§ 25.5-5. Flags, banners, temporary signs, temporary directional signs, and displays.
(a)
No more than one (1) permanent banner with a maximum size of twenty-four (24) square feet shall be allowed on a lot or parcel zoned for commercial or industrial use except pursuant to subsection (c) below. Such banner shall be securely mounted and kept in good maintenance. No zoning permit or certificate of use will be required for this permanent banner.
(b)
No more than three (3) flags shall be allowed on a lot or parcel zoned for residential, commercial or industrial use, except pursuant to subsection (c) below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any commercial or industrial parcel with more than three hundred (300) feet of frontage on a roadway classified as arterial or major collector may display one (1) permanent flag for each one hundred (100) feet of such frontage, or portion thereof. No zoning permit or certificate of use is required for permanent flags.
(c)
(1)
Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b) above or as otherwise expressly permitted by this chapter, flags, pennants and banners, portable signs, streamers, balloons, sandwich board signs and other similar devices are hereby prohibited, except that such devices may be utilized in connection with a permittee's activity on a lot or parcel zoned for recreational, commercial or industrial use not more than six (6) times during a calendar year and the aggregate duration of all such events totals no more than sixty (60) days per calendar year. Additional events may be permitted, even if the sixty-day total for that lot or parcel has been used in a calendar year, but any such additional events shall be limited to fifteen (15) days each and may occur no more than once per year for the occupant of a single-use lot or parcel or for any single occupant of a multi-occupant parcel. One additional twenty-one-day period may be permitted for a new business within sixty (60) days of the opening of a new business at a new or existing business location. "Opening" shall mean the day upon which the new business is first open to the general public.
(2)
The applicant for temporary signage authorized herein is required to obtain a temporary sign permit from the county with the dates of display stated on the permit. If the applicant is not the record owner of the lot or parcel, the application for a permit shall include authorization from the record owner or such owner's authorized agent. No other zoning permit or certificate of use will be required for these types of devices. By this requirement, it is the specific intent of the board of county commissioners that no such devices shall be allowed except pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and that any provision of the Hernando County Code of Ordinances relating to non-conforming uses shall not apply to such devices. Temporary uses or structures other than signs as defined herein shall remain subject to such other requirements as may be set forth in the Hernando County Zoning Ordinance, as amended from time to time.
(3)
Where the applicant is the owner or lessee of a lot or parcel and is a fraternal or patriotic organization pursuant to articles of incorporation filed with the State of Florida, the administrative official may issue a permit for such lot or parcel to allow up to three (3) additional flags beyond the maximum of three (3) authorized hereunder provided that such additional flags shall be setback at least seventy-five (75) feet from any road frontage on an arterial or collector roadway to minimize the potential of traffic safety issues due to distraction. Such organization may be for profit or not for profit but must have service to and for its members as its principal business purpose.
(4)
If the lot or parcel has occupants other than the record owner, any citation for violating this subsection regarding temporary signage may be issued to the record owner, the occupant in violation, or both.
(d)
Temporary flags, pennants and banners, portable signs, streamers, balloons, sandwich board signs and other similar devices are allowable on a temporary basis for community service uses proximate in time to events and activities associated with the community service use. Such temporary signage shall be removed upon the end of the event. No permit is required for the temporary community service event signage.
(e)
In addition to any other signs allowed or permitted pursuant to this chapter, temporary directional signs shall be allowed on a privately-owned lot or parcel for special events, real estate open houses, garage sales and similar events. Such directional signs shall not be allowed on the county right-of-way. No permit is required for a temporary directional sign. The sign shall indicate the dates of the event, the party responsible for the event and the address of the event, which event information is for county monitoring purposes only and is not required to be visible from the street. Such signs shall be made of durable water proof material and may be no greater than six (6) square feet in size. Any such sign shall be posted no earlier than 7:00 a.m. on the day first day of the event to which the sign relates and shall be removed by sundown on the last day of the event to which the sign relates; provided that such signs for special events which have a conditional use permit or a special event permit may be placed a maximum of forty-eight (48) hours prior to the beginning of the event and must be removed within twenty-four (24) hours of the conclusion of the event.
(f)
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to portable signs, wall signs and sandwich board signs which are:
(1)
Displayed to persons or customers who are already physically on the lot, parcel or other premises owned or leased by a business or nonprofit entity; and
(2)
Not intended for display or legibly visible to members of the general public not already on the specific business or entity lot, parcel or leasehold.
For purposes of this limited exception, "leasehold" may include a common area shared with or by other lessees.
(Ord. No. 2008-03, § 5, 2-5-08)