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File #: 17-0625    Version: 1 Name: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 10/23/2017 In control: Community Development Deptartment
On agenda: 12/4/2017 Final action: 12/4/2017
Title: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Attachments: 1. ZONING ORDINANCE RECOMMEND Letter.pdf

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ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

 

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AMENDING THE CITY OF FOLEY ZONING ORDINANCE

                     WHEREAS, the City of Foley, Alabama, adopted Ordinance No. 387-87 on June 15, 1987, ordaining a new Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map for the City of Foley which has subsequently been amended, and

                     WHEREAS, the City of Foley Planning Commission has recommended changes within the current Zoning Ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Foley deems it necessary, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the City to amend said Ordinance, and

                     WHEREAS, all requirements to the laws of the State of Alabama, with regard to the preparation of the report of the Foley Planning Commission and subsequent action of the City Council have been met,

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOLEY, ALABAMA while in regular session accepted the following changes:

TEMPORARY SIGNS

D.                     Campaign or Election Signs are exempt provided that:

1.                      Signs advocating or opposing a public office or a position on an issue to be determined at an election shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in residential districts.  In all other zoned districts, signs shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.

2.                     Signs advocating or opposing a public office or position on an issue to be determined at an election shall be removed within ten (10) days after the election for which they were erected.  In the event of a runoff election, signs may be displayed until the runoff election and then shall be removed within ten (10) days of the runoff election.

3.                     Property owners shall be held responsible for violations of campaign and election signs.

4.                     No signs shall be allowed in the public right-of-way, project into or overhang any right-of-way or be attached to any utility pole within the right-of-way.