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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0-2001- 07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, SIGNS
AND ADVERTISING, ARTICLE II, SIGNS, DIVISION 5,
TEMPORARY SIGNS, SECTION 18-86, POLITICAL SIGNS,
ELIMINATING TIME FRAME FOR POSTING PRIOR TO
ELECTION; DELETING WRITTEN PERMISSION OF
RECORD TITLE HOLDER REQUIREMENT FOR
PLACEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; DELETING PERMIT
APPLICATION AND CASH BOND REQUIREMENT;
PROVIDING FOR COST OF REMOVAL TO BE PAID BY
CANDIDATE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING
FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, political signs are a form of political speech, which is a highly protected
form of speech; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac wishes to provide full protections to the freedom of
expression associated with the placement of political signs, while maintaining an orderly
appearance on the City's streets during and after election times; and
WHEREAS, certain provisions of the City's political sign code require revision in
order to further the right to freedom of expression of the citizens and residents of the City
of Tamarac; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac has deemed it to be in the
best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac that the City's political sign
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code be amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That the foregoing whereas clauses are hereby ratified and
confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Ordinance
upon adoption hereof.
SECTION 2: That the Tamarac Code, Section 18-86, Political signs, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18-86. Political signs.
[The following regulations shall apply to political signs:]
(1) I i,GaUon.-
a.
PGI*t*Gal signs shall be permitted to be eFeGted as of the date of the qualifiGatio
pelitiGal parties. The provisions of Florida Statute s.106.1435 as may be
amended shall apply to political signs placed within the City, and are incorporated
herein as follows:
1. Each candidate, whether for a federal, state, county, or district office, shall
make a good faith effort to remove all of his or her political campaign
advertisements within 30 days after withdrawal of his or her candidacy, having
been eliminated as a candidate, or being elected to office.
2. If political campaian advertisements are not removed within the specified
period, the City has the authority to remove such advertisements and may
charge the candidate the actual cost for such removal. Funds collected for
removina such advertisements shall be deposited to the general revenue of
the City.
b. All pc)l;+;--1 signs shall be removed Re later thaR teR days f0lleWiRg the date of
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All signs shall be discarded in a proper manner so as to prevent litter and trash
from accumulating in the city. The city shall not remove or interfere with the
placement of political signs in the vicinity of a polling place, which otherwise
complies with state law, on an election day, unless necessary for public safety.
c. No political signs shall be permitted to be posted in any public right-of-way or in
public parks.
d. The prohibition contained in this subsection shall in no way apply to election
announcement signs posted by the city, announcing each election to be held in the
city.
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fe. Political signs advertising a candidate for a specific election shall not exceed 12
square feet for each sign face, 24 square feet aggregate for each sign. For any
single-family lot, no political sign shall exceed four square feet.
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SECTION 3: It is the intention of the City Commission and it is hereby
ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Tamarac, Florida, and that the Sections of this
Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word "Ordinance" may be changed to
"Section", "Article" or such other word or phrase in order to accomplish such intention.
SECTION 4: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, and Resolutions or parts
of Resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 5: If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions
or applications of this Ordinance that can be given affect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable.
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SECTION 6:
passage and adoption.
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This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
PASSED, FIRST READING this 14th day of March, 2001.
PASSED, SECOND READING this 28th day of March, 2001.
ATTEST:
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MARION SWENSON, CMC
CITY CLERK
I HERBY CERTIFY that I have
approved1his RE LUTION as
to r
MITCHELL S. KRAFT
CITY ATTORNEY
JOE SCHREIBER
MAYOR
RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE:
MAYOR SCHREIBER
DIST 1: COMM. PORTNER
DIST 2: COMM. MISHKIN _
DIST 3: V/M SULTANOF _
DIST 4: COMM. ROBERTS
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