Decision as filed
The Sign Variance Committee: 1. Granted the two variances requested by the Appellant to section 694-21.D(5)(a), each subject to one condition set out below, as required to allow for the issuance of permits respecting the erection and display of both of the Proposed Signs, as advanced by the Applicant in the submissions (October 15, 2026) made to the Sign Variance Committee which may be described as follows: Proposed Sign
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#1: A first party wall sign to be located on the north elevation of the building erected on the premises municipally known as 207 Queens Quay West on the date of this decision, in a location substantially in accordance with the location labelled Wall Sign 1 in the diagram contained on page 17 of the October 15, 2026, Submission from the Appellant, and further being in accordance with the following requirements: a) The sign shall contain no more than one rectangular sign face; b) The sign face shall comply with all of the following: i) Have a maximum bisecting line no greater than 11.51 metres; ii) Have a maximum centre line no greater than 1.88 metres; iii) Have a maximum sign face area no greater than 21.64 square metres; iv) Be oriented approximately in a northerly direction; c) The sign shall display static copy; d) The height of the sign shall not exceed 26.07 metres; e) The sign shall not extend beyond either end of the wall upon which it is erected; f) The sign shall not extend above the wall or parapet wall of a building; and g) The sign may be illuminated. Proposed Sign #2: A first party wall sign to be located on the north elevation of the building erected on the premises municipally known as 207 Queens Quay West on the date of this decision, in a location substantially in accordance with the location labelled Wall Sign 2 in the diagram contained on page 17 of the October 15, 2026, Submission from the Appellant, and further being in accordance with the following requirements: a) The sign shall contain no more than one rectangular sign face; b) The sign face shall comply with all of the following: i) Have a maximum bisecting line no greater than 11.51 metres; ii) Have a maximum centre line no greater than 1.88 metres; iii) Have a maximum sign face area no greater than 21.64 square metres; iv) Be oriented approximately in a northerly direction; c) The sign shall display static copy; d) The height of the sign shall not exceed 26.07 metres; e) The sign shall not extend beyond either end of the wall upon which it is erected; f) The sign shall not extend above the wall or parapet wall of a building; and g) The sign may be illuminated. Required Variances: The requirement of § 694-21.D(5)(a) that: A CR-Commercial Residential sign district may contain a wall sign, other than a sign displaying a logo or corporate symbol, provided the sign shall not be erected above the second storey; be varied to allow the erection and display of the Proposed Sign #1 above the second storey, subject to Condition 1 below; and, The requirement of § 694-21.D(5)(a) that: A CR-Commercial Residential sign district may contain a wall sign, other than a sign displaying a logo or corporate symbol, provided the sign shall not be erected above the second storey; be varied to allow the erection and display of the Proposed Sign #2 above the second storey, subject to subject to Condition 2 below. Conditions: Condition 1. The sign is erected, displayed and maintained in substantial accordance with the description of Proposed Sign #1 above, including referenced diagrams. Condition 2. The sign is erected, displayed and maintained in substantial accordance with the description of Proposed Sign #2 above, including referenced diagrams.
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.