07-12
RESOLUTION NO. 07-12
A RESOLUTION REGARDING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING;
URGING THE PINELLAS DELEGATION TO OPPOSE
LEGISLATION THAT PERMITS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
NONCONFORMING BILLBOARDS THAT ARE DESTROYED BY
NATURAL DISASTERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, following the 2004 hurricane season, the State of Florida and the Florida
Department of Transportation allowed the reconstruction of approximately 131 nonconforming
billboards that were considered destroyed; and
WHEREAS, Clearwater has an over twenty year history of controlling the visual impact
of oversize signs and has defended these rights vigorously in courts of law; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 1583 and Senate Bill 2750 contain language which would allow
the reconstruction of billboards that are virtually destroyed by natural causes; and
WHEREAS, the current Florida Administrative Code section 14-10.007 provides a more
restrictive standard for determining whether a nonconforming billboard is destroyed than the
definition proposed by these bills; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA:
Section 1: The City of Clearwater does hereby express its opposition to House Bill 1583
and Senate Bill 2750, or similar legislation.
Section 2: The City of Clearwater urges the Pinellas Legislative Delegation to work
against House Bill 1583 and Senate Bill 2750, or similar legislation.
Section 3: The City Clerk is directed to send copies of this Resolution to members of the
Pinellas Legislative Delegation, the Governor, the Florida League of Cities and the Suncoast
League of Cities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
15th
day of
March
,2007.
4~ jr( ~
'-Frs'nk V. Hibbard
Mayor
Approved as to form:
J);t
Pamela K. Akin
City Attorney
Attest:
Resolution No. 07-12