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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOlIN OF KINCARDINE
BY-LAW NUMBER 43g3
Being a By-law to regulate signs.
WHEREAS Section 354(1), Paragraph 126 of The Municipal Act, R.S.O.
1970, Chapter 2g4, 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 or part of a Highway, and that signs not complying be
made to comply or be removed;
AND WHEREAS said Section 354(1), Paragraph 127 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 Sub-clause
2 of Clause a) of Paragraph 64 of Section 352;
AND WHEREAS Section 453(3) of the aforesaid Act authorizes that
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:
1. SHORT TITLE
This By-law may be cited as the Town of Kincardine Signs By-law.
2. 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 identifying or advertising a
business, person, activity, goods, products or services located
on the premises where the sign is installed and maintained.
(J) "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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(4) "Area"
(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 enclose the letter(s) or figure.
(5) "Copy" (Permanent and Temporary) means the wording on a sign
surface either in permanent or removable letter form.
(6) "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.
(7) "Council" means the Town Council for the Corporation of the
Town of Kincardine.
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(8) "Chief Building Official" means the Chief Building Official of
the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine.
(9) "Directory Signs" are used to guide pedestrians to individual
businesses within a multiple-tenant commercial building.
(10) "Erected" means attached, altered, built, constructed, re-
constructed, enlarged or moved, but does not include copy
changes on any sign.
(11) "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.
(12) "Flashing Sign" means any sign which contains an intermittent or
flashing source, or which includes the illusion of intermittent
or flashing light by means of animation, or an externally-
mounted intermittent light source.
(13) "Grade" means average elevation of the ground directly beneath
a sign.
(14) "Ground Sign" means any sign directly supported by the ground,
without the aid of any other building or structure, other than
the sign structure.
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(15) "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.
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(16) "Illuminated Sign" means any sign designed to provide
artificial light either through exposed lighting on the sign
face or through transparant or translucent material from a
light source within the sign.
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(17) "Maintain" means to permit a sign or sign structure to
continue or where required to repair or refurbish a sign or
sign structure.
(18) "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.
(19) "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 and any
amendments thereto, and which fails to conform to all applicable
regulations and restrictions of this By-law, or a non-conforming
sign for which a special permit has been issued.
(20) "Parapet or Parapet Wall" means that portion of a building wall
that rises above the roof level.
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(21) "Pole or Pylon Sign" means a ground sign having a minimum
distance of two and four-tenths (2.4) metres (7.87 feet) or 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).
(22) "Projecting Sign" means a sign, other than a wall (facia) sign,
attached to and projecting from the building face.
(23) "Roof Sign" means any sign erected upon, against or directly
above a roof, said sign shall not extend beyond the perimeter
of the roof.
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(24) "Rotating Sign" means any sign or portion of a sign which
moves in a revolving or similar manner, but does not include
multi-prism indexing sign faces.
(25) "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.
(26) "Shopping Mall" means a group of commercial establishments
planned and developed as a unit.
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(27) "Sign Structure" means any structure which supports, has
supported or is capable of supporting a sign including
decorative cover.
(28) "Swinging Sign" means a sign installed on an arm or spar, that
is permanently fastened to an adjacent wall or upright pole.
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(29) "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 (18).
(JO) "Zone" means an area established in the Town of Kincardine
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GENERAL
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(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.
(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 owner and by the occupant of the land or premises~ereof 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:
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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 continued and showing
also the location of the sign with relation to the structures
on the land and adjoining lands;
a plan or drawing of the sign to scale in duplicate which
shall show the dimensions, colours, front and side elev-
ations 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 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.
(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.
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(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.
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GENERAL - continued
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(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) 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.
ii) 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, or if in
the opinion of the Chief Building Official the sign constitutes
a danger to the public or an interference with traffic, 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,
or will remove the source of danger or interference and in
default of such alterations and additions being made forth-
with, 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.
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(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 plans. Such permit may not be unreasonably
withheld, providing that proper application and payment or permit
fees is complied with.
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(11) The fees as prescribed in subsection (11) (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
fees.
(i) Permit fees shall be twenty ($20.00) dollars per sign.
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(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.
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GENERAL continued
(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 of parties
to whom the permit is granted.
LIGHTING
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(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.
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(i) 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 pr~ses or street in order to prevent any
glare or blinding effect upon any lane of moving traffic or residential
building.
(15) No sign of any type whatsoever shall be permitted on the
public property.
(16) No roof signs, billboards or illuminated sign shall be erected
within sixty (60) metres (196.8 ft. or 65.6 yds.) facing a public
park that has an area of more than 1.6 hectares (3.95 acres) or more
in area.
(17) Illuminated signs of the animated, flashing or revolving types
are prohibited in all zones except Commercial and Industrial zones.
(18) 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.
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(19) No sign shall be erected in any zone which obstructs free and
clear view of any intersection to normal traffic.
(20) No sign may be nailed or otherwise attached or cause to be
nailed or otherwise attached to any pole controlled by the various
utility companies or to have any tree or private pole abutting
unto a public highway or public place.
(21) Temporary signs idicating the name of a construction project,
the names and addresses of contractors, architects, engineers and
related personnel to the construction project, may be created 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
subject to all other regulations of this By-law and subject to a
sign permit. All such signs shall be removed upon completion of
construction.
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(21) (a) 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.
(22) 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 swuare 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.
(23) 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 advertising device for the
basic purpose of providing advertisement 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.
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(24) 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.
STRENGTH OF BUILDING
(25) 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 wind loads due to the erection of such signs or
without exceeding the stresses permitted on the respective materials
by the Ontario Building Code.
(26) In the event of any dispute respecting the erection of a sign
on any street or highway the matter shall be referred to Council and
the decision of Council shall be final.
ELECTIONS SIGNS. ETC.
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(27) 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.
REFERENCES
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(28) All references to zones, land uses, yards, setbacks and coverage
requirements relate to the Zoning By-law of the Town of Kincardine
as amended.
ABANDONED SIGN
(29) 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 deemed to have been
abandoned. Permanent 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.
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GENERAL continued
(29) Abandoned Sign cont'd
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 mailing
of notice by the Chief Building Official.
ELIMINATION OF NON-CONFORMING SIGNS
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(30) 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.
(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.
(iv) Every sign which becomes obsolete and non-conforming due to
a change in the business must be removed before the new
business commences.
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MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
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(31) 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 removed.
EXEMPTIONS
(32) Notwithstanding anything contained in this By-law the Town
of Kincardine and any Department of the Dominion or Provincial
Government, may, for the purposes of public service, 'erect any
sign of any design or size in any zone within Town limits.
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4. SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITY. RECREATIONAL ZÐHES
(I) Within any Residential, Community Facility, Recreational zone,
signs or nameplates are permitted as follows:
(i) For each single family home, semi-detached, or duplex house,
one nameplate not exceeding a combined area of .15 square
metres for each occupancy. Said nameplate shall not be
subject to the permit requirements of this by-law. This sub-
section also applies to home-occupation uses in a residential
zone.
(ii) For multiple family uses, rooming and boarding houses and
camping parks, one identification sign for each developed
parcel, not exceeding 1.10 square metres (11.84 sq. ft.) in
combined area.
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SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITY. RECREATIONAL ZONES cont' d
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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.).
For non-residential uses (school, institutional, religious,
charitable, and fraternal establishment), one identification
sign and one bulletin board for each developed parcel not
exceeding a total of 1.5 square metres (16.15 sq. ft.) in
area for all signs.
All signs shall be placed flat against a building or designed
as part of an architectural feature thereof except that
signs may be detached if they do not exceed a height of two
(2) metres (6.56 ft. or 2.19 yds.) nor project into any
required building set-back area.
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.
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 (12) square metres (129.17
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.
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5. 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 lane or public parking lot, for each
fifteen (15) metres (16.41 yds or 49.22 ft.) of continuous frontage
or part thereof. No person shall display or cause to be erected
any sign in a Commercial zone, except the following:
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FACIA SIGNS
(1) A Facia sign may only be erected or displayed on that potion 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 2.50
metres (8.2 ft. or 2.7 yds.) to the level of the sidewalk.
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(1) Facia Signs cont'd
(ii) The background area of a facia sign shall not exceed the
area of the building facade to which it is applied; or one
(I) square metre (10.76 sq. ft.) per lineal metre of business
frontage, whichever is greater.
(iii) No facia sign shall project further from the main wall of
the building than twenty-three (23) centimetres (9.1 in.)
and no advertising copy shall be permitted on the end of
said facia sign.
(iv) 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
(2) (i) No ground sign shall be closer to the street line than one-
half the distance between the buildin~ line and the property
line, but in no case closer than one (1) metre (3.281 ft.)
to the property line.
(ii) No ground sign shall have a height greater than 1.5 metres
(4.92 ft.) and area greater than 5.6 sqare metres (60.26
square ft.).
(iii) Ground signs may be illuminated from within or by spot
light, subjection to Section 3 (14) (i).
(iv) 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
(3) (i) 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 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 closer than 45 centimetres (17.72 inches)
from 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
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STANDARD OR PYLON SIGNS continued
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area, such as driveways or parking lot aisle, the m~n~mum
clearance between the bottom of the sign and the ground
shall be 4.30 metres (14.12 ft.).
(4) ROOF SIGNS
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With the exception of shopping mall 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:
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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;
all roof si~ns 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 int-
ention of this provision to provide a clear passageway
around the sign.
A roof sign shall be installed or erected in such a manner
that there are no visible guy wires, braces or angle iron
support structures.
The rear of roof sign shall be screened with 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.
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 for on premise signs and 28
square metres (301.4 sq. ft.) for off-premise signs.
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(5) WINDOW SIGNS
Window signs are allowed providing:
(i) Window signs shall not occupy more than twenty-five (25)
per cent of the total area of the window in which the
signs are located.
(ii) No sign shall be affixed to a window surface except that
that name, monogram, logo, address and telephone number
of the person or firm occupying the premises may be perm-
anently affixed upon a window in compliance with Section (5)
(i) above.
(iii) The provisions of this Section (5) shall not restrict the
reasonable application upon the glass surface of a door or
window of lettering or decals giving the address, hours of
business, entrance or exit information, professional or
security affiliations or memberships, credit cards which are
accepted, or other similar information nor shall the surface
area of such lettering or decals be included in the overall
computation of allowable window signs.
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(5) WINDOW SIGNS cont'd
(iv) Window signs must be placed behind a glass surface and
not in unglazed openings.
(v) Window signs for special sales do not need a permit.
However, these signs should be removed immediately after
sale is over.
SIGNS IN SHOPPING MALL ZONE
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(6) (i) 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.
(ii) Roof signs shall be permitted only for the main grocery and
department type store or for identification of the shopping
centre.
(iii) 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.
(iv) 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 23 cent-
imetres (9.1 inches) from the face of the said main wall.
(v) One accessory identification sign showing only the name of
the shopping centre and major tenants may be erected on
each frontage.
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SIGNS ON HOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES
(7) The total permanent sign area allowed including facia signs
and one freestanding sign perpendicular to the street shall
not exceed 4.5 square metres (48.44 sq. ft.).
DIRECTORY SIGNS
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(8) (i) 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 purposes 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.
Directory signs may be freestanding but shall not exceed
1.5 metres (4.92 ft.) in height.
Directory signs may be non-illuminated, or illuminated
internally or by indirect lighting.
No directory sign shall be more than four (4) square metres
(43.1 sq. ft.) in area.
SIGNS IN SERVICE STATIONS AND CAR WASH AREAS
(iii)
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(v)
(6) No person shall display or cause to be erected any sign in a
Service Station or Car Wash area except the following:
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S.IGNS IN SERVICE STATIONS AND CAR WASH AREAS cont'd
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(6) (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 twenty-
three (23) centimetres (9.1 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 (24.93 ft.) metres.
(ii) The maximum area is ten (10) square metres
(107.64 sq. ft.).
(iii) The pylon sign or any portion thereof is not closer
than 45 centimetres (17.72 inches) to any property
line.
(3) One additional accessory sign may be displayed or erected
stating, the hours of sale, mechanic on duty, price of
gasoline or 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 (12) 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.
(4) Signs indicating exits, entrance 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 nots
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 bus-
iness or each frontage facing a public street or public lane, or
accessory or public parking lot, for each fifteen (15)metres (49.21
ft.) of continuous frontage or part thereof. No person shall display
or cause to be erected in an Industrial Zone, except the following:
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SIGNS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES continued
FACIA SIGNS
. . (I) Facia signs may only be erected or displayed on that portion
an exterior wall 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) No facia sisn shall project further than 23 centimetres
(9.1 inches) from the main wall of the building and
no 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.).
GROUND SIGNS
(2) (i) Ground signs shall be located not less than three (3)
metres (9.84 ft.) inside of all property lines and they
shall have a maximum area of five (5) square metres
(53.82 sq. ft.) and a maximum height of 1.5 metres
(4.92 ft.).
(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:
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
ROOF SIGNS
(4) (i)
(ii )
(iii)
(iv)
(i)
The pylon sign not exceed 7.6 metres (24.93 ft.) in
height nor 20 square metres (215.29 sq. ft.) in area.
The pylon sign not be erected within fifteen (15)
metres (49.21 ft.) of another pylon sign.
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.
The pylon si~ shall have a minimum clear distance of
4.30 metres (14.11 ft.) from grade to underside of
sign.
Roof sisns shall not exceed 23.0 square metres (247.58
sq. ft.).
No roof sign shall be erected to a height exceeding
7.6 metres (24.93 ft.) above the roof of any building
on which it is located. Such height to be measured
from that portion the roof immediately below the
sign.
No roof sign shall be installed or erected in a manner
so as to expose guy wires, braces or angle iron
support structure.
The rear of roof signs shall be screened with permanent
weatherproof material.
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TEMPORARY SIGNS
(I)
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The following signs not exceeding 0.40 square metres
(4.31 sq. ft.) each may be erected without sign permits
as long as they are in conformity with this By-law:
For Sale
For Rent
For Lease
No Trespaseing
Memorial Signs
Warning Signs
Directional Signs in Parking Areas
Street Numbers and Name Plates
No person shall display or cause to be displayed any sign
on any property with wording "SOLD" for more than ten (10)
days after the sale has been consumated.
Barber poles may be erected without a sign permit. How-
ever, the bottom of these poles shall not be closer than
2.50 metres (8.2 ft.) to the level of the sidewalk.
9. SIGNS IN ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ZONE
(1) No signs of any kind are permitted in areas zoned as
Environment Protection.
10. Any person violating 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 1;hècPROVINÇ¡AL:Q~F~CES ACT.
11. If any section of this By-law is for any reason held to be
invalid, the remaining sections shall remain in effect
until repealed.
12. All By-laws previous and inconsistent to this By-law are
hereby repealed.
13. If any prov~s~on of this By-law is in conflict with other
previous By-law provisions, the provisions of this By-law
shall prevail.
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READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 20th day of August , 1981-
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Mayor ,,/ Clerk
READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this
1981.
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