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MEMORANDUM
To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Jay Marder, AICP, Development Services Director
Thru: Dr. Danny O. Crew, City Manager
Date: April 11, 2007
Mayor Shirley Gibson
Vice Mayor Oscar Braynon II
Councilman Melvin L. Bratton
Councilman Aaron Campbell
Councilwoman Sharon Pritchett
Councilwoman Barbara Watson
Councilman Andre Williams
Re: Moratorium Ordinance on Automatic Copy Sign Regulations
On January 24, 2007 the City Council adopted a moratorium upon automated copy signs with
renewable periods of 90 days.
Recommend that the City Council renew the automated copy sign moratorium for an
additiona190 days in order to provide time for City Council to consider the issue and develop
new regulations if required.
Attachment: Moratorium Renewal Ordinance
Financial Impact Statement:
This ordinance has no financial impact. H-2) ORDINANCE
1ST READING
AUTOMATIC COPY
SIGN REGULATIONS
Miami Gardens
City of Miami Gardens
Billboard Report
Page 2 of 2, September 6, 2006
Danny O. Crew, City Manager
Ordinance No.
ORDINANCE No. 2007-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
GARDENS, FLORIDA, EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM ON THE
PROCESSING OF PERMITS FOR AUTOMATIC CHANGING ELECTRIC
SIGNS ("DIGITAL SIGNS"), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SITE
PLANS, BUILDINGS, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
PERMITS, DEVELOPMENTAL APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS AND
ANY RELATED ACTIONS AND/OR APPROVALS FOR SUCH SIGNS
WITHIN THE CITY, FOR AN ADDITIONAL NINETY (90) DAY PERIOD;
PROVIDING FOR A TERM; PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS;
PROVIDING FOR A STUDY; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF
REPRESENTATIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
1 WHEREAS, recently several Automatic Changing Electric Signs, a/k/a "digital
2 signs" have been erected in the City, and
3 WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County Code is made applicable to the City by
4 virtue of Section 8.3 of the City's Charter; however, Miami-Dade County does not have
5 adequate regulations to address these signs, and
6 WHEREAS, the City has received a number of complaints from residents and
7 Council members relating to these signs, and
$ WHEREAS, the City Manager previously requested that the City Council impose
9 a six (6) month moratorium on the processing of these signs to permit a study to be
10 conducted to determine whether these signs should be permitted in the City, and
11 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2007-03-109 was adopted on January 24, 2007, and
12 initiated asix-month moratorium on the processing of digital signs in order to permit a
13 study to be conducted in the City, and
14 WHEREAS, it has taken longer than anticipated to complete the study, and
15 WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting that the City Council extend the
16 moratorium for an additional ninety (90) day period,
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17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
18 OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, as follows:
19 SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS: The foregoing Whereas
20 Clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true, and the same are hereby
21 made a specific part of this Ordinance.
22 SECTION 2. EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM: The moratorium approved by
23 Ordinance No. 2007-03-109 on the processing and permitting of Automatic Changing
24 Electric Signs a/k/a "digital signs" is hereby extended for an additional period of 90 days
25 from January 24, 2007, the effective date of Ordinance No. 2007-03-109. The
26 moratorium covers the processing of all site plans, development applications and orders,
27 building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical permits for digital signs, subject to the
28 provisions of Section 3 herein. Except as otherwise provided herein, no department of the
29 City shall issue any permits, development orders, or undertake the review and approval of
30 any site plans, building permits, or development plans with respect to such uses within the
31 City, during the term of the moratorium established hereby.
32 SECTION 3. EXEMPTION: The moratorium established hereby shall not apply
33 to the following:
34 a) Building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical permits for the repair of
35 lawfully existing Automatic Changing Electric Signs.
36 b) The renewal of a previously existing building, plumbing, mechanical or electrical
37 permits for a lawfully existing digital sign.
38 SECTION 4: STUDY AND CITY MANAGER: The City Manager is hereby
39 authorized and directed to coordinate with the City's consultants, as well as such other
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40 departments of the City, as the City Manager shall deem appropriate to conduct necessary
41 studies of Automatic Changing Electric Signs within the City of Miami Gardens, and to
42 determine the most appropriate geographic area(s) if any for the location of such signs.
43 The City Manager shall report back to the Mayor and City Council the results of any
44 studies.
45 SECTION 5. CONFLICT: All ordinances or Code provisions in conflict herewith
46 are hereby repealed.
47 SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
48 phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by
49 any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
50 and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
51 portions of this Ordinance.
52 SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall become effective
53 immediately upon its final passage.
54 PASSED ON FIRST READING ON THE 11T" DAY OF APRIL, 2007.
55 PASSED ON SECOND READING ON THE DAY OF , 2007.
56 ADOPTED AND PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
57 GARDENS AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD ON THE DAY OF
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ATTEST:
SHIRLEY GIBBON, MAYOR
RONETTA TAYLOR, CMC, CITY CLERK
Prepared by SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, ESQ.
City Attorney
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SPONSORED BY: DANNY CREW, CITY MANAGER
MOVED BY:
SECONDED BY:
VOTE:
Mayor Shirley Gibson (Yes) (No)
Vice Mayor Oscar Braynon, II (Yes) (No)
Councilman Melvin L. Bratton (Yes) (No)
Councilman Aaron Campbell (Yes) (No)
Councilman Andre Williams (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Sharon Pritchett (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Barbara Watson (Yes) (No)
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