Resolution 93-20996 RESOLUTION NO. 93-20996
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA CALLING A
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE
MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE NO. 89-2665, AMENDING SECTION 9,
ENTITLED "SIGNS", AMENDING REGULATIONS
PERTAINING TO TEMPORARY SIGNS BY REVISING THE
HEIGHT, SIZE, NUMBER, LOCATION, TIME PERIOD,
REVIEW PROCEDURE, AND SETBACKS OF CONSTRUCTION
SIGNS, PROHIBITING BALLOON AND BANNER
CONSTRUCTION SIGNS AND BY PERMITTING COPY
CONTAINING PRICES ON CONSTRUCTION SIGNS FOR
MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS: PROVIDING FOR REPEALER,
SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City's Planning, Design and Historic Preservation
Division has recommended that City of Miami Beach Comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665 be amended by amending Section 9,
entitled "Signs", amending regulations pertaining to temporary
signs by revising the height, size, number, location, time period,
review procedures, and setbacks of construction signs, prohibiting
balloon and banner construction signs and by permitting copy
containing prices on construction signs for multi-family projects;
providing for inclusion in the zoning ordinance; providing for
repealer, severability and an effective date; and
WHEREAS, on November 23, 1993 the City's Planning Board held
a public hearing regarding the proposed amendment, after which the
Board voted 5 to 1 in favor of the amendment; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14 of Zoning Ordinance No. 89-
2665, the proposed amendment must now be considered by the City
Commission at public hearings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a public
hearing to consider an ordinance of the Mayor and City Commission
of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, amending comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance No. 89-2665, amending Section 9, entitled "Signs",
amending regulations pertaining to temporary signs by revising the
height, size, number, location, time period, review procedures, and
setbacks of construction signs, prohibiting balloon and banner
construction signs and by permitting copy containing prices on
construction signs for multi-family projects; providing for
inclusion in the Zoning Ordinance; providing for repealer,
severability and an effective date, is hereby called to be held
before the City Commission in its Chambers on the Third Floor of
City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, on
January 5 , 1994 beginning at 5:20 P .m. , and the City
Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish appropriate
Public Notice of the said Public Hearings in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Miami Beach, at which time and place all
interested parties will be heard.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th d- y of Decembe, , 1993.
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CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER TELEPHONE: (305) 673-7010
FAX: (305) 673-7782
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO.
TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and DATE:
Members of the City Commission -
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FROM: Roger M. Carlton- yt/�
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SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE 89-2665 AMENDING SECTION 9,
SIGN REGULATIONS, PERTAINING TO TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION
SIGNS - SETTING OP PUBLIC HEARING.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
The City Administration is recommending that the City Commission
set a public hearing date to consider an amendment to the current
Sign Section of the Zoning Ordinance to allow the limited use of
unit prices within the copy for temporary construction signs as
well as to expand a variety of restrictions on the size and
placement of the signs. As proposed, a new construction and
substantial rehabilitation project would qualify for the use of
sign copy which indicates unit :prices, once the applicant has been
issued a building permit.
BACKGROUND
The City of Miami Beach has historically. prohibited .the use of
prices within the copy of any sign, whether temporary or permanent
in nature. The proposed amendment has been developed as a
compromise between the market needs of developers to advertise the
price of units for sale and the consideration of quality relative
to the aesthetic, message and size of signs. As a balance for the
"allowance of the display ' of prices, the ordinance imposes
restrictions in terms of maximum overall-, size, inclusion of
graphics in size calculations, site placement and maximum height.
The Planning Board, at its November 23, 1993 meeting voted 6-0. to
recommend approval of the proposed amendment as revised during the
meeting.,
ANALYSIS
In the office and multi-family "for sale" and "rental" markets in
South Florida, Miami Beach developments are competing with those in
other communities where such signage with prices is permitted. The
cities of Fort Lauderdale, North Miami, North. Miami Beach,
Plantation, and Sunrise do not regulate the content of the copy for
construction signs, whether freestanding or attached to the
building. The City of Coral Gables allows advertising prices but
restricts the size of the price component of the advertisement (see
survey attached) . All the cities limit the overall size of the
temporary construction signs and permit only one sign per site.
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The City of Plantation allows the largest area for temporary
construction signs by restricting single family districts to a
maximum of 12 sq. ft. , multifamily residential districts to 24 sq.
ft. , and commercial districts to 36 square feet.
The City of Coral Gables is the only respondent to the survey to
regulate the language and the content of the signs and the location
on the property. Cost of the project or prices for individual
units is allowed but is regulated to 40 square inches. The maximum
allowable area for a sign is dependent on the zoning district:
single family residential districts - 4 sq. ft. ; multifamily
residential district - 20 sq. ft. and commercial districts - 24
square feet.
The proposed Amendment for the City of Miami Beach, stipulates that
a construction sign cannot be erected until a building permit for
the new construction or substantial rehabilitation has been issued
by the City. This temporary sign would have to be removed within
six months of the issuance of a temporary or final Certificate of
Occupancy or Certificate of Completion, which ever applies. The
size of such signage would be limited to an aggregate of one sq.
ft. per three linear feet of street frontage not to exceed 75 sq.
ft. for all zoning districts, except single family districts would
be limited to 4 sq. ft. of sign area. No other temporary signage,
including real estate signs, would be permitted on a site while a
construction sign is in place.
The area contained in renderings, decorative or artistic portions
of such signs is proposed to be included in the sign area
calculation. These illustrations had previously been omitted from
the sign area calculation. When unit prices are allowed, they
would not be permitted to exceed ten percent (10%) of the total
sign area and numbers would not exceed six (6) inches in height.
All construction signs would continue to be reviewed under the
Design Review process. Temporary construction signs would be
either flat wall signs or rigid detached signs, affixed to posts or
a construction fence; banners and balloon signs would be
prohibited.
Unless affixed to a. construction fence or an existing building,
detached construction signs would be required to be setback 10 feet
from any property line. The maximum height to the top of a
detached sign affixed to posts or a construction fence would be 12
feet above grade; it is now .15 ft. , without a reference to grade.
Maximum height to the top of a flat sign affixed to a building
shall not extend above the second story of said building.
CONCLUSION
Based on the support of the Planning Board, the Administration
recommends that the Commission proceed to set a first reading
public hearing on this amendment to Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665.
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