Sign Ordinance Adopted 06-04-2012 - City of Deltona, Florida

(20) Signs for Homeowner Association message boards within a residential community that do notexceed four square feet.(21) Signs already permitted through a Planned Unit Development and/or Development Agreementthat were previously approved prior to the adoption of this Ordinance.(22) Banners erected on property comprising non-profit activities or houses of worship to includesecondary uses on such property.Sec. 102-3. Prohibited Signs(a) It shall be unlawful to erect, cause to be erected, maintain or cause to be maintained, any signdescribed as follows:(1) Commercial signs oriented toward residentially zoned land: No freestanding identification signshall be located within 50 feet of any residentially zoned property.(2) Traffic or pedestrian hazards: Any privately owned sign which constitutes a traffic hazard or adetriment to traffic safety by reason of its size, location, movement, content, coloring, ormethod of illumination. These include any sign which obstructs the vision between pedestriansand vehicles using the public right-of-way, including, but not restricted to, those not meetingvisibility requirements of this code.(3) Snipe, and others similar signs attached to trees, utility poles, or fences, except for signs postedby public agencies in furtherance of their stated duties.(4) Signs attached to or painted on vehicles which are unregistered, inoperable, or not regularlyused as part of the advertised business and are parked in such a way so as to advertise to thepassing motorist or pedestrian.(5) Signs that are in violation of the Building Code or Electrical Code adopted by the City.(6) Signs with visible moving, revolving, or rotating parts or visible mechanical movement of anydescription or other apparent visible movement achieved by electrical, electronic, or mechanicalmeans, except for traditional barber poles.(7) Signs that emit any audible sound, odor, or visible matter such as smoke or steam, that isintended to attract attention, or involve the use of live animals.(8) Signs or sign structures that interfere in any way with free use of any fire escape, emergencyexit, or standpipe; made of combustible materials that are attached to or in close proximity tofire escapes or fire-fighting equipment; or that obstruct any window to such an extent that lightor ventilation is reduced to a point below that required by any provision of this code or otherordinance of the City.(9) Signs that resemble any official sign or marker erected by any governmental agency, or that byreason of position, shape, or color, would conflict with the proper functioning of any traffic signor signal, or be of a size, location, movement, color, or illumination that may be reasonablyconfused with or construed as, or conceal, a traffic control device.(10) Signs, within ten feet of public right-of-way or 100 feet of traffic control lights, that contain redor green lights that might be confused with traffic control lights.(11) Signs or other devices that are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or impair thevision of any motorist, cyclist, or pedestrian using or entering a public way, or that are a hazardor a nuisance to occupants of any property because of glare or other characteristics defined as .3foot-candles illumination above ambient light, as measured using a foot candle (Lux) meter at aOrdinance No. 04-2012 Page102:3 Amendment to Chapter 102. SignsAdopted 6/4/2012