Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 100.304 - Establish Regulations CRA area — reading text

predominant or primary function or activity of the lot upon which it is located. K. ATRIUM An open area within a building surrounded on all four sides by the building walls and open and unobstructed from the first floor level to the roof or sky except for unenclosed walkways projecting not more than six ( 6) feet from the wall. Sec. 24- 8 Supplementary Regulations A. FRONT YARDS ON THROUGH LOTS On through lots, the required front yard shall be provided on each street. B. MORE THAN ONE PRINCIPAL BUILDING ON A LOT More than one principal building may be permitted on a lot when such buildings are part of a site plan approved by the Fort Walton Beach Redevelopment Agency. Sec. 24- 9 Amendment to Fire Limits Sec. 5- 3 of the City of Fort Walton Beach Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to include all districts zoned DC- 3, DC- 4, DR- 3, DR- 4, and DR- 5. Sec. 24- 10 Privacy Fences Privacy fences, six ( 6) feet in height, shall be placed along property lines where commercially zoned districts abut residentially zoned districts where no dedicated alley exists. Sec. 24- 11 Sign Regulations for the Redevelopment Area A. INTENT These sign regulations are intended to: 1. Reduce hazardous conflicts between private signs and public signs regulating the movement of vehicular and pedestrial traffic; 2. Protect and promote the economic vitality of commercial areas by creating a street scene that will attract both local shoppers and tourists; 3. Limit the size of signs to provide all businesses with an opportunity to identify their name, products, or services. 16- B. PERMIT REQUIRED No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be erected, posted, painted, constructed, altered, maintained, orpermit been issued by the Building relocated, until a has Inspector. Before any permit is issued, an application shall be filed together with such drawings and specifications as may be necessary to fully advise and acquaint the Building Inspector with the location, construction, materials, manner of illumi- nating, and securing or fastening, and number of signs applied for and the wording of the sign or advertisement to be carried on the sign. All signs which are electrically illuminated by neon or by any other means shall re- quire a separate electrical permit and inspection. Each sign requiring a permit shall be clearly marked with the permit number and the name of the person or firm placing the sign on the premises. C. EXEMPT SIGNS The following signs shall be exempt from the prOVlSlons of these regulations and may be erected or constructed without a permit but in accordance with the structural and safety requirements of the City' s Building Inspector: 1. Official traffic signs or signals, information signs erected by a governmental agency, and temporary signs indicating danger; 2. Changing copy on a bulletin board, poster board, display encasement, or marquee; 3. Temporary non- illuminated sign, fifty ( 50) square feet in area, not more than erected in connection with displayed on the premises new construction work and during such time as the actual construction work is in progress. Only one such sign shall be allowed for each street frontage and such sign( s) shall be removed upon issuance of the certificate of occupancy or upon completion of construction; 4. Non- illuminated signs, not exceeding six ( 6) square feet in area with letters not exceeding eight ( 8) inches in height, painted, stamped, perforated, or stitched on the surface area of a permitted awning, canopy, roller curtain, or umbrella; 5. Sign on truck, bus or other vehicle, while in use in the normal course of business; 6. Name plate, two ( 2) square feet in area, to identify the owner or occupant of a dwelling or building; 7. Symbolic flag and award flag of an institution or business ( house flag), not to exceed one for each fifty ( 50) feet of street frontage; 8. Weather flags, for providing information on weather conditions, one ( 1) set for each premise; 9. Real estate signs, temporary in nature, non- illuminated, not exceeding six ( 6) square feet in advertising area, real estate for sale or lease or rent, or announcing contemplated improvements of real estate, one sign for each street frontage; 10. Temporary decorative flags and bunting for conventions and commemorations; 11. Political signs which are displayed only during the period of an election campaign. All such signs shall be removed within five ( 5) days after the election. Politi- cal signs in the DR- 3 and DR- 4 residential districts shall not exceed four ( 4) square feet in area. A $ 100 refundable deposit will be required to guarantee removal of signs within seven ( 7) days following election in which the referendum or the candidates name appears on the ballot. 12. National flags and flags of political subdivisions of the United States and flags of bonafide civic, charitable, fraternal, and welfare organizations; 13. A nameplate, one ( 1) for each street frontage on the premises, not to exceed two ( 2) square feet in area to identify the owner or occupant of a dwelling or building; 14. Private directional sign indicating a direction to a place or facility on the premises, not to exceed two ( 2) square feet in area; 15. A non- illuminated, or indirectly illuminated, church bulletin board, limited in area to sixteen ( 16) square feet; 17-  16. A non- indirectly illuminated, sign identifying the name and/ or illuminated, or address or management of a multi- family structure, limited in area to sixteen 16) square feet. 17. A non- illuminated, or indirectly illuminated, sign identifying permitted public and semi- public uses, limited in area to sixteen ( 16) square feet. 18. A non- indirectly illuminated, sign identifying a subdivision or illuminated, or housing project containing not less than ten ( 10) dwelling units within two or more structures, limited in area to thirty- two ( 32) square feet. 19. Mailbox signs, identifying only the residents or occupants of the premises and address, with numbers limited to a maximum height of the street lettering or two ( 2) inches; D. ERECTION OF SIGNS IN SPECIAL CASES erection of signs The Redevelopment Agency may, in special cases, grant permits for the not conforming to the requirements of this chapter, and at their discretion, may bond in sufficient amount to protect the City against all liabilities. require a E. SIGNS AND SIGN DEVICES PROHIBITED 1. No pennants, banners, streamers, and otherfluttering, spinning or similar type signs and advertising devices are permitted except during recognized holiday temporary basis provided in periods when such devices may be displayed on a as Subsection D. above. either 2. No sign shall be erected which is of a rotating nature and/ or displays intermittent and/ light of such intensity that it