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HomeMy WebLinkAbout899ORDINANCE NO. 899 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ERECTION, LOCATION, RELOCATION, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF SIGNS WITHIN THE COR- POP, ATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS THEREFOR AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. A. Definitions. For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain words and terms are hereby defined: (1) Sign: A sign shall mean and include every sign, bill- board, ground sign, roof sign, wall sign,illuminated sign, pro- jecting sign, temporary sign, and shall include an announcement, declaration, demonstration, display illustration or insignia used to advertise or promote the interests of any person when the same is placed out-of-doors in view of the general public and also outdoors in view of the general public and also outdoors advertising displays, ali as defined by the Southern Standard Building Code. (2) Illuminated Sign: Any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outlines illuminated by electric lights, gas lights, or luminous tubes as a part of the sign proper. (3) Snipe Sign: Any small sign of any material including paper, cardboard, wood and metal, when such sign is tacked, nailed, or attached in any way to trees, utility poles, or other like objects. (4) Sandwich signs, and Portable signs: Any sign, double or single ~ced, which is portable and may readily be moved from place to place. (5) Billboards: Outdoor advertising signs erected and maintained by an advertising business or service in the form of a ground, wall, or roof sign, upon which advertising matter may be displayed, generally advertising firm names, goods and services not sold or available on the premises on which the sign is located, the surface of which is sold, rented or leased, for the display of advertising material. (6) Off-Site Sign: A sign relating, in its subject matter to the commodities, accommodations, services or activities on premises other than premises on which the sign is located. (7) On-Site Sign: A sign relating, in its subject matter, to commodities, accommodations, services or activities on the premises on which it is located. (8) Ground Sign: Means an "Outdoor Advertising Display Sign" when such sign is supported by uprights or braces in or upon the ground. (9) Roof Sign: Means an "Outdoor Advertising Display Sign" erected, constructed, or maintained above the roof of any building. (10) Wall Sign: Means an "Outdoor Advertising Display Sign" that shall be affixed to the wall of any building, when such sign shall project not more than twelve (12) inches from the building. -2- (11) Projection Sign: Means an "Outdoor Advertising Display Sign" which is affixed to any building wail or structure and extends beyond the building wall, structure, building line or property line more than twelve (12) inches. (12) Marquee Sign: Means a projecting sign attached to or hung from a marquee and said marquee shall be known to mean a canopy or covered structure projecting from and supported by a building, when such canopy or covered structure extends beyond the building, building line or property line. (13) Shingle Sign: Means a projection or wail sign not over six (6) square feet in area, constructed of metal or other non-combustible material attached securely to a building and not projecting more than twenty-four (24) inches over public property. (14) .Non-Conforming Sign: Any sign which is in violation of this ordinance at the time of its effective date. (15) ,.B. anner Sign: Any sign possessing characters, letters, illustrations or ornamentations applied to cloth, paper or fabric of any kind either with or without i'rames. (16) Immoral Nature Sign: Any sign displaying any state- ment, work, character, or illustration of an obscene, indecent or immoral nature. (17) Person: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind. (18) Erect: To build, construct, attach, hand, place, -3- suspend or affix, and shall also include the painting of wall signs. (19) All Signs. All signs in C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District shall be related to or pertain to the commodities, accom- modations, services or activities conducted on the premises or in the building thereon. B. Signs Prohibited in All Areas: (1) The use of flashing or revolving red, green, amber, or blue lights, which said lights are of a type similar to lights involved in traffic signals or law enforcement use, is prohibited in all signs as constituting a hazard to traffic. Any sign which by glare or method of illumination constitutes a hazard to traffic is prohibited. (2) Banner or similar type signs shall be prohibited over street right of ways or suspended across any public property except by special permission of the City Manager. (3) Snipe signs as defined in Definitions shall be prohibited. (4) Sandwich Sign: As hereinbefore defined shall be pro- hibited with the exception that one (1) such sandwich sign not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in face area shall be permitted per commercial establishment so long as the same does not visually obstruct the line of sight for vehicular traffic in the area adjacent to such establishment maintaining such sign. C. (1) In the event any sign shall be installed, erected, con- structed or is found to be unsafe, insecure or is a menace to the public or is in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance the Building Official shall notify by registered mail or written notice served personally on the owner or lessee -41 thereof to alter such sign as to comply with the provisions of this ordinance and to secure the necessary permit therefor or to remove the sign. If such order is not complied with in ten (10) days the building official shall remove or cause to be removed such signs at the expense of the owner or lessee thereof. The Building Official shall refuse to issue a permit to any owner or lessee who refuses to pay costs so assessed. D. Non-Conforming Signs: (1) No sign or non-conforming signs shall be moved, altered, or repaired in excess of fifty percent (50%) of its replacement cost without complying with provisions of this ordinance. This shall also apply to existing signs located on property annexed to the City subsequent to this article. (2) All existing non-conforming signs within the City of Sanford must conform to the requirements of this ordinance within ten (10) years from the date of the adoption of this ordinance. (3) All non-conforming snipe signs, including banners, pennants and sandwich signs shall be removed within six (6) months after the adoption of this ordinance. All other signs prohibited hereby which constitute a hazard to traffic shall be removed within thirty (30) days after the adoption of this ordinance. E. Signs Prohibited in Residential Areas: No sign of any character shall be erected in any R-1AA, R-iA, R-l, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, or R-6 Residential Dwelling District, -5- except such signs as are exempt from the provisions of this ordinance as hereinafter provided. F. Exceptions: The provisions and regulations of this Section shall not apply to the following signs: (1) Offices and business permitted in the R-3 and R-6 Multiple Family Dwelling District may only have name plates not exceeding six (6) square feet in area and not illuminated, in zoning districts where such profession is permitted to do business. Not more than two (2) such signs shall be located on any one office. (2) Real Estate Signs not exceeding six (6) square feet in area which advertise the sale, rental or lease of the premises upon which said signs are located only, when not illuminated, in any Residential Dwelling District. (3) Signs, not over one hundred (100) square feet in area, denoting the owner, architect, general contractor, the names of the sub-contractors and any statement pertaining to the building or project under construction upon lots or parcels of land where a building or project on said lot or parcel of land may be erected on the street side of the property, but shall be a temporary sign only and be removed when the building has been completed. (4) Memorial signs or tablets, name of buildings and the date of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of bronze or other incoml~stible material. (5) Apartments, apartment hotels or other residential uses permitted in the R-3 or R-6 Multiple Family Dwelling Districts may have one illuminated ground sign or wall sign, providing it is not more than six (6) square feet in size in- dicating facilities available on the immediate premises or structure is located on more than one street, one sign may be displayed on each such street. (6) Municipal or State installed directional signs, historical markers and other signs of a general public interest, signs relating to national defense and security and other emergency signs, and ornamental signs of a permanent character displaying only the name of a commonly known and accepted name of a section of the City deemed by the City Commission to be of a general public interest, may be erected in any zoning district. (7) In one and two family residence or Multiple Family Dwelling Districts, numerals used to designate street numbers, names on mail boxes, name plates of ornamental design designating the name of the occupants of the property or signs marking a service entrance or private directional signs, pro- viding the letters of figures are not more than four (4) inches in height, are hereby permitted. (8) A sign or bulletin board not exceeding twenty-four (24) square feet in face area may be erected on the premises of a church or other permitted institutions for the purpose of dis- playing the name and activities or services therein provided. -7- No illuminated signs shall be permitted unless such sign and its illuminating device are located entirely within six (6) feet of the wall of said building or structure. G. Ground Signs: Ground signs shall be permitted, used or erected only upon complying with the following requirements: (1) Corner Lots: In all zoning districts all ground signs erected within one hundred (100) feet of the nearest curb line of the nearest street intersection, and with the lower edge of the face less than nine (9) feet above the average ground level, shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to the overall height of the sign plus five (5) feet. (2) Ground signs with the lower edge of the i~ce nine (9) feet or more above the average ground level and maintaining clear vision below the lower edge of the face except for necessary supports and braces (as determined by the Building Official) may be located on private property as desired by the owner. (3) Maximum area of a ground sign shall be one hundred fifty (150) square feet per face. Such area per face shall be cumulative, that is, more than one (1) sign may be located per establishment so long as the same does not constitute a hazard to traffic and so long as the total area of face in any one direction does not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet. Such one hundred fifty (150) square feet requirement shall apply per establishment or for each one hundred (100) -8- feet of lot frontage. For each additional one (l) foot of lot frontage upon a publicly owned or maintained street or upon an approved place of business, an additional one and one- half (1-1/2) square foot of sign area per face may be added to additional signs. Larger signs shall be subject to approval of the City Commission. H. Roof Signs: Roof Signs shall be permitted, used or erected only upon complying with the following requirements: (I.) No roof sign shall be erected in any R-IAA, R-lA, R-l, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 or R-6 Residential Dwelling Districts. (2) Such roof signs not to exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet, as related to the business conducted on the premises or in the building on which such roof sign is located shall be erected. I. Wall Signs: Wall Signs shall be permitted, used or erected only upon complying with the following requirements: (1) No wall signs shall be permitted in any R-1AA, R-lA, R-l, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-6 or R-6 Residential Dwelling District. (2) Only such wall signs, not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) square feet, as related to the business conducted on thepremises or in the building on which such wall sign is located shall be erected. -9- J. Removal of Certain Signs: Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer adver- tises a bona fide business, services or activities on the premises or building thereon, shall be removed by the owner, or lessee thereof, or person having the beneficial use thereof, within ten (10) days after written notification by registered mail or served personally by the building official. Upon failure to comply with such notice within the time specified in such order, the Building Official shall remove or cause to be removed such sign at the expense of the owner of the premises or structure to which said sign is attached. K. Permit Fees: (D Signs up to fifty (50) square feet in area $ 3.00 (2) Signs fifty (50) to ninety-nine (99)square feet in area 10.00 (3) Signs one hundred (100) square feet in area and over (4) Temporary Signs Public Property: · 15 per square foot 1. O0 Except as hereinbefore provided, public property shall be maintained clear of any and all obstructions, including among others, posts, columns, display of wares or merchandise, and signs. M. Structural Requirements: All signs shall be structurally designed and erected in a substantial and fixed manner in accordance with the provisions of the Southern Standard Building Code. SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in -10- conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2~rcl day of ~ A.D. 1.96 7 Att 'es~~ City Cle~:k Mayor As the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida. CERTIFICATE I, H. L. Whelchel, City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 899, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 23rd day of January, 1967, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 24th day of January, 1967.