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2022-07 Amending LDC for Political Campaign Signs ORDINANCE NO. 2022-07 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA; AMENDING ARTICLE VIII,SECTION 8-6.G.OF THE CITY OF OCOEE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, RELATING TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS,as provided in Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and chapters 163 and 166, Florida Statutes, the City of Ocoee (the "City") enjoys all home rule authority, police power, land development and zoning authority,and governmental and proprietary powers necessary to conduct municipal government and perform municipal functions; and WHEREAS, the City may exercise any power for municipal purposes, except as expressly prohibited by law; and WHEREAS, on March 8,2022,the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing to consider the amendment to the sign code as proposed by staff and recommended approval of the amendment; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance has been considered by the Ocoee City Commission in a public hearing in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 166.041,Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, the City Commission may exercise any power for municipal purposes, except as expressly prohibited by law; and WHEREAS, the City Commission in good faith determines that this Ordinance is in the best interest of the City and its residents and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA,AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166, Florida Statutes. SECTION 2. Amendment of Article V111, Land Development Code. Section 8- 6.G. of the City of Ocoee Land Development Code, is hereby amended with strikethroughs showing deletions and underlines showing additions, as follows: See Exhibit"A" attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto. SECTION 4. Codification. It is the intention of the City Commission of the City that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City;and that sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word"ordinance" may be changed to "chapter," "section," "article," or such other appropriate word or phrase in order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether such inclusion in the Code is accomplished, sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City Manager,without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or recodified copy of same with the City Clerk. SECTION 5. Effective Date, This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this ..D day of ,2022. APPR VED: ATTEST: , - 7k--/ CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA Melanie Sibbitt;City Clerk . (SEAL) Rusty Jo so , ayor -- ._ . ADVERTISED giii / ,2022 FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY READ FIRST TI ,2022 THE CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA; READ SECOND TIMI AND ADOPTED APPROVED AS TO FORM AND .717_15 J ,2022 LEGALITY UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. b this Sora2day of Mcty ,2022. SHUFFIELD,LO &WILSON,P.A. By: C. EXHIBIT "A" For the purposes of this Code, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section unless otherwise indicated by the context: ARTICLE VIII - SIGNS 8-6. —OTHER SIGNS-GENERAL REQUIREMENTS G. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS Amendment to Section 8-6.G. Subsection (3) of Section 8-6.G. of the City of Ocoee Land Development Code is hereby amended to read as follows with strikethroughs showing deletions and underlines showing additions: (3) Removal. Campaign signs installed on private property will be permitted for a period not to exceed beyond 18 hours after the campaign issue has been decided. (3) Placement and removal. Campaign signs may be placed on private property provided that: • (a)the signs are not placed on the site until ninety (90) days prior to an election or referendum; and (b)the signs are removed within five days after the election or referendum or after the primary election if the candidate is no longer a viable candidate. (All other provisions of section 2-4 of the City of Ocoee Land Development Code remain unchanged by this amendment.)