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ORDINANCE NO. 748
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A
MORATORIUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION
AND/OR ERECTION AND/OR LOCATION
AND PLACEMENT OF ANY BILLBOARDS
WITHIN THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA; SAID MORATORIUM TO
CONTINUE UP TO AND THROUGH JUNE 30,
2000, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,
SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City COlmnission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida,
recognizes that scenic beauty helps communities attract visitors and residents,
boosts local econOlnics and enhances our quality of life, and
WHEREAS, billboards are recognized as detrimental to the scemc
beauty of our community, and
WHEREAS, sign regulations are established to achieve the purpose of
protecting property values, public investment and overall neighborhood character
by preventing conditions which have undesirable impacts on surrounding
properties, and
WHEREAS, the law regulating billboards reqUIres additional
analysis prior to the implementation of a City policy on the constmction and/or
erection and or location and/or placement of billboards,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I - A moratorimn prohibiting the constmction and/or erection of
billboards is hereby enacted in the City of Winter Springs, Florida, up to and
through Jlme 30, 2000.
SECTION II-
A billboard shall be defined as set forth in Section 16-51 of
the Code of the City of Winter Springs as Outdoor Advertising
Display/Billboard Off-premises Sign.
SECTION III - Conflicts. All Ordinances in conflict with the provisions of
tIns Ordinance are hereby superceded and tIns Ordinance shall prevail.
SECTION IV- Severability. If any words, phrase, sentence or portion of
tIns Ordinance is stricken by a Florida Court of competent jurisdiction, all other
tenns and conditions of tIle Ordinance not specifically stricken shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION V-
Effective Date. TIllS Ordinance shall become effective upon
its passage.
DONE AND ENACTED in regular of the City Commission of the City of
Winter Springs, Florida tIllS
13th
day of December
, 1999.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
Mayor Paul P. Partyka
ATTEST:
J-~~~_
Andrea b renzo~aces, City Clerk
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The Orlando Sentinel
Published Daily
~tatt of flortba } S.S.
COUNTY OF ORANGE
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared BEVERLY Co SIMMONS
, who on oath says
that he/she is the Legal Advertising Representative of The Orlando Sentinel, a dally
!l~wsEaper published at AI TA"ONT( SPRT~'~ in
SElUNOI t County, Florida;
that the attached copy of advertisement, being a NOTICE Of CHANGES
in the matter of BIll BOARD IN~TAl T A1'101\1
in the ~t"rNOl[ Court,
was published in said newspaper in the issue; of },l./1.2/"
Affiant further says that the said Orlando Sentinel is a newspaper published at
~l T A"ONT[ SPRINGS ' in said
~rfUNOI E County, Florida,
and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in
said ~t"TNOI f County, Florida,
each Week Day and has been entered as second-class mail matter at the post
office in II TAI"IONT[ ~P~ING~ in said
~fMnIO' r 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/she has neither paid
nor promised any person, firm or orporation any discount, rebate,
commission or refund for the purp of secu g th~adverYfement for
publication in the said newspaper. L.:-.- ~
Tht!~~instrument was acknowledged before e this
, 19~, by B, C.SIMMONS
who is personally known to me and who I ke a oath.
day of
(SEAL)
NOTICE OF CHANGES TO
SECTION 20-454, 20-466 AND
16-77 OF CITY ORDINANCES
RELATING TO BILLBOARD IN-
STALLATION IN THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS TO
SECTION 20-454, 20-466, AND
16-77 OF CITY CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES IN THE CITY OF WIN-
TER SPRINGS.
~~1+CfH~SCI~E~~~MI~~Y6~ i
OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS WILL HOLD A SEC-
OND READING ON PROPOSED
ORDINANCE 748 TO CONSID-
ER AMENDMENTS TO SEC-
TION 20-454, 20-466 AND 16-77
OF THE CODE OF WINTER
SPRINGS REGULATING BILL-
BOARDS AT 6:30 P.M. ON NO-
VEMBER 22, 1999 AT THE WIN-
TER SPRINGS CITY HALL
THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS PROPOSES TO
AMEND SECTION 20-454, 20-
466 AND 16-77 OF CITY CODE
TO ESTABLISH A MORATORI-
UM PROHIBITING THE INSTAL-
LATION OF NEW BILLBOARDS.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
SECOND READING OF PRO-
POSED ORDINANCE 748 WILL,
TAKE PLACE AT THE CITY
COMMiSSION CHAMBERS IN
CITY HALL AT 1126 EAST
STATE ROAD 434, WINTER
SPRINGS, FLORIDA INTER-
ESTED PERSONS MAY AT-
TEND AND BE HEARD.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE
MAY BE OBTAINED FROM jl-
METTE COOK, AT THE COM-
MUNITY DEVELOPMENT DE-
PARTMENT-CODE
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, AT
CITY HALL, 1126 EAST STATE
ROAD 434, WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA. FOR MORE INFOR-
MATION CALL 327-1800 #324.
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO
PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF
THESE PROCEEDINGS
SHOULD CONTACT THE EM-
PLOYEE RELATIONS DEPART-
MENT COORDINATOR 48
HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE
MEETING AT (407) 327-1800
#236.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF
YOU DECIDE TO APPEAL ANY
DECISION OR RECOMMENDA-
TION MADE BY THE CITY COM-
MISSION WITH RESPECT TO
ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT
THIS MEETING, YOU WILL
NEED A RECORD OF THE
PROCEEDINGS, AND, FOR
SUCH PURPOSES, YOU MAY
NEED TO ENS~RE THAT A
VERBATIM RECORD OF THE
PROCEEDINGS IS MADE UPON
WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE
BASED.
CSE3009589 NOV. 12, 1999