96ORDINANCE NO. 96
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SIGNS, BILLBOARDS,
AND PROVIDING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AS TO
SIZE, HEIGHT, AND LOCATION,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGMiATER, FLPXDd"
Section 1: Definitions2 d W �,;
a e term "sign" shall mean and include every sign, billboard,
ground sign, wall sign, roof sign, illuminated sign, projecting
sign, temporary sign, marquee, awning, canopy, and shall include
any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display illustration
or insignia used to advertise or promote the interests of any
person when the same is placed out of doors in view of the gameral
public.
b) The term "person" shall mean any person, firm, corporation, partner-
ship, association, or organization of any kind,
Section 2; It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any sign in the
City of Edgewater, Florida, except signs on the premises owned or leased
by persons than conducting a business thereon, which advertise the business
actually or presently carried on or conducted on said premises, and except
signs not exceeding six(6) square feet in area indicating or designating
the direction to or location of a place of business then carried on and
conducted in said City; however, not more than two(2) such signs pertaining
to the same business shall be permitted or maintained with,
the limits of
the City of Edgewater, Florida.
Section 3: Exempted from Section 2 of this Ordinance are the following;
a)real estate signs not exceeding 6 square feet in area advertising
the sale, rental or lease of the premises upon which said signs
are located;
%rofessional name plates not exceeding one square foot in area;
c Bulletin boards for public, charitable, or religious institutions
when the same are located on the premises of said institutions;
d)signs denoting the architect, engineer or contractor, when placed
upon work under construction.
e)traffic or other municipal signs, legal notices, railroad signs,
danger, and such other temporary, emergency or nonadvertising
signs as may be a�)proved by the City Council.
fall signs lawfully existing on the date of the passage of this
Ordinance; however, such signs as now exist but which would otherwise
be illegal by the terms of this ordinance shall not be maintained or
improved, and if destroyed, shall not be rebuilt.
Section : No sign shall be erected at the intersection of an, streets
in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision; or at any location,
where, by reason of the position, shape, or color, it may interfere with,
obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic sign or
signal.
Section 5: Nothing in this Ordinance repeals or eliminates any previously
existing Ordinance requiring a permit to erect a sign, or restricting
signs to certain zoned areas, or providing for a setback of signs a certain
distance from any street.
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Section 6: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith
be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Section 7: This Ordinance shall be enforced by the Building Inspector
removing any signs in violation of this Ordinance ten days after giving
notice by letter to the owner of the sign, if the same be known, or by
posting a written notice on said sign if the owner be unknown, or if the
address of the owner be unknown.
Section 8: Anyone violating the terms of this Ordinance shall be
subject, upon conviction in Municipal Court, to a fine not exceeding
$50.00, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days; each day a sign is maintained
in violation of this Ordinance shall be a separate offense.
The above Ordinance was read in full and passed by the vote of the City
Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 12th day of December, A. D. 1955.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried the requirement
of reading said Ordinance upon second reading was waived, and the Ordinance
was ordered put upon final passage.
Passed by the vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 12th day of December,
A. D. 1955, and approved as provided by law, the vote,of said Council on
roll call being as follows:-L6���C
Approvedthis12th day of
December, A. D. 1955,
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