§ 64.321. Street pole banners.

a.

Purpose and intent. The purpose of this section is to authorize street pole banners within certain commercial districts of the City. The intent of this section is to allow the use of street pole banners to help define and identify commercial shopping districts within the City. Nothing in this section should be construed as granting any person the right to use any public property for the display of street pole banners and neither should this section be construed to compel owners of street poles, whether public or private, to allow access to their property. While authorizing the installation of street pole banners pursuant to this section for purposes of the City's land development code, the City retains its proprietary rights to exclude or allow access to its property.

b.

Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the term "street pole banner" means a banner sign attached to a street pole.

c.

Street pole banners authorized. Subject to the terms and conditions of this section, the zoning official, or designee, may permit street pole banners.

d.

Banner districts. Street pole banners are allowed only within the following districts:

Audubon Park Garden District

College Park

Downtown South

Ivanhoe Village

Mills 50

Downtown

Semoran Boulevard

Milk District

Where the district boundaries depicted in the figures above follow streets, the boundaries should be interpreted as following the centerline of the street. In cases of uncertainty, the zoning official shall resolve the question of whether a particular street pole falls within a district's boundary.

e.

Size. Street pole banners may not exceed three feet in width and six feet in height, except that a free-hanging bib may be attached at the bottom. The bib may be no more than three feet wide by one foot tall.

f.

Banner attachments. Street pole banners must be securely attached to street poles. The top and the bottom of each banner must be attached to a rigid horizontal fixture so that banners do not flap in the wind. Banner attachments must hold the banner at least nine and one-half (9½) feet above ground level. Each street pole is limited to no more than two (2) banners. Where two (2) banners are attached to the same street pole, the banners must be attached at the same horizontal elevation and must extend perpendicularly from opposite sides of the pole. Street pole banners may not overhang the travel lanes of an adjacent street.

g.

Permit required. Street pole banners and bibs may be installed only after the zoning official issues a permit for the respective banner or banners. The zoning official shall:

i.

create and provide an application form or forms for street pole banners; and

ii.

accept, process, and approve, deny, or approve with conditions, applications for street pole banners; and

iii.

collect an administrative processing fee for each application equal to the fee established by Council for a zoning official determination; and

iv.

establish reasonable submittal requirements to accompany applications for street pole banners. At a minimum the zoning official shall require that applications be submitted with evidence demonstrating that the owner or owners of the street pole and the right-of-way or other property on which the street pole is located has given consent to applicant to install the banners.

The zoning official shall approve applications for street pole banners if the application proposes street pole banners that meet all applicable provisions of the City's land development code. Approval of a permit pursuant to this subsection constitutes planning and zoning approval for the respective street pole banners, but does not constitute permission to use City property for the installation of street pole banners.

(Ord. No. 2010-1, § 3, 6-7-2010, Doc. #1006071102; Ord. No. 2013-41, § 1, 8-5-2013, Doc. #1308051201; Ord. No. 2017-64, § 1, 12-11-2017, Doc. #1712111201)