HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-2015 ORDINANCE NO. 09-2015
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
PERTAINING TO SECTION 6-080, SIGNS,
FOR THE CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA
WHEREAS, the duly elected governing authority for the City of Tybee Island,
Georgia, is authorized under Article 9, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia to adopt reasonable ordinances to protect and improve the public health,
safety, and welfare of the citizens of Tybee Island, Georgia, and
WHEREAS, the duly elected governing authority for the City of Tybee Island,
Georgia, is the Mayor and Council thereof, and
WHEREAS, the governing authority desires to adopt ordinances under it police,
zoning, and home rule powers, and
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide for exemptions and exceptions to the
freestanding sign limitations for commercial uses, and
NOW, THEREFORE, it is ordained by the governing authority of the City of
Tybee Island that the code of ordinances Appendix A of the Land Development Code of
the City of Tybee shall be amended.
SECTION 1
Section 6-080(E) will be amended and will read as follows:
6-080 Commercial signs. For all commercial uses, only the following signs are hereby
pelinitted.
(1) Wall sign.
a. Number. There shall be not more than one wall sign for each principal building
except where the building abuts two or more streets, one wall sign oriented to
each abutting street shall be permitted.
b. Area. The gross surface of a wall sign shall not exceed ten percent of the area
of the building wall, including doors and windows, to which the sign is to be
affixed or 200 square feet, whichever is smaller.
c. Height. A wall sign shall not project higher than the wall to which the sign is to
be affixed or 20 feet, as measured from the base of the building wall to which the
sign is to be affixed, whichever is lower.
d. Special conditions. Where a principal building is devoted to two or more
permitted uses, the operator of each such use may install a wall sign upon his/her
proportionate share of the building wall to which the sign is to be affixed. The
maximum gross surface area of each such wall sign shall be determined by
calculating the proportionate share of the area of the building wall, including
doors and windows, to which the sign is to be affixed and applying such
proportion to the total permitted wall sign aggregate gross surface area for the
building.
(2) Freestanding signs.
a. Number. There shall not be more than one freestanding sign for each principal
building
(i) Exception. Notwithstanding the limitation on one freestanding sign for
each principal building, where the principal building is occupied by a
"[d]estination marketing organization" as defined in Title 48 of the
Official Code of Georgia or a non-profit promotion and marketing
organization funded by or through a destination marketing organization,
there may be permitted an additional freestanding sign, provided that the
additional sign, viewed as a single freestanding sign, is in accordance with
the prescribed conditions and all other applicable codes and regulations,
and after special review and approval my Mayor and Council.
b. More than one principal use. In the event that there is more than one principal
use, the sum total for each sign shall not exceed the maximum size allowed per
building. Where the exception in subsection (2)(a) of 6-080 is applicable,
regarding the limitation on one freestanding sign for each principal building, the
sum total of the two freestanding signs shall be evaluated independently, and the
maximum size allowed per building shall be applicable to each sign
independently, so that the total sum will be double what it would otherwise be if
only one sign were permitted.
SECTION 2
The sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are
severable and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance
shall be declared illegal or invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such illegality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance.
SECTION 3
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
SECTION 4
It is the intention of the governing body, and it is hereby ordained, that the
provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Tybee Island, Georgia, and the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered if
necessary to accomplish such intention.
SECTION 5
This Ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption by the Mayor and
Council pursuant to the ordinances of the City.
ADOPTED THIS,/a DAY OF t , 2015.
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