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1 PORT ST. LUCIE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: February 26, 2018 Agenda Item #: 1 OE PLACEMENT: First Reading of Ordinances ACTION REQUESTED: Motion / Vote ADOPT ORDINANCE - CITY OF PSI SIGN CODE AMENDMENT CHAPTER 155 (P17-238) SUBMITTED BY: Daniel Robinson, Planner STRATEGIC PLAN LINK: The City's Mission to plan for smart and balanced growth. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (General Business): The text amendment will provide drive-through sign regulations that are consistent with current development standards and business friendly. PRESENTATION INFORMATION: Staff may provide a presentation. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Zoning Department finds the proposed amendment to Chapter 155, the Sign Code, to be consistent with the direction and intent of the City's Comprehensive Plan and recommends approval. Move that the Council adopt the ordinance as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board. ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and adopt the ordinance. 2. Move that the Council not approve the ordinance and provides staff direction. BACKGROUND: On February 6, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of the proposed amendment. ISSUES/ANALYSIS: See attached staff report. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: N/A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION: N/A LOCATION OF PROJECT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Staff report Exhibit A Ordinance Agenda Memorandum (General Business) V 2.4

2 NOTE: All of the listed items in the "Attachment" section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk. LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW: Reviewed by Elizabeth Hertz, Assistant City Attorney. City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by O. Reginald Osenton, City Attorney. ROUTING: 1. Department requesting Agenda Item: N/A APPROVAL(S): 2. Department preparing Agenda Item: Planning and Zoning Director Patricia A. Tobin 3. Secondary Department Approval: N/A 4. City Manager' s Office: Patricia Roebling, Assistant City Ma 5. City Manager's Office: N/A 6. City Manager: Russ Blackburn i 4 G// ^ae.*, RECEIVED FEB Agenda Memorandum (General Business) V 2.4 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE

3 COUNCIL ITEM 1 OE DATE ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XV "LAND USAGE", CHAPTER 155, "SIGN CODE" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE BY AMENDING SECTION "REGULATIONS FOR PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION SIGNS REQUIRING PERMITS"; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida adopted amendments to the City of Port St. Lucie Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance (the "Comprehensive Plan"); and WHEREAS, Section , Florida Statutes, provides for the amendment and enforcement of land development regulations that are consistent with and implement the adopted comprehensive plan; and WHEREAS, Section (4)(C), Florida Statutes, provides that the Local Planning Agency shall review proposed land development regulations and make recommendations to the governing body as to the consistency of the proposed land development regulations with the adopted Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, this City initiated Code amendment, P17-238, proposes to amend Chapter Sign Code as outlined in Exhibit "A" with additions shown as underlined and deletions shown as strikethrough; and WHEREAS, the City of Port St. Lucie Planning and Zoning Board having been duly designated as the local planning agency pursuant to Section (4)(C), Florida Statutes, and having held a public hearing thereon, has considered this proposed amendment to the Code of Ordinances and submitted its recommendations thereon to the City Council; and WHEREAS, having considered the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Board, The Port St. Lucie City Council has found and determined that the adoption of amendments to Page 1 of 3 P City of PSL - Chapter 155 Sign Code Text Amendment

4 ORDINANCE Chapter Sign Code will foster and preserve the public health, safety and welfare; improve and protect the environment and value and character of the community; and implement the adopted comprehensive plan. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE HEREBY ORDAINS: Section 1. The City of Port St. Lucie Chapter Sign Code of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as shown in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and by reference incorporated herein. Section 2. All remaining provisions of Chapter Sign Code of the Code of Ordinances shall remain in full force and effect. Section 3. The provisions of the Ordinance are severable and, if any section, sentence, clause or phrase is for one reason held to be unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective, this holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, it being expressly declared to be the City Council's intent that it would have passed the valid portions of this Ordinance without inclusion of any invalid portion or portions. Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after its final adoption on second reading. Page 2 of 3 P City of PSL - Chapter 155 Sign Code Text Amendment

5 ORDINANCE PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida, this 26th day of March, CITY COUNCIL CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA ATTEST: BY: Gregory J. Oravec, Mayor Karen A. Phillips, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: O. Reginald Osenton, City Attorney Page 3 of 3 P City of PSL - Chapter 155 Sign Code Text Amendment

6 EXHIBIT A CHAPTER SIGN CODE Sec Regulations for Permanent Identification Signs Requiring Permits. (P) Menu boards and pre-sell boards. Two (2) per one ordering lane. Maximum height five (5) feet above finished floor elevation. Total size per ordering lane may not exceed fifty (50) square feet cumulatively and shall only have internal illumination. residential zoning districts. Location must be shown at time of site plan approval. One 1 s q uare foot er orderin lane ma be a di ital order review screen as lonq as it is screened from all right-of-ways and any residential property. P City of PSL Chapter 155 Sign Code Text Amendment

7 ITEM #7(A)(1) City of Port St. Lucie Planning and Zoning Department A City for All Ages TO: PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD - MEETING OF FEBRUARY 6, 2018 FROM: DANIEL ROBINSON, PLANNER yes RE: P CITY OF PSL CHAPTER 155 SIGN CODE TEXT AMENDMENT APPLICATION DATE: JANUARY 30, 2018 BACKGROUND:This application proposes to amend Section of the Sign Code. Drive-throughs are being designed with more than one ordering lane. The current code regulations only permitting two menu or pre-sell boards per drive-through, regardless of the number of ordering lanes, and requires the signs to be within 25 feet of the primary structure. The amendment proposes to permit each ordering lane to have 2 signs with a cumulative total square footage for each ordering lane to be fifty (50) square feet and permit one (1) square foot for an order screen to be digital. The amendment will remove the requirement that all drive-through signs shall be a maximum of twenty-five (25) feet from the principal structure. The proposed changes are shown in the attached Exhibit A with additions shown as underlined and deletions as ctrikethrough. STAFFRECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Zoning Department finds the proposed changes to the Sign Code to be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and recommends approval. Planning and Zoning Board Action Options: Motion to recommend approval to the City Council Motion to recommend denial to the City Council Please note: Should the Board need further clarification or information from either the applicant and/or staff, it may exercise the right to table or continue the hearing or review to a future meeting. 1 P City of PSL Chapter 155 Sign Code Text Amendment

8 ITEM #7(A)(1) EXHIBIT A CHAPTER SIGN CODE Sec Regulations for Permanent Identification Signs Requiring Permits. (P) Menu boards and pre-sell boards. Two (2) per restaurant-drive thru restaurants en-1y ordering lane. Maximum height five (5) feet above finished floor elevation. Total size per ordering lane may not exceed fifty (50) square feet cumulatively and shall only have internal illumination. Location must be shown at time of site plan approval. One (1) square foot per ordering lane may be a digital order preview screen as long as it is screened from all right-of-ways and any residential property. 2 P City of PSL Chapter 155 Sign Code Text Amendment