Could someone please tell me what the current status is of Clay County's ordinance or proposed ordinance pertaining to the roadside signs? Are they now legal or not? Someone also mentioned that if I wanted to post a garage sale sign it must be removed within 72 hours after the fact which makes perfect sense. Thanks!
Remember, you must also consider your homeowner association covenants and restrictions and rules and regulations in regard to this subject.
Garage Sales (Article III Land Development Regulations 93-16) Residents may offer their personal belongings and household effects for sale to the general public in a garage or yard sale, however; a garage sale shall not be carried on for more than a 72 hour period, and no more than two such sales shall be permitted within a 12 month period from any residential lot, parcel or tract of land to be conducted only within daylight hours. No advertisement for a garage sale may be placed on any public rights-of-way. At the conclusion of such garage sales, all unsold articles and items shall be removed and placed within an enclosed structure so as not to be visible from any public street or abutting property. The individual conducting the garage sale shall provide for and control adequate parking for motor vehicles so as to reasonably prevent unsafe conditions and traffic congestion on the public street adjacent to the premises upon which the sale is being conducted.
Signs (Article VII Ordinance 2004-34) Clay County Sign Ordinance 2004-34 Advertising structures are addressed under Article VII Ordinance 2004-34. This article is comprehensive in its guidelines, which regulate the type, number, size, location and maintenance of signs within the unincorporated areas of Clay County. Generally, permits are required to display a sign. A sign application shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Division for approval. If a sign application is approved, application must be made for a “building permit” for all signage. Please contact the Planning and Zoning Division at (904) 278-4705 regarding submittal requirements for permitting of signs.
Prohibited Signs (Article VII Ordinance 2004-34) Please note that signs shall not be placed in the Clay County rights-of-way. The following are prohibited, but are not limited to: billboards, revolving signs, flashing signs, animated signs, wind signs (including banners, pennants, ribbons, spinners, streamers, or captive balloons), portable signs, roof signs, abandoned and discontinued signs, snipe signs, projecting signs and off-premise signs.
Election Signs (Article VII Ordinance 2004-34) On each parcel, one election sign for each candidate and each issue may be displayed. An election sign may be displayed as an attached sign or as a freestanding sign. On parcels zoned residential, the election sign shall not exceed three square feet in sign area; and, if displayed as a freestanding sign on the parcel, the election sign shall not exceed four feet in height. On parcels that are zoned nonresidential, the election sign shall not exceed thirty-two square feet in sign area and, if displayed as a freestanding sign on the parcel, the election signs (i) shall be set back at least five feet from all property lines and (ii) shall not exceed eight feet in height. An election sign shall be removed within seven calendar days following the election to which it pertains. Real Estate Signs (Open house and directional signs) (Article VII Ordinance 2004-34) For each residential parcel with a house for sale, up to six temporary open house and/or directional signs may be displayed on private property with the permission of the property owner.
Temporary Special Event Signs (Article VII Ordinance 2004-34) Temporary Special Event form You may make application for a temporary special event sign for an event to be held in Clay County. For events with less than 50,000 people in attendance, signs may be placed on private property no sooner than seven days prior to the event and must be removed within two days after the event. For events with more than 50,000 people in attendance, signs may be placed on private property no sooner than thirty days prior to the event and must be removed no more than seven days after the event. Please fax application and a drawing of the signs to be installed to, the Code Enforcement Division, Attention: Division Director, P. O. Box 825, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 or fax to (904) 278-3631. You must obtain approval for “temporary special event signs” prior to placing any signs on property within the unincorporated areas of Clay County. Please make note that signs are PROHIBITED in the rights-of-way.