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It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of July 18. 20W. BACKGROUND: On May 4, 1998, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the SR 60 Corridor Plan regulations as part of the county's LDRs (section 911.19). Those regulations apply within the SR 60 Corridor, which is defined as the area between 26' Street on the north and 16`h Street on the south, and 102' Avenue on the west and 43rd Avenue on the east. Special regulations within the corridor affect various development aspects including architecture, color, landscaping, and signage. In regard to the amount of sign area allowed under the corridor regulations, free-standing and facade signs are restricted to half the size allowed county -wide under the sign ordinance (Chapter 956). Thus, where the Chapter 956 standards would allow an 80 sq. ft. free-standing or facade sign, the corridor special regulations reduce such sign area allowance to 40 sq. ft. However, the corridor regulations treat window signs differently. Rather than relate the corridor window sign area regulation to the countywide Chapter 956 allowance (20% of window area), the corridor regulations limit window signs to 6 sq. ft. per business. When the corridor window sign regulations were adopted in May 1998, code enforcement staff focused on the most egregious violations only, due to staffing constraints. At the end of 1999. when a new code enforcement position was filled, code enforcement staff began to strictly enforce the 6 sq. ft. limitation on existing businesses. This enforcement action led to discussions between staff. the SR 60 Task Force, business owners, and the Chamber of Commerce regarding the appropriateness of the 6 sq. ft. restriction. The SR 60 Task Force has now held 4 meetings with interested business owners and the chamber and has reached a compromise agreement to recommend a change to the current SR 60 Corridor window sign restriction. The recommended changes are embodied in the proposed LDR amendment ordinance (see attachment #4). PSAC and PZC Consideration The PSAC reviewed the proposed amendment at its May 18, 2000 meeting. Although there was no quorum at that meeting, it was the consensus of the PSAC that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed amendment (see attachment #5). At its regular meeting of June 22, 2000, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board adopt the proposed ordinance. The Board is now to review the proposed LDR amendment and is to adopt, adopt with modifications, or deny this amendment. If the LDR amendment is adopted, then the SR 60 Corridor Plan document section on window sign requirements will need to be modified accordingly. ANALYSIS: There are many ways to regulate and restrict window signs. As evidenced from the attached chart (see attachment #1), there are at least 6 approaches taken by various local governments surveyed. Currently, Indian River County's countywide 20% window sign area allowance appears to be more restrictive than the window sign regulations of the other local governments surveyed. The current SR 60 corridor 6 sq. ft. limitation also appears to be the most restrictive, even when compared to the Port Orange code which contains certain window sign exemptions (see attachment #1). July 18, 2000 40 BK 114 PG 248