14-75 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 14-75
A~] EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 3 "ADVER-
TISING'' OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 3-1 (i)
DEFINITION OF POLE SIGN; BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 3-10
REGULATIONS GOVERNING SIGNS GENERALLY BY ADDING
DEFINITION OF SIGNS ALLOWED WITHIN CITY LIMITS; BY
AMENDING SUBSECTION 3-21 NON-CONFORMING SIGNS - EFFECT-
IVE DATE FOR REMOVAL; AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 3-25
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ARTICLE PROVISIONS; PROVIDING
A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the construction of Interstate 1-95 has created an emergency
situation in which there is an incentive to construct signs o~ an extreme
height which have not heretofore existed in the City of Delray Beach; and,
WHEREAS, the construction of signs of such a height would not be in
the best interests of the citizens of Delray Beach and could be detrimental
to the health, safety and welfare of said citizens,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRA5
BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Sec. 3-1 (i) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
De.!r~y B~h: as amended~ be further amended as follows:
(i)
Pole sign. A sign which is supported by one or more columns,
upri. ghts or braces in or upon the ground. No such sign shall
exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height.
Section 2. That Sec. 3-10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Delray Beach, as amended, be further amended by adding the following:
(o) Signs Permitted Within City Limits. No sign of any kind shal
be permitted on any developed or undeveloped proper___ty, within
the City__limits exceptt
(1) A temporary real estate sign or directional sign.
(2) A sign advertisinq goods, articles, wares, or services
for sale provided that the sign may only be located upon the
premises where such goods, articles, wares, or services are
sold.
Section 3. That Sec. 3-21 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Delray Beach, as amended, be further amended as follows:
3-21. Non-conforming Signs; Effective Date for Removal.
~e~ee~m~-~s Signs not in compliance with. this
ordinance in the city shall be removed at the expense of the
owner or lessee or his agent of the real estate on which such
signs are located, or at the expense of the owner of such
signs within s~y fifteen days after notice by the building
inspector. The city reserves the right to remove any such
signboard or sign if the owner thereof fails to comply with
this requirement for removal by the building inspector, and
the city is hereby vested with authority to appropriate the
materials obtained from such signs and to credit the value
thereof to the owner against the cost of such removal.
All electric signs within the city limits now existing which
by the enactment of the provisions of this article are made
nonconforming, must be removed by the owners by December 31,
1960.
Section 4. That Sec. 3-25 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Delray Beach, as amended, be further amended as follows:
3-2'5. Penalty for violation of article provisions.
(a) Any person, persons, associations of persons, partnership or
corporation
~mp~emmem~-~m-~e-~se~e~e~-e f-~he-mHm~e~pa~- ~e= who
erect, construct, change or enlarg.e any sign not in
'compliance with this ordinance shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars a day for each day that said sign exists
in violation of this ordinance.
(b) The penalty for violations of this article other than the
type of violations specified in section (a) above and
Section 3-21 shall be a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars or imprisonment in the city jail for not more than
thirty days, or either or both, such fine or imprisonment
in the discretion of the municipal judge.
Section 5. 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 6. That this ordinance s]~ali become effective immediately
upon passage on first and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on first and final reading on
this the 28th day of April, 1975.
ATTEST
City Clerk
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