Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 11-05-1987 Special — reading text

11/ 5/ 87 SIGN ORD. ( CONT' D) Mr. deVaux said he would like to see the fee be fifty times the cost of the permit or $ 250. 00. The City Attorney interjected that he feels it is legally border:ing unreasonable and possibly a denial of due process to incur a fee fifty times the cost of the 1 permit. After comments from staff. it was suggested to illpose a $ 50. 00 fee after the fact. Mr. Tona asked if it would be advantageous to add verbiage to penalize the sign owner or owner of the business who violates the ordinance. The City Attorney responded that he is satisfied with how the ordinance is written. The continued Mayor to 1418. 03. Application Form. which deleted. and went on to was Exempted Signs and Activities. which is now 1418. 03. Mr. questioned the deletion of " temporary in deVaux nature" with regard to real estate signs. There continued some deliberation on this point. and Mr. Bobo said he would have no problem to leave it in there. Mr. Tona said he would like to add. nthe n immediate real estate... The City Attorney said the Off- Premise section covers that; therefore. Mr. Tona said he was satisfied. The Mayor went on to section h. chang:ing fifteen to ntwenty. feet for political signs not being placed within that many feet of the street curb. The Sign Inspector explained the difference. and the Mayor continued to section r. subsection 3 and 4. The City Manager said the change is a suggestion from staff. with the Sign Inspector adding that when a new owner of a gas station starts a business. he would have the same advantage as the established gas station owner. The Mayor addressed section t. changing twenty percent to nfifty. percent for signs : in the window. Mr. Bobo said this was prompted by the seafood wholesaler who needed more window space for advertising. The City 1 Manager expressed his personal opinion in that fifty percent is too1arge. Mr. Jen:y Miller. 11 Driftwood Drive. said when he helped initiate this ordinance as a previous councilman. the intent was to relieve the. grocery stores who run specials.  Mo,.. . II. 226 11/ 5/ 87 SIGN ORD. ( CON!' D) ' There ensued considerable discussion on th:is section concerning the definition temporaxy and of window, permanent paper, changing the twenty to fifty percent of the total glass area of the window, and the area for the window sign not eeding a given amount of exc;: feet. G square The Mayor suggested if councilmen have a recommended change to approach staff with their suggestion, whereby Mr. Tona said he would like to have the Council as a group discuss the changes to receive input from each other. Mr. Wyatt feels the Sign Ordinance is very complex and deserves a lot of' discussion; and would like to suggest to adjourn the meeting after the completion of the next page, set up another meeting, and commence from that point where Council left off. Mr. Bobo reminded Council that section t has been in the ordinance since its inception other than the twenty percent to fifty percent. He then suggested to leave it as is and continue to more significant changes. Mr. Tons would like to make the necesBaXY, already discussed, changes and have staff return with a recommendation on the square footage as opposed to percentage. In view of the lengthy discussion ensuing, Mr. Roberts moved to adjourn. Motion was seconded by Mr. Tona. Mr. deVaux wished to comment, therefore, Mr. Tons withdrew his second, sign and Mr. deVaux addressed the at Hamourtown they have a permit. and if The City Manager said he gave them special permission for the International House of Pancakes sign and relayed the provisions they must adhere to. The Mayor interjected by saying the discussion on Narbourtown is out of the scope of this meeting. J Mr. Roberts reiterated h:is motion to adjourn and Mr. Tona his second. Once again, Mr. Tona withdrew his second to allow Mr. Bobo to speak on behalf of the individuals who came from out of town to address specific items.  227 11/ 5/ 87 SIGN ORD. ( CONr' D) Mr. Roberts said his motion is still on the floor and feels this ordinance will be discussed further regardless. Motion was seconded by Mr. Tona. and it carried by a vote of 6 to 1. with Mr. deVaux opposing. I ADJOURltmNT There being at 6: 58 p. m. no further business. the meeting adjourned APPROVEDUlkpl~ 4 r1.'t Iffll MAYORldL,~ ATTEST: r M: PK~~ I  WAIVER OF NOTICE OF MEETING: In accordance with Section 5 of the Fort Walton Beach City Charter. we. the undersigned members of the City Council