Rockwall City Briefs

(Rockwall) October 4, 2012 – 

Sign regulations approved

Non-profit groups in the City of Rockwall have until Sept. 3, 2013 to use cloth, vinyl-type free-standing banner signs and metal or wood free-standing on-premise.

Rockwall council members approved the ordinance amendment with conditions regulating how non-profit groups can display signs on their property, which include:

• Signs must be made of corrugated plastic – known as coroplast signs – supported by t-posts on each side (effective Sept. 3, 2013);
• Feather Flags not exceeding 12 feet in height may be allowed in lieu of corrugated plastic signs;
• The non-profit may display one on-premise sign per street frontage;
• All non-profit on-premise signs require a permit from the city;
• Such signs are only allowed on private property;
• Signs cannot exceed 32 square feet in size;
• Signs may be displayed a maximum of 14 days with a minimum 30 day interval between permits.

Other restrictions include minimum setback from curbs based on location and established intersections where signs are not allowed. Signs must be removed within 24 hours of city permit expiration time or be subject to a citation.

For more information, please call Cliff Griffin at 972-772-6449 or e-mail him at cgriffin@rockwall.com.

Blackland Prairie event is Oct. 14

The City of Rockwallwill kick-off Native Plant Week at the Blackland Prairie Restoration site at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14th at Harry Myers Park behind the Historical Museum.

The new Blackland Prairie interpretive sign panels will be unveiled at the event, and a plaque in memory of David Yarbrough will be dedicated.

“David Yarbrough was the son of the city’s Parks and Recreation Board Chairman Marcus Yarbrough,” said Andy Hesser, the city’s Parks and Recreation Manager. “Marcus is aTexasmaster naturalist and an advocate for native plants inNorth Texas. He was also instrumental in writing the text and creating the graphics and photography for the educational signs in the Blackland Prairie Restoration site.”

The two-acre plot inMyersParkis a restored remnant of typical Blackland Prairie grasses, perennials and wildflowers.

Money raised in memory of David Yarbrough helped fund a portion of the interpretive signs that will serve to educate visitors of the Historical Museum and tenant farmer home of the rich heritage of Rockwall County.

MyersParkis located at 901 E. Washington St. Rainout date for the event is Oct. 20^th at 1 p.m.

Mosquito fogging successful

The City of Rockwallmosquito fogging program ended Sept. 28^th on the approval of the city’s Health Official.

The program was initiated in late June in anticipation of a significant mosquito season and the likelihood of West Nile Virus cases. Trapped mosquitoes were sent to the Texas Department of Health Services for testing. All tests were negative for the virus.

There has been a significant decline in the number of mosquitoes since the fogging program began, according to city officials.

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