§ 21-1. Purpose and Intent and Administration

The City of Tavares has become a recognized tourist and economic growth center in Florida. Sign regulation is needed to encourage a visually pleasing environment in order to attract residential construction, tourist activity, business and industrial development. The City of Tavares also views sign regulation as a method of protecting the public investment, ensuring pedestrian and traffic safety, promoting the effectiveness of advertising, discouraging over-concentration, unsuitable location, and excessive height, bulk and area. It is the intent of this chapter to provide signage regulations to preserve scenic, economic and aesthetic values including the special character and attractiveness of the City of Tavares.

Where the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with any other regulations or parts of codes, the more stringent shall apply.

(Ord. No. 2017-01, § 1, 4-5-17)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2017-01, § 1, adopted April 5, 2017, amended § 21-1, to read as set out herein. Previously § 21-1 was titled "Purpose."