HomeMy WebLinkAboutKIN 83 4504 Sign Bylaw Regulate
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE
BY-LAW NUMBER 4504
Being a by-law to regulate signs.
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WHEREAS section 210, paragraph 141 of the Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, as amended, authorizes the councils of
local municipalities to pass by-laws for prohibiting or regulating
signs and other advertising devices and the posting of notices on
buildings or vacant lots within any defined area or areas or on
land abutting on any defined highway, and that signs not complying
be made to comply or be removed;
AND WHEREAS said section 210, paragraph 145 provides that
the said council may pass by-laws for prohibiting or regulating
the attaching of anything to or upon any property managed and
controlled by a public utility commission or of a local board as
defined in subclause (a) ii of paragraph 46 of section 408;
AND WHEREAS section 309(3) of the aforesaid Act authorizes
the council of every municipality to pass by-laws to permit the
owners of land to maintain and use signs and other advertising
devices that project over the sidewalk, and canopies that project
over the sidewalk, and to prescribe the terms and conditions upon
which the same shall be made, constructed, installed, maintained
and used, and to make such annual or other charge for the privilege
conferred by the by-law as the council may deem reasonable;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine
deems it advisable to pass this by-law applicable to the whole
of the Town;
NOW THEREFORE be it and it is hereby ENACTED as follows:
A.
SHORT TITLE
This by-law may be cited as the Town of Kincardine Sign By-Law.
B.
DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall,for the purpose of this by-law have the
meanings stated below:
(1) "Abandoned Sign" is any sign which no longer correctly
directs or exhorts any person, advertises a bona fide
business, lessor, owner, product or activity conducted
or product available on the premises where such a sign
is displayed.
(2) "Accessory Sign" means any sign indentifying or advertising
a business, person, activity, goods, products or services
located on the premises where the sign is installed and
maintained.
(3) "Animated Sign" means any sign which includes action or
motion within the sign area. For purposes of this by-Law
this term does not refer to flashing, rotating or automatic
changing signs.
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IIArea"
(i) When used in connection with a facia sign or single
faced sign, means the area of the copy surface.
(ii) When used in connection with a sign having a number of
display surfaces, means one-half of the area of
all the display surfaces.
(iii) When used in connection with a free standing letter(s)
or figure means the area of the smallest rectangle
which will enlcose the letter(s) figure.
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(5) "Billboard" means any sign constructed of steel or other
suitable material having a maximum display area of seven and
six-tenths (7.6) metres wide (25 feet) by three and seven-
tenths (3.7) metres high (12 feet). Printed posters are
temporarily posted or painted directly on the face of the
sign.
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(6) "Copy" (Permanent and Temporary) means the wording on a sign
surface either in permanent or removable letter form.
(7) "Copy Area" means the area of the smallest single geometric
figure which describes the area enclosed by the actual copy
of a sign. For facia signs, the copy area limits refer to
the message, not to the illuminated background.
(8) "Council" means the town council for the Corporation of the
Town of Kincardine.
(9) "Chief Building Official" means the Chief Building Official
of the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine.
(10) "Directory Signs" are used to guide pedestrians to individual
businesses within a multiple-tenant commercial building.
(11) "Erected" means attached, altered, built, constructed, re-
constructed, enlarged or moved, but does not include copy
changes on any sign.
(12) "Facia Sign" (or Wall Sign) means a sign attached to or
erected against a wall of a building, with the face horizontally
parallel to the building wall, not extending above the top
of the wall nor beyond the ends of the wall to which it is
attached.
(l3) "Flashing Sign" means any sign which contains an intermittent
or flashing source, or which includes the illusion of inter-
mittent or flashing light by means of animation, or an
externally mounted intermittent light source.
(14) "Free Standing Sign" means any double-faced, self-supporting
sign which is not permanently affixed to the ground.
(l5) "Grade" means average elevation of the ground directly beneath
a sign.
(16) "Ground Sign" means any sign directly supported by the ground,
without the aid of any other building or structure, other than
the sign structure.
(l7) "Height of Sign" means the vertical distance measured from
the adjacent street grade or upper surface of the nearest
street curb other than an elevated roadway, which permits
the greatest height to the highest point of said sign.
(18) "Illuminated Sign" means any sign designed to provide
artificial light either through exposed lighting on the sign
face or through transparent or translucent material from a
light source within the sign.
(19) "Maintain" means to permit a sign or sign structure to continue
or, where required, to repair or refurbish a sign or sign
structure.
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(20) "Mobile Sign" means a sign mounted on a trailer or other
structure which is designed in such a manner to facilitate
its movement from place to place. It shall meet the
structural requirements of subsection 3.7.3 of the Ontario
Building Code.
(21) "Non-Accessory Sign" means any sign identifying or advertising
or directing attention to a business, profession, person,
commodity, service or entertainment which is conducted, sold
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or offered elsewhere then at the lot upon which the sign is
installed and maintained.
(22) "Non-Conforming Sign (Legal)" means any advertising structure
or sign which was lawfully erected and maintained prior to
such time as it came within the enactment of this by-law, or
a non-conforming sign for which a special permit has been
issued.
(23) "Parapet or Parapet Wall" means that portion of a building
wall that rises above the roof level.
(24) "Pole or Pylon Sign" means a ground sign having a minimum
distance of two and four-tenths (2.4) metres (7.87 feet)
from the underside of sign to grade and is supported by
not more than two (2) members each with no horizontal section
dimension in excess of thirty (30) centimetres (11.8 inches).
(25) "Projecting Sign" means a sign, other than a wall (facia)
sign, attached to and projecting from the building face.
(26) "Roof Sign" means any sign erected upon, against or directly
above a roof, said sign shall not extend beyond the perimeter
of the roof;
(27) "Rotating Sign" means any sign or portion of a sign which moves
in a revloving or similar manner, but does not include multi-
prism indexing sign faces.
(28) "Sign" means any identification, description, illustration,
or device illuminated or non-illuminated visible from any
public place or located on private property and exposed to
the public which directs attention to a product, service,
place, activity, person, institution, business or solicitation,
including any permanently installed or situated merchandise;
or any emblem, painting, banner, pennant, placard or temporary
sign designed to advertise, identify or convey information,
with the exception of window displays and flags or emblems
of patriotic, civic, educational, religious organizations,
or private clubs. Signs shall also include all sign structures.
(29) "Shopping Mall" means a group of commercial establishments
planned and developed as a unit.
(30) "Sign Structure" means any structure which supports, has
supported or is capable of supporting a sign including
decorative cover.
(3l) "Swinging Sign" means a sign installed on an arm or spar, that
is permanently fastened to an adjacent wall or upright pole.
(32) "Temporary Sign" means a sign which is not permanently affixed
and includes all devices such as banners, pennants, flags (not
intended to include flags of any nations), sidewalk or curb
signs and balloons or other air or gas filled figures. This
section does not pertain to mobile signs as defined in sub-
section (20).
(33) "Zone" means an area established in the Town of Kincardine
zoning by-law.
C. GENERAL
(1) This by-law shall be administered by the Chief Building
Official, or in his absence by the Clerk Administrator of
the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine who would, at that
time, be appointed temporary Building Officer.
(2) No person or persons shall display, cause to be erected, or
structurally alter any sign within the Town of Kincardine
without first obtaining a sign permit.
(3) Every person who requires a permit for a sign shall file
in the Chief Building Official's office a written application
in duplicate on the form provided by the Town of Kincardine.
(4) The application shall be signed by the owner or authorized
agent of the owner and by the occupant of the land or premises
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thereof on or attached to which the sign is to be constructed,
altered or continued and by the owner of the sign.
(5) The application shall be accompanied by the following
supporting materials:
i) a block plan in duplicate showing the street lines,
boundaries and dimensions of the land on or attached
to which the sign is to be constructed, altered or
contained and showing structures on the land and
adjoining lands;
ii) a plan or drawing of the sign to scale in duplicate
which shall show the dimensions, colours, front and
side elevations of the building and sign and also
the material of which it is to be constructed, the
method and extent of illumination of the sign and
shall also indicate the structure upon which and the
method in which the sign is or is to be attached,
and the plan or drawing required by this paragraph
shall be sufficiently detailed to permit the
determination of whether the sign complies with the
Ontario Building Code.
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(6) If the sign conforms in all respects with the provisions of
this by-law and the Ontario Building Code, the Chief Building
Official shall issue a permit. However, no sign shall be
permitted on a building which does not comply with the
Property Standards By-law of the Town of Kincardine.
(7) The Chief Building Official may, in writing, suspend or
revoke a permit issued under provisions of this section
whenever the permit is issued on the basis of a mis-statement
of fact, or fraud.
(8) No permit for a sign issued hereunder shall be deemed to
constitute permission or authorization to maintain an unlawful
sign nor shall any permit issued hereunder constitute a
defence in an action to abate an unlawful sign.
(9) i)
ii)
When the permit has been issued the applicants for
the permit or anyone of them shall within one week
after the sign has been constructed or altered,
notify the Chief Building Official in writing to
inspect it and the Chief Building Official shall
inspect or cause to be inspected, the sign without
unnecessary delay.
If the sign does not conform in all respects with
the particulars furnished in the application and
supporting materials and with this by-law and the
Ontario Building Code, he may require such alterations
or additions to be made to the sign or its attachments or
both, as will bring the sign into conformity with
the permit and this by-law and the Ontario Building
Code, and in default of such alterations and additions
being made forthwith, the Chief Building Official may
have the sign and its attachments torn down and removed,
and the cost of such tearing down and removal may be
recovered by action as a debt or may be collected
in the same manner and with the same penalties
as municipal taxes on real property.
(10) Every sign permit issued by the Chief Building Official
shall become null and void if erection is not commenced within
one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of such
permit. If work authorized by such permit is suspended or
abandoned for one hundred and twenty (120) days any time after
the work is commenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to
do so, and the fee will be one-half the amount required for
the original permit. Such permit may not be unreasonably
withheld, providing that proper application and payment of
permit fees is complied with.
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FEES
(11) The fee as prescribed in subsection (ll)(i) hereof, shall
be payable on the filing of the application for a permit
and the Chief Building Official shall not process the
application for a permit or an amendment to a permit,
unless he is in receipt of the prescribed fee.
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The permit fee shall be twenty ($20.00) dollars per
sign.
(12) The applicants for a permit for a sign, the owner and
occupants of the land to which the sign is appurtenant and
the owner of the sign shall jointly and severally agree to
hold harmless and indemnify the Town, its officers, agents
and employees from any and all claims of negligence
resulting from the erection, alteration, relocation,
maintenance of a sign or other sign work insofar as this
by-law has not specifically directed the placement of a
sign.
(13) The Chief Building Official shall keep a record of every
permit issued. This record shall contain the street number
of the premises to which the permit relates and the name
of the party or parties to whom the permit is granted.
(14) No sign illuminated with red or amber lighting from within
or without shall be located in such a fashion as to diminish
or detract in any way from the effectiveness of any traffic
signal or similar safety or warning device and which falls
within the vision of motorists in such a manner as to create
a traffic hazard.
(l5) Spot lights or flood lights used to illuminate a sign,
building or premises, including a parking area, shall be
so arranged as to deflect light away from adjacent premises
or street,in order to prevent any glare or blinding effect
upon any lane or moving traffic or residential building.
(16) No sign of any type whatsoever shall be permitted on
public property.
(l7) No roof signs, billboards or illuminated signs shall be erected
within sixty (60) metres (l96.8 ft. or 65.6 yds) facing a
public park that has an area of l.6 hectares (3.95
acres) or more in area.
(18) Illuminated signs of the animated, flashing or revolving
types are prohibited in all zones except Commercial and
Industrial.
(l9) Any advertisement which uses a series of two or more signs
placed in a line parallel to a major highway, or arterial
street or in a similar manner, all carrying a single
advertisement message, part of which is contained on each
sign, and which is attached to one or more poles or pylons
or such similar device, is prohibited in all zones.
(20) No sign shall be erected in any zone which obstructs
free and clear the view of any intersection to normal
traffic.
(21) No sign may be nailed or otherwise attached to any pole
controlled by the various utility companies or to any
tree or private pole abutting onto a public highway or
public place.
(22) Temporary signs indicating the name of a construction
project, the names and addresses of contractors, architects,
engineers and related personnel to the construction project,
may be erected at the site of the development and in one
location only, unless the project is on a corner of two
intersecting public streets when two signs may be permitted,
one per frontage, with said sign or signs, each not exceeding
nine (9) square metres (96.88 sq. ft.) in area and being
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subject to all other regulations of this by-law and subject
to a sign permit. All signs shall be removed upon
completion of construction.
(23) Nameplates made of metal or other weatherproof material
shall be affixed against a wall of a building, with the
face horizontally parallel to the building wall.
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(24) No more than two building identification placards made of
metal or other weather-proof material that are commonly
placed on the faces of buildings shall be permitted without
a permit as long as they are no greater in area than 0.40
square metres (4.31 sq. ft.) and which shall be permitted
in excess of any other allowed signs as stated in this by-
law for any specific zone.
(25) No person shall park any vehicle or trailer on private
property so as to be visible from a public right-of-way, which .
has attached thereto or located thereon any sign or advertise-
ment of products or directing people to a business or activity
located on the same or nearby property or any other premises.
This section is not intended to prohibit any form of vehicular
signage such as a sign attached to a bus or lettered on a
motor vehicle.
(26) Where a business is adjacent to a public parking lot or
to a parking lot for that business, an accessory sign is
permitted for that business under the same regulations
governing a similar sign that would be permitted to front
on a street or public lane.
(27) No sign shall be erected upon or attached to any building
or other approved support unless such building is able to
carry that additional dead and winds load due to the
erection of such signs or without exceeding the stresses
permitted on the respective materials by the Ontario
Building Code.
DISPUTE PROCEDURE
(28) In the event of any dispute respecting signs the matter shall
be referred to Council and the decision of Council shall be
final.
ELECTIONS SIGNS, ETC.
(29) Nothing herein prevents the posting of any election
proclamation or notice under any Election Act or any voters
list under a statute in that behalf nor the display of
election signs on private property during any election
campaign. Any such sign shall be removed within 3 days
following the date of the election.
(30) Existing billboards shall be permitted, however, no additional
billboards shall be erected within the Town of Kincardine.
(3l) Non-Accessory signs may only be erected with the approval of
Council.
(32) All references to zones, land uses, yards, setbacks and
coverage requirements relate to the zoning by-law of the Town
of Kincardine as amended.
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ABANDONED SIGN
(33) Except as otherwise provided in this by-law, any accessory
sign located on property which becomes vacant and unoccupied
for a period of three months or more, or any sign which
pertains to a time, event, or purpose which no longer applies,
shall be geemed to have been abandoned. Accessory signs
applicable to a business temporarily suspended because of a
change in ownership or management of such business shall not
be deemed abandoned unless the property remains vacant for a
period of eight months or more. An abandoned sign is
prohibited and shall be removed by the owner of the sign or
owner of the premises, within 10 days after the certified
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mailing of notice by the Chief Building Official.
ELIMINATION OF NON-CONFORMING SIGNS
(34) All signs or other advertising devices that were lawfully
erected or displayed on the day this by-law comes into force
but that do not comply with this by-law shall be:
i) made to comply with this by-law or
ii) removed along with all hanging or mounting apparatus
by the owner thereof or by the owner of the land on
which it is situate, on or before the expiration of
five (5) years from the day this by-law comes into
force or on becoming obsolete by reason of change of
business, whichever is the sooner.
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iii)
Such non-conforming sign which is damaged to such an
extent that its supporting members are broken shall
be deemed to have been destroyed and shall not be
reconstructed unless permitted within the zone and
under the regulations provided in that zone.
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
(35) Every sign shall be maintained in a safe, presentable, and
good structural condition at all times, including the
replacement of defective parts, painting, repainting, cleaning
and other acts required for the maintenance of said sign.
Any sign which does not comply with adequate safety standards
shall be made to comply.
EXEMPTIONS
(36) Notwithstanding anything contained in this by-law, the Town
of Kincardine and any Department of the Dominion or Provincial
Government, may, for th~ purposes of public service, erect
any sign of any design or size in any zone within Town limits.
D. SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITY, RECREATIONAL ZONES
(1) Within any Residential, Community Facility, Recreational
zone, signs or nameplates are permitted as follows:
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For each single family home, semi-detached, or duplex
house, one nameplate not exceeding a combined area of
.15 square metres (1.6 sq. ft.) for each occupancy.
Said nameplate shall not be subject to the permit
requirements of this by-law, and includes nameplates
situated or projecting into the required building set-
back area.
In regard to a home occupation in a residential zone
one sign no larger than 0.15 square metres (1.6 sq.
ft.) attached to the dwelling shall be permitted to show
the name and callings of residents concerned. Said name-
plate shall not be subject to the permit requirements
of this by-law.
For multiple family uses, rooming and boarding houses
and camping parks, one identification sign for each
developed parcel, not exceeding 1.10 square metres
(ll.84 sq. ft.) in combined area.
For an office or consulting room of a physician or
dentist when located in his or her residence, or on
the ground floor of an apartment house in which he or
she is resident, one nameplate not exceeding a
combined area of 1.30 square metres (13.99 sq. ft.).
v) For non-residential uses (school, institutional,
religious, charitable, and fraternal establishments),
one identification sign and one bulletin board for each
developed parcel not exceeding a total of l.5 square
metres (16.15 sq. ft.) in area for all signs.
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vi) All signs shall be placed flat against a building or
designed as part of an architectural feature thereof
except that signs other than those advertising a
home occupation may be detached if they do not exceed
a height of two (2) metres (6.56 ft. or 2.l9 yds)
nor project into any required building set-back area.
vii)
No height limit is specified for signs placed flat
against or painted on the wall of a building or for
other attached signs provided all other provisions of
this section are complied with.
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viii) If any sign is illuminated, the source of illumination
shall be concealed within the sign.
(2) Not more than one (1) temporary ground sign at each entrance
to a subdivision, approved by the Council before issuance of a
permit, stating the name of the subdivision, and showing the
street pattern and zoning thereof, not exceeding twelve (l2)
square metres (l29.l7 sq. ft.) in area, may be located on a
vacant lot and to the rear of the building line. Such signs
shall be removed thirty (30) months after its erection or
when the subdivision is eighty (80) per cent built up,
whichever occurs first.
(3) Window signs shall not be permitted in a Residential zone
except signs which identify or convey information such as
"Block Parent", "Fire Ball", "Milk/No Milk" signs, etc.
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SIGNS IN COMMERCIAL ZONES
One only of each type of sign, unless otherwise specified may be
erected or displayed for each place of business on each frontage
facing a public street or public land or public parking lot, for
each fifteen (15) metres (16.41 yds or 49.22 ft.) of continuous
frontage or part thereof. Projecting swinging and projecting
signs shall be prohibited (except as per sub-section- (7)' regarding
Hotels and Guest Houses) and swinging signs shall only be ground
signs. No person shall display or cause to be erected any other
sign in a Comercial zone, except the following:
FACIA SIGNS
(1) A facia sign may only be erected or displayed on that portion
of an exterior wall which is adjacent to that business and
only when the wall faces a street, public lane, public parking
lot or a private parking lot which is an accessory to that
building.
i) The bottom of a facia sign shall not be closer than
2.10 metres (7.0 ft. or 2.3 yds.) to the level of
the sidewalk.
ii)
The background area of a facia sign shall not exceed
the area of the building facade to which it is applied;
or one (1) square metre (10.76 sq. ft.) per lineal
metre of business frontage, whichever is greater.
No facia sign shall project futher from the main wall
of the building than 30.5 centimetres (12 in.) and no
advertising copy shall be permitted on the end of said
facia sign.
No facia sign shall extend above the top of the wall of
a building, nor extend beyond the ends of the wall to
which it is attached.
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GROUND SIGNS
No ground sign shall be closer to the street line
than one-half the distance between the building
line and the property line, but in no case closer
than one (l) metre (3.28l ft.) to the property line.
No ground sign shall have a height greater than 1.5
metres (4.92 ft.) and area greater than 5.6 square
metres (60.26 square ft.).
Ground signs may be illuminated from within or by
spot light, subject to section C(14).
No ground sign shall be erected or maintained that
may obstruct the view of any pedestrian or driver of
a motor vehicle or that may interfere with vehicular
movement to such a degree as to create a danger to
any person.
STANDARD OR PYLON SIGNS
Every pylon sign shall be free standing and must not
exceed 12.0 metres (39.37 ft.) in height nor 26.0
square metres (279.87 sq. ft.) in area.
No pylon sign shall be erected on premises having less
than 15 metres (49.2 ft.) frontage on a public street
or a lane and no portion of the sign shall be closer
than 45 centimetres (17.72 inches) to the property
line.
No pylon sign shall be erected within 15 metres (49.2 ft.)
of another pylon sign.
No pylon sign shall be erected for businesses other
than those located at street level.
A pylon sign shall have a minimum clear distance of
2.50 metres (8.2 ft.) from grade to underside of sign.
Rotating signs may not rotate at a rate of more than
six (6) revolutions per minute.
In parking lots, one accessory sign with a maximum
area of one square metre may be erected at each point
of entry or exit between the building line and the
street line on a pole or pylon provided no portion
of said sign is closer than 45 centimetres (17.72
inches) to the street line. Direction signs may also be
erected within the parking lot to facilitate the
operation of the lot and the movement of the vehicles.
Where a sign projects over a vehicular traffic area,
such as driveways or parking lot aisles,the minimum
clearance between the bottom of the sign and the ground
shall be 4.30 metres (14.12 ft.)
ROOF SIGNS
(4) With the exception of shopping malls one roof sign not
exceeding 14 square metres (150.7 sq. ft.) may be erected
on the roof of any commercial building on a lot having a
street frontage of not less than 15 metres (49.21 ft.)
provided that:
i) the maximum height of any roof sign shall not
exceed six (6) metres (19.69 ft.) above the highest
point of the roof upon which it is erected;
ii) all roof signs must be set back a distance of at
least 1.2 metres (3.94 ft.) from all the outside
walls of the building on or over which they are
located. It is the intention of this provision to
provide a clear passageway around the sign.
iii) A roof sign shall be installed or erected in such a
manner that there are no visible guy wires, braces
or angleiron support structures.
iv) The rear of a roof sign shall be screened with
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One accessory facia sign only for each exterior wall
a business may have, shall be permitted in a shopping
centre. The facia sign may be attached to either wall
or extending canopy.
Directional signs not exceeding 0.6 square metres
(6.46 sq. ft.) in area per face, are permitted in the
parking area in order to facilitate traffic movement
only.
Where a shopping centre consists of more than one
storey, one accessory facia sign may be permitted for
each place of business and for each frontage on the
second floor and it shall be attached and be parallel
to the wall of the occupied area of that business and
shall not project more than 30.5 centimetres (12 inches),
from the face of the said main wall.
iv) One accessory identification sign showing only the
name of the shopping centre and tenants may be erected
on each frontage.
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permanent weatherproof material.
Every roof sign shall be constructed entirely of
metal or other approved incombustible material save
for mouldings and cappings.
Roof signs shall not rotate or swing.
Roof signs shall not extend more than seventy-five
(75) per cent of the width of the building.
Area of roof signs designed for adjacent traffic
and limited to two faces shall not exceed 14 square
metres (150.7 sq. ft.) per face.
WINDOW SIGNS
Window signs shall not occupy more than fifty (50)
per cent of the total area of the window in which
the signs are located and the glass surface of a
door shall not have more than twenty-five (25) per
cent of the total area covered.
The provisions of this subsection E(5) shall not
restrict the reasonable application upon the glass
surface of a door or window; ie. lettering, decals,
the address, hours of business, entrance or exit
information, professional or security affiliations or
memberships, credit cards which are accepted, or other
similar information except as qualified in E(5)(i)
above.
Window signs must be placed behind a glass surface and
not in unglazed openings.
Window signs for special sales do not need a permit.
However, these signs should be removed immediately
after the sale is over.
SIGNS IN SHOPPING MALL ZONE
SIGNS ON HOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES
(7) The total permanent sign area allowed including facia
signs and one projecting sign perpendicular to the street
shall not exceed 4.5 square metres (48.44 sq. ft.).
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DIRECTORY SIGNS
Directory signs may be erected only on the site of the
development in internal pedestrian access areas and
not in vehicle access areas.
ii) These signs shall be used for the purpose of direction
and identification only with a maximum area of 0.1
square metre (1.08 sq. ft.) for each business listed
on the sign, and 0.40 square metres (4.31 sq. ft.)
for the name of the building or complex.
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iii) Directory signs may be freestanding but shall not
exceed 1.5 metres (4.92 ft.) in height.
iv) Directory signs may be non-illuminated, or illuminated
internally or by indirect lighting.
v) No directory sign shall be more than four (4) square
metres (43.1 sq. ft.) in area.
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(9) Freestanding signs shall be permitted providing they are no
wider that 61 centimetres (24 inches) nor higher than 122
centimetres (48 inches). The sign must abut the building
and shall only be permitted during the months from May to
October inclusive. This subsection shall not be sUbject to
a five year compliance period but shall be effective upon
the final passing of this by-law.
F.
SIGNS IN SERVICE STATIONS AND CAR WASH AREAS
No person shall display nor cause to be erected any sign in a service
station or car wash area except the following:
(1) One facia identification sign not exceeding three (3) square
metres (32.29 sq. ft.) per frontage, and not projecting
further from the main wall of the building than 30.5 centi-
metres (12 inches), and no advertising copy shall be
permitted on the ends of facia signs.
(2) One pylon sign per frontage provided that:
i) The maximum height is 7.6 metres (24.93 ft.).
ii) The maximum area is ten (lO) square metres
(107.64 sq. ft.).
iii) The pylon sign or any portion thereof is not closer
than 45 centimetres (l7.72 inches) to any property
line.
(3) One additional accessory sign may be displayed or erected
stating the hours of sale, mechanic on duty, or price of
gasoline ?r other pertinent information, provided that:
i) if the sign is attached to the bottom of an existing
pylon sign, no portion shall be closer than 2.50
metres (8.2 ft.) to grade, nor closer than 45
centimetres (17.72 inches) to any property line. The
combined area of both signs on the supporting structure
shall not exceed twelve (l2) square metres (129.17
sq. ft.)
ii) If the sign is a ground sign but not a pylon sign,
it shall not exceed 1,7 metres (5.58 ft.) in height
and shall not be closer than three (3) metres (9.84
ft.) to any property line.
iii) Pylon signs only are permitted within the daylight
corner of any two intersecting streets.
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(4) Signs indicating exits, entrances or information relative to
service bays, gas pumps protected by an overhead canopy,
lubrication bays, etc. provided that:
i) Such a sign does not exceed 1.5 square metres (16.15
sq. ft.) in area; and
ii) Such a sign shall not exceed sixty (60) centimetres
(23.62 inches) in height and three (3) metres
(9.84 ft.) in width but in no case shall its width
exceed the width of the door or opening over which
it is mounted.
(5) Each sign shall be placed in such a manner so as to not
interfere with or to confuse traffic or present any hazard
to traffic.
(6) Signs erected above and supported by gasoline pump island
canopies are prohibited.
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SIGNS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES
One sign may be erected or displayed for each place of business or
each frontage facing a public street or public lane, or accessory
or public parking lot, for each fifteen (15) metres (49.2l ft.) of
continuous frontage or part thereof. No person shall display or
cause to be erected any sign in an Industrial Zone, except the
following:
. FACIA SIGNS
(1) Facia signs may only be erected or displayed on that
portion of an exterior wall'èfdjaceTit to that business and only
when the wall faces a street, public lane, public parking
lot or a private parking lot which is an accessory to that
building.
i) No facia sign shall project further than 30.5 centi-
metres (12 inches) from the main wall of the building
and advertising copy shall be permitted on the ends
of facia signs.
ii) No facia sign shall have a copy area exceeding 45
square metres (484.39 sq. ft.).
(2) i)
GROUND SIGNS
Ground signs shall be located no closer than three (3)
metres (9.84 ft.) to any property line and they shall
have a maximum area of five (5) square metres
(53.82 sq. ft.) and a maximum height of 1.5 metres
(4.92ft.)
ii) No ground sign shall be located in the daylight corner.
PYLON SIGNS
(3) One pylon sign per frontage may be erected or displayed
provided that:
i) The pylon sign not exceed 7.6 metres (24.93 ft.) in
height nor 20 square metres (215.29 sq. ft.) in area.
ii) The pylon sign not be erected within fifteen (15)
metres (49.21 ft.) of another pylon sign.
iii) The pylon sign or any portion thereof shall not be
closer than one-half the distance of setback for the
related zone as provided in the.town ',s' Zoning By-""Law.
iv) The pylon sign shall have a minimum clear distance of
4.30 metres (l4.ll ft.) from grade to underside of
sign.
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iv)
ROOF SIGNS
Roof signs shall not exceed 23.0 square metres
(247.58 sq. ft.).
No roof sign shall be erected to a.height exceeding
7.6 metres (24.39 ft.) above the roof of any building
on which it is located. Such height to be measured
from that portion of the roof immediately below the
sign.
No roof sign shall be installed nor erected in a manner
so as to expose guy wires, braces or angleiron support
structure.
The rear of roof signs shall be screened with permanent
weatherproof material.
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H.
TEMPORARY SIGNS
The following signs,
each, may be erected
conformity with this
not exceeding 0.40 square metres (4.31 sq. ft.)
without sign permits as long as they are in
by-Law:
For Sale
For Rent
For Lease
No Trespassing
Memorial signs
Warning signs
Directional signs in parking areas
Street numbers and name plates
Minor construction signs-
I. No signs of any kind are permitted in areas zoned as Hazard
Land.
J. Any person contravening any provision of this by-law shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a
penalty not exceeding One Thousand ($1,000.00) dollars,
exclusive of costs, under the PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT.
K. If any section of this by-law is for any reason held to be
invalid, the remaining sections shall remain in effect until
repealed.
L. That By-law 4383 as passed on the 3rd day of September, 1981
be and the same is hereby repealed.
M. All by-laws previous and inconsistent to this by-law are
hereby repealed.
N. If any provision of this by-law is in conflict with other
previous by-law provisions, the provisions of this ay-law
shall prevail.
READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 20th day of January, 1983.
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READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 17th day of February,
1983.
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