Agenda Item
5.B) Applicant: BAPTIST HEALTH ENTERPRISES, INC.
Location: 8750 SW 144TH STREET, PALMETTO BAY, FL
Property Folio: 33-5021-044-0010
Application: V-23-008
Zoning District: R-5 OFFICE ZONING DISTRICT
Request: SIGNAGE VARIANCE TO INSTALL SIX (6) WALL SIGNS PROPOSED TO BE 82, 56.5, 39, 8, 13, 11 SQUARE FEET WHERE THE ALLOWABLE AREA IS 12 SQUARE FEET FOR EACH STREET FRONTAGE, TWO (2) MONUMENT SIGNS PROPOSED TO BE 40 AND 16.2 SQUARE FEET WHERE NONE ARE PERMITTED AND THREE (3) DIRECTIONAL SIGNS PROPOSED TO BE 11.2 SQUARE FEET EACH WHERE NONE ARE PERMITTED. (Deferred from the December 18, 2023, Zoning Hearing)
Additional signage in this part of Palmetto Bay will detract from our neighborhood's ambiance and charm. This additional signage will be jarring and disrupt the visual cohesion that Palmetto Bay residents and visitors appreciate. It will introduce an unwelcome commercial tone that clashes with the organic charm that Palmetto Bay is striving to maintain.
This part of Palmetto Bay is already experiencing excessive traffic. Many times there have been cars racing through the street – some even blasting their music or throwing trash onto our lawns. We are already feeling the effects of over commercialization in this area. Additional signage will only add to it. Plus it will lessen our property values and take away from our neighborhood’s look and feel. Palmetto Bay is already letting us down – don’t let this be another way to let us down.