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925.3.11. Temporary civic campaign signs. No sign permit shall be required for temporary
civic campaign signs displayed on private property, in nonresidential districts, not �h 1
exceeding fifteen (15) square feet in sign surface area, and used in connection with
civic noncommercial health, safety, or welfare campaigns, provided that all such signs
shall exhibit the date of the conclusion of the campaign and shall be removed within -
three (3) days thereafter. Outdoor advertising signs where otherwise permitted by
terms of this ordinance are excluded from the terms of this subsection.
925.3.12. Temporary political campaign signs. No sign permit shall be required for tem-
porary political campaign signs displayed on private property and used in connection
with local, state and national political campaigns, subject to the following exceptions,
limitations and responsibilities:
(a) Outdoor advertising signs, where otherwise permitted by terms of this ordinance,
are excluded from this section.
(b) In residential zoning districts, the maximum size of such signs shall be limited to
four (4) square feet per sign face; there shall be no more than two (2) sign faces per site.
(c) The maximum height of such signs shall be limited to four (4) feet from grade to -
the top of signs.
(d) Except for (a) above, the height and area of such signs shall be limited to the
height and one-half (1/2) the area of offsite signs permitted.
(e) Vision clearance areas shall be maintained at street corners and driveways (see
section 926.8).
M All signs must conform to the requirements of chapter 42 of the South Florida
=i Building Code as may be amended, except for painted wall signs and paper signs
in windows. Portable signs, except for sign vehicles, herein defined as "signs not -
secured to the ground in accordance with chapter 42 of the South Florida Building
_ Code, as may be amended," shall not be allowed.
(g) Sign vehicles with temporary political campaign signs may be parked on private _
property in commercial and industrial districts for a period not to exceed sixteen
_! (16) hours per day. No such sign vehicle shall be parked on private property in
=; residential districts. No sign vehicles shall be parked closer than ten (10) feet
- from the base building line. Signs on a sign vehicle shall not be illuminated.
—� (h) Signs shall not be installed in any zoning district until the subject candidate has -
=_� qualified for a particular election; signs shall be removed within three (3) days
_? Mer�Fie cone usion oft a particular election.
j (i) A candidate and/or property owner and/or tenant are responsible for any.hazard
to the general public which is caused by, or created by reason of, the installation
and/or maintenance of temporary political campaign signs and also are respon-
sible for prompt removal of such signs (see (h) above).
925.3.13. Removal. Any political or civic sign pot posted in accordance with the provisions
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of this article and any such sign which exists in violation of this article shall be
deemed to be a public nuisance and shall be subject to removal by the candidate,
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property owner or, when a proposition is involved,
described on the sign.
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the person adweating the vote
925.3.14. Cornerstones, memorials, or tablets. No sign permit is required ar comerstonce,
memorials, or tablets when part of any masonry surface or constru ed of bronze or
other incombustible and durable material and used to indicate, without Advertising
matter, such information as identification and date of construction 4 f buildings, per-
sons present at dedication or involved in development or constr6ctic n, or significant
historical events relating to the premises or development.
923.8.15. Curbside delivery receptacles; general approval required; signipermit for indi-
vidual delivery receptacles not required; limitations on location. No ign permit shall
bo required for erection of curbaldo delivery receptacles for U.S. mail�hfch have been
approved for use by postal authorities. Where curbside delivery receptacles are in-
tended for genoral use for other purposes (as for example in the t;e
e of newspaper
deliveries), a Class I Special Permit with mandatory referral to public works
department shall bo required for general approval of the design of dny such recepta-
cles as are proposed for use in residential districts, and for the colo and wording to
be used thereon. Following general approval, based on findings that the design, color,
and wording of the proposed receptacle are appropriate in residential environments,
sign permits for erection of individual delivery receptacles of this! kind aro not re.
quircd. i
No such curbsido delivory receptacle shall extend closer than sixtee4(10) inches to the
outer edge of tho curb or, in the absence of the curb, to the right•d�- way line of any
strcot.
925.116. Signs on bus shelters, benches, trash receptacles, and the like Where bus shel•
tors, benchos, trash receptacles, or other structures or devices for p motion of public
comfort, eonvontenco, or health are erected or maintained by publ c agencies, signs
authorized by such agencies shall not require permits, iVhere s ch structures or
devices are to be privately orected or maintained in districts othe than residential,
sighs thereon shall bo subject to limitations and requirements a plying generally
within such districts. Where such structures or devices are to be p vately eroded or
maintained in residential districts, a Class I Special Permit with of andatory referral
to the public works department shall be required for approval of design thereof, and
in connection with such permit, limitations and requirements shalt be established as
to character, size, number and method of display and niaintenan(e of any signs, as
appropriate to the residential environment.
As appropriate to tho circumstances of tho case, Class I Special Wrmits of this typo
may be mado applicable to individual structures or devices of Clio ell aracter described,
or to specified numbers and locations, or to general classes of structures or devices,
proposed for erection or mainternanm by applicants. t
925.3.17. Weather flags, No sign permit shall be required for weather ilao for official
notice of weather conditions authorized or displayed by official govbrnmont agencies,
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