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Except for signs located wholly within the public right-of-way, the building official shall not issue a permit for construction, erection, placement, or maintenance of a sign until a site is established in one of the following ways:
(1) A lot is part of a plat which is approved by the city plan commission and filed in the plat records of Dallas County, Texas.
(2) Tracts that are governed by a detached sign unity agreement in accordance with Section 51A-7.1710. (Ord. Nos. 24348; 25918)
(a) The building official may authorize the dissolution of common boundary lines between lots for the limited purpose of allowing those lots to be considered one premise for the erection of detached signs if a written agreement is executed in accordance with this section on a form provided by the city.
(b) The agreement must:
(1) contain legal descriptions of the properties sharing the common boundary line(s);
(2) set forth adequate consideration between the parties;
(3) state that all parties agree that the properties sharing the common boundary line(s) may be collectively treated as one lot for the limited purpose of erecting detached signs;
(4) state that the dissolution of the common boundary line(s) described in the agreement is only for the limited purpose of allowing the erection of detached signs, and that actual lines of property ownership are not affected;
(5) state that it constitutes a covenant running with the land with respect to all properties sharing the common boundary line(s);
(6) state that all parties agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the city of Dallas from and against all claims or liabilities arising out of or in connection with the agreement;
(7) state that it shall be governed by the laws of the state of Texas;
(8) state that it may only be amended or terminated by a subsequent written instrument that is:
(A) signed by an owner of property sharing the common boundary line(s) or by a lienholder, other than a taxing entity, that has either an interest in a property sharing the common boundary line(s) or an improvement on such a property;
(B) approved by the building official;
(C) approved as to form by the city attorney; and
(D) filed and made a part of the deed records of Dallas County, Texas;
(9) be approved by the building official and be approved as to form by the city attorney;
(10) be signed by all owners of the properties sharing the common boundary line(s);
(11) be signed by all lienholders, other than taxing entities, that have either an interest in the properties sharing the common boundary line(s) or an improvement on those properties; and
(12) be filed and made a part of the deed records of Dallas County, Texas.
(c) The building official shall approve an agreement if all properties governed by the agreement fully comply with the regulations in this division.
(d) An agreement shall not be considered effective until a true and correct copy of the approved agreement is filed in the deed records in accordance with this section and two file-marked copies of the agreement are filed with the building official.
(e) An agreement may only be amended or terminated by a written instrument that is executed in accordance with this subsection on a form provided by the city. The instrument must be:
(1) signed by an owner of property sharing the common boundary line(s) or by a lienholder, other than a taxing entity, that has either an interest in a property sharing the common boundary line(s) or an improvement on such a property;
(2) approved by the building official;
(3) approved as to form by the city attorney; and
(4) filed and made a part of the deed records of Dallas County, Texas.
The building official shall approve an instrument amending or terminating an agreement if all properties governed by the agreement fully comply with the regulations in this division. The amending or terminating instrument shall not be considered effective until it is filed in the deed records in accordance with this subsection and two file-marked copies are filed with the building official.
(f) No detached non-premise sign may be erected or maintained on a property that is described in an agreement executed in accordance with this section. (Ord. Nos. 24348; 25918)
(a) In general. Sign and sign supports must be maintained in a state of good repair and neat appearance at all times.
(b) Revocation of permit.
(1) The building official shall revoke, in writing, the sign permit for a sign if it has for a period of one year:
(A) displayed obsolete advertising matter;
(B) been without advertising matter; or
(C) been damaged in excess of 50 percent of the cost of replacement of the sign.
(2) The owner of the sign is liable to the city for a civil penalty in the amount of $200 a day for each calendar day that the sign is maintained without a required permit. The building official shall give written notice to the property owner of the amount owed to the city in civil penalties, and shall notify the city attorney of any unpaid civil penalty. The city attorney shall collect unpaid civil penalties in a suit on the city’s behalf.
(3) The civil penalty provided for in Paragraph (2) is in addition to any other enforcement remedy the city may have under city ordinances and state law. (Ord. Nos. 24348; 25918)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), nothing in this division shall be construed to regulate the display of a government sign.
(b) Safe school zone signs must satisfy the following requirements.
(1) Each sign must be erected within 600 feet of a school.
(2) No sign may exceed five square feet in effective area.
(3) At least 80 percent of the effective area of each sign must be devoted to a governmental message.
(4) Up to 20 percent of the effective area of each sign may be devoted to the identification of a sponsor. (Ord. Nos. 24348; 25918)
(a) Signs may be located in or project over the public right-of-way, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, subject to the licensing and franchise requirements of Chapter XIV of the city charter, Article VI of Chapter 43 of the Dallas City Code, as amended, and the requirements of this section.
(b) The traffic engineer shall review the location of any sign located in or overhanging the public right-of-way to ensure that the sign will not pose a traffic hazard or visibility obstruction. (Ord. Nos. 24348; 25918; 28424)
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance, any sign that may display a commercial message may also display a noncommercial message, either in place of or in addition to the commercial message, so long as the sign complies with other requirements of this ordinance that do not pertain to the content of the message displayed.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance, any sign that may display one type of noncommercial message may also display any other type of noncommercial message, so long as the sign complies with other requirements of this ordinance that do not pertain to the content of the message displayed. (Ord. Nos. 24348; 25918)
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