§ 118-16. Billboards.

(1)

Definition. Billboards are any combination of structure and message in the form of an outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, advertising structure, advertising logos, symbol, or other form, whether placed individually on or a V-type, back-to-back, side-to-side, stacked or double-faced display, designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising message or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the main or traveled way and which sign relates in its subject matter or message to offices, products, accommodations, services or activities which are sold, produced, available, conducted, or rendered at locations other than on the premises where the sign is located, and which is no more than 672 square feet per sign face.

(2)

Restrictions. No billboard (other than those billboards which have already received city and FDOT permits for construction and those specifically allowed within this chapter) shall be constructed or erected after the date of Ordinance No. 2008-24 unless located within the zoning districts specified in this section, nor shall any billboard existing at the time of enactment of Ordinance No. 2008-24 be permitted to increase in sign face area or height, or change configuration or structure. Any such change or alteration to a billboard existing at the time of the enactment of this ordinance and not located within the zoning districts specified below is unlawful, constitutes a nuisance, and shall be removed immediately at the expense of the owner thereof. In the event the owner fails to remove the billboard within 30 days after being notified to do so by the city, the city may remove such sign at the owner's expense or may apply to any court having jurisdiction for such relief as may be appropriate to facilitate the removal of the sign and for such other and further relief to which it may be entitled.

(3)

Permitted zoning districts. Billboards, as herein defined, shall be allowed only in the following zoning districts abutting the Florida Turnpike, provided that the applicant and/or property owner complies with all permit requirements contained herein and in the applicable statute sections contained in F.S. chapter 479:

(a)

Industrial District ("I");

(b)

Public Facilities/Institutional District ("P");

(c)

Utilities District ("U").

(4)

Height. The maximum height shall be 65 feet from ground level.

(5)

Separation requirements. Billboards shall not be located within 1,000 linear feet of another such sign on the same side of the Florida Turnpike.

(6)

Permit requirements. Given F.S. chapter 479 applicable to signs located along the interstate highway system and federal-aid primary highway system, any applicant requesting a sign permit for a billboard pursuant to section 118-15 of the city's land development regulations shall, prior to city's issuance of such permit, provide written documentation to city evidencing that an FDOT permit has been obtained or that an FDOT permit is not required in conjunction with all other permit application requirements.

(7)

Intergovernmental coordination. In those locations at or in proximity to jurisdictional boundaries where inconsistent sign regulations would serve to undermine the purpose and intend of these regulations, the city may enter into an interlocal agreement to provide for the basis of regulation in such areas.

(Ord. No. 2008-24, § 1, 9-16-2008; Ord. No. 2009-04, §§ 1, 7, 7-7-2009)