C4E-Ref- Planning Board - Temporary Storefront Signs -City Commission-MIAMI BE
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower
and Members of the City Commission
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manage~
December 14, 2011 G u
Referral to Planning Board-T~porary Storefront Signs.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Forward to Planning Board two versions of the proposed ordinance, one requ1nng
Planning Department staff review of proposed storefront window wraps, and a second
version that would allow such storefront window wraps without City review.
SUMMARY
A discussion to establish a limited permit process allowing temporary signs on windows of
vacant storefronts to generate city revenue, reduce blight, and provide economic relief to
commercial property owners was referred to the Finance And Citywide Projects Committee
by the City Commission on December 9, 2009 at the request of Commissioner Jerry Libbin.
On August 25, 2010, the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee asked the Administration
to further explore in-window storefront advertising and referred the item to the Land Use
Committee. On November 22, 2010, the City Attorney's Office expressed their continued
legal concerns with the proposal as it relates to the City's prohibition on general advertising,
and the Committee directed staff to bring back an ordinance which would permit "non-
commercial" window wraps, in order to satisfy legal concerns, together with a proposed
program of implementation for these non-commercial signs. At the October 26, 2011, the
Committee recommended referring this to the Planning Board.
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