HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 14-1783From: Chris O'Hare <chrisoharegulfstream((Dgmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:40 PM
Subject: Complaint - GS School sign violation and public record request
To: bthrasher( cDgu lf- stream.ore.didtheweadit.com, gward(&,, gulf- stream.ore.didtheyreadit.com
Dear Mr. Thrasher and Chief Ward,
Attached are recent photos of a clear violation of Town Code Sec. 66 -446 at the
property known as Gulf Stream School and located at 3600 Gulf Stream Rd and
identified in county records as PCN 20434603000010020. 1 am bringing this violation of
the Town's sign laws to your attention because you may have apparently not noticed it
in your occasional drives through Gulf Stream.
These signs have been recently installed. These signs contain copy not allowed per
code. They may also be located in the Town's right -of -way. I understand that this activity
is prohibited in the Town of Gulf Stream and causes the property owner to be in
violation of local ordinance. Therefore, since all residents have a right to be treated
equally under the law, I respectfully request you consider this email an official complaint
against this violation of Sec. 66 -446 and ask you both to act in your official capacities to
bring the property identified in this email into compliance.
I have copied the code section below for your reference.
I also wish to request a public record in regard to these signs pursuant to Article 1,
Section 24 of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 119.07 of the Florida Statutes for the
following records:
Any permit issued and any variance granted for the signs documented in the attached
photos..
If you contend that any of the records I am seeking, or any portion thereof, are exempt
from inspection or disclosure please cite the specific exemption as required by
§119.07(1)(e) of the Florida Statutes and state in writing and with particularity the basis
for your conclusions as required by §119.07(1)(f) of the Florida Statutes. Please take
note of §119.07(c) Florida Statues and your affirmative obligation to (1) promptly
acknowledge receipt of this public records request and (2) make a good faith effort
which "includes making reasonable efforts to determine from other officers or
employees within the agency whether such a record exists and, if so, the location at
which the record can be accessed." I am, therefore, requesting that you notify every
individual in possession of records that may be responsive to this public records request
to preserve all such records on an immediate basis.
If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency in an electronic format
please produce the records in the original electronic format in which they were created
or received. See §119.01(2)(f), Florida Statutes.
If you anticipate the production of these public records to exceed $1.00 please notify me
in advance of their production with a written estimate of the total cost. Please be sure to
itemize any estimates so as to indicate the total number of pages and /or records, as
well as to distinguish the cost of labor and materials. Do NOT incur any expense that
you expect me to pay without first obtaining my approval to incur.
All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following
email address: chrisoharegulfstream (aDgmail.com
Sincerely,
Chris O'Hare
2520 Avenue Au Soleil
Gulf Stream Town Code:
Sec. 66 -446. Restriction generally. _
(a)The erection, display and maintenance of a sign on any property or building
within the town is prohibited except the following which are permitted:
(1)Signs required by the town or other governmental agencies where required by
law and those which are necessary and incidental to the performance of
governmental activities and responsibilities.
(2)Signs required by a club designating and naming the club as well as those
signs providing notice to the public designed to prevent trespassing and /or the
use of the club's property by persons other than those authorized by such
club.
(3)Signs required by owners of private property including their agents and
contractors shall be limited to:
a.Only one real estate sign, which shall be removed within 48 hours of the sale or
rental of the property on which the sign is located.
b.Only one sign which identifies contractors and /or subcontractors and their
building or renovation activities only in relation to such activities as are being
conducted on the particular property on which the sign is to be erected,
displayed and maintained. Such sign shall be permanently removed prior to the
issuance of a certificate of occupancy or final inspection for the building or
renovation activity described on the sign.
(4)Owners of private property may erect, display and maintain a sign identifying
their name or ownership, entrance and exit roads and street number identifying
such property.
(5)Political signs subject to the following regulations:
a.No sign shall exceed a maximum of four square feet in area.
b.Not more than one sign shall be placed upon any property unless such property
fronts upon more than one street, in which event two signs may be erected, one
on each frontage.
c.Signs shall be located only on properties where the property owner has given
permission.
d.The placing of signs anywhere on public property or rights -of -way is prohibited.
e.Signs shall be set back ten feet from the lot line of another property owner, five
feet from the front property line or from the street and shall have a maximum
height of four feet including support for the sign.
f.Temporary political signs shall not be placed prior to thirty days of the election
to which they relate and shall be removed within 48 hours after the day of the
election to which they apply.
(b)Except for the designation of resident name, property owner, location, or
address, the erection, display and maintenance of an illuminated sign on any
property is strictly prohibited.
(Ord. No. 83 -1, § 2(X, C), 4 -8 -83; Ord. No. 08 -4, § 5, 9 -5 -08)
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
May 4, 2015
Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream @gmail.com]
Re: GS #1783 (GS School sign violation and public record request)
Any permit issued and any variance granted for the signs documented in the attached photos.
Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstreamagmail.com],
The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records requests dated April 3, 2014. If your
request was received in writing, then the requests can be found at the following links
httl)://www2.gulf-streain.org/WebLink8/0/doe/35754/Pagel.aspx. Please refer to the referenced
number above with any future correspondence.
No such records exist.
We consider this matter closed.
Sincerely,
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records