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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2018-23 (REVISION 1) ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2018-23 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, AMENDING TITLE XV, “LAND USAGE,” CHAPTER 155, “ZONING CODE - SIGNS”, OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS RELATED TO CONTENT BASED REGULATIONS IN THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES’ SIGN CODE; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
1. In its recent ruling in the case of Reed v. Town of Gilbert, the Supreme Court clarified municipal powers as it relates to the enforcement of certain content based sign restrictions. The outcome of this case is pushing many cities across the country to reevaluate their current sign codes in order to produce regulations for signs which are more content neutral.
2. The Planning and Economic Development Department has been working with the City Attorney’s office to make necessary modifications to the City's sign code to comply with this determination.
3. Staff has also identified other sections of the sign code, certain types of signs were silent in the code and required specifications.
4. The Planning and Zoning Board was presented the parameters of the City’s proposed sign changes by staff at its June 21, 2018 meeting. The Board made recomendations and requested certain clarificaitons.
5 The Planning and Zoning Board at its August 9, 2018 meeting, after reviewing the proposed ordinance, voted to transmit the proposed Ordinance to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation.
6. The following changes are proposed to the existing sign code in order to address any potential conflicts with the Court's decision:
• Clarification of content neutral regulations and removal of language that is content driven.
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