HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 3071 MUNIOIPALITY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO,: 3~'7/
being a By-law to s~gns in the Township
of Pickering.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY ENAGTED.
SIGNS DEFINED
1. In this By-law:-
a. SIGN means an advertisement by means of painting on, or
attaching bills, letters or numerals to any structure, canopy
sur2ace or device and shall include the structure, canopy sur-
face or device upon which advertisement is painted, placed
or attached.
b. GROUND SIGN means any sign, excepting poster panels, bulletins
or portable signs supported from the ground a~d not attached
to any part of a building.
c. WALL SIGN means any sign attached and parallel to the wall
of a building, or which is painted on such wall.
d. ROOF SIGN means any sign, the entire face of which is
above the roof level and roof area of a building.
e. PROJECTING SIGN means any sign which is attached to and
projects at an angle from the wall of a building.
f. PORTABLE SIGN means any sign which is not permanently
constructed at one place in the ground, or attached to any
building or structure and includes the type of sign con~nonly
known as sandwich-boards.
g. POSTER PANELS AND BULLETINS means any signs other than
Eround signs and portable signs supported from the ground
and not attached to any building on which an advertisement
is posted or painted, or to which an advertisement is
attached by means of advertising panels.
h. INSPECTOR means the Building Inspector appointed by the
Council of the Township of Pickering or such other person
as the Council may from time to time appoint to carry out
the provisions of this By-law.
i. PROFESSIONAL SIGN means any signs adver~sing the professions
recognized as such by competent University Authority.
2. Except with respect to location, the provisions of this By-law
shall not apply to:-
a, Professional signs having an area not in excess of two square
feet.
b. Real Estate Point of Sale signs, or Contractor Job-Site signs,
having an area not in excess of twenty square feet.
c. Any sign indicating the address and owner of a private
residence on which the sign is located having an area not
in excess of two square feet.
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3. LOCATION O~ SIGNS
a. No sign shall be erected on any road allowance, excepting
the following:-
1. Highway Information or Fare Zone signs;
2. Church or Service Club signs having an area not in excess
of three square feet at locations approved by the Inspector;
3. Signs painted on what are commonly known as park benches
located on a road allowance, subject to the approval of
the location and the advertising content by the Inspector;
4. Signs in or on transit passenger shelters.
5. Signs on newspaper boxes advertising the name and contents
of the newspaper sold therefrom.
b. No sign shall be attached to a tree on a road allowance and
no sign, excepting Highway Information or Fare Zone signs,
shall be attached to any utility pole or standard, save
and excepting lighting standards in shopping centres, when
approved by the Local Hydro Authority.
c. No sign shall be erected or maintained which is in view from
any Highway, which sign resembles any official traffic sign
or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
traffic or which hides the view of any official traffic sign
or signal, except Entrance Signs (which Entrance Signs shall
have an area not in excess of eight square feet) provided
they do not hide the view of any official traffic sign or
signal.
d. No sign shall be erected or maintained using red or green
colours, where such colours are illuminated by any device
or material within 200 feet of any intersection at which
motor vehicle traffic is controlled by any type or automatic
traffic signals.
4. PERMITS
a. APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT.
No sign shall be erected, maintained or structurally altered
unless a permit is obtained from the Inspector. The
application for such permit shall include the following
in duplicate:
i. The application form as supplied by the Building
Inspector;
ii. A block plan showing the street lines and/or other
boundaries of the property on which it is proposed to
erect such sign, and the location of the sign upon
the property in relation to other structures on such
properties and/or upon the premises inunediately
adjoining thereto. If required by the Inspector, the
correctness of such plans submitted for approval shall
be certified by an Ontario Land Surveyor;
iii. Complete plans and specifications covering the construction
of the sign and the supporting framework;
iv. Plans of, and such other information with respect to,
any building upon which it is proposed to locate the
sign as the Inspector may require in order to determine
whether the structure of such building will carry the
additional loads and stresses imposed thereon by the
erection of such signs;
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v. In the case of the proposed structural alteration of
a sign, the applicant shall supply such information
as may be required by the Inspector in lieu of the
provisions herein;
vi. If required by the Inspector all plans of and specifica-
tions covering the construction of the sign and the
supporting framework shall be certified by a Registered
Professional Engineer as to its structural adequacy.
vii. An undertaking by the applicant to remove or permit
the Township to remove the said sign when notice is
given in accordance with this By-law;
b. RENEWAL OF PERMIT:
Permits shall be effective until the end of the calendar
year in which they are issued and shall be renewed annually
by the 31st. day of January.
c. PERMIT FEES:
The fees payable for a permit and for renewals thereof, for
each individual sign shall be as follows:-
i. Sig~s situate wholly on private property where the area
of such sign does not exceed sixteen square feet,
$1.00 per sign and over sixteen square feet, $3.00
per sign;
ii. Signs projecting over Township property or street
wholly or in part, $3.00 for the first six square
feet, plus thirty cents for each square foot in excess
thereof, per sign;
iii. Poster Panels, Bulletins and Roof Signs not exceeding
three hundred square feet in area, $7.50 per sign,
and $15.00 for double sided signs;
iv. Poster Panels, Bulletins and Roof Signs in excess of
three hundred square feet, $10.00 per sign and $20.00
for double sided signs.
v. Signs on transit passenger shelters, $5.00 per shelter.
5. REGULATIONS:
a. GROUND SIGNS:
No ground sign shall be erected or altered except in
accordance with the following additional regulations:-
i. Other than on Shopping Centres, no ground sign shall
be erected or maintained on a parcel of land with
a frontage of less than 75 feet and not more than
one sign for every 150 foot frontage;
ii. The outermost part of such sign shall be not less
than 10 feet back from the streetline, the lowest
part, other than supporting standards, decorative trim
and the like, shall be not less than 6 feet 6 inches above
the average grade level around the sign area, and the
hi~hest part shall not be more than 35 feet above
such average grade level;
iii. In Shopping Centres which include a group of three or
more individual stores or other commercial enterprises
whether in one or more buildings, and with con.on
~arking facilities for customers, only shopping
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centre identification ground signs may be erected
and only one such sign for every 500 feet of frontage.
Such signs may, in addition to identification features,
include a directory for stores and businesses in the
Shopping Ce:fore with the name and type of store and
identification insignia of any such businesses. The
to~l area of the directory and insignias shall not
exceed the area of the Shopping Centre identification
pc~tion of such sign.
b. WALL SIGNS:
No wall signs shall be erected, maintained or altered except
in accordance with the following regulations:-
i. The area of such wall sign, whether painted on or
attached to the wall, shall not have an area greater
than one quarter of the size of the wall to which it
is painted or attached;
ii. It shall not project more than two feet from the face
of the wall;
iii. It shall be constructed in such a way as to exclude
weather and prevent wind pockets.
c. ROOF SIGNS:
No roof signs shall be erected, maintained or altered except
in accordance with the following additional regulations:-
i. Every roof sign shall be so located as to maintain a
clear space of at least three feet between the top
of the roof or parapet wall of such building and the
bottom of the sign;
ii. No roof sign shall be so located upon any building
as to obstruct any window, door, scuttle, skylight or
fire escape or so as to prevent the free access of
firemen to any part of the building in case of fire
and shall be placed a minimum of four feet from the
outer walls of the building unless the sign is composed
of separate letters, numerals or panels, each not in
excess of four feet in width and spaced at least two
feet apart;
iii. The structural framework of all roof signs shall be
of steel;
iv. The highest point of any roof sign shall be not mo~e
than twenty-five feet (25') above the roof or cornice
line of the top of the parapet wall immediately under-
neath or adjacent to such sign, provided that when the
top of the parapet wall is more than three feet (3')
above the roof, the highest point of such sign shall
be not more than twenty-eight (28'} above the roof;
v. At any one site the total length of roof signs shall
not exceed one hundred feet.
vi. No roof sign or group thereof on any one site shall
be located closer than eight hundred feet on the same
side of the street from any other roof sign or group
thereof or from any poster panel, bulletin or group
thereof excepting signs advertising the name of the
occupant or firm, of the building upon which such
sign is located. However, if such location sign
is constructed on a building other than that of the
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of the occupant or firm for which such location sign
is constructed, the distance provisions shall apply.
vii. No roof sign shall be located closer than two hundred
feet from any church, dwelling or apartment house
without the written permission of such abutting owner.
d. PROJECTING SIGNS:
No projecting signs shall be erected or altered except in
accordance with the following additional re~lations:-
i. A projecting sign shall h~ve a minimum clearance of
ten feet above the level of the sidewalk grade and
shall not exceed a total height of twenty feet exclusive
of poles or guy wires;
ii. Projecting signs attached to buildings which do
not abut the property line shall not extend more than
ten feet beyond the face of such building and the
outermost projection of such sign shall not project
over the streetline a distance of more than two feet;
iii. Signs attached to buildLugs which immediately abut
public property shall not project over the streetline
a distance of more than two feet;
iv. Signs pro~ cting more than two feet over the streetline
shall be removed or altered to conform to such
maximum projection by the 31st. day of December, 1966.
e. PORTABLE SIGNS:
No portable signs shall be placed or maintained except in
accordance with the following additional regulations:-
i. No portable signs shall be placed or maintained on.
a road allowance;
ii. Portable signs shall not have more than two advertising
surfaces and each advertising surface shall not exceed
sixteen square feet in area nor exceed four feet in
total height;
iii. No portable signs shall be placed or maintained in
front of any private property having a frontage of
less than seventy-five feet and not more than one
such sign shall be maintained for each one hundred
and fifty feet of frontage.
f. POSTER PANELS AND BULLETINS:
No poster panels or bulletins shall be erected or maintained
except in accordance with the following additional regulations:-
i. Poster Panels and Bulletins shall not be located closer
to the streetline than either the existing building
line or, if there is no exisZing building line, the
front of the adjoining buildings, or if there is no
building line or adjoining buildings, thirty feet
back from the streetline;
ii. At any one site there shall not be more than
four poster panels or two bulletins or two poster panels
and one bulletin and in any case the total length
of such signs shall not exceed one hundred feet;
iii. No poster panel of bulletin or group thereof shall
be located nearer than eight hundred feet from any
other poster panel or bulletin or group thereof,
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whether on the same or the opposite side of the street
or from any roof sign or group thereof nearer than
800 feet on the same side of the street;
iv. No poster panel or bulletin shall be erected or
maintairmd closer than one hurd_red and fifty feet
from any intersection;
v. Poster panels and bulletins shall have a clear space
of at least three feet between the bottom of the sign
and the ground, which space may be either left open
or filled in with open la,ice work;
vi. Poster panels and bulletins shall not exceed in
height fifteen feet above the ground level, except
where the ground level is below the level of the
adjoining street when such sign shall not exceed in
height fifteen feet above such street level;
vii. No poster panels or bulletins shall be located closer
than two hundred feet from any church, dwelling or
apartment house without the written permission of
such abutting owner.
g. ELECTRIC SIGNS:
No sign illuminated or operated electrically shall be erected,
maintained or altered unless such electrical work is in
conformity with the Canadian Electrical Code and the Hydro-
Electric Power Commission of Ontario regulations.
h. PLASTIC SIGNS: .
The material used in the construction of plastic signs shall
be incombustible.
i. LIGHTING STANDARD SIGNS:
No lighting standard signs shall be erected or altered except
in accordance with the following additional regulations :-
i. No lighting standard signs shall be erected except
in shopping centres which include a group of three
or more individual stores or other commercial
enterprises, whether in one or more buildings, and
with common parking facilities for customers;
ii. No sign, together with frame, shall exceed a height
of ~ feet 6 inches and a width of 5 feet 6 inches;
iii. The outermost point of the signs, together with the
frame, shall not be closer to a streetline than 20
feet, nor closer to the main wall of a building than
30 feet;
iv. The distance from the finished grade or pavement to
the lowermost point of the sign shall not be less than
14 feet;
v. All such signs in a shopping centre shall be of a
uniform size and placed at a uniform angle and height
on the lighting standard. No more than two such signs
shall be placed on one lighting standard;
vi. The distance from the centre line of one lighting
standard to the centre line of a~y other lighting standard
in a shopping centre, upon which a sign may be erected,
shall not be less than 40 feet;
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vii. Frame to be of extruded aluminum construction;
viii.Adverting inserts to be of aluminum or tempered
masonite;
ix. Supporting brackets to be of galvanized steel with
non-rusting bolt fasteners, fittings from which signs
are suspended and at ~ahich movement may occur shall
have a bearing surface of nylon;
x.Lighting standard advertisements to be limite4 to
national product or charitable advertising only;
xi. Lighting standards upon which lighting standard signs
may be erected shall be in conformance with requiremauts
and specifications of Canadian Standards Association
with regard to floodlighting poles.
6. REMOVAL OF, SIGNS:
a. The Council or the Inspector may, upon giving thirty
days notice, order the removal of any sign and if not so
removed the Council may, upon giving a further ~u~ceen
days notiEe, either direct the Inspector to remove such sign
or that an application be made to the County Court for an
Order authorizing the Township to remove such sign as the
case may require.
b. The Inspector may, without notice, immediately remove any
sign which in his opinion is in such a condition that it
may be dangerous to the public.
c. Any sign removed pursuant to this By-Law may be deposited
on the property on or in front of which the sign was situate.
The cost of such removal shall be forthwith payable by
the person in whose name the permit for such sign was obtained
or the owner or occupant of the premises on or in front of
which the sign was situate in like manner as municipal taxes.
7. NOTICE:
Any notices required to be given under this By-Law may be given
by registered mail addressed to the person in whose name the
permit for s~ ch sign was obtained, or the owner or occupant
according to the last revised Assessment Roll of the Township
of Picketing of the property on or in front of which the sign
was situate, and shall be effective as of the date on which
such registered letter is deposited in the post office.
8. PENALTY FOR NON'~COMPLIANCE:
Any person convicted of a breach of any of the provisions of
this By-Law shall forfeit and pay at the discretion of the
convicting magistrate, a penalty not exceeding the sum of
Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) exclusive of costs.
BY-LAW read a First, Second and Third time this .~ DAY OF /u/~2.~?F~C 196