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PSAC, SR 60 Task Force and PZC Consideration The Professional Services Advisory Committee considered this proposal at its June 15, 2000 meeting and voted 6-2 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the applicant's request. The SR 60 Task Force considered the proposed amendment at its June 20, 2000 special meeting and voted to recommend that the Board adopt a modified version of staff's proposed ordinance wording, to provide a more gradual transition from the tall and large I-95 signs to the 10' tall smaller monument style signs in the rest of the SR 60 corridor. Those modifications are described in the analysis and alternatives section of this report. The Planning and Zoning Commission considered Mr. Bryant's LDR amendment proposal and voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board adopt staff's recommended IDR amendment wording (see attachment #4). ANALYSIS & ALTERNATIVES: The proposed amendment would provide a step-down or transition area within the corridor at a location along SR 60 where there is currently a significant difference between sites that are 1,000' away from I-95 ramps and sites that are 1,001' away from the ramps. That current difference is a maximum sign height of 50' vs 10', and maximum sign area of 300 sq. ft. vs 24 sq. ft. - 100 sq. ft. (varies based upon site frontage, speed limit, and stand alone business vs shopping complex). Mr. Bryant's proposal would allow freestanding signs up to 20' tall and 150 sq. ft. in size between the area of the corridor where 50' tan 300 sq. ft. signs are allowed and the area where 10' tall 24 sq. ft. - 100 sq. ft. signs are allowed. The reason for the SR 60 Corridor's allowance for tall and large signs near I-95 is to accommodate the many highway oriented businesses that located near I-95 prior to establishment of the Corridor Plan. Several of these pre-existing businesses had used and relied upon the taller, larger signs oriented toward I-95. Such a corridor plan allowance is generally not reflected in other surveyed corridor plans that include interstate areas (see attachment #2), primarily because those corridor plans were established prior to the existence of highway oriented businesses with taller signs along those corridors. Although none of the four non -SR 60 corridor plans surveyed allow signs as tall or large as the SR 60 Plan's current allowance for sites near I-95, two of the surveyed corridor plans allow 15' tall monument -style signs corridor -wide. Thus, it appears that landscaped monument -style designs are feasible for signs that are 15' tall and could be feasible for signs that are even taller, including 20' tall signs. Therefore, there is a reasonable basis for requiring 15'- 20' tall freestanding signs to be either monument -style or landscaped. Within the SR 60 Corridor, there are two existing highway -oriented businesses that existed prior to the adoption of the SR 60 Corridor Plan and are located just east of the 1,000 foot area around the I-95 ramps. Those businesses are the gas -station owned by Mr. Bryant and the truck stop owned by Travel America. Prior to the 1998 adoption of the SR 60 Plan, countywide requirements applicable to each site would have allowed freestanding signs having a maximum height of 30' and a maximum area of 100 sq. & Under the current SR 60 sign regulations adopted in 1998, such replacement signs are now restricted to a maximum height of 10' and a maximum size of 50 sq. ft. Within the last 2 years, staff has worked with the owners of each of these sites in regard to redevelopment plans that would upgrade each site to conform with SR 60 Corridor requirements in regard to landscaping, color, architectural requirements, and signage standards. In each case, the owners have been willing July 18, 2000 47 BK8i4PG255 •