Variance - Billboard - 1710 N. 25th Street

In accordance with Article II of Section 125 of the City Code, the applicant is requesting to deviate from City Code 117-6 to increase the allowed height of a ground sign from 10 feet to 25 feet and to deviate from City Code Section 117-7(5)(3) - Permitted Signs for C-3, General Commercial Zone. 

1710 N. 25th Street, Fort Pierce, FL 34950  Parcel ID: 2404-611-0009-000-5

Kerry C. Driver - Senior Planner

Staff recommendation is that if approval is granted, the variance application should be approved with the following two (2) conditions: 

1. Prior to issuance of final Site Plan approval, the applicant/developer shall provide a full landscape plan which demonstrates buffering that obscures direct sight of the installation from immediate residential properties to the east.
2. Prior to issuance of final certificate of occupancy, a Landscape Maintenance Agreement shall be approved and shall acknowledge the following:
                  a. All approved landscaping shall be installed, irrigated, and maintained in perpetuity in accordance with section 123-7 of   the City Code of Ordinances, in order that it continues to present a healthy, neat, and orderly appearance free of refuse   and debris, in          conformity with the following requirements:
                      i. Vegetation required by this article shall be replaced with equivalent or better vegetation if it is not living. All tees for   which credit is awarded, and which subsequently die shall be replaced by the same or greater number of living trees   according to the standards established in this article.
                        ii. Maintenance shall include sufficient weeding, watering, fertilizing, pruning, mowing, edging, mulching and other   horticultural practices to ensure that the landscaping continues to maintain a healthy, neat, and orderly appearance.