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 Friendswood
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix A. SIGNS

  § 10. Signs on public property.  

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  • a.

    Signs on public property. It shall be unlawful to place a sign in or upon any public property, including, but not limited to, a public street, sidewalk, right-of-way, easement, curb, grounds, bridge or building, unless express consent therefor shall have been first granted by the city council. This subsection shall not apply to signs required to be placed by a public employee in the regular course and scope of his employment.

    b.

    Impoundment.

    (1)

    Any sign in violation of subsection a of this section may be removed without notice to the owner thereof. Employees of the police department, the department of public works, and community development are hereby authorized to remove any such signs and transport or cause the same to be transported to a location to be designated by the community development division. Snipe signs may be discarded immediately. The custodian of the storage area shall maintain records of where such signs were located when they were so removed and the date on which they were so removed and, except for snipe signs, shall hold the same in the storage area for a period of not less than 30 days.

    (2)

    Any sign so held may be redeemed by the owner thereof upon the payment of a fee to the city set by resolution and printed in Appendix D to this Code. Such fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any fine imposed upon such owner for violation of this subsection. Any sign impounded and stored and not redeemed by the owner thereof within 30 days may be disposed of or sold at public auction in the same manner as surplus property of the city.

    c.

    Exceptions.

    (1)

    Public athletic facilities. Public athletic facilities may have signs attached to fences surrounding such facility to give public information or team sponsor advertising. Except for scoreboards, such signs shall not project above the fence line and shall face the athletic facility.

    (2)

    Public and private parks. Public and private parks may have signs to give information and/or regulations concerning park use.

(Ord. No. 2005-08, § 7, 3-21-2005; Ord. No. 2014-38, § 1, 1-5-2015)