The mayor or designee is authorized and directed to implement the applicable provisions of this chapter upon the passage of the ordinance.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)

This chapter shall apply to all land within the incorporated area of the town.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)

No off-premises commercial or advertising signs shall be allowed in the corporate limits of Anthony, Texas; that is, those signs which carry commercial messages other than the advertisement of the sale, rental or other commercial offering of any product, services, event, institution or business located on the premises where the sign is located.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)

Signs which were erected prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter which do not conform to its provisions are deemed to be nonconforming. Nonconforming signs are exempt from the penalties of this chapter. This section recognizes that the eventual elimination as expeditiously and fairly as possible of nonconforming signs is as much a subject of health, safety and welfare, as is the prohibition of new signs that would violate the prohibitions of this chapter. It is also the intent of this section that any elimination of nonconforming signs shall be effected in a manner that will avoid any unreasonable invasion of established property rights.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)

Any person, corporation or association violating any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00), and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of the building or premises or part thereof, where a nonconforming sign shall be placed, and any architect, engineer, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted in the commission of such violation shall be guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as hereinbefore provided.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)