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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 140 Chapter 5/13 ORDINANCE NO. 140 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, REPEALING PARTS OF SECTION 5-l09, 5-ll0 AND 5=111 OF ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 5 AND SECTION 13-10 OF CHAPTER 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS; CREATING SECTIONS 5-112 THROUGH 5-119 OF ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, ESTABLISHING PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, SIGN STANDARDS, GENERAL PROVISI- ONS, REGULATIONS, PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND FEES; CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of Winter Springs have de- termined, that in order to protect the public health and safety and to promote the general welfare of the citizens of Winter Springs, a new comprehensive code regulation signs needs to be enacted, and WHEREAS, to accomplish this purpose, parts of existing Sections 5-l09, 5-110 and 5-111 of Article IV, Chapter 5 and Section 13-10 of Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Winter Springs, needs to be repealed, and WHEREAS, a new comprehensive code regulating signs within the City of Winter Springs must be enacted, which would create new Sections 5-ll2 through 5-ll9 of Article VI, Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Winter Springs. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Winter Springs ordains: Section 1. That Sections 5-109 and 5-lll of Article VI, Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances are hereby amended by repealing and deleting from those Sections, any reference to the word "sign" or "signs" and those Sections as amended shall now read as follows: Section 5-109. PERMIT FOR ERECTION OVER SIDE- WALKS--REQUIRED; APPLICATION. It shal be unlawful for any person to place, direct or maintain over the sidewalks of the City any awning, shed, shelter or other struc- ture hanging or projecting over the sidewalks of the City without first obtaining from the building inspector a permit therefor. The application for such permit shall state the kind of awning, shed, shelter or other struc- ture, the weight, thereof and the method of attaching or affixing the same to the building. If the application shall meet with the approval of the building inspector, he shall, upon pay- ment of the required fee, issue a permit for the same. Section 5-111. CONDEMNATION OF UNSAFE AWNINGS. The building inspector shall inspect all awnings, sheds, shelters and other structures hanging or projecting over the sidewalks of the City and shall be authorized to condemn all such awnings, sheds, shelters and other structures hanging or projecting over such sidewalk as unsafe and dangerous and to cause a notice to be served on the owner of the building to which such structure may be attached, his agents in charge or the tenants thereof. Such owner,agent or tenant shall within three (3) days from receipt of such condemnation notice, or within such shorter time if it is determined that an emergency exists in the judgment of the City Manager, remove such structure. Section 2. That Section 5-110 of Article VI, Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Winter Springs is hereby amended by repealing therein Subsection (h) thereof and that Section as amended shall now read as follows: Section 5-ll0. SAME---FEE. The fee for a permit required by this article shall be as follows: (a) For any awning, shed, shelter or other structure except signs, the fee shall be the same as is required for the construction, alteration and repair of buildings based upon the cost of such construction, alteration, extension or repair. Section 3. That Section 13-10 of Chapter 13 of the Code Of Ordinances of the City of Winter Springs is hereby repealed. Section 4. That the City of Winter Springs hereby enacts a new comprehensive sign code by creating new Sections 5-112 through 5-ll9 of Article VI, Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Winter Springs to read as follows: Section 5-112. PURPOSE AND INTENT. The regulations and requirements herein set forth shall be the minimum requirements to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, and to protect the character of residential, business and industrial areas throughout the City of Winter Springs. With respect to signs advertising business uses, it is specifically intended, among other things, to avoid excessive competition and clutter among sign displays in the demand for public attention. Therefore, the display of signs should be appropriate to the land, building or use to which they are appur- tenant and be adequate, but not excessive, for the intended pur- pose of identification or advertisement. -2- Signs commonly referred to as outdoor advertising, bill- boards or poster panels which advertise products or businesses not connected with the site on which they are located are deemed by this article to constitute a separate use. The control and regulation of the display of such advertising is deemed to -e ap- propriate to the character and sound development of the City of Winter Springs and it is intended that such advertising be confined to certain commercial and industrial properties. Section 5-113. DEFINITIONS. A. Signs, Shall mean any surface, fabric, device or display which bears letters, pictorial or sculptured matter, including forms shaped to resemble any human, animal or product, designed to convey information visually and which is exposed to public view. For purposes of this code, the term "sign" shall include all structural members. A sign shall be construed to be a display surface or or device containing organized and related elements composed to form a single unit. In cases where matter is displayed in fandom or unconnected manner without organized relationship of the components, each component shall be considered to be a single sign, included within the definition of sign are the following types of signs: B. Point of Sale Sign shall mean any sign designed to be viewed from off the premises, advertising or designating the use, occupancy of premises or merchandise and products sold, manu- factured or stored on the premises. Such signs shall be located on the premises to be advertised. C.Outdoor Advertising Sign shall mean any sign ad- vertIstIng a business, organization, event, person, place or thing, and is located on a separate parcel of land from the subject so advertised. D. Trailer Sign any sign mounted on a vehicle normally licensed by the State of Florida as a trailer and used for ad- vertising or promotional purpose. E. Construction Sign is any sign giving the name or names of principal contractors, architects, and lending insti- tutions responsible for construction on the site where the sign is placed. -3- F. Identification Sign is any sign which indicates the name of a use, owner, activity, business or enterprise, but which does not advertise products, commodities or services offered and which is located on the same property which is identified. G. Directory Sign is a sign on which the names and location of occupants, use of a building or parking and traffic direction is given, and designed to be read primarily from on site. H. Ground and/or Pole Sign is any sign which is supported by structures or supports in or upon the ground and independnet of support from any building. I. Real Estate Sign is any sign which is used to offer for sale, lease or rent the property upon which the sign is placed. J. Snipe Sign is any sign of any material whatsoever that is attached in any way to a utility pole, tree or any object located or situated on public road rights-of-way. K. Freestanding Sign is any mobile or portable sign or sign structure not securely attached to the ground or to any other structure, this definition shall not include trailer signs. L. Temporary Sign is any sign posted for a limited time and size and shall include election signs. Section 5-114. SIGN STANDARDS A. Point of Sale Signs. 1. Maximum allowable copy area, unless other- wise specified, shall be a total sign area of one square foot for each lineal foot of lot frontage. 2. In cases where there are no buildings on subject property, maximum allowable copy area shall be a total sign area one (1) square foot for each lineal foot of lot frontage up to a maximum of forty-eight square feet. 3. Ground or pole signs shall only be permitted when the lot upon which they are placed has a minimum of forty - 4 - (40) feet of frontage. No ground or pole sign may be erected closer than forty (40) feet to any other ground or pole sign on the same lot. Ground or pole signs may be erected at the property line provided no part of the sign projects over the line and it is not closer than ten (10) feet to the paved surface of the road. Maximum height of ground and pole signs shall be thirty-five (35) feet from ground level to the top of the sign. In areas where a traffic or pedestrian hazard could be created, a clear height of eight (8) feet shall be maintained from ground level to the bottom of the sign. B. Trailer Signs shall be considered a temporary sign, and as such, the copy area of a trailer sign shall not be considered as part of the maximum allowable copy area for Point-of-Sale signs. 1. Each person engaged in the renting, leasing, owning or otherwise providing for hire any trailer sign shall be properly licensed as required by law and shall, prior to displaying each sign upon any premises, secure a permit for each sign from the Winter Springs Building Department. A per- mit shall be valid for longer than a period of ninety (90) days after which time the trailer sign shall be removed from the premises. A permit cannot be renewed, nor can a permit be obtained for the same premises within a period of fifteen (15) days after the removal of a trailer sign from the premises. 2. Trailer signs may be placed at the property line provided no traffic hazard is created, in which case they shall be set back a minimum of ten (10) feet, providing they are no closer than ten (10) feet to the paved surface of the road. 3. The placement of a trailer sign in a park- ing space which is required to meet the minimum parking require- ments shall be prohibited. 4. Trailer signs, exclusive of the transportation mechanism, shall not exceed the exterior measurements of eight - 5 - (8) feet in height or fourteen (14) feet in length, and shall not exceed a maximum of one hundred (100) square feet in area per face. 5. Trailer signs shall be limited to commercial and industrial districts. 6. There shall be a maximum of one (1) trailer sign per business location with a minimum spacing of two hundred (200) feet between any two trailer signs on the same side of the road, and no more than three (3) trailer signs everyone thousand (1,000) feet on the same side of the road. 7. Each trailer sign, when in use, shall in some manner be securely fastened to a permanent structure or to the ground; further, each trailer sign shall have its wheels locked so that only the person renting, leasing, owning or providing the sign shall have the capability of unlocking the wheels. 8. All incandescent bulbs, in or attached, to any trailer sign shall be approved weather proof rated out- door lamps of not more than one hundred (lOO) watts; pro- vided, however, spot type bulbs shall be prohibited and flashing illumination shall be prohibited on all trailer signs placed closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the paved surface of the road. 9. Each trailer sign shall have permanently affixed and prominently displayed, the name, business address and/or telephone number of the owner of the sign. c. Outdoor Advertising Signs. l. Shall be permitted in industrial and commercial districts only. 2. Shall be set back a minimum of thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way on limited access roads and twenty- five (25) feet from the right-of-way on all State, County and Municipal roads. Outdoor advertising signs shall not be located nearer than one hundred (100) feet to any residential district. - 6 - 3. On all State, County and Municipal roads, outdoor advertising signs shall be no closer than fifteen hundred (1,500) feet from any other outdoor advertising sign on the same side of the highway and facing in the same direction, not closer than three hundred (300) feet from any point of sale sign. 4. The number of signs facing in the same direction on anyone street shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) in any ten (10) mile distance if the signs advertise the same business, product or activity. 5. School bus stop shelters used for advertising shall be allowed in all districts, provided each abutting pro- perty owner to the proposed site consents to the same in writing; which consents shall be furnished to the City of Winter Springs prior to receiving a permit; further, provided the property owner of the proposed site agrees in writing to remove said shelter at his own expense within thirty (30) days after written notice from the City of Winter Springs. An application for such school bus stop shelter shall be ap- proved or disapproved by the authority and directive of the City Council of Winter Springs after review and without Public Hearing. It is further provided that the structure is to be open on all four (4) sides and that the sign area of the roof of the structure be no larger than thirty-two (32) square feet on each side of the roof; and further provided that an advertiser be allowed to advertise not more than twice (2) in a ten (10) mile distance on this type of structure. 6. V signs are permitted provided they are con- structed with an inner angle not to exceed thirty (30) degrees. 7. No single faced billboard shall have an interior angle from road to face of sign in excess of forty- five (45) degrees, and shall be installed as to minimize a view of the rear of the sign from the road or roads. 8. Maximum size of outdoor advertising signs shall not exceed a maximum gross area of two hundred eighty- - 7 - eight (288) square feet, nor project more than thirty (30) feet above the crown of the road which the sign is designed primarily to serve. D. Real Estate Signs. 1. In residential districts signs shall not exceed six (6) square feet in area unless the size of the tract is in excess of two (2) acres, signs shall not exceed eight (8) feet by sixteen (16) feet. 2. In residential districts where a subdivision is being developed or offered for sale, a combination real estate and identification sign, maximum size of two hundred (200) square feet, may be erected on the property which is being developed or offered for sale until such time as the subdivision is completed. 3. In residential districts no sign over six (6) square feet shall be erected closer than one hundred (100) feet from the nearest existing house. 4. In commercial, agricultural and industrial districts, real estate signs shall be permitted to a maximum height of fourteen (14) feet or maximum width of twenty-four (24) feet with maximum gross area of two hundred eighty- eight (288) square feet. 5. No more than one (1) real estate sign or combination real estate and identification sign may be erected on anyone road frontage for each tract or parcel of land offered for sale or lease. E. Identification Signs. 1. May be located in any district provided the use or activity is a permitted or approved use in such a dis- trict. 2. Such signs shall not be located nearer than twenty-five (25) feet from any intersection or street right- of-ways, except upon the express permission of the City Council of Winter Springs, Florida duly given at a regular council meeting. - 8 - 3. Subdivision entrance gates and walls used as identification signs may exceed the height limitation, otherwise established, when approved by the Winter Springs City Council, provided the same does not create a traffic hazard. 4. In residential districts there shall be no flashing or animated signs. Also sign lights shall be so focused, directed and so arranged as to prevent glare or direct illumination so as not to create a traffic hazard on to abutting property or adjacent streets or roads. 5. Identification signs shall not exceed forty- eight (48) square feet in area. F. Construction Signs. l. No more than one (1) sign denoting the owner, architect, financial institution or contractor may be erected on a lot or parcel of land under construction. The sign must be removed prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy. 2. Such signs must be set back in accordance with the Building Setback requirements of the district. G. Temporary Signs. 1. Temporary signs may be placed in a right-of- way by permission of the Winter Springs Building Department. Such signs shall require a sign permit and such signs shall not be over two (2) square feet in area and must be removed within seven (7) days from date of issuance. 2. Temporary signs on private property require no sign permit fee, such a sign shall not be over two (2) square feet in area, and provided further that on the day of erection written notification is sent to the City of Winter Springs and provided further, said sign must be removed within fifteen (15) days from the date of erection. 3. Notwithstanding the provision of G 1 and 2 above, election signs may remain erected until 48 hours after the last election in which the candidate is entered and may - 9 - be more than 2 square feet in area provided the size of the same is approved by the City of Winter Springs, Building Department. Section 5-115. GENERAL PROVISIONS. A. Setback distance for all signs is the shortest horizontal distance from the property line to the nearest point of the sign, or its supporting members, whichever is nearest to the property line. B. All signs shall be properly maintained to present an acceptable appearance. Dilapidated signs shall be re- paired or removed within thirty (30) days after notice from the Winter Springs Building Department. C. Any signs, the rear portion of which is visible from the road being served by said sign, shall have the rear screened by some suitable method to present an acceptable appearance to traffic traveling in the opposite direction. D. Sign lights shall be focused, directed and so arranged as to prevent glare or direct illumination or traffic hazard from said lights onto residential districts or onto the highway. No flashing or pulsating lights shall be permitted closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the paved surface of the road nor may they be placed closer than 50 feet to an intersection. Section 5-ll6. PROHIBITED SIGNS. The following signs are prohibited and may be con- tinued only for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of final enactment of this article. At the end of said ninety (90) day period, they shall be removed. A. Snipe signs. B. Freestanding signs. C. Any sign containing statement, words or pictures of an obscene nature. D. Any sign which obstructs the view in any direction at a street, road or access drive. - 10 - E. Any sign which advertises any activity, business, product, service, political candidate, or issue which is no longer produced, conducted or at issue. Section 5-117. NON-CONFORMING SIGNS. Any sign which conformed to the existing Zoning Regulations, when erected, and subsequently is declared non- conforming due to the enactment of this article or any amendment to the zoning resolution, may be continued with the following provisions: A. Signs may not be moved, structurally altered, or repair work accomplished that would require replacement of more than fifty (50) percent of anyone sign's supporting members, without complying to all provisions of this article. B. Within five (5) years of the effective date of the article, all non-conforming outdoor advertising signs and their supporting members shall be removed. C. Any non-conforming point-of-sale sign may be allowed to continue, provided the business or use it advertises remains in operation. When the business or use is dis- continued, the sign must be removed, and any replacement sign must conform to all existing regulations. Section 5.118. BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall erect, alter, repair or relocate any sign, except as noted below, without first obtaining a building permit for such work from the Winter Springs Building Department. No permit shall be issued until the Winter Springs Building Department determines that such work is in accordance with the requirements contained in this article and the Building Department determines such work will not violate the Building or Electrical Codes of Winter Springs. A. All signs, larger than six (6) square feet shall require a permit. B. All outdoor advertising sign permits shall be renewed every two (2) years, to insure the City of Winter Springs that the same are kept in good repair. - 11 - Section 5-ll9. SIGN PERMIT FEES. The minimum permit fee shall be ten (lO) dollars, except as otherwise stated below. Fee Schedule: Temporary Sign Trailer Sign Building Permit Fee Schedule Two ($2.00) Dollars Point of Sale Minimum Permit Fee Outdoor adver- tising Building Permit Fee Schedule Identification sign Minimum Permit Fee No permit required if under six (6) square feet and on private property. Section 4. Conflicts. Real Estate Sign This Ordinance shall not be construed to have the effect of repealing any existing Ordinance concerning the subject matter of this Ordinance, but the regulations established herein shall be supplemental and cumulative; however, in the case of a direct conflict with a provision or provisions of any existing Ordinance, the provision which is more restrictive and imposes higher standards or require- ments shall govern. Section 5. Severability. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of the Ordinance is, for any reason, held or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such holding of invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance and it shall be con- strued to have been the legislative intent to pass this Ordinance without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part therein, and the remainder of this Ordinance, after the exclusion of such part or parts, shall be deemed to be held valid as if this Ordinance had been adopted without the invalid provision therein; or if any provisions thereof, shall be held inapplicable to any person, group of persons, property, kind of property, circumstances, or set of cir- - 12 - cumstances such holding shall not affect the application thereof to any other person, property or circumstances. Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8 day of November, 1976. FIRST READING September 13, 1976 SECOND READING November 8, 1976 CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA BY Troy J. Piland MAYOR ATTEST: Mary T. Norton City Clerk - l3 - CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, that said City Council will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m or as soon thereafter as possible, on Monday, September 13, 1976, to consider the adoption of an ordinance by the City of Winter Springs, Florida, title of which is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, REPEALING PARTS OF SECTION 5-109, 5-ll0 AND 5-111 OF ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, CREATING SECTIONS 5-112 THROUGH 5-119 OF ARTICLES VI, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF OR- DINANCES OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, ESTABLISHING PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, SIGN STANDARDS, GENERAL PROVISIONS, REGULATIONS, PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND FEES; CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. A copy of said ordinance shall be available at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, for all person desiring to examine the same. All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. THIS NOTICE is to be published in the Evening Herald, a newspaper of general circulation in said City, one (1) time at least 15 days prior to the time of the public hearing. DATED this 9th day of August, 1976, CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA BY MARY NORTON, City Clerk GARY E. MASSEY 616 E. Semoran Blvd. Altamonte Springs, Fla. 32701 Attorney for City r ~ Evening Herald An Independent Newspaper SANFORD, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA Netic..'''' TO WHOM IT MAY to "'" NOTICE IS, HalllY ',", " 'by the City c~n 01 tile tit( .!flnttl' Sprlllgs, FlOtljtl, ~. ~~~,~Ity CoyneltWlll hOkIl'IIlIbIIC'~ II 7:,o,.m. ,or It Soon ttttttlft... .. ,*-1,'I4l,_ Mollcl8y, S~ 13, :'~~~~;-"~'C~Itit~: .1nOI, Florldl, tltl. of which" .. foI~: , ~ORDINANC. O~TH&:CITY _ 01' .~, WIN'.. ,,4ol~.~n RfSf"V.L.ING PARTS QF SE~1OtIl 5-1., .,10 AND 5-111 OFAIt"~I.' VI, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF ORDI.....NCES OF THE CI"- OF WINTER SPRINGS,CRE~l'IHG SECTIONS 5,112 THROUGHf',iJ.nf OF ARTICLES VI, CHAPTER I OF THE CODE OF ORDlNANC. OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRlNG5. ESTABLISHING PURP.$I, DEFINITIONS,' SIGHS",,1ti' DARDS,~ENERAL PROVISIONS, JlEGUl,/,.TIONS." ",ER~!T REWlljMENTlA:NDlfiES; COMPLICTS, SEVERA81t.fT... AJf~E'PFECTIVE DAT,S'I.., . I tOPy of MIet ordlnlnc~ ;'~: r:~:.':~~Z;:~ .....11lt tile Mme. , , ..."lnt.r.ted pertl. 18 to...... end be "'Ird.,; ','. ," Tt\lISNOTICE IltObe~/Il thdEvtftlno Herlld, I "...,.,.~ oeMI'll clrculetlollln M~, .. (1)tI",..t leest 15 days PI\W:to" tl':J':'t:bII~ ":~In;':~J\ 191'."; .'1 .CITY OF WINTER ,,",,;k, ,t; SPlUNGS, FLORIDA.;2;'ii ~l 8i~. S: Miry Norton . ~.\ city Clerk'~ GA~Y,,E. MASS 6l',l.Stmor Aft'mont. AttoI'M't for City Puld.1~A!t...12'J, ". DEC., ,. ... '32701.- . ,,'" STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF SEMINOLE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared""""",.,.."".",.,.. .. . . .. . .. .. , ..~~~ h- ..1: ,... ~ S>.~::t: ~.y... , . .. " , .. .. .. .. .. .. . who on oath says that file is Office ..ana'1:er . . . , . , , . . . . . , . , . , , . , . . , , . , , , . , . . , , , . , . . . of the EVENING HERALD, a Newspaper Pub- lished at Sanford, in Seminole County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertise- ment, being a.. }J.~?;.!;l.l, .l'!P.t5,9.~"..,..,..""."...",..,..,.", .in the matter of ~otice of Public Hearin7 re: Ordinance ReDealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part~ ?f Se9~io~ 5-109, 5-110, & 5-111 circuit . . , ,G),t', ,~, ;t,l c 18, .\" =1: " . .,l:1ap.t e.r, ,!5 ' . , ' . , . . , , , . , . m the. , . , , , . . . . , , . , , , ,Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of. . . , , , , , . . , , , . . , , , . . . . . , . , . . . , , . , . . , . A. u 'Zu t 12 1976 " . .. ' ." , ,. " .., .'..".", . . 1. ,."" ",'.' '... .., ... ... .,. .."" ..,'.. " ,.,. ,., .., ,'" Affiant further says that the said EVENING HERALD is a newspaper published by The Sanford Herald, Inc., at Sanford, in said Seminole County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Seminole Count~ Florida, and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Sanford, in said Seminole County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. Sworn to and subscribed before me this ....... ~,?~~............."........ day of /) ~ ry 76;t:y -i.- "::)' /~ ~ . .. '\2;l~~:," 'j)')" ~:;~:~ .~. ,-rY;~{~. "..~.'....~ ~ ~l.Jf. :7' .......................................... . (SEAL) Notary Public i____ ~ .......- Notary Public. 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