HomeMy WebLinkAbout1663 ORDINANCE NO. 1663
AN ORDINANCE OF TIlE CITY OF SANFORD, ~LORIDA, AMENDING
SECTION 22-16 (j)(3), ANDi;.SECTION 22-17 (h) AS AMENDED
BY ORDINANCE NO. 1655 OF THE SANFORD CITY CODE;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on September 26, 1983, the City of Sanford, Florida,
adopted Ordinance No. 1655 which section provided for erection of ground
signs and mobile trailer signs; and
WHEREAS, subsequently it was discovered that there were
scrivener's errors appearing in Ordinance No. 1655; and
WHEREAS, the City of Sanford, Florida, desires to correct said
errors;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION i: That Section22-16 (j)(3) providing for the
erection of ground signs, be and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(3) Maximum Area. Maximum area of a ground sign shall be one
hundred fifty (150) square feet. Such one hundred fifty
(150) square feet shall apply per business establishment
with a maximum of two (2) such signs per each one hundred
(100) feet of street frontage. The total area of all signs
facing each street frontage shall be within the allowable
square footage and within a single sign structure or frame.
Larger signs shall be subject to review by the planning and
zoning commission and variance approval by the board of
adjustment.
SECTION 2: That Section 22-17 (h) providing for the erection of
ground signs, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
(h) Mobile trailer signs. A mobile trailer sign shall mean a
point of purchase advertising sign or any material for such
use with or without changeable type lettering, illuminated
or nonilluminated, mounted on a boat type trailer, trailer
frame complete with axle and wheels, and capable of being
towed over the road as a trailer. A mobile trailer sign shall
be considered to be a temporary sign and as such, the copy
area of such mobile trailer sign shall be in addition to
the maximam allowable copy area for the point-of-sale signs.
No mobile trailer sign shall be located in any public right-
of-way.
Each company engaged in the renting, leasing, owning or
otherwise providing for hire any mobile trailer sign shall be
properly licensed as required by law and shall, prior to
displaying each sign upon any business premise, secure a
permit for each said sign from the office of the building
official of the city. A permit shall be valid for a period
of no longer than sixty (60) days for any one business.
A permit cannot be renewed, nor can a permit be obtained
for the same business nor another business on the same site
within a period of one hundred eighty ~180) days following
expiration of a prior permit for a mobile sign on the same
property.
The placement of a mobile trailer sign in a parking space
which is required to meet the minimum parking requirements
of the city shall be prohibited.
Mobile trailer signs, exclusive of the transportation
mechanism, shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in
area per face.
All mobile trailer signs shall be limited to commercial
and industrial districts. Churches and non profit
organizations shall be permitted signs within their
property boundaries.
There shall be a maximum of one mobile trailer sign per
business location with a minimum spacing of one hundred
fifty (150) feet between any two (2) portable mobile
trailer signs on the same business property and no mobile
signs shall be placed within one hundred fifty (150) feet of
a ground sign located on the same business property.
All incandescent bulbs in, on, or attached to any mobile
trailer signs shall be rated at not more than one hundred
(100) watts. Flashing illumination shall be prohibited
on mobile trailer signs. No more than ten (10) flood bulbs
per face on each mobile trailer sign shall be permitted.
Each mobile sign shall, in addition to the provisions set
forth herein, comply with the requirements of applicable codes
of the city.
Each mobile trailer sign shall havelpermanently affixed and
predominantly displayed, the name and telephone number of
the owner of the sign.
A master copy of the engineering data and approval must be
on file in the building department of the city, for all
mobile trailer signs placed within the city.
If, after one working day following receipt of written notice
of a violation of the City Code to the owner of a mobile
trailer sign, corrections are not made, then the city shall be
empowered to remove the said mobile trailer sign from the
location constituting the violation and impound the same.
To have the mobile trailer sign released, the owner of the said
mobile trailer sign shall pay to the city an impounding fee in
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Mobile trailer signs shall require a permit prior to being
located or placed at a business establishment within the
city, such permit to be secured from the building department
of the city. The permit fee shall be in the sum of fifteen
dollars ($15.00~) per permit or any renewal thereof for each
sign placed within the city.
SECTION 3: If any section or portion of a section of this
ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall
not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any
other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of San-
ford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct
copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 1663, PASSED and ADOPTED
by the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on
the 24th day of October, 1983, was POSTED at the front door
of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the
25th day of October, 1983.
"' City of Sanford, Flo~