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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2003-24 Apartment Complexes ORDINANCE NO. 2003-24 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 20- 434(b) TO INCLUDE APARTMENT COMPLEXES; AMENDING SECTION 20-434(a) TO PERMIT OPAQUE MAGNETIC COVERS TO HIDE COMMERCIAL LETTERING AND SIGNAGE ON VEHICLES AND TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FORAN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 20-434 of the City Code of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, currently regulates commercial vehicle storage on residential property for purposes of preserving the residential character and aesthetics of residential neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to allow apartment complexes located within the City of Winter Springs to provide areas for storage of commercial vehicles in the same manner as homeowner's associations and mobile home parks; and WHEREAS, the City Commission also desires to allow the covering of commercial lettering and signage with opaque magnetic covers as provided herein; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that this Ordinance is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Winter Springs and will be in keeping with the City Commission's desire to preserve the character and aesthetics of residential neighborhoods. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. Code Amendment, Chapter 20, Article VI, Division 2. The City of Winter Springs Code, Chapter 20, Article V, Division 2, is hereby amended as follows (underlined type indicates additions and stlikcout type indicates deletions, while asterisks (* * *) indicate a deletion from the Ordinance oftext existing in Chapter 20. It is intended that the text in Chapter 20 denoted by the asterisks and set forth in this Ordinance shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to adoption of this Ordinance). ARTICLE V. SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2003-24 Page 1 of 3 * * * DIVISION 2. MOTOR VEHICLES * * * Sec. 20-434. Authorized commercial vehicles in residential areas. * * * ( a) One (1) commercial vehicle per dwelling unit may be parked in residentially zoned districts of the city provided: * * * (8) Said vehicle has visible commercial lettering or signage, supplies materials, equipment, or storage racks attached thereto, stored therein or stored there upon, but is parked in aH an enclosed garage or behind not less than a six (6) foot high fence in such manner that the vehicle is not visible from surrounding dwellings or the public right-of-way. For purposes ofthis Subsection (a), commercial lettering or signage shall not be considered visible if said lettering or signage is completely hidden by a thin opaque magnetic cover. Said cover shall be installed on the vehicle and shall consist of one solid neutral color. (b) A homeowners association as defined in the Florida Statutes, apartment complex. or mobile home park may set aside common property, owned by the association, complex. or park, as an area set aside for the storage or parking of commercial and/or recreational vehicles, provided said area is fenced by an opaque fence not less than six (6) feet in height that totally prevents the viewing of said vehicles from surrounding properties and roadways. Section 3. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. City of Winter Springs Ordinance No, 2003-24 Page 2 of 3 Section 4. Incorporation Into Code. This Ordinance shall be incorporated into the Winter Springs City Code and any section or paragraph number or letter and any heading may be changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, and pursuant to City Charter. ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular meeting assembled on the 23rd dayof June ,2003. ATTEST: ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES, City Clerk JOHN F. BUSH, MAYOR Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for the City of Winter Springs only: ANTHONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney First Reading: June 9, 2003 Second Reading: June 23, 2003 Effective Date: See Section 6. F:\Docs\City of Winter Spnngs\Ordinances\CommercialV ehic1es. wpd City of Winter Springs Ordinance No, 2003-24 Page 3 of 3 Orlando Sentinel Published Daily State of Florida } S.S. COUNTY OF ORANGE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared BEVERLY C. SIMMONS , who on oath says that he/she is the Legal Advertising Representative of Orlando Sentinel, a dally newspaper published at ALTAMONTE SPRINGS in ORANGE/SEMINOLE County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement being a NOTICE OF THE FOL in the matter of ORDS: 2003-24 in the ORANGE/SEMINOLE Court was published in said newspaper in the issue; of 06/12/03 Affiant further says that the said Orlando Sentinel is a newspaper published at ALTAMONTE SPRINGS in said ORANGE/SEMINOLE County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said ORANGE/SEMINOLE County, Florida, each week Day and has been entered as second-class mail matter at the post office in ALTAMONTE SPRINGS in said ORANGE/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/she 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. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 31 day of July , 2003, by Beverly C. Simmons who is personally known to me and did take an oath. (SEAL) DEBORAH TONEY My comm Exp. 11/18/2005 NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE WINTER SPRINGS CODE OF ORDINANCES The City of Winter Springs proposes to adopt the following ordinonces: ORDINANCE NO, 2003.21 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE 2003-04 TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN SECTION 9- 391.5(c)(l)(ii), PAYMENT OF FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSIS- TENT ORDINANCES AND RESO- LUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR IN- CORPORATION INTO THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVER- ABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, ORDINANCE NO. 2003.23 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 20-463 TO FURTHER DEFINE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA RELAT- ING TO PROPERTIES ADJA- CENT TO S.R, 434; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR IN- CONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVID- ING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NO. 2003-24 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 20-434(b) TO INCLUDE APARTMENT COM- PLEXES, AMENDING SECTION 20-434(0) TO PERMIT OPAQUE MAGNETIC COVERS TO HIDE COMMERCIAL LETTERING AND SIGNAGE ON VEHICLES AND TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ER, ROR; PROVIDING FOR THE RE, PEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLU- TIONS, PROVIDING FOR INCOR. PORATION INTO THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILI- TY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PUBUC HEARING FOR THE 2ND READING on the proposed ordinances will be held on MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2003 AT 6:30 P.M. IN THE COMMISSION CHAM- BERS LOCATED AT THE WIN- TER SPRINGS CITY HALL 1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434 WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA The ordinance mav be inspected bv interested parties between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Mondav through Fri- day, at the City's Clerk's Office, lo- cated ot 1126 East State Road 434, Winter Springs, Florido. For more information call (407) 327.1800 #227. Persons with disabilities needing assistance to participate in anv of these proceedings should contact the Emplovee Relations Depart- ment Coordinator, 48 hours in ad, vance of the meeting at (407) 327- 1800, Extension 236. This is a public hearing. If you decide to appeal anv recommendation/decision mode bv the Citv Commission with respect to anv matter considered at this , meeting, you will need a record of the proceedings, and for such pur- poses, you mav need to ensure that o verbatim record of the proceed- ings is mode upon which the appeal is based, SLSL5082704 June 12, 2003