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ORDiINANCE NO.. 305 _.74 XI. ,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYR- o. rD•
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AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF SIGNS : PROVIDING _ 71 '
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PROHIBITING HAZARDOUS SIGNS AND OFF-SITE
SIGNS ; VESTING AUTHORITY IN ZEPHYRHILLS
BUILDING INSPECTOR; PROVIDING PENALTY
THEREFOR.
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SECTION-1. This ordinance shall hereinafter be
known as and referred to as the "Zephyrhills Sign Ordinance" .
SECTION 2 . DEFINITION. A sign is name , identification,
CDCD description, display, illustration, or body of information
which is affixed to or painted, or represented directly or
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indirectly upon a building , structure , or piece of land and
which directs attention to an object, product , place , activity,
person, institution, organization, or business . However , a
"sign" shall not include any display of offical 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" 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 of
its size , location, movement , content, coloring, or method, o.f
illumination, or by obstructing or detracting from.- ti' 'e• visi-
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bility of any Jof-f-icial traffic control device by diverting
or tending to divert the attention of drivers ; nor ,shall any''- ,,
sign be erected in such a manner as to obstruct the vision of
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pedestrians . The use of flashing or revolving lights is
prohibited in any sign as constituting a hazard to traffic.
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SECTION 4 . REGULATING OFF-SITE SIGNS . No sign
shall be erected, maintained or permitted on any premises ,
improved or unimproved except as relating to that property.
(Campaign signs are excluded for a period of thirty days
prior to an election, as are signs for specific events
such as Founders Day) . III
SECTION 5 . ENFORCEMENT.
(a) The Zephyrhills Building Inspector shall lye
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 .
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this
ordinance by sign installation or maintenance , upon a find-
ing of guilty shall be subject to a fine of not more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or a term of imprisonment
not to,-exceed--s-ixty day-s-.-- -_In-addit-ion-,_-In—addition,—the -City mayeinoVe_�,
any sign in violation of this ordinance and may bring
action to recover the costs of removal .
(c) This Ordinance repeals Ordinance #281'.
(d) This Ordinance shall become effective when
signed by the Mayor after its third reading.
The foregoing Ordinance No . 305 was read and
passed on its first reading by the City Council of the City
o_f,;,Z.eRhyrhills , Florida, on the 28th day of July ,
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The foregoing Ordinance No . 305 was read
and passed on its second reading by the City Council
of the City of Zephyrhills , Florida, on the 11th
day of August , 1980 .
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passed on its third reading by the City Council of the
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City of Zephyrhills , Florida, on the 25th day of
August , 1980 .
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The foregoing Ordinance No . 305 was approved
by me this 8th day of September , 1980 .
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