Item 3A~..
April 19, 2004
MEMORANDUM
~,,, TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
~„ FROM: Jim Han,,,~q_
"i y Manager
SUBJECT: Follow-up eport
AGENDA ITEM #3A
APRIL 26, 2004
Trees Planting/ Code Enforcement on Westside of Mayaort Road; A citizen complained at the last
commission meeting that the City had not paid adequate attention to the westside of Mayport Road
and cited specifically a lack of tree planting, nuisance ordinance violations and specifically the house
at 618 Dutton Road. The City's tree planting program has resulted in the planting of about 150 trees
~•• per year over the last two years. During that time, 84 trees were planted on the westside of Mayport
Road. City staff work closely with Tree Board members to distribute the flyers encouraging citizens
to "adopt a tree". Concerning the enforcement of environmental codes, the City Inspector issued 11
~* violation notices to residents in the vicinity that the citizen had complained about just in the period
from April 1 ~ until the commission meeting on Apri112th. He has also done some additional
inspections since that time and issued 12 courtesy notices, 12 citations for unregistered cars and 3
other violations on several streets in the immediate vicinity of Dutton Island Road.
Oations for Amending the Code Concerning Placement of Off-Site Real Estate Signs; The
~'" subject of possibly amending the city's code relating to the placement of real estate signs was brought
up at the last commission meeting. Since that time, city staff has checked with adjoining jurisdictions
to find what restrictions they place on real estate/open house signs. Atlantic Beach's current
""' ordinance, which prohibits any off-site signs of any kind, is the same as most of our surrounding
communities including the following:
~"" - Ponte Vedra
- Jacksonville Beach
- Neptune Beach
"'"'"' - St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- Jacksonville
'~" - Fernandina Beach
The only exception found was Clay County where real estate agents are allowed up to six directional
°""' signs. These are only allowed on the weekends from sunset Friday until sunset Sunday, and all
directional signs must be on private property and only within the subdivision where the property is
located.
4te Street Shower; A citizen also asked about who had paid for installation of the new shower at the
4`~ Street beach access. The total cost to the city of the shower was $1,923. The city received
contributions to this project from two individuals; Dezmond Waters in the amount of $160.22 and
Scott Deputy in the amount of $661.00. This information has since been relayed to the citizen who
~ asked the questions.