2007 0118 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting January IS, 2007 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 12. DISCUSSION ITEMS 12A. Discussion of an Ordinance Amending the Sign Code; Establishing New Requirements for Window Signs; Establishing Requirements for Special Events and Community Service Signs; Establishing New Requirements for Temporary Real Estate Signs; Establishing New Requirements for Approval of Murals and Graphics for Temporary Construction Fence. Action: [City Clerk's Note: Community Development Director Solera handed out the power-point presentation prior to the start of the meeting.} City Manager Szerlag reported noting that Assistant City Manager Vera, Community Development Director Solera, and he met with some business owners that had an interest in signage. He said that they had taken the two cities that they used as an example that had respectively l5% and 20% of the window areas allocated for signs. He said that Community Development Director Solera is going to give a power-point presentation that will indicate what is currently allowed, how a sign would look with l5% coverage, and how it would look with 20% coverage. He said when they met with the business Owners their preference was 20%, the ordinance before the Commission tonight is l5%. Community Development Director Solera gave a power-point presentation noting that the City of Coral Springs has 15% of total window area and/or an average of 19.5 square feet of window frontage, whichever is greater. Assistant City Manager Vera stated that we maximize the maximum allowable because in some cases, once you do your square footage, you can get 1 OO-square feet of sign and we don't want that, so the maximum permitted is 60- square feet. Mayor Ede1cup noted then that it is 60-square feet or the l5%, whichever is less. Public Speakers: Isaac Feldman Vice Mayor Thaler said they can break 60-square feet down into how many signs, and Community Development Director Solera said the Code reads right now that it is only one sign per location. He said you cannot have multiple signs, for instance, you cannot have three window panes with three signs which make up the 60-square feet that you are allowed, if you want to have the full 60-square feet, you have to have it in one location, and it should be professionally made. Mr. Solera noted, for example, that the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant location is a very specific location, as every shopping center has windows but they are interconnected with each other. He said in this specific case, they have three windows which face Collins A venue and each window is individual, there is a wall between them as well as a column, so in that regard we are thinking to treat this in two different ways. He said you either have a 4x6, which is 24-square feet, 50% of that is 4-square feet total, one sign, or consider all three windows as one large area which is about 72-square feel, then you will have an area of l2-square feet of sign, one sign only. Community Development Director Solera noted in the draft Ordinance page 4, Section G. Special Events Signs, this is a sign that will be allowed in lieu of the other sign that you are allowed to have within the l5%, you have either one or the other, not both signs. He said the maximum sign area of 1 0% and there will be a time limit which is I 4-days per actual event, for example a special holiday sale, they have to remove the sign within 3-calendar days after the event. Mayor Ede1cup asked why they picked 1 0% and not l5%. City Attorney Ottinot said if it is in lieu of the regular ] 5%, lets make it the same number, and Mayor Edelcup said yes to be consistent, they can have either sign up the same size, just not at the same time. 16