Subject:
Title
Legislative Intent and Permission to Advertise Amendments to Chapter 62, Article IX Brevard County Code of Ordinances, to allow for specified signage at public parks owned and operated by governmental or quasi-governmental entities regardless of zoning classification.
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
District 4 Commission Office
Requested Action:
Recommendation
Board approval of legislative intent and permission to advertise an amendment to Chapter 62, Article IX, Brevard County Code of Ordinances, to allow for specified signage at public parks that are owned and operated by governmental or quasi-governmental entities regardless of zoning classification.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Chapter 62, Article IX, Brevard County Code of Ordinances, establishes certain regulations pertaining to the placement of signs on property. For example, Section 62-3316, Brevard County Code of Ordinances, regulates “on-premises signs” by applying a formula based on building frontage facing a public street, and limiting such signs to certain zoning classifications and uses. Most notably, such signs are generally not permitted in residential classifications. In mixed use classifications, such as the Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) zoning classification, such signs are only permitted in commercial areas.
In certain circumstances, these regulations have impeded the ability to permit on-premises signs at public parks. For example, within the Viera area, there are several publicly accessible parks operated by community development districts that have PUD zoning. This situation presents multiple obstacles not contemplated by this Chapter of Code. First, the public parks are not in a commercial area of the PUD, so such signs are not permitted. Second, even if it were, such signs would be limited to building frontage on public roads, which is a formula that would seem inapplicable to parks.
Therefore, it is requested that the Board grant legislative intent and permission to advertise an ordinance amendment to Chapter 62, Article IX (with specific provisions of Code to be identified by County staff) in order to expressly allow for a maximum of 150 square feet of directional, identification, and instructional (community event) purposes, regardless of the property’s zoning classification or building frontage, where the subject property is a publicly accessible park that is owned and operated by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity.
Should the Board approve this request, staff will draft a Code amendment and request that the Building Construction Advisory Committee and Local Planning Agency consider the amendment and issue a recommendation, before returning to the Board for consideration of final adoption at a public hearing.
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