Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-08-02 regular Council agenda — reading text

installation. The warranty period begins on the date of System Installation. The will be considered installed 10 days after arrival. System not included in any of this proposal' s pnclng Sales Tax any other applicable taxes are or these taxes will then need to be added information. If Sales tax or any other tax becomes applicable, to the proposed pricing. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Time-and- Materials Billing Rates: maintenance customer support HTE VAR, LLC. will provide custom programming and non-warranty on a time- and- materials basis. work, and customer Requested design, programming, testing, documentation, implementation support will be done at $ 150. 00 per hour. Additional Training and On- Site Support: IV/ It materials basis If additional on-site training is required, it will be provided either on a time-and- 150. 00 per hour) plus actual expenses or $ 1, 200. 00 per day plus actual expenses Travel and Out-of- Pocket Expenses: tJ / It work during the initial setup are not All travel and associated expenses for the on-site installation included in the Base System price. Performance and Sizing: not guarantee performance. Performance and sizing are estimates only. HTE VAR does Prices: Prices are subject to change. Tax not included. 216-4425. Fax: 407-650- 2963 100. Chamblee. GA 30341 · Voice: 770- c HTE VAR, LLC.. 3168 Mercer University Dr. . Suite 4  o c CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 8, 2002 First Reading of Ordinance 1518 Amending the Sign Code Agenda Item No.- PH 4  o CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA c MEMORANDUM DATE: September 25, 2002 TO: Reid Silverboard, City Manager ' j2 5 THROUGH: Missy McKim, AJCP, CDS Director FROM: Len MitcheU, PlanninQ Manaqer LJIVV' SUBJECT: n Ordinance Ordinance 1518-Amendments to SiQ_ REQUEST: City Council consider Ordinance 1518 on First Reading, an ordinance that will amend the Sign Ordinance.- -- BACKGROUND: On August 14, 2001, City Council adopted a new Sign Ordinance for the City ( Ordinance Since adoption several issues have arisen that require some minor modifications to the 1452.}. r- sign regulations. The proposed amendments address the-issues of clarifying the definition of Jandmafk. signs, upclat~ng. the zoning districts to include regulations for the new zoning districts adopted sinCe August 2001, and amending the regulations for sandwich signs and - monumentlpoJe signs. "..,. ". The City Attorney has reviewed the draft ordinance and approved it for legal sufficiency with a few minOr chanQ.es that were incorporated in Ordinance 15"18. .." " The Municipal Planning Board considered the proposed ordinance at a regular meeting heJd on August 1, 2b02. Public' Comment included an inquiry about sandwich signs: The MPB voted 7-0 to approve the proposed ordinance. The proposed ordinance has been advertised for consideration ata public hearing to be held Council at 7:00 p. m. on b)' Cit)' October 8, 2002. . - Tueseta)', DISCUSSION: The proposed amendments are discussed in detail in the attached Staff Report that was forwarded to the Municipal PlanninQ. Board for their meetinQ on AUQust 1, 2002. . The amendments are proposed to clarify existing regulations and definitions. In addition, regulations were extended to new zoning districts created since 2001 such as Highway COmmercial and MUCG-1, MUCG-2, CF, E"F, and YC. References are deleted where zoning districts no er exist such as: DR-4, DG-3, P- 1 and P-2. . " lonQ.  o wi Sandwich sign regulations for the MUMS District are being revised to provide new dimensional c standards. Colors and fonts permitted have also been revised to permit consistency business signage. with A couple of property owners are waiting for approval of these amendments so they can move of forward with plans to put up freestanding signs on properties that have less than 100 feet width. RECOMMENDATION: The Municipal Planning Board recommended approval of Ordinance 1518. Attachment: Staff Reportlattachmehts 7- 24- 02  V CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH c COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL PLANNING BOARD MEMORANDUM DATE: July 24, 2002 TO: Municipal Planning Board Chairman and Members FROM: Missy McKim, Director, CDS RE: Proposed amendments to Chapter 20, Article IX, Signs INTRODUCTION: 2001 which amended many of the City Council adopted Ordinance 1452 on August 14. have been several issues which need regulations pertaining to signs. Over the past year there the zoning districts clarification. The proposed amendments clarify landmark signs. updated last year and clarify the since a number of new zoning districts have been adopted over the and sandwich signs. development standards for monument/pole signs DISCUSSION: The proposed changes are discussed below. with Section 20- 1. The definition of landmark signs has been simplified to be consistent 2018. 2. Section 20-2010 has been amended: to delete reference to those zoning districts which no longer exist and to add those zoning districts which have been adopted by City Council. This section now refers to the HC, C- 2. M- 1, M- 2. MUCC- 2 ' and MUW-24 zoning districts. than 100'. The to allow monument/pole signs on lots with less street frontage of 100' ordinance only allows monument/pole signs on lots with street frontage Monument/pole signs on lots with less than 100' of frontage would now or more. based on be permitted, however the size of the monument/pole sign is reduced the actual street frontage as follows: 100' or more 50 sq. ft. maximum sign area ( remains the same) 76' - 99' 25 sq. ft. maximum sign area 50' to 75' 15 sq. ft. maximum sign area have a Lots with less than 50' of street frontage are not permitted to such a sign. monument/pole sign because they are too narrow to accommodate to regulate sign size for monument/pole signs based on street frontage as This provides outlined above rather than one size for all monument/pole signs. more flexibility by allowing property owners with less than 100' of frontage to  o o 2 have a monument/pole sign. The sign is required to be smaller in size and c shorter in height to prevent sign pollution. Monument and pole signs have been combined in this section since they the function for these commercial and higher density residential districts as same. The maximum height of the monument/pole signs in these commercial for lots and high density residential districts is recommended to be increased for with 1 00' or more of frontage. Lower height standards have been developed on lots with less than 100' of frontage to coincide with the monument/pole signs smaller sign size. The recommended heights are as follows: 1 00' or more 24' maximum height (8' is permitted for monument signs, and 20' is permitted for pole signs now) 76' to 99' 12' maximum height 50' to 75' 8' maximum height is The maximum width for monument/pole signs is 12'. This standard