(A)

Applicability. No permit shall be issued for a sign within a multiple-occupant lot after December 31st, 2006, unless and until the City has approved a Master Signage Plan for the lot within which the sign will be erected. No sign shall be erected, placed, painted, modified or maintained, except in accordance with such plan, and such plan may be enforced in the same way as any provision of this Article. In case of any conflict between a provision of a Master Signage Plan and one or more provisions of the ULDR, the ULDR shall control.

(B)

Master Signage Plan Content Requirements.

(1)

An accurate plot plan of the lot, at such scale as the Director of Community Development Services or the Director's designee may reasonably require. Where a site plan has been approved, the site plan shall be submitted as the plot plan. In the absence of an approved or proposed site plan, a final (as-built) survey shall be submitted as the plot plan. The plot plan shall contain at least the following:

a.

Location of buildings, structures, vehicular use areas, and landscaped areas on such lot;

b.

Proposed location of each present and future sign of any type, whether requiring a permit or not, except that incidental signs need not be shown;

c.

Dimensions of all buildings, structures, vehicular use areas, and landscaped areas, existing signs, proposed signs, and distances between all signs and street lines, property lines, vehicular use areas, clear site distance triangles, buildings, structures, other proposed signs and existing signs to remain, and any other dimensions necessary to demonstrate compliance with all requirements of this Article and the ULDR;

d.

Computation of the proposed and allowable total sign area, individual sign area, sign height(s), lettering height if applicable, and number of freestanding signs with such computations following the applicable formulae set forth in this Article;

(2)

Specifications of the signage that will permitted on the lot including signage types, color, style, location(s), number of signs per occupant space, materials, method of illumination, if any, and any other limitations that will apply.

(C)

A Master Signage Plan shall be included in any master development plan and site plan. A Master Signage Plan may be amended by filing a new Master Signage Plan that conforms with all requirements of this Article then in effect.

(Ord. No. 874, § 3(Exh. A), 12-13-05; Ord. No. 2020-003, § 5, 9-22-20)

(A)

Permits required. A City sign permit is required before any sign, is erected, posted, painted, altered, maintained, or relocated, in order to ensure compliance with the ULDR, unless specifically exempted from this requirement in Article 145. Any exemption from the sign permit requirement is not an exemption from any permit requirement under the Florida Building Code.

(B)

Signs exempt from City permit requirement. The following signs do not require issuance of a City sign permit, but must comply with all requirements of this Article and other applicable ULDR requirements.

(1)

Traffic control device signs.

(2)

Address signs.

(3)

Certain temporary signs, as provided in Section 145-150, Temporary signs.

(4)

Free expression signs.

(5)

Window signs.

(6)

Residential nameplates.

(7)

Paper window signs.

(8)

Signs that are displayed, erected, or constructed for twenty-four (24) hours or less.

(9)

Temporary signs.

(C)

Permits to be consistent with Article. No sign permit of any kind shall be issued for an existing or proposed sign unless such sign is in compliance with the requirements of this Article, including those requirements protecting existing signs, in every respect, and also with the Master Signage Plan in effect for the property. Noncompliance with the terms of the permit shall constitute a violation of the ULDR.

(D)

General permit procedures. The following procedures shall govern the submission, review and issuance of all sign permits and Master Signage Plans.

(1)

No application for Master Sign Plan shall be approved prior to the approval of a master development plan or site plan where such approval is required by the ULDR.

(2)

All applications for sign permit approval shall be submitted to the Director of Community Development Services on an application form or in accordance with application specifications published by the Director, and shall be accompanied by an application fee established or amended by Resolution the City Commission.

(3)

The Director of Community Development Services or the Director's designee shall review the sign permit application for completeness within five (5) business days of application receipt. If the Director or the Director's designee finds that it is incomplete, the Director or the Director's [designee] shall notify the applicant of the specific ways in which the application is deficient, with appropriate references to the applicable sections of this Article and/or other ULDR provisions. If the Director or the Director's designee finds the application to be complete, the Director or the Director's designee shall, within fifteen (15) business days of the submission of a complete application, either:

a.

Issue the permit/approval, if the application demonstrates conformance in every respect with the requirements of this Article, and for sign permits, conforms to the applicable Master Signage Plan.

b.

Deny the sign permit/approval if the application fail(s) to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this Article and/or, for sign permits, of the applicable Master Signage Plan, and specify in the rejection the provision(s) with which the proposed signage is inconsistent. If the permit is denied, the Director or the Director's designee shall prepare a written notice describing the applicant's appeal rights and send it by certified mail return receipt requested, to the applicant.

c.

If the permit is denied, the Director or the Director's designee may continue to work with the applicant in order to address the comments of the Director.

(4)

Appeal. The Applicant may file a written notice of appeal to the City Commission containing the specific grounds for appeal. The notice of appeal must be received by the City Commission within thirty (30) days of the Director's decision to deny the sign permit or it shall be automatically denied without hearing.

(5)

The City Commission shall hear the appeal at a public hearing within thirty (30) days after the date of receiving the notice of appeal from the Applicant and render a decision at the public hearing.

(E)

Permit submission requirements. Sign permit applications shall be accompanied by a detailed, scaled drawing to show dimensions, design, structural support details, color, and location of each particular sign. One application and permit may include multiple signs on the same lot.

(F)

Inspections. Signs shall be inspected using the same inspection process used for other improvements requiring inspection under the Florida Building Code.

(G)

Lapse of sign permit. A sign permit shall lapse automatically if the business license for the premises lapses, is revoked, or is not renewed. A sign permit shall also lapse if the business activity on the premises is discontinued for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days or more.

(H)

Permits for temporary signs. Temporary signs on private property shall be allowed only in accordance with the provisions of Section 145-150, Temporary signs.

(Ord. No. 874, § 3(Exh. A), 12-13-05; Ord. No. 914, § 2, 2-13-07; Ord. No. 2020-003, § 5, 9-22-20)