87-88 ORDINANCE NO. 87-88
AN ORDINANCE OF T~ CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ~/~ENDING TITL~ XV, "BUILDING
REG"JLATIONS", CHAPTER 162, "SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS",
SECTION 162. 004, "DEFINITIONS", OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCF~ OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY
· RHP~ING SUBSECTION, "SIGN AR~A"; AND BY ENACTING A
NEW SUBSECTION, "SIGN AREA", PROVIDING THAT THE
DEFINITION OF SIGN AREA SHALL EQUATE WITH THE
DEFINITION OF SIGN FACE.: BY ~NDING THE DEFINITION
OF SIGN FACE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
REPEALER CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, .THEREFORH, BE IT ORDAINED BY TH~ CITY CO~qISSION OP
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That T!t!~ ?.!, "B~il~ing R=Tulatlo.~",
162, "Signs and Billboards", Section 162.004, Subsection, "Sig~
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, be ~. the
same is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 2. That Title XV, "Building Regulations", Chapter
162, "Signs and Billboards", Section 162.004, "Definitions" of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida be and the same is
hereby amended by enacting a subsection "Sign. Area" to read as follows:
Sign Area: See sign face.
Section 3. That Section 9, "Building and Construction",
Article VIII, "Signs and Billboards", Section 9-198, "Definitions",
subsection "Sign Face" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sign Face: The part of a sign that is or can be used to identify,
advertise, co~-~unicate information or for visual representation which
attracts the attention of the public for any purpose. Sign face in-
cludes anF background material, panel, trim, color and direct or self-
illuminatio~.i used that differentiates the sign from. the building,
structure, backdrop surface or object upon which it is placed. If there
is no back,round materialt panelt trim, color or illumination used to
differentiate the si~n from the building, structure~ backdrop surface or
object uDon which it is placed, then the si~n face shall be the area of
a rectanqle just' large enough to enclose all lettering, illustrations,
ornamentation; s~mbol~ or loqos. The si~n structure shall not be
included as a portion of the sign face provided that no message, s~abol
or any of the aforementioned sign face criteria are displayed on or
designed as part of' the sign structure.
Section 4. That should any section or provision o'~ this
ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity o~ the remainder hereof as a
whole or part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 5. That all ordinances or parts o~ or~inances
which.are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective ten
(10) days after its passage on second and final reading.
PA~SED AND ADOPTm~ in regular session on second and final
reading on this the 9th day ofAuqust , 1988._
ATTEST:
First Reading Jul_v ~.
Second ReadingAugust 9. 198~