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ORDINANCE NO. 4889-8
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AMENDING SECTIONS
134.008, 134.010, 134.012 AND 134.013, CODE OF
ORDINANCES, RELATING TO EXEMPT SIGNS, ADDITIONAL
IDENTIFICATION SIGNS BASED UPON PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE,
POLE SIGNS AND WINDOW SIGNS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
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Section 1. Subsections (5) and (15) of Section 134.008, Code of
Ordinances, are amended to read:
Sec. 134.008. Exempt signs.
In addition to the signs which are allowed within the city in accordance
with other sections of these sign regulations, the following enumerated signs
shall also be allowed and shall be exempt from the permitting requirement and
procedures contained in this chapter:
(5) Temporary window signs. Signs of a nonpermanent nature designed to
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advertise a special event, sale, product or service and in no event to remain
in place for more than thirty (30) days may be placed on the interior of any
first floor window without a permit provided the total cumulative surface area
of all so& signs whether -temporary or ermanent does not exceed fifty (50)
percent of the area of the window in which the signs are displayed.
(15) Menu signs. A menu having a surface area not exceeding two (2)
square feet may be displayed on an exterior wall, in a the window or door, or
inside " a restaurant and visible through a window or door without a permit.
Menu signs shall be limited to one 1) per restaurant per street frontage.
Section 2. Paragraphs d, a and f of Subsection (2) and Subparagraph 6
of Paragraph a of Subsection (3) of Section 134.010, Code of Ordinances, are
amended to read:
Sec. 134.010. Signs requiring permits.
In addition to the signs which may be placed without a sign permit, the
following enumerates by zoning district those signs which may be placed upon the
issuance of a sign permit. Only signs so enumerated shall be permitted and only
in accord with the prescribed limitations on sign number and size.
(2) The following sign regulations apply to the zones enumerated below:
Limited Office District.
General Office District.
Office Planned Development District.
Neighborhood Commercial District.
Resort Commercial "Twenty-four" District.
Resort Commercial "Twenty-eight" District.
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. d. Additional identification signs based upon public fei°-geneipeus°
street fronta e. Additional identification signs shall be permitted for
properties based upon with goner public street frontage the purpose of
Specifically, one sign'
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shall be permitted per five-hundred-foot increment of continuous frontage with
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sign shall be a ground sign with a surface area not exceeding twenty-four (24)
square feet and may be used as a business identification sin or as a pro pert identification sign ?:a
e. Building identification signs. Any property developed with y an office build in two (2) er more buildings eumulatiyely containing a gross "M
floor area in excess of forty thousand (40.000) square
feet shall be permitted one identification sign Vei' for such office building;
. Each sin shall be a wall sin or
canopy sin and shall have a surface area not exceeding forty (40) square feet. ;.i
f. Window signs. Permanent signs shall be permitted in windows r
with a cumulative surface area not exceeding twice the maximum area of the OFF
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business identification sin allowed or twenty 20 ercent of the area of the
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window, whichever is less
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(3) The following sign regulations apply to the zones enumerated below:"
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Core of the Urban Center District. Y {'
Bayfront of the Urban Center District.
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a. Signs in the Beach Commercial District and the Bayfront and of
Core subdistricts of the Urban Center District shall comply with the following:;
6. Identification signs shall be permitted in first floor ze.,
windows, the surface area of which shall not exceed twenty (20)J4 teen 51 per
cent of the window area in which they are displayed. +
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ectio Paragraph f of Subsection (1) and Subsection (6) of Section
134.012, Code of Ordinances, are amended to read:
Sec. 134.012. Sign types.
The following requirements shall apply to the individual types of signs n?baq;z,
permitted under this chapter:
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;.'. (1 Pole signs:
f. As an alternative to placing a single sign on a pole, the total
allowable sign surface area may be divided and utilized to place not more than
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two (2) Signs on the same vole. F•{r,:'3'f`k.st` .x
same s4gn struGture provided that, 4f framed together as a single sign (sueh
s surface area eenta4ned herein net exeeed-A-4r .t''1 '.{• ttr. j
• However, no sign or signs shall
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be placed on any sign structure which requires the combination or utilization in ; .;fy.lly§M1
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' an manner whatsoever of two 2 or more surface areas identified in these sin
regulations.
(6) Window signs: w3:?;i,?ark
a. Temporary window signs may, shaI4 n of exceed thirty (30) 444t-y , rid r'f '3? ,
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{-g} per cent of the area of the window in which they are displayed, if the
cumulative area of all permanent and temporary window lions is equal to or less
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than fifty (50) percent of the area of the window in which -the are displayed. b. Permanent window signs shall not exceed twice the maximum area L,
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of the business •identification sign allowed or twenty (20) percent of the area
of the window, whichever is less {i{t>n°'^
(Ifi) per cent of the area of the w!
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4n whieh they are displayed.
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c, All window signs shall be placed only in the windows of -; '•.l
nonresidential uses.
Section 4. Paragraph (4) of Subsection (c) of Section 134.013, Code of
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Ordinances, is amended to read:"
Sec. 134.013. Permits. M
.x (c) Submission requirements. No request for a sign permit shall be
r considered complete until all of the following has been submitted to the
?J development code administrator: (4) Application fee, The applicant shall be required to pay an application fee according to the current schedule of fees established by the city
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commission for the particular category of application. This ,fee shall be
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nonrefundable irrespective of the final disposition of the application. Multiple
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signs i ti wi dow o windows of a single occu anc sub Lted as a single
application shah be permitted under one application fee,
ectio 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING September 21, 1989
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL October 5, 1984
READING FIND ADOPTED
Rita uarvey
Mayor-Commissioner
Attest:',
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City . terk .'
Approved as to form and correctness:
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M. A. Galbraith,
City Attorney
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