HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 33-1990ORDINANCE NO. 33 -90
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 653, SIGN
CODE, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA; BY AMENDING THE POLITICAL SIGN
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
REPEALING ALL PORTIONS OF THE CODE IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 653, Sign Code, is hereby amended by
repealing Section 653.21, Political Signs, in its entirety and
replacing it with the following:
Sec. 653.21 Political Signs. No political signs
shall be erected prior to the candidate qualifying
for office.
A. Specifications. The maximum size of a political
sign shall not exceed thirty -two (32) square feet in
face area. A double -faced (back to back) sign, or a
V- shaped sign attached at one end, shall be considered
one sign. Political signs shall be constructed out of
exterior wood (no less than 1/4" in thickness); or,
hard plastic, masonite, or particle board (no less
than 1/4" in thickness). No cardboard or paper shall
be used in the construction of any political sign
except as a paper face if it rests entirely on the
aforementioned materials, and is securely attached to
the backing by adhesive over the entire surface.
Vehicle signs shall be allowed provided they do not
increase the dimensions of vehicles in excess of one -
eight (1/8) inch in any direction. All political
signs shall be securely fastened, anchored, placed and
maintained so as not to constitute a hazard.
B. Location. Political signs shall not be placed on
any City owned property or within any road or street
right -of -way. No signs shall be posted on trees,
utility poles or fence posts.
C. Permits. Each candidate shall obtain a sign
permit ($10.00) from the Building Department. This
permit covers all signs placed by the candidate.
Written consent of the property owner is required to
be submitted to the Building Department prior to
erecting the signs. Written permission of the
property owner is not required for placement of signs
in residentially zoned districts.
D. Deposit. A forty dollar ($40.00) deposit shall
be paid to the City before any political signs are
erected. Said deposit shall be refunded provided the
signs are removed within five days of the election in
which the candidate's name appears. In the event the
signs are not removed, this amount shall be used to
defray the cost of removal of the signs by the City.
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E. District Regulations. Residential Districts (R-
1, R -2 and R -3 Zones) - Two (2) political signs, not
more than five (5) square feet in area each, shall be
allowed per lot.
Commercial (C -1) and Industrial (M -1) Zones -
Political signs not exceeding thirty -two (32) square
feet are allowed. Only one political sign per candi-
date shall be allowed on any one lot or parcel of
land, except for lots or parcels with two hundred
fifty (250) feet or more frontage, where two signs
shall be allowed.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY: If any section, paragraph, subdiv-
ision, clause, sentence, or provision of this Ordinance shall be
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair, invalidate, or nullify the
remainder of this Ordinance, but the effect thereof shall be
confined to the section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
sentence, or provision involved in said controversy in which such
judgment shall be rendered.
SECTION 3. All portions of the Code in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 3rd day of January
1991
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