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 having videos against a window and have been looking at it as a temporary sign. He said the video is doing the same thing that the actual small sign will do, you can have one or the other. He said a video on the window which has a listing, and per Mr. Feldman's comments, the speaker he has outside is illegal because you cannot have sounds outside, but if you have a video or television in which you are able to punch in information and find a listing in lieu of having the other type of signs, would be something that can be accepted as one sign based on the square footage that we are providing. Commissioner Iglesias said the square feet that we are providing, for example the l5-square feet, that is not just for advertising, that includes the name of the establishment, and Mr. Solera said there are exceptions to that rule. He said that Mr. Feldman has Caldwell Banker which is a trademark which is exempt, hours of operation are exempt, credit card labels are exempt, there are a number of things within the ordinance which will be exempt from the actual sign, what we are talking about is the advertising sign. Mayor Edelcup said just like the address is not part of the sign, and Mr. Solera said that is correct. Mayor Edelcup said your suggestion of having either one or the other makes sense. Mayor Edelcup asked how the Commission felt about allowing a video as an alternative to a stationary sign so that if somebody chooses to use their l5% in a video format instead of an aesthetic format. Vice Mayor Thaler said you can actually have both, these things are really not that big, he has seen them and many of the real estate firms have them and you can have the slides above it, so you can actually accomplish both in the allowed window space. Mayor EdeIcup said then that it is all coordinated into one sign, and Mr. Solera said as long as it is professionally done. Mr. Feldman said then it is one square sign in each window, and Mayor Edelcup said no, it is one sign, you can't split that l5% into three signs, but the sign itself can hold many signs inside of it, one frame for one sign, the television/video can be inside that sign and the rest of the sign can be used for ads, as long as it is in the same location in the same sign. Vice Mayor Thaler said because Caldwell Banker is branded, they are going to have additional signs. Mayor Edelcup said ifthere is a trademark then a person may have a little extra signage but even that sign is limited in nature. Community Development Director Solera said that they had put a moratorium on the Code Enforcement issuance with those specific locations, we bring the ordinance back in February, what should they do about the civil violations that have already been issued. Mayor Edelcup said the ordinance will go for first reading in February with second reading in March and probably an implementation date from the date of the second reading, 90-days thereafter, which would be his suggestion that anything that is currently under violation really has a moratorium until the 90th day after the second reading. Mr. Solera asked then that the violations that have already been issued will be voided, and Mayor Edelcup said we can't enforce something that we are in the process of changing so the citations should be voided, the moratorium runs until the 9l st day after the second reading and from that point on if they are not in compliance then they should be cited. Vice Mayor Thaler said that 90-days is excessive and he suggested staff coming back with a date, perhaps 60-days. Mayor Edelcup said to come in with a reasonable time but no longer than 90-days. City Manager Szerlag said given some of the comments that were made here tonight, especially in the audience, it would behoove us to include some geometric illustrations in 18