Exh 7AAGENDA ITEM #7A
JANUARY 10, 2005
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Final readinb and public hearing of Ordinance 60-04-X5 to enact an
amendment to Chapter 17 of the City Code, Signs and Advertising
Structures, to permit certain Bracket Signs to extend above public
right-of-tivays within Town Center and the Central Business
District
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Doerr, AICP ~4~
Community Development Director
DATE: December 14, 2004
BACKGROUND: The proposed revision to Chapter 17 will allow small Bracket Signs to
extend into the public right-of--way (such as over sidewalks) within the Central Business
District.
BUDGET: No budget issues.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve upon final reading, enacting Ordinance 60-04-1 S.
ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Ordinance 60-04-15 related to bracket signs extending into
• public right-of--ways within the Central Business District.
REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGE
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January 10, 2005 regular meeting
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JANi3ARY 10, ?005
ORDINANCE NUMBER 60-04-15
.. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA,
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 60-04-15, WHICH SHALL AMEND
' ' CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, SIGNS AND
.. ADVERTISING STRUCTURES, AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED AND
AMENDED THROUGH ORDINANCE NUMBER 60-03-13; TO ADD NEW
SECTION 17-29 (a) (3) v.; PROVIDING FOR RECORDATION AND
- PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
RECITALS
' ' WHEREAS, the City Commission for the City of Atlantic Beach recognizes that the
Central Business District Zoning District, specifically that area known as Town Center, is a
unique environment unlike other commercial corridors within the City of Atlantic Beach, which
' ' .contain uses and development patterns oriented primarily to vehicular traffic, and
WHEREAS, the Central Business District Zoning District and the Town Center area is a
commercial environment, where the activity is largely pedestrian, where tourists and visitors to
. the City are more frequent, and where buildings are of a more urban .context and generally
located at the edge of the public right-of--way with limited opportunity to install Freestanding
Signs, and
.WHEREAS, the purpose of this amendment is to provide appropriate and consistent
signage for the Central Business District Zoning District and the Town Center area, recognizing
the scale, context and the unique pedestrian and tourism environment of this particular area of
the City.
' ~ WHEREAS, ~ after required notice was published, first. reading of this proposed
Ordinance held on the 13th day of December, 2004 at 7:15 p.m., and a public hearing was held
on the 10th day of January, 2005 at 7:1 S p.m. to hear and enact said amendment to Chapter 17 of
the Code of Ordinances for the City of Atlantic Beach.
SECTION 1. All Recitals and Findings of Fact made part of Ordinance 60-04-15 are
hereby incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2. Chapter 17, Signs and Advertising Structures, Article III, Signs Permitted,
of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida is hereby amended to create
new sub-paragraph v. within Section 17-29 (a) (3), and upon enactment shall read as follows.
Section 17-29 (a)
(3) In lieu of the above-described Fascia Signs, a business or Permitted Use may install a single
Bracket Sign or a single Marquee Sign in accordance with the following provisions.
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i. Size permitted: The maximum size of a Bracket Sign or a Marquee Sign shall be
determined in the same manner as a Fascia Sign, provided that no such Sign shall have
' " more than sixty (60) square feet of projected Sign Face Area.
ii. There shall be not more than twelve (12) inches of clear space adjacent to the Building
' ~ wall, and such Signs shall not extend or project from the face of the Building more than
. • ten (10) feet.
iii. No portion of such Sign shall extend above the height of the roof.
iv. No portion of such Sign shall be closer than eight (8) feet to any sidewalk or pedestrian
walkway, and no closer than five (5) feet from any Street side property line. All such
Signs shall be securely anchored to a wall and shall in no manner be connected to or
suspended from the roof of any Building.
v. Within the Central Business District, and in addition to other permitted Signs, Uses
limited only to retail establishments and restaurants, cafes and coffee shops may install a
single Bracket Sign extending above a public sidewalk or pedestrian walkway. The
' purpose of this provision is to provide appropriate and consistent signage for the unique
pedestrian environment of the Town Center area. Such Signs shall be located only in
accordance with following provisions and upon issuance of a Sign Permit.
. _. (a) May be located only above first floor entryways or first floor windows with no
portion of the Sign Display Area exceeding ten (10) feet above the established grade
of the adjoining sidewalk or walkway;
(b) shall provide minimum vertical clearance of eight (8) feet above the sidewalk or
walkway;
(c) shall provide minimum clearance of six (6) inches from the building facade;
(d) shall be separated from any other such Sign by a minimum distance of twenty (20)
feet;
(e) shall not exceed three (3) feet in horizontal width and two (2) feet in vertical depth;
(f) shall give the appearance of traditional wood routed or sandblasted Signs. Materials
' such as HDU (high density urethane), recycled HDPE (High Density Poly Ethylene)
plastics, which give a similar appearance, shall be acceptable substitutes.
' ~ (g) shall be externally illuminated only and shall contain no electrical components; and
(h) shall create no safety hazazd or obstruction to public's use of the sidewalk or
walkway as determined by the Director of Public Safety.
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SECTION 3. In the case that any section, subsection, paragraph, phrase or sentence of
. this Ordinance or Chapter 17, Signs and Advertising Structures, as previously amended, shall for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such portion
' shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect
.. the validity and lawfulness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part of Chapter I7,
Signs and Advertising Structures.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be recorded in a book kept and maintained by the
Clerk of the City of Atlantic Beach, T1uva1 County, Florida, in accordance with Section 125.68,
' ~ Florida Statutes.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective on the date passed and enacted by
final reading.
NOW THEREFORE, upon finding that this proposed Ordinance and the
amendment set forth herein is consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan, specifically
• • Objective A.1.11.1 (c), describing the Central Business District, and also consistent with
Section 24-114 (a) of the Land Development Regulations, establishing the intent and
standards for the Central Business District, be it hereby enacted by the City Commission
on behalf of the people of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida.
Passed on first reading by the City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach this 13th day
" of December, 2004. Passed on final reading and public hearing this 10th day of January
200.
JOHN S. MESERVE
Mayor/Presiding Officer
Approved as to form and correctness:
ALAN C. JENSEN, ESQUIRE
City Attorney
Attest:
DONNA BUSSEY
City Clerk
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