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-I TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator D ION HEAD CONCURRENCE: r y Robert M. Keating, AICP Community Development Director 146 FROM: Stan Boling, AICP Planning Director DATE: July 6, 2000 SUBJECT: Proposed LDR Amendment: SR 60 Corridor Freestanding Sign Regulations for Areas Near I-95 It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners, at the meeting of July 18, 2000. BACKGROUND On May 4, 1998, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the SR 60 Corridor Plan regulations as part of the county's land development regulations (LDRs) (section 911.19). Those regulations apply within the SR 60 Corridor, which is defined as the area between 26'e Street on the north and 16's 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. The existing SR 60 Corridor regulations for freestanding commercial signs divide the corridor into two areas: properties within 1,000 feet of I-95 entrance and exit ramps (east and west sides of I-95), and all other properties within the corridor. Under the existing regulations, properties within the 1,000 foot areas are allowed freestanding signs that are significantly taller and larger than the freestanding signs allowed in the remainder of the corridor. Dan Bryant of Paradise Petroleum owns the existing gas station at the northeast comer of 90t6 Avenue and SR 60. That site is located just east of the 1,000 foot I-95 area. Mr. Bryant has obtained conditional site plan approval to redevelop and expand the existing gasoline station, subject to compliance with all SR 60 Corridor Plan standards, including the current freestanding sign limitations. Under the existing SR 60 Corridor regulations, redevelopment of the site requires replacing the site's existing freestanding sign (perhaps as tall as 20', and perhaps as large as 150 sq. ft.) with a conforming sign (10' monument -style, 50 sq. ft.). Mr. Bryant, through his attorney, Bruce Barkett, is now requesting a change to the SR 60 Corridor regulations to establish a sign regulation transition area between the 1,000 foot area and the remainder of the corridor. Under Mr. Bryant's proposal, freestanding signs on sites located between 1,000 feet and 2,000 feet of I-95 ramps would std be shorter and smaller than those located within 1,000 feet of the ramps but could be taller and larger than those signs allowed on sites more than 2,000 feet from the ramps within the remainder of the corridor (see attachment #1). Staff's proposed LDR amendment ordinance (see attachment #3) differs from the applicant's proposal, as described in the analysis and alternatives section of this report. July 18, 2000 46 BK 1 14 PG 254 0 0