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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Authorization to Contract with Town Center Regarding a Sign
DATE: July 21, 1999
SUBMITTED BY: David E. Thompson, City Manager
BACKGROUND: Town Center has erected a sign relative to the Phase III
construction taking place at that location. Chapter 17 of the City
Code provides restrictions relative to signs, and Section 17-1 (14)
provides that "Signs posted on public service benches or other
public facilities. Advertising signs on benches or other facilities
shall be permitted only by contract approved by the city
commission." Under this provision, it appears that the City
Commission needs to authorize a contract with Town Center to
allow the sign to remain at its current location.
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize staff to sign a contract with Town Center allowing the
sign to remain on public property through the duration of the
construction project.
ATTACHMENT: Section 17-1 (14) of the City Code
Photograph of Sign
REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGER:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
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religious, charitable, fraternal or civic organization
operated within the city, having a meeting place,
clubhouse or other site within the city for the purpose
of indicating the place where such meeting place,
clubhouse or site is located in the city. Such signs
are not exempt from the provisions of article II of
this chapter if they pertain to a meeting place,
clubhouse or site outside of the city. Such directional
signs shall not exceed twelve (12) inches by eighteen
(18) inches and shall be not more than ten (10) feet in
overall height above ground level. These directional
signs shall not exceed four (4) in number for each
organization, as listed herein, and shall be no less
than one thousand (1,000) feet from another directional
sign of the same organization. Any directional sign
existing on December 1, 1988, shall be allowed to
remain until such time as the condition of the sign
becomes unsafe, unsightly or in need of major repairs,
at which time it shall be removed. Structural repairs
to existing signs shall not be made without a permit.
Before any directional signs can be installed after
December 1, 1988, a permit shall be obtained from the
city specifying design, duration, and location.
(11) Bulletin boards not over fifteen (15) square feet in
area for public, charitable or religious institutions,
when the same are located on the premises of the
institutions.
(12) Signs announcing the candidacy of a candidate for
public office not exceeding four (4) square feet in
area. The placing of such signs on public property is
expressly prohibited. Such signs may, however, be
placed wholly within the boundaries of private
residential or commercial property, at the discretion
of the legal owner and/or occupant of the property,
provided such signs conform with all traffic,
electrical, maintenance, fire and safety regulations of
the city. Signs may not be placed on private property
prior to qualification of the candidate to run for
office or more than twenty (20) days before the first
election, whichever is less, and all such signs shall
be removed within twenty-four 4
(24) hours after the last election, including runoff elections.
The candidate shall be charged for any costs incurred by the city
for removal of signs remaining at the hourly rate of the employee
tasked with such removals.
(13) Signs erected at entrances to subdivisions or new
developments which contain not less than ten (10)
houses or lots. Any such signs shall not exceed twenty-
four (24) square feet in area.
(14) Signs posted on public service benches or other public
facilities. Advertising signs on benches or other
public facilities shall be permitted only by contract
approved by the city commission.
(15) Signs painted onto vehicles, and magnetic signs not
exceeding four (4) square feet in area affixed to
vehicles, where such signs advertise the business for
which the vehicle is used and where the signs are
incidental to the use of the vehicle. No other signs
are permitted to be attached to vehicles. Vehicles
containing signs may not be parked off of the property
where the business is located for the purpose of
advertising.
(16) Not more than one (1) garage/estate sale sign on the
premises on which the sale is to take .place. Also, not
more than three (3) off-premise signs advertising the
sale. Such sale shall be of a duration of no more than
eight (8) continuous hours and such signs may not be
erected more than one (1) hour before the sale and must
be removed no later than one (1) hour after the end of
the sale. All such garage/estate sale signs shall not
exceed four (4) square feet in area and shall not be
placed upon public property.
(Ord. No. 60-97-10, ~ 1, 7-14-97)
Sec. 17-2. Signs permitted.
(a) Signs displayed or erected which advertise the
particular building or property on which the sign is located, or
some merchandise or service dispensed or rendered on the same
premises on which the sign is located, are permitted, subject to
the restrictions enumerated in subsection (b) of this section and
all other provisions of this chapter. Where the area of signs are
controlled by the property, building or unit frontage, this
frontage shall constitute the maximum sign area for that
property, building or unit. For the purposes of this chapter,
"unit" shall mean an interior partitioned space within a building
having exterior access, but without interior access to other
adjacent partitioned spaces within the building. The total sign
area of all signs controlled by like frontage shall not exceed
the total linear footage of that frontage.
(b) The following signs are permitted only in commercial and
industrial zoning districts and in apartment and condominium
complexes, subject to the restrictions set forth below:
(1) Flat signs. A flat sign is any sign erected parallel to
the face of or on the outside of any building and
supported through its length by such wall, or any sign
in any way applied flat against a wall. Such signs
shall not in any case project more than twelve (12)