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Sign Variance Committee is asked to decide four variances for 25 The West Mall sign

The Sign Variance Committee is asked to decide four variances that would let a third party electronic ground sign 20.80 metres high go up at 25 The West Mall. The Chief Building Official has found that sufficient information has not been provided to establish all the criteria the sign by-law requires for these variances.

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The item is on the agenda for the Sign Variance Committee meeting on October 22, 2026, where the committee is asked to decide it.

Why is this story here?
ContainedThe item seeks four variances for one sign at one address. It is a single-site decision, bounded and reversible, comparable to a single-site variance, and it does not change what future councils can do.Touches a narrow groupIf the variances were granted and the sign were built, it would be one electronic sign at one address, felt by people who pass 25 The West Mall rather than by most residents.

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The record as the City filed it

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 section 694-22.D, 694-24.A(17), 694-24.A(19) and 694-25.B(1) 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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  • 2026-10-22 · Sign Variance Committee · adopted

    Decision as filed

    The Sign Variance Committee: 1. Refused to grant the requested variances to section 694-22.D, 694-24.A(17), 694-24.A(19) and 694-25.B(1) 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 the report (October 8, 2026) from the Acting Manager, City-Wide Priorities, Toronto Building.

    Clerk’s note

    A decision of the Sign Variance Committee, in the case of a decision to refuse to grant a variance, is final and binding on the date the decision was issued; and in the case of a decision to grant a variance with conditions, the decision is final and binding 21 days after the date the decision was issued unless an application to consider is filed by the ward councillor in accordance with §694-30S of Chapter 694 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code.

Official title: Application for Four Variances Respecting One Third Party Electronic Ground Sign - 25 The West Mall · the item as the City filed it

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