20-3162 Temporary Sign Code Waiver due to State of Emergency

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WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry is committed to supporting retailers, restaurants and their employees as they pursue creative business practices that safely serve customers during this temporary period of social distancing and emergency; and WHEREAS, in order to promote the sale of available and necessary goods and services to the public and to attract potential customers in need of such goods and services while traveling along the rights-of-way without unnecessarily leaving their vehicles and maintaining social distancing guidelines, the City supports a temporary waiver of the City's Sign Code during this unique COVID-19 emergency to allow the installation of certain temporary on -premises signs by businesses providing goods and services to the public provided the installed signs comply with the terms of this Resolution; and WHEREAS, the terms and conditions imposed by this Resolution for certain temporary signs are derived predominantly from the terms and conditions established by the City Commission for other authorized temporary on -premises signs as set forth in Article XVI of the Casselberry Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDRs); and WHEREAS, the City's Sign Code's rules regarding temporary signs reflects the City's concern about aesthetics and the safety of the public, and the City is still concerned about aesthetics and safety, so is only temporarily relaxing those rules where doing so will not create blight or render roads unsafe; and WHEREAS, traffic is drastically reduced due to the pandemic, making safety less of a concern on the City's roads, and the City is willing to temporarily sacrifice aesthetics in order to ensure the residents can obtain necessary goods and services during this extraordinary time; and WHEREAS, this Resolution is intended to apply to businesses located only within the City's commercial and industrial zoning areas and zoned CL, CG, CS, I, IM, PMX-L, PMX-MID, PMX-H, and PMX-HIGH zoning districts; and WHEREAS, by June 28, 2020, which is within 60 days of the current date of termination of the Governor's and the City's Declaration of Emergency, the waiver authorized by this Resolution shall expire and any additional temporary signs shall be permanently removed because under normal circumstances, these additional temporary signs contribute to long lasting urban blight and deterioration, negatively impact the quality of life of Casselberry residents and businesses, are contrary to maintaining Casselberry as an attractive, safe and healthy sustainable urban environment, and if allowed to proliferate will pose traffic safety problems for motorists and pedestrians; and WHEREAS, associated with COVID-19, the Governor's emergency order, and the Declaration, the City of Casselberry understands that local businesses and organizations need to communicate with their customers now more than ever; and WHEREAS, temporary signage is a good communication tool. Resolution 20-3162 Page 2