HomeMy WebLinkAbout23 139 Sign By-law Amendment (8) By-lawTHE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
BY-LAW
NO. 2023 – 139
Being a By-law to Amend By-law No. 2003 – 136,
The Municipality of Kincardine Sign (2003) By-law
Whereas Section 8 (1) and 9 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as
amended, provide that the powers of a municipality under this or any other Act
shall be interpreted broadly so as to confer broad authority on the municipality to
enable the municipality to govern its affairs as it considers appropriate and to
enhance the municipality’s ability to respond to municipal issues and has the
capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person for the purpose of
exercising its authority under this or any other Act; and
Whereas Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended,
provides that a lower tier municipality may provide any service or thing that the
municipality considers necessary or desirable for the public and authorizes a
lower-tier municipality to pass by-laws respecting matters within the sphere of
jurisdiction of structures, including fences and signs, both subject to certain rules;
and
Whereas the Council for the Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine passed
By-law 2003 - 136 to regulate or prohibit signs and other advertising devices within
the Municipality; and
Whereas Council deems it advisable to amend By-law No. 2003 - 136; now
therefore be it
Resolved that the Council for The Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine
Enacts as follows:
1. That Section 9.0 of By-law 2003 – 136 be deleted and replaced with the
following:
9.0 MOBILE HOME PARK, TRAILER PARK, COMMERCIAL
CAMPGROUND OR OPEN SPACE
No person shall erect or cause to be erected any sign in a Mobile
home park, trailer park, commercial campground or open space
except as follows:
a) Signage located on fencing on municipal property in open spaces
bordering active parks for the purposes of the Municipality of
Kincardine Advertising and Partnership Program only; or
b) One pylon or standard sign per frontage may be erected or
displayed provided that:
(i) The pylon sign should not exceed 12 meters (39.4 feet) in
height nor 26 square metres (279.9 square feet) in area.
(ii) The pylon sign shall not be erected within 10 metres (32.8
feet) of another pylon sign.
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(iii) The pylon sign or any portion thereof shall not be closer than
1 metre (3.3 feet) to the street line.
(iv) The pylon sign shall have a minimum clear distance of 2.3
metres (7.5 feet) from grade to underside of sign.
(v) In the parks/campground areas, one accessory sign with a
maximum area of 1 square metre may be erected at each
point of entry or exit on a pole or pylon provided no portion of
said sign is closer than 45 centimetres (17.7 inches) to the
street line. Direction signs may also be erected within the
parks to facilitate the operation of the roads and the
movement of vehicles. No standard or pylon sign shall be
erected within 60 centimetres (23.6 inches) of the vehicular
traveled portion or private lane or roadway or of a motor
vehicle parking area unless the minimum vertical distance
between grade and the bottom of the sign is a least 4.3
metres(14.1 feet).
2. That this By-law shall come into full force and effect at the time of its
passing.
3. That this By-law may be cited as the “Sign By-law Amendment (8) By-law”.
READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 14th day of August, 2023.
READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 14th day of August, 2023.
Mayor Clerk