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ORDINANCE NO . 281 .MAY I { ""' '18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS REGULATING'
THE CONSTRUCTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF SIGNS ; PRO-
VIDING A DEFINITION FOR SAID REGULATION; PROHIBITING
HAZARDOUS SIGNS AND OFF-SITE SIGNS ; VESTING AUTHORITY
IN ZEPHYRHILLS BUILDING INSPECTOR; GRANTING UNTIL
JANUARY 1 , 1980 , FOR FULL COMPLIANCE ; PROVIDING FOR
INFRACTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING PENALTY •
THEREFOR.
SECTION 1 . This ordinance shall hereinafter be known as
and referred to as the "Zephyrhills Sign Ordinance" .
SECTION 2 . DEFINITION. A sign is a name , identification,
CQ description, display, illustration, or body of information which
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(Zis affixed to Or painted, or represented directly or indirectly
- upon a building, structure, or piece of land and which directs
attention to an object , product , place , activity , person, .
III- institution, organization, or business . However, a "sign" shall
not include any display of official court or public notice nor
any official traffic control device, nor shall it include the
flag , emblem or insignia of a nation or political unit . A "sign"
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shall not include a sign located completely within an enclosed
building unless the context shall so indicate.
SECTION 3 . REGULATING TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS .- No
sign shall be erected or maintained which constitutes a traffic
hazard or a detriment to traffic safety by reason ofitO_ s` size,' " .
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location, movement , content, coloring , or method of=, 2lumin4tion,`,",:
or by obstructing or detracting from the visibility of any _" ;; -
official.. traffic control device by diverting or tending to divert:
IIIthe attention of drivers ; nor shall any sign be erected, in suc 'a, -
manner as to obstruct the vision of pedestrians . The use of '
flashing or revolving lights is prohibited in any sign as .
constituting a hazard to traffic . RECORD VERIFIED
JED PITTMAN
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SECTION 4. REGULATING OFF-SITE SIGNS . No sign
shall be erected, maintained or permitted on any premises , -
improved
(Campaign signs are excluded for a period of thirty days tl
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4 prior to to an election, as are signs for specific evetts such
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-as Founders -Day. ) -
SECTION 5 . ENFORCEMENT.
A. The Zephyrhills Building Inspector shall be in
charge of sign inspection and shall issue or cause to be issued
notices of correction to any person erecting, maintaining or
permitting a sign in violation of this ordinance , provided,
however, that non-conformance signs in existence on the date,
this ordinance becomes law shall have until January 1,-1980 , ,
to comply with this ordinance.
B . Any person who violates the provisions of this 4 '
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ing of guilty shall be subjectto a fine of not more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500 .00) or a term of imprisonment not
to exceed sixty days . In addition, the City may remove any
sign in violation of this ordinance and may bring action to
,r,ecover the costs of removal .
The, foregoing Ordinance No . 281 was read and passed
-1 -9x1 Lts,first reading by the City Council of the City of Zephyr-
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Florida, on the 13 day of March , 1978 .
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" .,,,,,, The foregoing. Ordinance No . 281 was read and
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a .p s ed'von' its third reading by the City Council of the City
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The foregoing Ordinance No . 281 was approved by
me this 24Eh day bf April , 1978 .
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