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

either constitutes, light or becuase of its location, hazardous conditions for motorists, or simulates lights those used by police, fire, ambulance, or similar customarily associated with emergency vehicles. 3. General advertising signs except for signs which exhibit continuously changing display of figures, words, or graphics through the use of lights, projected images, or luminous character generators. Such signs shall be limited to an aggregate of 400 square feet. to imply 4. No sign shall be erected which uses the words " stop" or " danger" so as the need or requirement for stopping, or the existence of danger, or which is a This provision does not apply to the copy or imitation of an official sign. attraction title for theater or similar event or words which are part of an a purpose. 5. No sign shall be applied to trees, utility poles, bus attached or otherwise benches, trash receptacles, or any other unapproved structure. This provision shall not apply to kiosks, or similar structures, where the display of signs is customary and which have been approved by the Fort Walton Beach Redevelopment Agency as part of the design of a commercial development. 6. Moveable signs, including mobile signs, sidewalk and sandwich signs are prohibited. prohibited within the redevelopment area. 7. Roof signs and projecting signs are F. ALLOWED INFORMATION ON SIGNS The subject signs permitted in the Redevelopment Area shall be limited matter on to the premises on which they are located, or to products, accommodations, exclusively or activities on those premises except that, the Fort Walton Beach Redevelopment Agency the route to be may authorize the erection of travellers directional signs indicating followed and distance to be travelled to reach specific establishments, places, or destinations. Such travellers directional signs shall not exceed an area of other four ( 4) square feet. 18- G. GASOLINE AND OTHER PRICING SIGNS other products or services, are permitted Signs advertising the price of gasoline, or in addition to any other signs permitted on the premises provided that: be permitted for each frontage; 1. Only one ( 1) sign shall to the structure of a per- 2. The sign must be attached to a principal building or mitted detached sign or to a gas pump; to 3. The size of any prlclng sign attached to the principal building, or a per- exceed twelve ( 12) square feet per sign face or mitted detached sign, shall not area of twenty- four ( 24) square feet. an aggregate to provide required information to the 4. Signs which are placed on gasoline pumps shall public regarding price per gallon or liter, type of fuel and octane rating, feet in and six ( 6) square feet in total area. not exceed three ( 3) square area H. ADDITIONAL SIGNS PERMITTED IN THE DR- 5, DC- 3, AND DC- 4 DISTRICTS area not 1. Flat Signs - Illuminated or non- illuminated, with a total aggregate sign street, and no than twenty ( 20) percent of the area of walls fronting on a more one sign exceeding 125 square feet in area. feet thereof, shall Illuminated signs inside of show windows and within five ( 5) and in addition, be included in the computation of aggregate flat sign area, of the window in shall be limited to twenty ( 20) percent of the total glass area Neon tubing outlining windows shall be included in sign which they are placed. of the tubing by six ( 6) inches. area and measured by multiplying the length th€ Illuminated or non- illuminated, one for each business on 2. Marquee Signs - feet. premises, with sign area limited to three ( 3) square 3. Detached Signs - One detached sign for each premise regardless of whether such contains one or more establishments. The detached sign shall not exceed premise the street thirty- two ( 32) square feet in area except that if the frontage along on which the sign is to be erected exceeds fifty ( 50) feet, the sign area may be increased as follows: fourth a. The area directly illuminated detached sign may be increased one- of a in excess of fifty ( 50) feet up to a square foot for each foot of frontage maximum sign area of sixty- four ( 64) square feet. b. The area of an indirectly lighted or non- illuminated sign may be increased three- fourths ( 3/ 4) square foot for each foot of frontage in excess of fifty feet maximum sign area of ninety- six ( 96) square feet. 50) up to a between permitted sign area of a detached sign may be divided two or more c. The from each other by an open parts provided that all such parts are separated of not less than three ( 3) inches and are supported by the same structure, space and provided further that: space separating parts of three- fourths ( 3/ 4) of the the sign 1) If at least unobstructed view, such space shall not be included in determining permits 2) If the sign includes both illuminated and indirectly, or non- illuminated parts, the increase in size of any part, permitted in Subsections 3. a. and 3. b. above, will be limited to that part' s proportionate share of total sign area. Total Aggregate Sign Area - Total aggregate sign area for all flat, projecting, 4. shall be limited to two hundred ( 200) square feet for marquee, and detached signs each fifty ( 50) feet of street frontage. 5. Non- Illuminated Window Signs - Non- illuminated paper or painted signs in windows shall be