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Thursday, July 21, 1966 - 7 :30 PM
City Commission Room, City Hall
(Joint Meeting with City Commission at 8 PM)
Present: Clifford W. McKibbin, Jr., Chairman
Donald Bishop, Jr.
Arthur Harris
Robert E. Karns
A. W. Lee, Jr.
Phillip Logan
C. F. Brooke Smith
Mason H. Wharton
City Manager Knowles
The Chairman called the meeting to order.
The first item of business was a discussion held regarding
a request for a variance to the Sign Ordinance by William Hemphill
pertaining to erecting an additional sign at his used car lot on
West First Street. Such sign to be 4 feet in.�.height and 24
feet long; made of plywood; to be placed approximately 40 feet
back from West First Street; and to be a single face sign.
It was noted that Mr. Hemphill owned all the property
within the block of his present establishment on the south
side of West First Street and the placement of the sign on
the used car lot 40' back from the highway on the west side
of the building would not present a problem or hazard to traffic.
Thereupon, Mr. Harris moved that the variance as requested
for the,..=sgn erection be granted. Seconded by Mr. Karns and
carried.
Due to the resignation of William Bush from the Zoning
and Planning Commission, Mr. Harris moved that a recommendation
be made to the City Commission to appoint Jefferson R. Davis
to fill the vacancy. Motion seconded by Mr. Logan and carried.
With the arrival of the City Commission, the Zoning and
Planning Commission adjourned to a joint meeting with this body
at 8 P.M.
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Mayor A. L. Wilson opened with a call for a discussion of
the proposed amendments to the sign regulations.
Commissioner Higginbotham said he wanted just a general
law to fit a business and its location with each sign to be
taken up individually.
Mayor Wilson stated that the City Commission had re-
quested the Zoning and Planning Commission to prepare pro-
posed recommendations, which they had; and the purpose of
the meeting was to discuss these regulations as submitted
to them and thereby come to a meeting of the minds.
Commissioner Raborn mentioned that he felt that the
City had to liberalize the regulations.
Commissioner Baker stated that he disagreed with both
Commissioners' line of thought. He then mentioned that he
is familiar with signs in other communities and that the
attractive communities have less signs and probably good
sign ordinances. Further stating, he liked a strict sign
ordinance and favored the City's existing sign ordinance,
but with more enforcement towards it.
Commissioner Higginbotham mentioned that the majority
of the present problems was in "price" signs and if they
could get rid of them, it would get rid of the clutter;
and that the trouble is and will be that of adopting an
ordinance that will actually stand up, plus being compatible
to both sides.
Mr. Harris stated that the Commission should let them
know what they as the City Commission want in a sign ordinance
and the Zoning and Planning will then proceed to draw it up
with the City Commission then as the final enforcement of the
law.
Th4�Qity Attorney rendered information as to what is
presently recognized by the courts in zoning in the State
of Florida. They do not recognize a law for control
pertaining to asthetics.
A further opinion was rendered in that, when the proper
ordinance is agreed upon and adopted, it should be enforced
and no variances granted whereby this has created some of
the problems in the past with variances being granted by
the Zoning and Planning Commission and /or by the1City Com-
mission�.
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Mayor Wilson then called for the group to go through the
proposed regulations point by point.
Under the proposed regulations, the following changer
were recommended:
Section B:
(1) Change the wording to mean flasher confusing
the traveling public that appear like traffic
control devices.
(2) OK
(3) Eliminate entirely
(4) &(5) A2bw one sign if inside the block and two
signs in at a corner location with the signs
to be set back a distance of the height of the
sign plus 5 feet.
Section D:
(1) Use replacement cost
(2) Change the 5 -year period to 10 years.
(3) Include the amber and the new flashing blue lights
Sections E and Section F: Okay
Section G:
(1) Eliminate the last sentence of the second para-
graph and add that larger signs shall be by approval
of the City Commission. Change the 100 square
foot requirement to 150 sq. feet. Added size
to be 1.5 square feet for each 1 -foot of property
frontage.
Section H:
(1) OK
(2) Change the 100 sq. foot requirement to 150
sq. feet.
Section I:
(1) OK
(2) Change the requirement of 100 sq. feet to 150
square feet.
Section J: Okay
Section K: Rates should reflect a proportionate increase
for the larger 150 sq. foot signs.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
CFiairman Secretary