HomeMy WebLinkAbout613ORDINANCE NO. ~.~ .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER
3 THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD~ FLORIDA
1954, SAID ARTICLE PROVIDING FOR SIGNBOARDS
AND BILLBOARDS~ SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING
FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNBOARDS AND BILLBOARDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Article II of chapter 3 of The Code of the
City of Sanford, Florida 1954, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
ARTICLE II. SIGNBOARDS AND BILLBOARDS.
Sec. 3-4. Erection, etc., on public property prohibited.
No signboard or billboard for the display of advertising
matter shall be erected, constructed or maintained upon any
public property in the city, except as is hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3-5. Erection, etc., on streets or thoroughfares pro-
hibited.
No signboard or billboard for the display of advertising
matter shall be erected, constructed or maintained in, on or
upon any public street or thoroughfare of the city, except as is
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3-6. Construction on private property--Permit required.
No signboard or billboard for the display of advertising
matter shall be erected, constructed or maintained upon any
private property within the city limits of the city, without first
obtaining a permit therefor from the city manager.
Sec. 3-7. Same--Location generally; set back requirements on
corner Iota.
Any and all signboards or billboards erected on private
property shall be located at a point to be designated by the city
manager or other proper authority of the city, and when con-
structed on corner lots shall be set back a sufficient distance
from the respective street lines to prevent obscurity of vision
of the traveling public in turning a corner on which corner is
located any signboard or billboard.
Sec. 3-8. Same--Distance from street line.
Any and all signboards or billboards constructed on
private property, in accordance with the provisions of this
article, shall be located a distance [rom the street line equal
to the height of such signboard or billboard from the surface
of the ground, plus a distance of five feet; provided, however,
that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any sign-
board or billboard erected and constructed upon the sides or
wails of any building.
Sec. 3-9. Erection, etc., on certain street rights of way
permitted.
The City Commission may, upon petition in writing,
and upon recommendation of the city manager if the City
Commission deems it in the best interest of the City of
Sanford, allow the erection of signboards and billboards
on the right of way of French Avenue within the City of
Sanford, Florida providing the following conditions are
met:
(a) All signs will be of metal construction, fireproof,
and lighted of a neon type.
(b) A location permit must be secured from the city
manager.
(c) A building permit must be secured from the
building inspector.
(d) No sign shall bo erected within eighteen inches
of the front edge of any curbing.
(e) All signs must advertise a business in downtown
Sanford, showing the direction thereto.
(f) All siguxs must be erected so as to provide for a
ten-foot clearance from the ground.
(g) The owners of all signs must make provision for
adequate public liability insurance in sums set by the City
Commission.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED This / o day of June, A.D. 1957.
Magor
Attest:
City Clerk~
As the C~ty Comm~smon of
City of Sanford, Florida
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OERT IFI OATE
I, H. N. ~aYer, Oity Olerk of the Oily of ~anford,
Florida, ~o hereby eertifY that a true and oorrect oopY of
the foregeing Ordlnanoe No. 613, pAS~ED and ADOPTED by the
OitY Oommiesion of the City of ~anford, Florida, on the lOth
~a~ ef June, 1957, was pOSTED at the front deor of the Olty
Hall in the City of ~anford, Florida, on ~he 11~ daY ef
June, 1957.