Application for Five Variances, Each Subject to Two Conditions, Respecting One Third Party Electronic Ground Sign - 1380 Don Mills Road

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The decision

2024-09-06 · Sign Variance Committee · amended

As filed

The Sign Variance Committee: 1. Refused the variance requested to §694-14.R, 694-25.C(2)(d), 694-25.C(2)(e), 694-25.C(2)(f) and 694-25.C(2)(h) required to allow the issuance of a permit for the erection and display of the third party electronic ground sign, located on the premises municipally known as 1380 Don Mills Road, as described in Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Manager, City Wide Priorities, Toronto Building.

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BADER GROUP Inc., JOLT Charge Inc. and Concordian Realty Management Inc. (collectively described as the "Applicant") have applied for five variances, each to subject to two conditions, required to allow the Chief Building Official ("CBO") to issue a sign permit to erect and display a double-faced third party electronic ground sign, displaying electronic static copy (the "Proposed Sign"), on the property municipally known as 746 Warden Avenue (the "Subject Premises").

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The Subject Premises is designated as an Employment ("E") Sign District, which allows third party electronic ground signs. The Proposed Sign would have a maximum height of 2.65 metres, and would contain two rectangular sign faces, each with a maximum 0.93 metres horizontal dimension by 1.65 metres vertical dimension, with a maximum sign face area of 1.54 square metres. The Proposed Sign is described further in Attachment 1. The requirements in Chapter 694 which have been requested to be varied, and the proposed varied requirements are summarized below: 1) Existing requirement § 694-14R: No sign shall be located in a visibility zone. Proposed Varied Requirement: To allow the Proposed Sign to be erected in a visibility zone. 2) Existing requirement § 694-25C(2)(d): An E - Employment Sign District may contain a third-party electronic ground sign, provided the sign shall not be erected within any required setback of a building from a street as regulated by the City's applicable Zoning By-law. Proposed Varied Requirement: To allow the Proposed Sign to be erected 0.5 metres from the property line, whereas the minimum Zoning By-law required setback is 9.0 metres. 3) Existing requirement § 694-25C(2)(e): An E - Employment Sign District may contain a third-party electronic ground sign, provided the sign shall not be erected within 60 metres of any premises located, in whole or in part, in an R, RA, CR, I or OS sign district. Proposed Varied Requirement: To allow the Proposed Sign to be erected approximately 31.0 metres of a premises located in a R sign district. 4) Existing Requirement § 694-25C(2)(f): An E - Employment Sign District may contain a third-party electronic ground sign, provided where a sign is located within 250 metres of an R, RA, CR, I or OS sign district, the sign cannot face any premise in the R, RA, CR, I or OS sign district. Proposed Varied Requirement: To allow the Proposed Sign to be facing premises in the R sign district and the OS sign district located, respectively, 31 and 220 metres to the east. 5) Existing Requirement § 694-25.C(2)(h): An E - Employment Sign District may contain a third party electronic ground sign, provided there shall be no more than one ground sign or electronic ground sign erected on the premises. Proposed Varied Requirement: To allow the Proposed Sign to be an additional sign erected on a premises containing one first party ground sign. Each of the requested variances, if granted, would be subject to the following conditions: Condition 1: The sign faces of the Proposed Sign shall each have a sign face area not exceeding 1.54 square metres. Condition 2: The height of the Proposed Sign shall not exceed of 2.65 metres. Following a review of the Applicant's submissions and additional information provided by the staff, the CBO has determined that there is not a sufficient basis to conclude that the eight required criteria in §694-30A of the Sign By-law have been established with respect to the five variances, each subject to the noted conditions, as described further in Attachment 1 of this report.

Staff recommended

The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, recommends that: 1. The Sign Variance Committee refuse to grant the requested variances to sections 694-14.R, 694-25.C(2)(d), 694-25.C(2)(e), 694-25.C(2)(f) and 694-25.C(2)(h), each subject to two conditions, as required to allow for the issuance of a permit respecting the erection and display of the Proposed Sign, as further described in Attachment 1 to this report.

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