5188-92
ORDINANCE NO. 5186-92
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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO SIGNS; AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF
TEMPORARY SIGNS DURING MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS OR AFTER MAJOR STORMS, ON PROPERTIES AFFECTED
BY SUCH PROJECTS OR STORMS, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CONDITIONS; REQUIRING PERMITS AND FEES; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR AUTOMATIC REPEAL.
WHEREAS, two major highway construction projects now underway within the
City of Clearwater are adversely affecting businesses in their vicinity by
obscuring their visibility and convenient access, and recent major storms have
caused similar adverse effects on businesses due to the destruction of signs; and
WHEREAS, the erection of temporary,signs would assist such businesses by
improving their visibility and by serving as reminders that the businesses are,
in fact, still open despite the construction or the loss of permanent signs, but
the sign regulations of the City do not currently provide for temporary signs
under such circumstances; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds and declares that an emergency affecting
both public and private welfare exists due to such circumstances and that the
emergency is sufficient to warrant the adoption of this ordinance on an emergency
basis as authorized by Section 2.09(e) of the City Charter and by Section
166.041(3)(b), Florida Statutes; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Temporary signs. Notwithstanding any provision of the
Clearwater Code of Ordinance to the contrary, temporary signs may be erected
under the following circumstances and subject to the following conditions:
(1) Property location. The property upon which the sign is to be erected
shall be located within an area designated by a resolution of the city commission
as an area adversely affected by a major public works construction project or by
a major storm; provided, however, that a temporary sign may be erected on any
property located within either of the following areas during the period in which
this.;emergency ordinance is in effect (see map attached hereto as Exhibit A):
Properties adjoining U.S. Highway 19 at the State Road
580 intersection, south of Republic Drive and north of
Enterprise Road; or
Properties adjoining State Road 60 (Gulf. to Bay
Boulevard) east of Park Place Boulevard and west of a
line located 1,600 feet east of Bayshore Boulevard.
(2) Sign types, number, size, height, and location. The following may
be erected on any property located as described in subsection (1), in addition
to any other sign which may lawfully be erected on such property:
(a) One freestanding directional sign for each driveway, each sign not.
exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area and not exceeding six (6) feet in
height, placed no closer than five (5) feet from any property line; or
(b) One banner per property in districts other than the CC district, or
one banner per freestanding building in the CC district, each banner to be
attached to the building and not exceeding forty-eight (48) square feet in area.
(3) Permits and fees. Each sign erected pursuant to this ordinance shall
require the issuance of a sign permit and payment of the sign permit fee, upon
application as provided in Section 134.013(c), City Code. A sign permit for a
sign to be erected pursuant to this ordinance shall be valid for a maximum of
thirty (30) days after issuance unless the sign is erected.
(4) Duration. Each sign erected pursuant to this ordinance shall be
removed not later than seven (7) days following completion of the public works
project or portion thereof affecting the visibility of the property or not later
than forty-five (45) days following the storm event, whichever is applicable.
As used herein, "completion" means that active construction shall have ceased and
construction equipment shall have been removed from the public works project or
portion thereof affecting the visibility of the property, whether the public
agency has accepted the construction work or not.
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Effect of repeal. The repeal of this emergency ordinance or the
a permanent ordinance on the same subject shall not affect the
a sign permit or the duration of a sign erected pursuant to this
However, no sign permit shall be issued after the repeal of this
even if the application was filed prior to the repeal of this
unless the sign will comply with the provisions of any permanent
on the same subject which may have been adopted.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
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Section 3. This ordinance shall stand repealed 90 days following the
date of adoption unless a nonemergency ordinance on the same subject shall have
been adopted prior to such date.
PASSED ON FIRST AND FINAL
READING AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED
AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
March 19, 1992
Klta barvey
Mayor-Commissioner
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Approved as to form and
and correctWss: A,
M. A. Galbraith,/Jr.
City Attorney ?
Attest:
Cynt is E. Goudeau
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