§ 14-63. Facility location standards.

(a)

Protection of right-of-way. The primary concern in the design, construction and location of facilities is protection of the right-of-way and the safety of the road and pedestrian user, and in all cases full consideration shall be given to sound engineering principles and economic factors. All facilities being proposed shall be located or relocated so as to not unreasonably interfere with traffic over the public right-of-way or with reasonable egress from and ingress to abutting property.

(b)

Location to consider future road widening and other facilities. The location of the proposed facility should take into consideration future road widening, sidewalk, storm drainage or other construction and shall be installed near the outer boundaries of the public rights-of-way to the maximum extent possible.

(c)

Underground utility depth and location to other underground utilities. To the extent not inconsistent with applicable codes, underground cables shall have consistent alignment parallel with the edge of pavement, at a minimum a thirty-six-inch depth of cover for the unpaved or paved portion of roadways and shall have a three-foot horizontal clearance from other underground utilities and their appurtenances so as to not impede the maintenance or replacement of said utilities.

(d)

Prohibited structures, signs, signals.

(1)

Pursuant to F.S. § 316.077, no person shall place, maintain or display upon any city property any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.

(2)

No person shall place or maintain upon any city property any sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.

(3)

Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is declared to be a public nuisance and a violation of this article, and the enforcement official is empowered to remove the sign or cause it to be removed without notice.

(4)

Fences and gates, which have not been installed by the city, shall not be installed within any city property.

(e)

Mail boxes and newspaper delivery boxes. The locations and construction of mail boxes, newspaper delivery boxes and similar structures shall be in accordance with the latest edition of "A Guide for Erecting Mail Boxes on Highways" by the AASHTO. Any such existing structure not in conformance with this section may be required to be made to conform with this section if the public works director determines such existing structure to be a traffic hazard.

(f)

Headwalls and drainage inlets. Headwalls and drainage inlets shall not constitute a hazard to traffic and shall be designed in accordance with "FDOT Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction" and "FDOT Roadway and Traffic Design Standards".

(Ord. No. 18-16 , § 2, 11-13-18)