TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Jennifer Alvarez, Interim City Manager
DATE: November 17, 2020
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ORDINANCE NO. 53-20: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 4, “ZONING REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE 4.6, “SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 4.6.7, “SIGNS,” BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (E), “SIGN DESIGN STANDARDS,” AND SUBSECTION (J), “PROHIBITED SIGNS,” TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS ALLOWING CERTAIN SIGN DESIGNS TO EXTEND INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND OLD SCHOOL SQUARE HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT AND RESTRUCTURE EXISTING SUBSECTIONS TO ELIMINATE INCONSISTENT REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FIRST READING)
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Recommended Action:
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Review and consider a request to approve Ordinance No. 53-20, a City-initiated amendment to the Land Development Regulations (LDR) Section 4.6.7 “Signs,” Section 4.6.7(E) “Sign Design Standards,” Section 4.6.7(J) "Prohibited Signs" to establish regulations allowing certain signs designs to extend into the right-of-way in certain zoning districts.
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Background:
The goal of the text amendment is to address signage needs in the downtown particularly for older structures that do not meet current building setback requirements as well as for both existing and new buildings with elements, such as arcades that legally extend into the public right-of-way. Currently, the LDRs do not allow commercial signs within the right-of-way. This rule is generally appropriate for most of the city; however, the downtown area is unique in that shops line the sidewalks, some buildings were built decades ago with little or no setback, and awnings and arcade elements are desired features. As such, the "projecting" signs and "under...
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