18-77 ORDINANCE NO, 18-77
AN ORDI~ANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING SECTION 3-21 (d) OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AND REPLACING
IT WITH THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED HEREIN WHICH PROVIDE
T~AT WHEN A SIGN EXISTS WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE P~-
QUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AND IF SUCH SIGN IS LOCATED
UPON REAL PROPERTY WHIC}t HAS BEEN ANNEXED TO TIlE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 18, 1975, THEN
SUCH SIGN IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREmeNTS PERTAINING
TO NONCONFORMING SIGNS WITH THE APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS
RUNNING FROM DECEMBER 18, 1975; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 3-21 (d) is hereby repealed and a new Section
3-21 (d) is hereby inserted to read as follows:
That when a sign exists which does not meet the'require-
ments of Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Delray Beach and if such sign is located upon real
property wkich has been annexed to the City of Delray
Beach subsequent to December 18, 1975, then such sign
is subject to the requirements pertaining to noncon-
forming signs with the applicable time periods running
from December 18, 1975.
S~ction 2. If the applicable time requirements for specific types of
signs which do not meet the code requirements have expired on or before the
effective date of the annexation ordinance annexing the subject property,
there will be no violation of the terms and conditions of this ordinance
provided that the sign which does not meet the code requirements shall be
removed on or before'the effective date of the annexation ordinance.
Section 3. That should any section or provision of 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 of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 4, That this ordinance shall become effective ten days after
passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this the 12th day of
April , 1977.
ATTEST: - ·
First Reading March 28, 1977
Second Reading April']~, 1977