17-1458 Amending Sign Regulations

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requirement continues to apply to the City of Casselberry through Section 163.3202(2)(f), Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry fmds and determines that it has adopted a land development code, known as the Unified Land Development Regulations, in order to implement its Comprehensive Plan, and to comply with the minimum requirements in the State of Florida's Growth Management Act, at Section 163.3202, Florida Statutes, including the regulation of signage and future land use; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry finds and determines that the Unified Land Development Regulations is the manner by which the City has chosen to regulate signage; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry finds and determines that the Unified Land Development Regulations and its signage regulations were and are intended to maintain and improve the quality of life for all citizens of the City; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry finds and determines that in meeting the purposes and goals established in these preambles, it is appropriate to prohibit and/or to continue to prohibit certain sign types; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry finds and determines that consistent with the foregoing preambles, it is appropriate to prohibit and/or to continue to generally prohibit the sign types listed in Sec. 3-16.8, Prohibited Signs within this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry finds and determines that billboards detract from the natural and manmade beauty of the City; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry agrees with the American Society of Landscape Architects' determination that billboards tend to deface nearby scenery, whether natural or built and the Sierra Club's opposition to billboard development and proliferation and the American Society of Civil Engineers Policy Statement 117 on Aesthetics that aesthetic quality should be an element of the planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance, renovation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and security enhancement of the built environment; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry recognizes that states such as Vermont, Alaska, Maine, and Hawaii have prohibited the construction of billboards in their states and are now billboard -free in an effort to promote aesthetics and scenic beauty; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry finds and determines that the prohibition of the construction of billboards and certain other sign types, as well as the establishment and continuation of height, size and other standards for on -premise signs, is consistent with the policy set forth in the Florida Constitution that it shall be the policy of the state to conserve and protect its scenic beauty; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry agrees with the courts that have recognized that outdoor advertising signs tend to interrupt what would otherwise be the natural landscape as seen from the highway, whether the view is untouched or ravished by man, and that it would be unreasonable and illogical to conclude that an area is too unattractive to justify aesthetic