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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHAPTER #177 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION, USE, LIGHTING AND SIZE OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DISPLAYS IN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, AND ~ROVIDING PE.~NALTIES FOR THE VI OLATI ON THEREOF, BE IT ORDAINED BY T~YOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SET~ASTIAN, FLORIDA: SECTION I 1. Outdoor advertising dlsplay means any letter, flgure character, mark, plane, paint, marquee, sign, design, poster, plctorlal, plcture, trade-mark, reading matter or Illum- Inated surface which shall be so constructed, placed, attached, painted, erected, fastened or manufactured in any manner what- soever so that the same shall be used for the attraction of any person or the public to any place, person, subject, firm, potation, public performance, article, machine or merchandise whatsoever wt~ich are displayed in any manner whatsoever out of d. oor and are hereinai'ter referred to as "signs." 2. Ornamental lighting means any kind of reflective or exposed illumination of buildiu, gs, signs or landscaping, pro- vided the source of llght from incandescent floodlights or spot- lights is totally shielded from the view of any motorist. $. Painted or surface lettering on any commercial building shall not require permits, provided that such lettering does not exceed an area of 1£ square feet. 4. Temporary slgns as hereinafter referred to in Paragraphs 9, 14, and 1~ shall not require permits. 5. Only business district directional signs and civic organizations slgns may be erected on public ~roperty and then only provided ~ermission from the City Council of Sebastian has been obtalned prlor to the placement of such signs. 6. No sig~s shall be erected, reconstructed, struct- urally altered, used ~r maintalned in the Clty of Sebastian which do not comply with all the regula.tlons established by this ord- inance and no signs shall be erected in the Clt~' of Sebastian VOCELLE & VOCELLE VERO BEACH, FLORIDA until an application therefore has been flled with the approval of the building official on forms prescribed by the City Cm~mcil, except by permission of the City Council. 7. Application for a permlt to erect signs shall fully describe the type, purpose and material of construction. Each application shall be accompanied by a drawlng showing the di- mensions, 1ts loca. tlon with respect to sidewalk and property lines, 1ts elevation above the ground, the means of its support and strengthening, the lighting system, if to be lighted, and the property on which the slgn is proposed to be erected. Each ap- plication for a sign to be erected on vacant property shall be accompanied by a v~rltten statement of the owner of the property on which the slgn is to be erected, giving the owners, permission for the erection of the sign~ Ail applications s~aall be accom- panied by a fee of $5.00 for a maximum of 36 square feet in area, and a 25 cent fee per square foot over the maximum for the life o£ the sign, if the sign is advertising the place oi' business where such sign is located. In the determination of whether or not the sign is located at the place of business, the designation of the occupational license issued by the City will be deter- mlnati, ve. The above stated fee shall be charged yearly for all slgns not located at the place of business. In the det. er.mlnation. wi~~'ek~ard~ to what constitutes the life of a ~articular · ; ':- ::;:'.r.i I ~.~; .~...~ ....... : ,.. ,,. = ......... ~ inspector to so..._~l.e_t_e%'mine said li£e o£ s~gn subject to review by the City Council. 8. No sign shall be erected at the e~d of any dead- end street or on the inside o£ any street curve wh~.re such lo- cation will obstruct the vision of any motorist. 9. Church and institutional directory type signs are exe~npted from the provisions of this ordinance except that 'they shall be limited in size to 20 square feet. 10. Sig'as in A-1 .Agricultural, R-1 residential single £amily and R-s multiple £amily districts, signs o£ not more than 5 square :~?eet are permitted but shall be placed not less than 5 i'eet from the property lines, and may be illuminated. providing the source of such il].umination is totally shielded from beyond the property line. VO~£LLE & VO~ELL~ VERO II£AC~H, FLORIDA £- ot.. ......... klU,alt) ,-921 &I-'e8 i:'i a. XCeSS Of ],.ol SrI~SI"~ ....... . ......... u.r,u clty limits ±~ In ~" ~'m~'~'r~ial and ~' . ~,.,-z ,..~ ..... ~,~ .~?.-1 industrial districts, pnhll,~, ........ . street or alley ax.sept that this ~;rovislo?._ shall not ~:?!~, .,-'Y t,h(~ ~3t,[blJ, g s".3y'.'.~.?ts~ thorou{-J.qi?ar'{,ls, a,o.o s-!det',a].i<s of t.h~. gi%v. i'-:'.,', A.]_I SZ' .:,.n,:~' erect,::,x'. _,__ or ...... P:.a.i:i:)-?,ai~!ed in. thc City ~:h,,:.,_±! - -~:'.: r.:-. and; hca] th r~:-:xulat, lon. s of ~' ~ cot'l:[l'or'x:~ -to th~ :),u i !d J.,rltq, ............ ,.,[%: ,_,.~n~ .... ty 'v.2ni,'~h... ,.2tFe il. OW_ 1Kt -" '"'~':: ..... '"J -~]" '~n "'°<{ulatj... _ O¥:S.~_ say !':~. in t~-,: <~o;:;f'orm to the fotlow!n.'{ '~m~qa'hlons- .... ~ ...... u,:...~ ~:., Of LO 'th6 Side Of It .... :.,:'.:, o~a.l.~. /'lot ~'x,~d6 .;.,wo~.~,c~.~ 16 &r68. ;'"~ ..... ~he overal! hu/ldlx,..r. _:. d.. On cornF;t?,,tig:? ............... th~ tot~]_ sz',=;: ~::.l,].o~,:eu. ~"-or any ~-'~ ' '"_ ~..-': .... K S' ~ e~w~:~ ~, .. ON ~0 ~'~"~ Si.''''~' ~ .',l_ o.. ~,.~,im':~v'~S~tfl]~.,.,.~ ~ ..j,,'~' .... ~O,[!o"-~uFhg'' ~" '~ .... ::u. ::~.S tO :":::_~T~...~.,,..=v"~:r~.., ,95 0108 aQV~., .... u ~c, al ? ~'~r~q ]_ 1' ,: t t~' ........ ,'q 0¥'~'' " .,~O 110 ue'~. ~,~.3_ u ucu 150 OV~Fl'}.e,!ld tl}']:S ............ of the ns'r'?"~,. ..... vrOVidaO.., tha-~e... -~__,..~ s.n astasbll,,.l_~u o_~ cue- 2/[18 -'1 p,c '- ........ :i. overa]l -in q6r]nlth whlrh~'ver Is i;sg ~rov~,':ad ' ~' ' :'t O-F' -~ ' Si/'{iOS are ¢].{{va;~,..a': lesq o~.~8.F. 1~: -r:pe q:qnvra ~he ~ "-~"""~il': Yo _ _ty 'q" C:!.-t`~ ....... o~ ,, ...... iLia. bi 1'~ to t~.a. ,j. VERO ~EA~H, FkORIDA h, The City SouP_oil slns. I1 10ave -the author!ty to re- .~.or-_~ by th~ -¢us~ the ~:reetlon, or to ordar the ~ ...... ~ ..... ~"- :.~ u~ty ~t~-_ of any sI.~NS wh~r'~i~l the ~' Co~'~e~l, J.~l ii. ts soun0 discretion., d.-aeid~s that s~lclq. -' ,~ ~ clustered to~.~..~-tn=r and oi"}strlJetin~i, of motor vehicles or pedestrians. Thls exercise of power is hereby .... ':;rant~sd under the vo]..!.c,0.~ ~ ~ow'?r': ~._ of .... e z_...,=z ~ and safety th~} City to ~.rotect the health, - -~ .... ~ '~:~ of thc citizens of the ~lty' of Sebastian. 14. Temporary si,'?ns adver-tisin~u .u.u, construction or ~.mprovement of ~rou~ t~ wh,~.r,, su. eh si.?{:,~.s.. ~._.-~-'::~,... located may be erected ~lOVlu~u. such (]O llO-t ~:v~,~ed aN ar.:a, of :ltn. ~.np dj. strict . .,~a o~::~.~"o°.o ~.,.~ 1{~' SON~!re !'S'z~ 'f'o~ ::r,}~ .AL.V~t u_t,s _. ~,...,,.~,,...-~,...' , . ~ 'q az" emvloyment an,'5 that such si!ns are not !ZZu.mznat~o; -orovided :further that temporary siffns a. dvertlsin~f the sale, lease or rental of the property or buildin? on which th6 si,in is located may erected, in any district provided that such si.:.ns ad not ~.~ an indus2Fial attO/or ~o~i':~t d .. .............. ~,. is'trier and d. istrj~ts .......... tn~. City. d~.~t=rmzn~u'-'- ,. .,,~ by th.a zon, in~r ordlnane,~ then' ~'in-r"~'na withln '" . l..5. wo "}~.r','_! t ' "~ . .., Sna_L1 be required for si,xns an area. or no~ more tn.a ..... 6 square feet ~o be ,erected i:~ e ?rlrt~!turat,.. ~R-].. .... ~ si0_entlat or °-2~ ~ ~lt...r,..~._ .family dlotr:.. 'rmovided that ~ ~' c ~u~n si~[ns onform to th~ provisions of t!tis 16. All si~:~ns locat:ed within t~.t~ City off Sebastian not conZ'ormins with the provisions of this ordinarme a't the "~-,:= of 1ts +'inal ]x~ssa';[~ shr~]] b: removed, or recons'truet, e:] by tb~ own~'.~ ,~ of ~u~': szm:.s to con-form h.sr'ewlth with!n s!x mo'.~ths .[_z o,~ d diet6, the .......... ~.,~ S~,, ~m T Any i:!,£l:'sorl, firm or' corporation vioiatir'.pj a'rty provisio?'~s 0 Fd. 1 ~.].a,~ .. ~ , .... of this ........ '~ .~ha~ u. von convigtion t.n~..,. ~.ox_, tx:. ~oum:ush,3c[ ;].,,%~,63) days o~ :* "-'¢ ...... ' ..... ~ .... _~z.: ...... ¢,.-,.. of 't:h.6 Court %z"F!t3.::'.:; %h.s oi'f'en~er. VOC~LCE & VOC£LL£ VERO BZACH, ~LORID& SECTION III Ail ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewlth are hereby repealed except that the parts of this ordinance which do not conflict with an ordinance designated Chapter 158, passed by the Clty Councll on the 8th day of Aprll 1959, shall be in force in regards to any violations or obliga- tions incurred between the 8th day of April, 1959, until the time of the passage of this ordinance. SECTION IV 1. It is 'the intent and requirement of the City Council that all obligations presently due to the City under the former ordln.ance desl~ated Chapter 158, passed on. the 8th day of April, 1959, ls repealed., and all amounts which were due and payable on. July 1, 1959, shall be ~overned by the provisions o£ thls ordinance. £. The City Clerk shall b~ required, to issue a permit to erect a sign. or slgns on a half year basis, however, when, a permit is issued, for the half year perlod for the year pre- ceding -the fee or the year application is made, the fee and penalti, es thereof shall be one hal:~ the expense of a fee or application which covers a. full year. The discretion of the City Clerk wlll determine when such half year permits may be issued. This does SECTION V The City Council shall within ninety (90) days of passage 'of this Crdinanc~ direct the City Clerk as to the fform of all pe~its to be issued ptursuaut to this Ordinance; how'eYer, the City Council shall approve 'the fon~s submitted to it by the City Clerk ~f said forms are. reasonable m~.d carry out the necessary requirements demanded off such. forms and are convenient for the City Clerk's administrative requirements. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to submit to the City Council, withln thirty (~0) days oi' the passage of thls Ordinance, the proposed forms to be used as ~ermits under this Ordinance. VO~ELLE & VOC:ELI.£ V~:RO ~E:AC:H. IrLOI~IIDA SECTION VI It is the ~ntent and requirement o£ the City Council that all obligations presently due to the City under the former Ordinance desl~nated Chapter 158, passe~ on, the 4th day of January, 1958, remain in eI~fect, and all amounts due the City are payable on July 1, 1959, and the ~rovisions of Sectlon VI, subsection 1, o~' this Ordinance thereupon come into effect. This Ordinance adopted on th~s 7~© day of 1959. CITY OF SEBASTIAN - 6 - VO~£LL~ · VOG£LL~ V~RO ~EAGH, FLORIDA