92-17
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATERt flORIDA SUPPORTING THE
APPLICATION OF THE "COUNTYWIDE" SIGN
REGULATIONS PREPARED BY THE COUNCIL Of
MAYORS AND ADOPTED BY THE PINElLAS COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMiSSIONERS WITHIN THE
UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF PINELLAS COUNTY.
WHEREASt the Pinella's County Comprehensive Plan requires consideration of new sign
regulations within Pinellas County to improve the aesthetic quality of Count': roadways and to promote
consistent and improved identification of businesses along said roadways; and
WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Council of Mayors has formulated a set of sign regulations
deemed generally acceptable for all of Pinellas County; and
WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners has adopted said regulations
to apply to all Pinellas County jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, it appears that due to a lack of interest by one or more municipal governments
having jurisdiction of more than two percent of the total population of Pinellas County to adopt
regulations similar to or more restrictive than those established in said regulations, the regulations will
not be applied on a countywide basis; and
WHEREASt the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners will reconsider said regulations
in the near future: and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater has a longstanding interest in
improved sign regulations for unincorporated enclaves within the City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the regulations under consideration by the Pinellas CountY Board of County
Commissioners are generally compatible with similar regulations in place in the City of Clearwater,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA THAT THE PINELLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS IS ENCOURAGED TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE "COUNTYWIDE" SIGN
REGULATIONS FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF PINELLAS COUNTY,
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6 th
day of February
, 1992.
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