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ORDINANCE Nt. 18 -72
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE REGUL
ATING THE LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION, SIZE AND
MAINTENANCE OF SIGNS, ETC., ADOPTED MARCH
30, 1965, BY QUALIFYING THE EXCLUSION OF
CERTAIN SIGNS; BY PROHIBITING SIGNS ON ROAD
RIGHT -OF -WAY; BY MAKING PROVISION FOR POL-
ITICAL SIGNS ON VACANT LOTS WITH CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS it is in the interest of the health, safety,
and welfare of the citizens of the City of Cape Canaveral to
regulate the erection of signs which detract from the aesthetic
beauty of the City, which restrict the removal of undesirable
vegetation from the road right -of -way, and which disassemble
and are blown about the City during storms, and
WHEREAS candidates for public elected office do have a
right to inform citizens of the community of their suitability
for the office,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, THAT AN ORDINANCE REGULATIN LOC-
ATION, CONSTRUCTION, SIZE AND MAINTENANCE OF SIGNS, TEC., ADOPT-
ED MARCH 30, 1965, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 22 -71, IS AGAIN
AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF SIGNS QUALIFIED. At Section 2,
Subsection A, the sentence "The following signs are expressly
excluded from the operation of this Ordinance" is amended to
read The following signs are excluded from the operation of
this ordinance unless hereinafter noted."
SECTION 2. SIGNS ON RIGHT -OF -WAY PROHIBITED. At
Section 3, Subsection B, the entire contents of said subsection
are deleted and replaced with the following:
B. SIGNS ON RIGHT -OF -WAY PROHIBITED. Ekcept f'ot
signs which are the property of the State of Ylorida
or of the City of Cape Canaveral or which warn of
a temporary physical danger in the vicinity, no sign
shall be erected, posted, painted, tacked, nailed, or
otherwise placed or located on or above any road right-
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of -way or other property of the City of Cape Can-
averal, Section 2 notwithstanding. All signs in
violation of this subsection will be immediately
removed by the City at the owner's expense.
SECTION 3. SIGNS ON VACANT LAND GENERALLY PROHIBITED.
At Section 3, Subsection C, the entire contents of said sub-
section are amended to read as follows:
C. SIGNS ON VACANT LAND GENERALLY PROHIBITED.
(a) No signs except real estate or political signs
shall be erected, posted, painted, tacked, nailed, or
otherwise placed or located on or above any vacant lot
or tract of land. A real estate sign shall be any sign
used solely for the sale or lease of property on which
the sign is located. A political sign shall be any sign
used solely to present information suggesting a candidate'
suitability for elected public office.
(b) Political signs shall not be erected prior to th
candidate qualifying for office and shall be removed with-
in five (5) days following the election in which his n -me
appears.
(c) A real estate sign shall not exceed five (5)
square feet in size. A political sign shall not excee
thirty -two (32) or be less than five (5) square feet i
size. No cardboard or paper shall be used in the con-
struction of any sign except as a paper face if it res s
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entirely on a one -half inch or thicker wood backing, and
is securely attached to the backing by an adhesive over
the entire surface.
(8) All Signs in violation of paragraphs (a), (b),
and (c) above will be immediately removed at the owner's
expense.
(e) Existing signs on vacant property shall remain
until they are removed or fall into disrepair. A sign
is in disrepair when so determined by the City Building
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Inspector at his discretion. When a sign is so det-
ermined to be in a state of disrepair, the City shall
so notify the sign owner and property owner of the
existing condition; and if the sign owner or property
owner fails or refuses to comply, the City may remove
said sign with all costs to be borne by the sign owner
or property owner. The procedure to be followed by the
City upon determination that a sign is in a state of
disrepair shall be the same as the procedure established
in Chapter XXII of the City Charter relating to "Abate-
ment of Nuisances."
(f) No new billboards shall be erected in the
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Any new billboard
erected in violation of this paragraph shall be re-
moved within 48 hours of notice to the sign owner and
property owner. If the sign owner or property owner
fails to remove said sign, the City shall do so at the
sign owner's or the property owner's expense.
SECTION 4. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. This
Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA THIS 3rd DAY OF OCTOBER, 1972.
Sponso ng Councilman
City Att6rney
First Reading: 9 -19 -72
Second Reading: 10 -3 -72
POSTED: 9 -20 -72
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