2007-06 Off Premises SignsRESOLUTION NO. 07 -06
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA, EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF
RESOLUTIONS NO. 06-10 AND NO. 07-04 WHICH IMPOSED
A MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY OF
APPLICATIONS FOR OFF PREMISES SIGNS DESIGNED
TO BE BILLBOARDS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Okeechobee, Florida, by previous Resolutions No.06 -10 and 07-
04, imposed a moratorium on the acceptance and processing of any applications
within the City for the erection of off premises signs designed as billboards; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 07 -04 set a date of May 1, 2007 by which time the City would
consider and enact amended sign ordinances for use in the City that addressed
such billboard advertising; and
WHEREAS, since the imposition of the moratorium the City has been sued by Centennial
Builders of Lee County, Florida, a develop /sign contractor, concerning the denial of
permit for erection of billboard advertising, which suit seeks damages and a judicial
determination via declaratory judgment concerning the legal effect of the present
ordinance and denial of permit, which suit may not be resolved for several months;
and
WHEREAS, such judicial determination and /or amendment to current sign regulation is a
prerequisite to lifting the moratorium in order to secure the rights and liabilities of the
City in the dispute, which further requires an extension of the moratorium.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved before the City Council of the City of Okeechobee,
Florida; presented at a duly advertised public meeting; and passed by a majority
vote of the City Council; and properly executed by the Mayor or designee, as Chief
Presiding Officer for the City:
SECTION 1. THAT the provisions of Resolutions No. 06 -10 and No. 07 -04
previously adopted by the City are herein extended in their entirety to
September 1, 2007, or until the City Council adopts an amendment to
the sign ordinance, or until the pending litigation is resolved,
whichever first occurs.
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED in regular session this 1$' day ay, 2007
ATTEST:
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Lane Gamiot a, CMC, City Clerk
REVIE VIfED FOR LE L SUFFICIENCY:
John R. Cook, City Attorney
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James E. Kirk, Mayor