, § 361.321-322 and the rural road sign control provisions of V.T.C.A. Transportation Code, § 394.002 et. seq. which is hereby adopted as supplementary outdoor sign regulations and by this reference is incorporated herein as though set forth in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 2017-O-044 , § 1, 10-3-17)