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General explanation; local definitions and measurement rules control. Check Pickering’s source ↗
This changes the presentation and available report options, not the rules or calculation. You can change it after the check.
Want to read it as written? Sign By-law 8154/25 ↗ — passed 27 January 2025 — original enactment, not a consolidation. An out-of-date copy of it is also still online — we flag which one is current.
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Other sign purposes
These categories currently prepare a municipal review. Size limits, fees and permit exemptions are not calculated yet.
Count display faces on this one sign, not separate signs. Dimensions can come later.
Each municipality can count faces differently. A per-face limit is not permission to multiply the total allowance.
Review guidance only: no size allowance, permit exemption, fee or permitted display period is calculated for these categories yet. You can record a proposal and save a preliminary report with the open questions.
Enter your intended dates, not a permitted duration. Renewal, repeat displays and removal deadlines still need confirmation.
Initial coverage: Oakville’s commercial, employment, mixed-use and institutional categories. Other municipalities and special uses need a separate review. This is a preliminary check against the published 2022 consolidation; later amendments remain unverified.
Motor vehicle businesses, drive-through facilities and third-party advertising need separate review. Choose “Other content or a special use” above. Illuminated signs and electronic displays are outside this initial calculation.
Measure one rectangular window, excluding its frame. Use explicit units: m, cm, ft or inches; bare numbers mean feet. Do not combine panes or transfer spare area between windows. For the proposed sign, enter the enclosing rectangle around the complete message; irregular layouts need confirmation.
This is the building’s storey count, not the sign’s location. Clarington uses it to select the shared wall-and-awning allowance. Subdivision sales offices have a separate table provision.
Exclude the sign you are proposing or replacing and any signs being removed. Leave uncertain quantities blank. Your answer is not independently verified.
No single sign-count limit is calculated for this selection. Confirm how the municipality counts existing signs.
A size limit for one sign is not automatically spare capacity on a wall or property. No shared-area deduction is calculated for this selection.
Not sure about placement? Leave it as “Not sure” and review the limits first. A sign type that is not listed needs a separate review.
Review what the maps found, then work through one follow-up at a time. You can leave questions open while exploring a sign before it is designed.
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No sign design yet? That is fine. A wall or frontage measurement helps calculate the size allowance; proposed sign dimensions are optional. Use feet/inches or metric: 12 ft, 6 in, 3.5m or 150mm. Numbers without a unit are read as feet. Leave anything unknown blank.
Wall signs are usually sized off the wall they sit on, so this is the measurement that turns the rule into a number. A rough answer is fine.
Pickering defines frontage by the building façade parallel, or most nearly parallel, to the abutting street. Do not substitute lot width. Check the complete definition in s.4 for buildings and units with more than one frontage.
General explanation; local definitions and measurement rules control. Check Pickering’s source ↗
The display area counted toward the sign-size limit. Separate letters, borders and multiple faces can be counted differently. Confirm the local method before entering the sign’s width and height.
General explanation; local definitions and measurement rules control. Check Pickering’s source ↗
Sign height is the display’s vertical size. Overall height runs from the required ground reference to the top of the sign. Check the local ground reference and what must be included.
General explanation; local definitions and measurement rules control. Check Pickering’s source ↗
Type them exactly as the drawing reads — 54'-1", 16m (52 ft), 11' 4" all work.
Manual review of the property and sign location. Address, zoning and heritage checks do not settle this overlay. Open the official district index and maps. If the boundary is unclear, ask Building Services and leave this unchecked.
Manual confirmation — an address or projecting sign does not establish an overhang. Compare the proposed sign with the property line on a survey or reliable site plan. Leave “Haven’t checked” if the location is undecided.
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Every reference in that last column is a link into the by-law text itself.
8154/25 · Passed 27 January 2025 — original enactment, not a consolidation · PDF, 49 pages
A consolidation is the by-law’s text with its later amendments folded in; the date says how current that copy is.
Open the by-law ↗Straight to the sections the numbers above come from:
| What you want | Where it is | |
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| Wall signs | s.33 — institutional 4.0 m² (43 sq ft); residential table 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) versus specific clause 6.0 m² (65 sq ft) remains unresolved; qualified commercial/industrial and mixed-use rows 15%; Special Sign District 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) | open · p.14 ↗ |
| Ground signs | s.32 — commercial or industrial with 30 m (98 ft) of frontage or more: 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) and 6.0 m (20 ft) tall | open · p.13 ↗ |
| Variance | Part 6, ss.68–79 — the Director decides, optionally after the Site Plan Review Panel; this Part does not state an appeal route | open · p.31 ↗ |
| Structure | s.26 — a Registered Professional Engineer’s certification if the City requires it; no printed threshold | open · p.11 ↗ |
Page jumps are close, not exact — a cover sheet or table of contents can shift a PDF by a page or two. The section number is the reliable part.
Also worth having open:
Permission requested to depart from a by-law requirement. Approval is not guaranteed, and a variance does not replace any other permits or approvals the proposal needs.
General explanation; local definitions and measurement rules control. Check Pickering’s source ↗
Each figure shows when it was last checked and against what. Anything over a year old, or a fee we checked before the most recent January (when most cities raise their fees), is marked out of date and is not shown as current. How we keep it current →
Search quotes, rule labels and citations on file for Pickering across all sign districts. This is not the complete by-law. A match may not apply to your address; check its district and source.
Showing the original excerpts for this check below. Search uses no additional checks.
Each figure above, in the by-law’s own words. Every quote was checked against the published document, and is re-checked whenever the document is re-read; a figure without one is not published.
“26. If required by the City, all plans and specifications covering the erection of a sign and supporting framework that are submitted as part of a sign permit application shall be certified by a Registered Professional Engineer as to the structural adequacy of the sign.”
Structure: s.26 — a Registered Professional Engineer’s certification if the City requires it; no printed threshold
“By-law 6999/09, as amended, is repealed.”
Pickering replaced its sign by-law in January 2025 (By-law 8154/25 repealed By-law 6999/09), and copies of the repealed by-law and a near-identical draft have been found still online. See the document warning below — this is the worst case of out-of-date copies in the set.
“By-law passed this 27th day of January, 2025.”
Pickering replaced its sign by-law in January 2025 (By-law 8154/25 repealed By-law 6999/09), and copies of the repealed by-law and a near-identical draft have been found still online. See the document warning below — this is the worst case of out-of-date copies in the set.
“By-law No. 8154 /25 A By-law to regulate signs in the City of Pickering”
Pickering replaced its sign by-law in January 2025 (By-law 8154/25 repealed By-law 6999/09), and copies of the repealed by-law and a near-identical draft have been found still online. See the document warning below — this is the worst case of out-of-date copies in the set.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
Wall-sign category unresolved. The commercial/industrial row in s.33(1) says “multi-tenant & multi-storey” and allows 15% of tenancy walls; the separate “All Other Uses” row allows 4.0 m² (43 sq ft). The reviewed text does not expressly identify a single-occupant commercial building. Ask Building Services which row applies to the building’s use, tenancy and storeys before relying on either allowance. No wall-sign size is calculated for this unconfirmed category.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
Wall-sign category unresolved. The commercial/industrial row in s.33(1) says “multi-tenant & multi-storey” and allows 15% of tenancy walls; the separate “All Other Uses” row allows 4.0 m² (43 sq ft). The reviewed text does not expressly identify a single-occupant commercial building. Ask Building Services which row applies to the building’s use, tenancy and storeys before relying on either allowance. No wall-sign size is calculated for this unconfirmed category.
““frontage” means the linear distance along the façade of the building, which is parallel to, or most close to being parallel to, an abutting public and/or private street.”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
“Commercial or industrial (less than 30 metre frontage) 4.0 metres 10.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
One ground sign per street frontage.
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“(d) Subject to subsection (e), a maximum of one ground sign shall be permitted for each street frontage on any one property. (e) A second ground sign shall be permitted on a property in a commercial or industrial zone where the street frontage is not less than 200 metres, and the ground signs are not located within 100 metres of each other.”
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
“Commercial or industrial (30 metre frontage or more) 6.0 metres 18.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(c) Every ground sign shall be located on the property to which the sign relates, and shall only reference businesses located on that property.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(i) within 3.0 metres of a driveway at the streetline;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
““sign height” means the vertical distance from the ground directly below the sign measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
Wall signs may cover up to 15% of the tenancy wall.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building. (h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Placement: first, second and highest storey only, on a building over one storey
“(e) In a commercial or industrial building containing multiple tenancies, the applicable building face area for a wall sign respecting an individual tenancy shall be measured only to the limits of the tenancy demising walls adjacent to the wall on which the sign is located.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(o) on a roof or projecting in whole or in part above the roof, eaves or parapet of a building;”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
““frontage” means the linear distance along the façade of the building, which is parallel to, or most close to being parallel to, an abutting public and/or private street.”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
“Commercial or industrial (less than 30 metre frontage) 4.0 metres 10.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
One ground sign per street frontage.
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“(d) Subject to subsection (e), a maximum of one ground sign shall be permitted for each street frontage on any one property. (e) A second ground sign shall be permitted on a property in a commercial or industrial zone where the street frontage is not less than 200 metres, and the ground signs are not located within 100 metres of each other.”
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
“Commercial or industrial (30 metre frontage or more) 6.0 metres 18.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(c) Every ground sign shall be located on the property to which the sign relates, and shall only reference businesses located on that property.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(i) within 3.0 metres of a driveway at the streetline;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
““sign height” means the vertical distance from the ground directly below the sign measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
Wall signs may cover up to 15% of the tenancy wall.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building. (h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Placement: first, second and highest storey only, on a building over one storey
“(e) In a commercial or industrial building containing multiple tenancies, the applicable building face area for a wall sign respecting an individual tenancy shall be measured only to the limits of the tenancy demising walls adjacent to the wall on which the sign is located.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(o) on a roof or projecting in whole or in part above the roof, eaves or parapet of a building;”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
““frontage” means the linear distance along the façade of the building, which is parallel to, or most close to being parallel to, an abutting public and/or private street.”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
“Commercial or industrial (less than 30 metre frontage) 4.0 metres 10.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
One ground sign per street frontage.
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“(d) Subject to subsection (e), a maximum of one ground sign shall be permitted for each street frontage on any one property. (e) A second ground sign shall be permitted on a property in a commercial or industrial zone where the street frontage is not less than 200 metres, and the ground signs are not located within 100 metres of each other.”
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
“Commercial or industrial (30 metre frontage or more) 6.0 metres 18.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(c) Every ground sign shall be located on the property to which the sign relates, and shall only reference businesses located on that property.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(i) within 3.0 metres of a driveway at the streetline;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
““sign height” means the vertical distance from the ground directly below the sign measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“High Density Residential 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres Institutional 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“(f) No wall sign shall be erected for a high density residential use other than a sign displaying the building identification, corporate logo or similar content on the highest storey of the building, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade and shall not exceed 6.0 square metres in sign area.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
“High Density Residential 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“Institutional 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The wall sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
One wall sign per frontage.
The “All Other Uses” row: a flat 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the cap is 1.5 m² (16 sq ft).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
The “All Other Uses” row: a flat 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the cap is 1.5 m² (16 sq ft).
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
The “All Other Uses” row: a flat 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the cap is 1.5 m² (16 sq ft).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 6 m² (65 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign per street frontage.
The “All Other Uses” row: 6.0 m² (65 sq ft) and 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) tall, one per street frontage, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in).
The ground sign can be no taller than 3 m (9 ft 10 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
The “All Other Uses” row: 6.0 m² (65 sq ft) and 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) tall, one per street frontage, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in).
“Low Density Residential Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited”
Pickering’s s.33(1) table prohibits wall signs for a low-density residential use outright. The only routes are the home-based business rule in s.61 or whatever By-law 7686/19 permits (the sign by-law refers to it without saying what it covers).
“(b) Except as permitted by By-law 7686/19, as amended or replaced from time to time, and Section 61 (home-based businesses), no wall sign shall be erected for a low density residential use.”
Pickering’s s.33(1) table prohibits wall signs for a low-density residential use outright. The only routes are the home-based business rule in s.61 or whatever By-law 7686/19 permits (the sign by-law refers to it without saying what it covers).
“Low Density Residential Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited Part of the Open Space System Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited”
Pickering’s s.32(1) table prohibits ground signs on low-density residential land and on land that is part of the Open Space System.
“High Density Residential 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres Institutional 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
The wall sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One wall sign per frontage.
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“(f) No wall sign shall be erected for a high density residential use other than a sign displaying the building identification, corporate logo or similar content on the highest storey of the building, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade and shall not exceed 6.0 square metres in sign area.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“High Density Residential 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“Institutional 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“High Density Residential 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres Institutional 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“(f) No wall sign shall be erected for a high density residential use other than a sign displaying the building identification, corporate logo or similar content on the highest storey of the building, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade and shall not exceed 6.0 square metres in sign area.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
“High Density Residential 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“Institutional 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“Must operate within maximum night time luminance between 9:00 pm to 8:00 am for signs located within 200 metres of a residential use, and in all other instances, between 11:00 pm to 7:00 am”
For electronic message displays, the maximum night-time luminance applies from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. within 200 metres of a residential use, and from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. elsewhere. This is a dimming requirement, not a general shut-off rule for all illuminated signs.
There are separate residential distances, and they are easy to confuse. The SETBACK for an electronic message display is 100 metres from a residential use or zone. The 200 metre figure is not a setback — it is the trigger for the earlier dimming window.
“(a) No person shall erect an electronic message display that contains full motion video, animation or movement except for billboard signs. This does not include menu boards.”
No full motion video, animation or movement, except on billboard signs; menu boards are excluded from that rule
Section 63(2)(a) prohibits full motion video, animation and movement on electronic message displays, with an exception for billboard signs; the clause also excludes menu boards. These exceptions do not remove other applicable requirements. Section 66(a) separately prohibits electronic message displays in Special Sign Districts; section 66(b) excepts community event signs. Confirm the location and sign classification.
“Permitted sign types Only permitted on permanent ground signs, wall signs and billboard signs”
Permanent ground signs, wall signs and billboard signs only — not on any temporary or licensed sign type
An ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts luminance to conditions is mandatory (s.63(2)(c)). Content is limited to alphanumeric characters and digital images. Size and height follow the ordinary ground, wall and billboard provisions.
“Minimum setback from a residential use/zone 100 metres Minimum setback from another electronic message display 100 metres Minimum setback from property line 3.0 metres Permitted content Alphanumeric characters and digital images Minimum dwell time 6 seconds Maximum day time luminance 5,000 nits Maximum night time luminance 300 nits”
6 seconds minimum
An ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts luminance to conditions is mandatory (s.63(2)(c)). Content is limited to alphanumeric characters and digital images. Size and height follow the ordinary ground, wall and billboard provisions.
100 metres from a residential use or zone, and 100 metres from another electronic message display; 3.0 metres from a property line
A digital or lit sign can be no brighter than 5,000 nits in daylight (a nit is the standard measure of screen brightness).
At night it must dim to no more than 300 nits.
The 5,000 and 300 nit limits in s.63(1) apply to electronic message displays. No numerical brightness or lux spill limit for conventional internally illuminated signs was identified in the reviewed by-law. That does not establish permission or compliance: the general traffic-visibility restriction and applicable sign-type, location and approval conditions still need review.
There are separate residential distances, and they are easy to confuse. The SETBACK for an electronic message display is 100 metres from a residential use or zone. The 200 metre figure is not a setback — it is the trigger for the earlier dimming window.
“(c) All electronic message displays require an ambient light sensor that will automatically adjust the sign luminance according to the environmental conditions.”
An ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts luminance to conditions is mandatory (s.63(2)(c)). Content is limited to alphanumeric characters and digital images. Size and height follow the ordinary ground, wall and billboard provisions.
“(y) no sign shall, by reason of its size, location, content, colouring or manner of illumination, obstruct the vision of drivers entering or leaving a city street, regional road, or provincial highway from or to another city street, regional road or a provincial highway or private road or driveway or obstruct, detract from or interfere with the visibility or effectiveness of any traffic sign or traffic signal light”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
The 5,000 and 300 nit limits in s.63(1) apply to electronic message displays. No numerical brightness or lux spill limit for conventional internally illuminated signs was identified in the reviewed by-law. That does not establish permission or compliance: the general traffic-visibility restriction and applicable sign-type, location and approval conditions still need review.
“No person shall erect a home-based business sign that is internally illuminated.”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
“(c) Portable signs may be illuminated but shall not incorporate electronic message displays, moving parts, or flashing lights or fluorescent materials.”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
“(e) No portable sign shall be capable of being connected to a power supply without written Electrical Safety Authority approval.”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
“66. (a) No development sign, portable sign, banner sign, inflatable sign, flag sign or electronic message display shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Section 63(2)(a) prohibits full motion video, animation and movement on electronic message displays, with an exception for billboard signs; the clause also excludes menu boards. These exceptions do not remove other applicable requirements. Section 66(a) separately prohibits electronic message displays in Special Sign Districts; section 66(b) excepts community event signs. Confirm the location and sign classification.
“(b) Section 66. (a) does not apply to community event signs.”
Section 63(2)(a) prohibits full motion video, animation and movement on electronic message displays, with an exception for billboard signs; the clause also excludes menu boards. These exceptions do not remove other applicable requirements. Section 66(a) separately prohibits electronic message displays in Special Sign Districts; section 66(b) excepts community event signs. Confirm the location and sign classification.
“68. Variances for any sign requiring a sign permit must be approved by the Director.”
the Director, who may approve, refuse or impose conditions (ss.68 and 78), optionally after the City’s Site Plan Review Panel (s.74). Part 6 does not state an appeal route; confirm any available review process with the City
“74. Prior to making a determination on any variance application, the application details may be brought to the attention of the City's Site Plan Review Panel.”
the Director, who may approve, refuse or impose conditions (ss.68 and 78), optionally after the City’s Site Plan Review Panel (s.74). Part 6 does not state an appeal route; confirm any available review process with the City
“78. The Director may approve or refuse any variance application, and may impose any conditions upon an approval as he or she determines to be appropriate.”
the Director, who may approve, refuse or impose conditions (ss.68 and 78), optionally after the City’s Site Plan Review Panel (s.74). Part 6 does not state an appeal route; confirm any available review process with the City
“Ground Sign $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026 Wall Sign $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026 Development Sign $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026”
The permit is a flat $695.
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
These fees are from the 2026 fee schedule.
“Billboard Permit $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026”
The permit is a flat $695.
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“17. Any fees charged under this By-law are as outlined in the City’s current General Municipal Fees By-law, as amended from time to time, and are per sign and non-refundable.”
The permit is a flat $695.
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“Records Management Fee (all other permit applications) 3% to a maximum of $311.00 ($13.35 min) 3% to a maximum of $311.00 ($13.35 min) N No Increase”
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“By-law No. 8264/26”
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“Sign Variance - ground sign, wall sign or development sign $714.00 $786.00 N July 1, 2026”
Asking for a variance (permission to go beyond the by-law) costs $786.
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“Revision Fee $183.00 $201.00 N July 1, 2026”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“Additional fee for any sign installed prior to permit issuance $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“(e) be accompanied by the applicable fee(s) set out in the City’s current General Municipal Fees By-law, as amended from time to time;”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“69. An application for a sign variance shall be made on the appropriate form and shall be accompanied with the prescribed fee set out in the City’s current General Municipal Fees By-law.”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
Sign By-law 8154/25, passed 27 January 2025 — original enactment, not a consolidation. What the published by-law allows, how big, whether a sign can be lit, what it costs, and which copy of the by-law to trust.
What we hold: we calculate the size and count limits, so a check here gives you a number · lighting and digital rules read in full · fees and timelines from the published schedule.
Two questions, no dimensions needed. You get the maximum for your sign type, the lighting rules, the fee and the sections it all came from.
Start a check →| Sign type | Here | Most you’d get | The rule | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
On the building Fascia, wall sign, channel letters | Depends on district | s.33 — institutional 4.0 m² (43 sq ft); residential table 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) versus specific clause 6.0 m² (65 sq ft) remains unresolved; qualified commercial/industrial and mixed-use rows 15%; Special Sign District 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) read it · p.14 ↗ | ||
Freestanding Pylon or monument out front | Depends on district | s.32 — commercial or industrial with 30 m (98 ft) of frontage or more: 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) and 6.0 m (20 ft) tall read it · p.13 ↗ | ||
Projecting Blade sign off the wall | Depends on district | Depends on the sign district. Start a check and pick the district to get the figure. | ||
Small directional Entrance or drive-aisle sign | Depends on district | Usually falls under the ground sign rules unless the by-law carves out directional signs — s.32 — commercial or industrial with 30 m (98 ft) of frontage or more: 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) and 6.0 m (20 ft) tall read it · p.13 ↗ | ||
New face, same frame Replacing the face of a sign already there | Unresolved | A face replacement may be a copy change, maintenance or an alteration under the applicable by-law. Confirm the existing sign’s lawful status and whether changes to its face, structure, area or illumination require a permit. A permit exemption does not establish permission to install. | ||
Window signs & graphics Lettering, decals and signs behind glass | Review needed | Window-sign calculations are not yet verified for this municipality and category. Confirm classification, coverage, placement and permit requirements with the municipality. | ||
Temporary promotional Banners, mobile signs and short-term promotions | Review guidance only | Review guidance only. No size limit, fee, exemption or permitted display period has been validated for this category. Confirm the exact sign format, location, display period and any renewal or repeat-display limits. Temporary use does not itself establish a permit exemption. | ||
Construction & development Development marketing, builder signs and hoarding | Review guidance only | Review guidance only. No size limit, fee, exemption or permitted display period has been validated for this category. Confirm whether this is development advertising, builder identification, hoarding graphics or a required notice. Provide the project stage, proposed copy and location; these purposes may follow different requirements. | ||
Real estate For sale, for lease and open-house signs | Review guidance only | Review guidance only. No size limit, fee, exemption or permitted display period has been validated for this category. Confirm the property use, whether the sign is at the listed property or off-site, and the applicable removal deadline. New-development marketing may be classified separately from an ordinary sale or lease sign. | ||
Event signage Commercial, community and private events | Review guidance only | Review guidance only. No size limit, fee, exemption or permitted display period has been validated for this category. Confirm the organizer, commercial content, sign format, location and display dates. Community events, private celebrations and election signs may follow separate rules; an event permit does not establish permission for every sign. |
“Up to” means we have the rule but not your dimensions — start a check and enter them to get your actual numbers. “Rule on file” means we have read the section and can take you to it, but have not turned it into a calculation — so no number, on purpose. “Depends on district” means we do calculate it, but the figure changes with the sign district, so pick one to see it.
General lighting restrictions and sign-type conditions apply. Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
| Brightness | 5,000 nits by day · 300 nits at night (nits: screen brightness) These apply to digital signs only. A conventional internally lit sign has no numeric cap in this by-law. |
| Hours it must be off or dimmed | For electronic message displays, the maximum night-time luminance applies from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. within 200 metres of a residential use, and from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. elsewhere. This is a dimming requirement, not a general shut-off rule for all illuminated signs. s.63(1) |
| Up-lighting | Not addressed The by-law says nothing about the direction of light. Not the same as permission. |
| Near housing | There are separate residential distances, and they are easy to confuse. The SETBACK for an electronic message display is 100 metres from a residential use or zone. The 200 metre figure is not a setback — it is the trigger for the earlier dimming window. s.63(1) |
The 5,000 and 300 nit limits in s.63(1) apply to electronic message displays. No numerical brightness or lux spill limit for conventional internally illuminated signs was identified in the reviewed by-law. That does not establish permission or compliance: the general traffic-visibility restriction and applicable sign-type, location and approval conditions still need review.
You said this one has no digital or changing message, so we have left those rules out. If that changes, they are in s.63.
Read it yourself: s.50(2)(c), (e); s.61; s.62(y); s.63 of Sign By-law 8154/25 ↗
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
No verified processing target is recorded here for Pickering. Ask the sign-permit office which review stream applies, when its clock starts, and whether other approvals are prerequisites.
Decided by the Director, who may approve, refuse or impose conditions (ss.68 and 78), optionally after the City’s Site Plan Review Panel (s.74). Part 6 does not state an appeal route; confirm any available review process with the City. No appeal route is stated in the by-law — ask the municipality whether there is one. $786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
The entered details do not establish whether professional design or construction review is required. The 2024 Ontario Building Code Compendium, Division C, Articles 1.2.1.2.(6)–(7) and 1.2.2.1.(8)–(9), distinguishes design from construction review and permits an architect, professional engineer or both for these sign provisions. Confirm the applicable Code edition, sign classification, each face area, total weight, height and mounting with the municipal building-permit office. Being below a listed threshold does not clear other structural or local requirements. Official Code source: https://www.publications.gov.on.ca/store/20170501121/Free_Download_Files/301880.pdf
8154/25 · Passed 27 January 2025 — original enactment, not a consolidation · PDF, 49 pages
A consolidation is the by-law’s text with its later amendments folded in; the date says how current that copy is.
Open the by-law ↗Straight to the sections the numbers above come from:
| What you want | Where it is | |
|---|---|---|
| Wall signs | s.33 — institutional 4.0 m² (43 sq ft); residential table 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) versus specific clause 6.0 m² (65 sq ft) remains unresolved; qualified commercial/industrial and mixed-use rows 15%; Special Sign District 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) | open · p.14 ↗ |
| Ground signs | s.32 — commercial or industrial with 30 m (98 ft) of frontage or more: 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) and 6.0 m (20 ft) tall | open · p.13 ↗ |
| Variance | Part 6, ss.68–79 — the Director decides, optionally after the Site Plan Review Panel; this Part does not state an appeal route | open · p.31 ↗ |
| Structure | s.26 — a Registered Professional Engineer’s certification if the City requires it; no printed threshold | open · p.11 ↗ |
Page jumps are close, not exact — a cover sheet or table of contents can shift a PDF by a page or two. The section number is the reliable part.
Also worth having open:
Each figure above, in the by-law’s own words. Every quote was checked against the published document, and is re-checked whenever the document is re-read; a figure without one is not published.
“26. If required by the City, all plans and specifications covering the erection of a sign and supporting framework that are submitted as part of a sign permit application shall be certified by a Registered Professional Engineer as to the structural adequacy of the sign.”
Structure: s.26 — a Registered Professional Engineer’s certification if the City requires it; no printed threshold
“By-law 6999/09, as amended, is repealed.”
Pickering replaced its sign by-law in January 2025 (By-law 8154/25 repealed By-law 6999/09), and copies of the repealed by-law and a near-identical draft have been found still online. See the document warning below — this is the worst case of out-of-date copies in the set.
“By-law passed this 27th day of January, 2025.”
Pickering replaced its sign by-law in January 2025 (By-law 8154/25 repealed By-law 6999/09), and copies of the repealed by-law and a near-identical draft have been found still online. See the document warning below — this is the worst case of out-of-date copies in the set.
“By-law No. 8154 /25 A By-law to regulate signs in the City of Pickering”
Pickering replaced its sign by-law in January 2025 (By-law 8154/25 repealed By-law 6999/09), and copies of the repealed by-law and a near-identical draft have been found still online. See the document warning below — this is the worst case of out-of-date copies in the set.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
Wall-sign category unresolved. The commercial/industrial row in s.33(1) says “multi-tenant & multi-storey” and allows 15% of tenancy walls; the separate “All Other Uses” row allows 4.0 m² (43 sq ft). The reviewed text does not expressly identify a single-occupant commercial building. Ask Building Services which row applies to the building’s use, tenancy and storeys before relying on either allowance. No wall-sign size is calculated for this unconfirmed category.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
Wall-sign category unresolved. The commercial/industrial row in s.33(1) says “multi-tenant & multi-storey” and allows 15% of tenancy walls; the separate “All Other Uses” row allows 4.0 m² (43 sq ft). The reviewed text does not expressly identify a single-occupant commercial building. Ask Building Services which row applies to the building’s use, tenancy and storeys before relying on either allowance. No wall-sign size is calculated for this unconfirmed category.
““frontage” means the linear distance along the façade of the building, which is parallel to, or most close to being parallel to, an abutting public and/or private street.”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
“Commercial or industrial (less than 30 metre frontage) 4.0 metres 10.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
One ground sign per street frontage.
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“(d) Subject to subsection (e), a maximum of one ground sign shall be permitted for each street frontage on any one property. (e) A second ground sign shall be permitted on a property in a commercial or industrial zone where the street frontage is not less than 200 metres, and the ground signs are not located within 100 metres of each other.”
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
“Commercial or industrial (30 metre frontage or more) 6.0 metres 18.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(c) Every ground sign shall be located on the property to which the sign relates, and shall only reference businesses located on that property.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(i) within 3.0 metres of a driveway at the streetline;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
““sign height” means the vertical distance from the ground directly below the sign measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
Wall signs may cover up to 15% of the tenancy wall.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building. (h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Placement: first, second and highest storey only, on a building over one storey
“(e) In a commercial or industrial building containing multiple tenancies, the applicable building face area for a wall sign respecting an individual tenancy shall be measured only to the limits of the tenancy demising walls adjacent to the wall on which the sign is located.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(o) on a roof or projecting in whole or in part above the roof, eaves or parapet of a building;”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
““frontage” means the linear distance along the façade of the building, which is parallel to, or most close to being parallel to, an abutting public and/or private street.”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
“Commercial or industrial (less than 30 metre frontage) 4.0 metres 10.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
One ground sign per street frontage.
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“(d) Subject to subsection (e), a maximum of one ground sign shall be permitted for each street frontage on any one property. (e) A second ground sign shall be permitted on a property in a commercial or industrial zone where the street frontage is not less than 200 metres, and the ground signs are not located within 100 metres of each other.”
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
“Commercial or industrial (30 metre frontage or more) 6.0 metres 18.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(c) Every ground sign shall be located on the property to which the sign relates, and shall only reference businesses located on that property.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(i) within 3.0 metres of a driveway at the streetline;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
““sign height” means the vertical distance from the ground directly below the sign measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
Wall signs may cover up to 15% of the tenancy wall.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building. (h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
One per owner or tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls. On a building over two storeys, one per wall face of the highest storey. Canopy signs come out of the same 15% — they are not additional.
Placement: first, second and highest storey only, on a building over one storey
“(e) In a commercial or industrial building containing multiple tenancies, the applicable building face area for a wall sign respecting an individual tenancy shall be measured only to the limits of the tenancy demising walls adjacent to the wall on which the sign is located.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(o) on a roof or projecting in whole or in part above the roof, eaves or parapet of a building;”
Use this calculation only when the selected table category applies to the building. Pickering measures a tenancy’s wall only between its own demising walls (s.33(2)(e)), so the 15% is a share of your unit’s face, not the building’s. Inside a Special Sign District each wall sign is capped at 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)); the shared tenancy allowance needs separate confirmation. No sign may sit on, or project above, the roof, eaves or parapet (s.62(o)).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
““frontage” means the linear distance along the façade of the building, which is parallel to, or most close to being parallel to, an abutting public and/or private street.”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
“Commercial or industrial (less than 30 metre frontage) 4.0 metres 10.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
“Frontage” in this by-law is the linear distance along the FAÇADE OF THE building most nearly parallel to the street (s.4) — not the width of the lot. The 30 m (98 ft) test therefore turns on your building, not your property line, which is not how most municipalities in this set measure it. Measure the building before deciding which tier you are in.
One ground sign per street frontage.
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“(d) Subject to subsection (e), a maximum of one ground sign shall be permitted for each street frontage on any one property. (e) A second ground sign shall be permitted on a property in a commercial or industrial zone where the street frontage is not less than 200 metres, and the ground signs are not located within 100 metres of each other.”
One ground sign per street frontage. A second is permitted only where the frontage is at least 200 m (656 ft) and the signs stand at least 100 m (328 ft) apart (s.32(2)(e)) — a different threshold from the 30 m (98 ft) size step.
“Commercial or industrial (30 metre frontage or more) 6.0 metres 18.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
By frontage: up to 30 m (98 ft) → 10 m² (108 sq ft); over 30 m (98 ft) → 18 m² (194 sq ft). Height steps up with it: 4 m (13 ft), 6 m (20 ft).
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(c) Every ground sign shall be located on the property to which the sign relates, and shall only reference businesses located on that property.”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“(i) within 3.0 metres of a driveway at the streetline;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
““sign height” means the vertical distance from the ground directly below the sign measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure;”
Thirty metres of frontage is the step: below it 10.0 m² (108 sq ft) at 4.0 m (13 ft) tall, at or above it 18.0 m² (194 sq ft) at 6.0 m (20 ft). The 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) setback is measured from the property LINE, not the street line. Watch a second 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) rule that is easy to conflate: s.62(i) prohibits a sign within 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) of a driveway at the streetline. Both apply at once. Sign height is measured to the highest extremity of the sign, including the sign structure. Inside a Special Sign District a ground sign is capped at 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) AND 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals and may reference only businesses on that property.
“High Density Residential 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres Institutional 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“(f) No wall sign shall be erected for a high density residential use other than a sign displaying the building identification, corporate logo or similar content on the highest storey of the building, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade and shall not exceed 6.0 square metres in sign area.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
This previously combined category needs a specific use selection. Choose Institutional or High-density residential above. Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
“High Density Residential 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“Institutional 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“Commercial / Industrial (multi-tenant & multi - storey) 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres Mixed-use Building 15 percent of tenancy walls 1 per owner/tenant per frontage of the tenancy walls 2.4 metres All Other Uses 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The wall sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
One wall sign per frontage.
The “All Other Uses” row: a flat 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the cap is 1.5 m² (16 sq ft).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
The “All Other Uses” row: a flat 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the cap is 1.5 m² (16 sq ft).
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
The “All Other Uses” row: a flat 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the cap is 1.5 m² (16 sq ft).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“All Other Uses 3.0 metres 6.0 square metres 1 per street frontage 3.0 metres *setback from property lines”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 6 m² (65 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign per street frontage.
The “All Other Uses” row: 6.0 m² (65 sq ft) and 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) tall, one per street frontage, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in).
The ground sign can be no taller than 3 m (9 ft 10 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
The “All Other Uses” row: 6.0 m² (65 sq ft) and 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) tall, one per street frontage, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in).
“Low Density Residential Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited”
Pickering’s s.33(1) table prohibits wall signs for a low-density residential use outright. The only routes are the home-based business rule in s.61 or whatever By-law 7686/19 permits (the sign by-law refers to it without saying what it covers).
“(b) Except as permitted by By-law 7686/19, as amended or replaced from time to time, and Section 61 (home-based businesses), no wall sign shall be erected for a low density residential use.”
Pickering’s s.33(1) table prohibits wall signs for a low-density residential use outright. The only routes are the home-based business rule in s.61 or whatever By-law 7686/19 permits (the sign by-law refers to it without saying what it covers).
“Low Density Residential Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited Part of the Open Space System Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited Prohibited”
Pickering’s s.32(1) table prohibits ground signs on low-density residential land and on land that is part of the Open Space System.
“High Density Residential 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres Institutional 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
The wall sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One wall sign per frontage.
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“(f) No wall sign shall be erected for a high density residential use other than a sign displaying the building identification, corporate logo or similar content on the highest storey of the building, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade and shall not exceed 6.0 square metres in sign area.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
On a building with more than 1 storey above grade, wall signs may be on the first, second or highest storey only. On a building more than 2 storeys above grade, the highest storey is also limited to one wall sign per wall face (s.33(2)(g),(h)). Confirm the elevation and sign count.
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
The institutional table row permits 4.0 m² (43 sq ft) per frontage. Inside a Special Sign District the wall-sign cap is 1.5 m² (s.33(2)(a)). Wall and canopy signs share the tenancy area allowance (s.33(2)(d)).
“High Density Residential 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“Institutional 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“High Density Residential 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres Institutional 4.0 square metres 1 per frontage 2.4 metres”
The bottom of the sign must be at least 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) above the ground or walkway below.
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(i) No part of a wall sign shall project more than 0.5 metres from the building”
It can stick out no more than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) from the wall.
“(f) No wall sign shall be erected for a high density residential use other than a sign displaying the building identification, corporate logo or similar content on the highest storey of the building, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade and shall not exceed 6.0 square metres in sign area.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 33. (1), no wall sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(g) No wall sign shall be erected on any building that contains more than 1 storey above grade other than on the first storey, the second storey, and highest storey of such building.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(h) A maximum of one wall sign may be erected on each wall face of the highest storey of a building that is more than 2 storeys above grade.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
Building identification, corporate logo or similar content only; highest storey, a minimum of 2 storeys above grade. Confirm content and elevation. One per frontage; on buildings over 2 storeys, also one per highest-storey wall face. Wall and canopy area is combined.
“(d) The maximum sign area per tenancy includes the combined sign area of wall signs and canopy signs.”
Residential wall-sign area needs confirmation: the s.33(1) table lists 4.0 m² (43 sq ft), while s.33(2)(f) says 6.0 m² (65 sq ft). The reviewed source does not settle whether the specific clause replaces the table limit or both apply. Ask Building Services to reconcile these provisions before relying on either figure. No residential wall-sign allowance is calculated. Inside a Special Sign District, s.33(2)(a) separately limits wall signs to 1.5 m² (16 sq ft); district applicability still needs checking.
“High Density Residential 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“Institutional 2.0 metres 4.0 square metres 1 3.0 metres”
The ground sign allowance tops out at 4 m² (43 sq ft), however big the building or lot.
One ground sign the table prints 1 and does not say per what.
Number, per what: the table prints 1 and does not say per what
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
The ground sign can be no taller than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Keep it at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) back from the property line.
“(a) Notwithstanding section 32. (1), no ground sign exceeding 1.5 square metres in sign area or 1.5 metres in sign height shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“(b) Every ground sign shall contain the municipal address number in numerals”
4.0 m² (43 sq ft) and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, one sign, 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) from property lines. Inside a Special Sign District: 1.5 m² (16 sq ft) and 1.5 m (s.32(2)(a)). Every ground sign must carry the municipal address in numerals.
“Must operate within maximum night time luminance between 9:00 pm to 8:00 am for signs located within 200 metres of a residential use, and in all other instances, between 11:00 pm to 7:00 am”
For electronic message displays, the maximum night-time luminance applies from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. within 200 metres of a residential use, and from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. elsewhere. This is a dimming requirement, not a general shut-off rule for all illuminated signs.
There are separate residential distances, and they are easy to confuse. The SETBACK for an electronic message display is 100 metres from a residential use or zone. The 200 metre figure is not a setback — it is the trigger for the earlier dimming window.
“(a) No person shall erect an electronic message display that contains full motion video, animation or movement except for billboard signs. This does not include menu boards.”
No full motion video, animation or movement, except on billboard signs; menu boards are excluded from that rule
Section 63(2)(a) prohibits full motion video, animation and movement on electronic message displays, with an exception for billboard signs; the clause also excludes menu boards. These exceptions do not remove other applicable requirements. Section 66(a) separately prohibits electronic message displays in Special Sign Districts; section 66(b) excepts community event signs. Confirm the location and sign classification.
“Permitted sign types Only permitted on permanent ground signs, wall signs and billboard signs”
Permanent ground signs, wall signs and billboard signs only — not on any temporary or licensed sign type
An ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts luminance to conditions is mandatory (s.63(2)(c)). Content is limited to alphanumeric characters and digital images. Size and height follow the ordinary ground, wall and billboard provisions.
“Minimum setback from a residential use/zone 100 metres Minimum setback from another electronic message display 100 metres Minimum setback from property line 3.0 metres Permitted content Alphanumeric characters and digital images Minimum dwell time 6 seconds Maximum day time luminance 5,000 nits Maximum night time luminance 300 nits”
6 seconds minimum
An ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts luminance to conditions is mandatory (s.63(2)(c)). Content is limited to alphanumeric characters and digital images. Size and height follow the ordinary ground, wall and billboard provisions.
100 metres from a residential use or zone, and 100 metres from another electronic message display; 3.0 metres from a property line
A digital or lit sign can be no brighter than 5,000 nits in daylight (a nit is the standard measure of screen brightness).
At night it must dim to no more than 300 nits.
The 5,000 and 300 nit limits in s.63(1) apply to electronic message displays. No numerical brightness or lux spill limit for conventional internally illuminated signs was identified in the reviewed by-law. That does not establish permission or compliance: the general traffic-visibility restriction and applicable sign-type, location and approval conditions still need review.
There are separate residential distances, and they are easy to confuse. The SETBACK for an electronic message display is 100 metres from a residential use or zone. The 200 metre figure is not a setback — it is the trigger for the earlier dimming window.
“(c) All electronic message displays require an ambient light sensor that will automatically adjust the sign luminance according to the environmental conditions.”
An ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts luminance to conditions is mandatory (s.63(2)(c)). Content is limited to alphanumeric characters and digital images. Size and height follow the ordinary ground, wall and billboard provisions.
“(y) no sign shall, by reason of its size, location, content, colouring or manner of illumination, obstruct the vision of drivers entering or leaving a city street, regional road, or provincial highway from or to another city street, regional road or a provincial highway or private road or driveway or obstruct, detract from or interfere with the visibility or effectiveness of any traffic sign or traffic signal light”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
The 5,000 and 300 nit limits in s.63(1) apply to electronic message displays. No numerical brightness or lux spill limit for conventional internally illuminated signs was identified in the reviewed by-law. That does not establish permission or compliance: the general traffic-visibility restriction and applicable sign-type, location and approval conditions still need review.
“No person shall erect a home-based business sign that is internally illuminated.”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
“(c) Portable signs may be illuminated but shall not incorporate electronic message displays, moving parts, or flashing lights or fluorescent materials.”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
“(e) No portable sign shall be capable of being connected to a power supply without written Electrical Safety Authority approval.”
Lighting must not obstruct drivers’ vision or interfere with traffic signs and signals (s.62(y)). Other sign-type restrictions include a ban on internally illuminated home-based business signs (s.61). Portable signs may be illuminated, but cannot use electronic message displays, moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials; they need written Electrical Safety Authority approval before they are capable of connection to a power supply (s.50(2)(c), (e)). These portable-sign conditions do not grant permission for another sign type. Confirm the applicable sign definition, location and permit conditions before choosing the lighting.
“66. (a) No development sign, portable sign, banner sign, inflatable sign, flag sign or electronic message display shall be erected in a Special Sign District.”
Section 63(2)(a) prohibits full motion video, animation and movement on electronic message displays, with an exception for billboard signs; the clause also excludes menu boards. These exceptions do not remove other applicable requirements. Section 66(a) separately prohibits electronic message displays in Special Sign Districts; section 66(b) excepts community event signs. Confirm the location and sign classification.
“(b) Section 66. (a) does not apply to community event signs.”
Section 63(2)(a) prohibits full motion video, animation and movement on electronic message displays, with an exception for billboard signs; the clause also excludes menu boards. These exceptions do not remove other applicable requirements. Section 66(a) separately prohibits electronic message displays in Special Sign Districts; section 66(b) excepts community event signs. Confirm the location and sign classification.
“68. Variances for any sign requiring a sign permit must be approved by the Director.”
the Director, who may approve, refuse or impose conditions (ss.68 and 78), optionally after the City’s Site Plan Review Panel (s.74). Part 6 does not state an appeal route; confirm any available review process with the City
“74. Prior to making a determination on any variance application, the application details may be brought to the attention of the City's Site Plan Review Panel.”
the Director, who may approve, refuse or impose conditions (ss.68 and 78), optionally after the City’s Site Plan Review Panel (s.74). Part 6 does not state an appeal route; confirm any available review process with the City
“78. The Director may approve or refuse any variance application, and may impose any conditions upon an approval as he or she determines to be appropriate.”
the Director, who may approve, refuse or impose conditions (ss.68 and 78), optionally after the City’s Site Plan Review Panel (s.74). Part 6 does not state an appeal route; confirm any available review process with the City
“Ground Sign $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026 Wall Sign $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026 Development Sign $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026”
The permit is a flat $695.
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
These fees are from the 2026 fee schedule.
“Billboard Permit $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026”
The permit is a flat $695.
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“17. Any fees charged under this By-law are as outlined in the City’s current General Municipal Fees By-law, as amended from time to time, and are per sign and non-refundable.”
The permit is a flat $695.
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“Records Management Fee (all other permit applications) 3% to a maximum of $311.00 ($13.35 min) 3% to a maximum of $311.00 ($13.35 min) N No Increase”
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“By-law No. 8264/26”
Complete bill unresolved. The confirmed base permit fee is $695.00 per ground, wall, development sign or billboard under By-law 8264/26, effective July 1, 2026, with no HST on those rows. Sign By-law s.17 makes its fees per sign and non-refundable. The enacted schedule also lists a records-management charge for all other permit applications: 3%, minimum $13.35, maximum $311.00. Confirm the percentage base, how it applies to multiple signs, and any other applicable charges before relying on a total.
“Sign Variance - ground sign, wall sign or development sign $714.00 $786.00 N July 1, 2026”
Asking for a variance (permission to go beyond the by-law) costs $786.
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“Revision Fee $183.00 $201.00 N July 1, 2026”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“Additional fee for any sign installed prior to permit issuance $632.00 $695.00 N July 1, 2026”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“(e) be accompanied by the applicable fee(s) set out in the City’s current General Municipal Fees By-law, as amended from time to time;”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
“69. An application for a sign variance shall be made on the appropriate form and shall be accompanied with the prescribed fee set out in the City’s current General Municipal Fees By-law.”
$786.00 is the variance fee for a ground, wall or development sign, separate from the permit fee. A permit revision is $201.00; a further $695.00 applies to a sign installed before permit issuance. These rows take effect July 1, 2026 and show no HST. Confirm the applicable category and combined charges; the variance amount is not established for other sign types.
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When you choose Give feedback and send the form, we store the category, message (up to 4,000 characters), optional reply email, a random submission reference, submission date and accepted Privacy Notice version in our existing Cloudflare review queue. If you tick Include basic diagnostics, we also store the page category, screen-size group and site build shown in the form. We do not attach the URL, address, project, report, account identity or browsing history. We use this to investigate problems and plan improvements, and may use your supplied email to respond about your message. No marketing subscription is created. Feedback is deleted after 12 months when the next feedback submission triggers cleanup; you may request earlier deletion from the Privacy Officer. Existing provider backups may retain deleted records temporarily. A separate keyed connection counter limits submissions for one hour; the connection address is not stored with feedback.
You may optionally save an internal job number of up to 64 characters with a project, alongside its existing name. It follows the project’s existing access, sharing and deletion rules. It is used for account display and search and included in your personal project-details export. It is excluded from customer PDFs, web reports and shared check links. Editing names or job numbers changes current project metadata without replacing earlier report versions.
If you have an active membership, you can explicitly save up to 200 projects to your account. We store the project name, check inputs (including address, municipality, sign type, dimensions and selected checklist answers), creation and update dates, the Privacy Notice version confirmed when saving, and an account-linked identifier in our existing Cloudflare database. Each new save can also retain a dated result summary, report reference, software and rules versions, and both generated PDFs in the same database, including map findings and source dates contained in the reports. Up to 20 dated versions are retained per project, with no automatic removal of older versions. This lets you reopen inputs or view and download the original saved reports on another device after signing in. New projects are private to the person who saved them, including individual teammates. On an active Pro account, the creator can explicitly share a project and all its dated versions with selected current teammates. Those selected can view and edit inputs, save new versions, download reports and make private duplicates. Only the creator can manage sharing or delete the project and its versions. We store the sharing selection and update date, creator and selected teammate email addresses, and the email address of the person saving each new report version. Selected collaborators can see the creator and saver email addresses. The sharing chooser lists existing team email addresses so a creator can select the intended people; it does not add people to the billing account.
We retain saved projects and dated versions until the creator deletes them or asks us to delete them. Sharing selections remain until the creator changes them, deletes the project, or a relevant teammate is removed. Removing a teammate revokes their shared access, and removes sharing on projects they created; re-adding the person does not restore those grants. Shared access is paused without an active Pro plan. Removing access cannot recall reports already downloaded or private duplicates already created. The creator can delete an individual dated version, or delete a project and all its versions. Cancelling a membership does not automatically delete projects: the account holder can still sign in to open, download or delete them, but an active membership is required to save changes. A removed teammate loses access; contact the Privacy Officer for access or deletion assistance. Deleting a project removes it and all its dated versions from the active database; provider recovery copies may remain under Cloudflare’s backup retention. Clearing browser history does not delete account-saved projects.
When you choose System, Light or Dark while signed in, we store that choice, an account-linked identifier, a revision number and the latest save time in our existing Cloudflare database. Each teammate has a separate preference. It is used only to apply your theme across signed-in devices; it is not a marketing event and contains no check or project details. We keep the current preference until you replace it or ask the Privacy Officer to delete it. System follows each device’s own appearance setting. The effective browser choice is cached locally to apply it before the page loads; visitors use this browser-only storage. Clearing browser data removes the local copy, not the account preference. We do not upload an existing browser choice until you explicitly select or save a theme, or use the header theme switch while signed in.
SRD Media Group Inc., carrying on business as SignAllow, is responsible for personal information under its control, including information that service providers handle for us. Our privacy contact is the Privacy Officer: admin@signallow.ca.
For each top-up, our existing Cloudflare database stores your Stripe customer, payment and checkout identifiers, amount paid including tax, five-check credit amount, counts used and reversed following refunds or disputes, and creation and update times. We use these records to deliver the purchase once, show the remaining balance, preserve it after subscription cancellation and handle refunds without removing unrelated purchases. They contain no addresses, measurements or reports. The records are kept while a purchased balance remains available, then under the purchase-record retention period below. Purchased checks have no expiry.
Stripe processes payments for us. Your card details go directly to Stripe; we never see or store a card number. From Stripe we receive only the items listed under "If you pay". Stripe also handles some information under its own privacy policy for its own purposes, such as fraud prevention and its legal obligations. Cancelling, changing a card and downloading receipts happen in Stripe's billing portal, which we open for you.
If you choose to use Ask Scout, your questions, recent conversation, relevant project specifications and maintained by-law evidence are sent to OpenAI to prepare an answer. Scout is AI, is in beta and can make mistakes. Do not include confidential business information, personal information you do not need to share, credentials or payment details. Project names, internal job numbers, addresses, internal project notes, account emails, billing records, owner information and development records are not automatically sent. Information you type into chat may still contain those details; omit them.
Scout conversations are private to the signed-in person, including within a Pro team, and remain in our existing Cloudflare database. We keep up to 50 conversations with up to 60 questions each. Conversations expire after 90 days without activity and are removed during the next Scout cleanup request. You can delete a conversation in Ask Scout. Deletion removes the conversation content from our active database; it does not recall a request already processed by OpenAI or erase provider security logs. Saved projects and reports are separate and are not changed by chat.
OpenAI is an additional service provider for this optional feature. We use its API with response storage disabled. API content is not used to train OpenAI models by default; abuse-monitoring logs may contain content and ordinarily remain for up to 30 days, subject to OpenAI’s stated exceptions. We do not promise zero provider retention or Canada-only processing. See OpenAI API data controls.
We retain message counts, model names, token usage and estimated cost for up to 90 days, with removal during subsequent cleanup, to enforce allowances and control operating costs. These usage records do not contain question or answer text. Our normal service logs and backup handling also apply. Contact admin@signallow.ca for privacy requests, including after membership ends.
We use these service providers to run SignAllow. Each handles only what it needs to for the service it provides to us:
These providers process information in the United States and may do so in other countries. Information processed outside Canada is subject to the laws of those countries and may be accessible to their courts, law enforcement and national security authorities. We remain responsible for information we transfer to them for processing, and each provider also has its own privacy practices.
Project save and delete requests also use hourly counters linked to a hashed account identifier, to prevent automated abuse.
We collect as little as the service allows. Your proposed sign measurements and checklist answers stay on your device unless you explicitly save an account project. Generated reports stay on your device. Address suggestions and picked coordinates are processed only as described above. Beyond that, all traffic is encrypted, access tokens are random and held in cookies your browser's scripts cannot read, recovery codes are stored only as hashes, and access to the database and provider accounts is limited to the person who operates SignAllow.
If a breach of security safeguards involving personal information under our control creates a real risk of significant harm, we will report it to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and notify the people affected as soon as feasible. We keep a record of every breach of security safeguards involving personal information for at least 24 months.
You can ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Write to admin@signallow.ca from the email address concerned; that is how we confirm the request is yours. We answer within 30 days. Deleting a purchase record ends the access it holds, and records the law requires us to keep, such as tax records, are kept for the required period and then deleted.
If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your information or a request, tell us first at admin@signallow.ca. You can also complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Three cookies, all strictly functional, all unreadable by the page's scripts: one counts your free checks, one lists the municipalities you have checked in the last 24 hours, and one carries your access token if you have paid.
A fourth cookie is set only if you arrive from one of our ads: it holds that ad’s click identifier for up to 90 days, as described above. It is our own cookie, not Google’s. You can remove it by clearing this site’s cookies.
Your browser's own storage (not a cookie) also keeps things for your convenience, on your device only: which version of the terms you accepted and its reference number, so you are not asked again; the kind of user you said you are, if you chose one; and your past checks, with any project name you gave them (the address, municipality, sign type, building type, lighting choice and measurements, and the headline answer). Local history is not sent to us automatically. Account projects are stored only when you choose to save them, as described above. You can see and clear local history on the Account page in the checker, or by clearing your browser's site data.
There is no analytics cookie and no third-party tracker: no Google, social media or other advertising script runs on this site, and no one else’s cookie is set. Page statistics come from Cloudflare Web Analytics, which does not use cookies.
When address suggestions are switched on, the text you type in the address field is sent to SignAllow as you type it, and SignAllow passes it to Geoapify, a geocoding service, which returns matching addresses. Geoapify receives only the text typed; it does not receive your IP address from us, your other choices, or any cookie. Address suggestions do not create a saved project; SignAllow's server may hold a copy of the suggestions for up to an hour so the same partial address is not looked up twice. Purpose: to help you type an address and set the municipality. When suggestions are off, the address field is a plain text box and what you type there stays in your browser unless you explicitly save an account project. Whether suggestions are on is shown by whether a list appears under the field.
When you pick a suggested address in one of the municipalities that publishes its zoning as a map service (today: Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Mississauga, Burlington and Milton), SignAllow sends the coordinates of that address — a latitude and longitude, nothing else — to SignAllow and on to that municipality’s own public zoning map server, which returns the zone at that point. The municipality receives a point; it does not receive the address text, your IP address from us, your other choices, or any cookie. SignAllow’s server may hold the answer for that point for up to an hour. Purpose: to set the sign district from the zoning, which you can change. This happens only after you choose a suggestion, never as you type, and only for those municipalities.
After you pick an address suggestion, your browser sends its latitude, longitude and selected municipality to SignAllow to screen available government map layers. External map servers receive only the point and fixed query parameters, not the address text, your IP address from us, your cookies, sign measurements or report. SignAllow may cache a map answer at the edge for up to one hour. Results and source dates are displayed in the check and included in the full PDF and saved web report; the customer summary excludes the overlay cards. Manual answers remain yours to change. Typing an address without selecting a suggestion does not trigger this lookup. If you go to checkout, the picked point is temporarily kept in your browser tab so the maps can be checked again when you return. This temporary copy is removed when the check is restored.
“Copy link for your team” makes a link that carries the details of your check (the address, municipality, sign type, building type, lighting choice, measurements and project name) in the part of the link after the # sign. Browsers do not send that part to any server, so it does not reach us; anyone you send the link to can open it and see those details. Share it as you would share the address itself.
A PDF or web page you download is generated in your browser and saved to your device. We do not receive a copy.
Each version of this notice has a version number and an effective date, shown below, and earlier versions are kept.
Privacy Notice, version 2026-09-27.14, effective 27 September 2026.
The size and count rules are in, so you get a number rather than a reading list.
We hold the reference and the contacts. We would rather say that than guess.
