TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Development Services Department
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: November 6, 2018
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ORDINANCE NO. 22-18: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 4.6.7 "SIGNS", BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH 4.6.7(D) "AESTHETIC QUALIFICATIONS", SUBPARAGRAPH (2) "BASIS" TO PROVIDE AESTHETIC QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR SCALE, DESIGN AND LOCATION, AND AMENDING PARAGRAPH 4.6.7(J) "PROHIBITED SIGNS", SUBPARAGRAPH (3) " "ROOF SIGNS" TO AMEND THE "DEFINITIONS" OF "ROOF SIGNS" TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 4.6.7, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (1st READING)
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve Ordinance No. 22-18 amending the Land Development Regulations at Section 4.6.7 “Signs”, as presented.
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Background:
The intent of the proposed amendments is to allow limited signage on parapets and to add aesthetic criteria regarding scale, design, and placement of signs. Currently, signage on parapets is included in the definition of roof signs, which are a prohibited type of sign. Several waivers have been approved between 2011 and 2016 to allow signage on parapets of buildings with flat roofs. The placement of signs above the parapet or on pitched or hipped roofs is still prohibited.
The Planning and Zoning Board reviewed Ordinance No. 22-18, as presented, on September 17, 2018, and recommended approval to the City Commission by a vote of 6-0.
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