Sign Variance Committee
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SB10.1adopted
Pattison Outdoor (the "Applicant") has submitted an application for four variances, each subject to four conditions, required to allow for a permit to be issued for one single-sided third party electronic ground sign, displaying electronic static copy (the "Proposed Sign") to be erected and displayed on property municipally known as 150 The Queensway (the "Subject Premises"). The Proposed Sign will have a height of 9.14 metres, and will contain one rectangular sign face, with a sign face area of 18.61 square metres. The sign face will be oriented in a southwesterly direction at an approximately 45-degree angle to The Queensway and directed toward the eastbound traffic on The Queensway. The Proposed Sign is described further in Attachment 1. Four variances to Chapter 694, each subject to four conditions, are required to allow the Chief Building Official ("CBO") to issue the sign permit for the Proposed Sign. The requested variances are as below: 1. Section 694-24(A)(1) - A third party sign shall not be erected or displayed, or caused to be erected or displayed, in whole or in part, within 400 metres of any limit of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway from the Humber River to the easterly limit of Dufferin Street, whereas the Proposed Sign would be located approximately 365 metres from the F.G. Gardiner Expressway. 2. Section 694-25(C)(2)(e) - A third party electronic ground sign is permitted, provided the sign shall not be erected within 60.0 metres of any premises located, in whole or in part, in an R, RA, CR, I or OS sign district whereas the Proposed Sign would be approximately 2.5 metres from a CR Sign District, and 28 metres from an R Sign District. 3. Section 694-25(C)(2)(g)(1) - A third party electronic ground sign is permitted, provided the sign shall be located a minimum of 500 metres from any other third party electronic sign located on: [1] the same street; or [2] on a street which forms an intersection with the street on which the sign is located, whereas the Proposed Sign would be located within 270 metres from another third party electronic sign located on the same street on which the Proposed Sign would be located. 4. 694-25(C)(2)(f) A third party electronic ground sign is permitted, provided where it is located within 250 metres of an R, RA, CR, I or OS Sign District, the sign cannot face any premises in the R, RA, CR, I or OS Sign District, whereas the Proposed Sign would be facing a CR Sign District 58 metres away. Each of the four requested variances, are sought to have the following four conditions: a. Any and all existing third party signs located at 150 The Queensway shall be removed and all associated permits revoked prior to the construction the Proposed Sign; b. In addition to the requirements of 694-18.E(5), the illumination of the Proposed Sign shall not exceed 150 nits during the period between sunset and sunrise; c. The Proposed Sign shall contain sufficient physical barriers on the sign face to minimize the visibility of the sign copy from the R Sign Districts to the north and north-west on Stephen Drive to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official acting reasonably; and, d. The Proposed Sign's sign face shall be: ii. orientated in a south-westerly direction; and ii. be oriented so that a projection of the centre line of the sign face shall form an approximate 45-degree angle to the frontage of 150 The Queensway; and, iii. shall face The Queensway. Following a review of the Applicant's submissions and the results of research and investigation by the staff of the Sign By-law Unit, The CBO has determined that the Applicant has provided sufficient information to determine that subject to the four conditions, all nine of the criteria established in §694-30A of the Sign By-law have been met with respect to the requested variances. Therefore, the CBO recommends that the Sign Variance Committee grant all of the requested variances, each subject to the four required conditions.
The Sign Variance Committee: 1. Granted the requested variances to sections 694-24(A)(1), 694-25(C)(2)(e), 694-25(C)(2)(g)(1), and 694-25(C)(2)(f), each subject to four conditions, as required to allow for the issuance of a permit for the erection and display of one third party electronic ground sign at 150 the Queensway, as described in Attachment 1 to this report (March 24, 2021) from the Manager, Sign By-law Unit, Toronto Building.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, recommends that: 1. The Sign Variance Committee grant the requested variances to sections 694-24(A)(1), 694-25(C)(2)(e), 694-25(C)(2)(g)(1), and 694-25(C)(2)(f), each subject to four conditions, as required to allow for the issuance of a permit for the erection and display of one third party electronic ground sign at 150 the Queensway, as described in Attachment 1 to this report.
SB10.2adopted
Pattison Outdoor (the "Applicant") has submitted an application for four variances, subject to conditions, to allow for one third party electronic ground sign with two sign faces containing electronic static copy (the "Proposed Sign") at the property municipally known as 200 Evans Avenue (the "Subject Premises"). The Proposed Sign will be located on the Subject Premises, with the two sign faces facing the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, in a north-westerly and north-easterly direction. The Proposed Sign is intended to be constructed in the same location as an existing third party ground sign, which displays mechanical copy and has a similar sign face area to the Proposed Sign. The current sign has been in place at the Subject Premises since 2009, and is directed towards traffic along the F.G. Gardiner Expressway. The Subject Premises is designated as an Employment ("E") Sign District, which allows third party electronic ground signs. The Proposed Sign will have a height of 12.5 metres, containing two rectangular sign faces, each possessing a 6.1 metres centre line (horizontal measurement) and a 3.05 metres bisecting line (vertical measurement), resulting in a sign face area of 18.61 square metres. The sign faces on the Proposed Sign will be in a "v-shaped" configuration. The Proposed Sign is described further in Attachment 1. The Proposed Sign will require four variances to Chapter 694, each subject to one condition, to allow the Chief Building Official ("CBO") to issue the sign permit. The requirements in Chapter 694 which have been requested to be varied, are as follows: 1. § 694-24.A(1)- A third party sign shall not be erected or displayed or caused to be erected or displayed in whole or in part within 400 metres of any limit of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway from Highway 427 to the Humber River, transferred from the Province by Order in Council 534/97, whereas the Proposed Sign is located in an area where third party sign shall not be erected or displayed (specifically approximately 0.3 meters southwest of the limit of the portion of F.G. Gardiner Expressway between Highway 427 and the Humber River). 2. § 694-25.C(2)(b)- An Employment Sign District may contain an electronic ground sign provided the height shall not exceed 10.0 meters whereas the Proposed Sign has a height of 12.5 meters which is approximately twenty percent more than the permitted height. 3. § 694-25.C(2)(d)- An Employment Sign District may contain an 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, which for the Subject Premises would be a minimum setback of 7.5 metres, whereas the setback of the Proposed Sign from the North-East frontage of the Subject Premises is 0.3 metres. 4. 694-25C(2)(k) - An (E) Employment Sign District may contain a third party electronic ground sign, provided where there are two sign faces, the sign faces shall be back-to-back, whereas the Proposed Sign would have a "v-shaped" configuration. If granted, each of the four requested variances, would be subject to the following condition that all existing third party signs located at the property municipally known as 200 Evans Avenue shall be removed and all associated permits revoked, prior to the erection or display of the Proposed Sign. In addition, the variance to 694-25C(2)(k), required to allow for a permit to be issued for the Proposed Sign which would have two sign faces in a "v-shaped" configuration, rather than the required back-to-back configuration would be subject to a second condition, that the Proposed Sign would have an internal angle of no more than 45 degrees as between the two sign faces. Following a review of the Applicant's submissions and the results of research and investigation by Sign By-Law Unit staff, the CBO has determined that the Applicant has not provided sufficient information to determine that the Proposed Sign meets all nine of the criteria established in §694- 30A of the Sign By-Law. Specifically, the information provided has not established that the Proposed Sign is compatible with the development of the premises and surrounding area; supports Official Plan objectives for the Subject Premises and surrounding area; does not alter the character of the premises and surrounding area, will not adversely affect adjacent premises, and is not contrary to the public interest. Therefore, the CBO does not support the Sign Variance Committee granting the four requested variances for the Proposed Sign.
The Sign Variance Committee: 1. Refused to grant any of the four requested variances to sections 694-24.A(1), 694-25.C(2)(b), 694-25.C(2)(d), 694- 25.C(2)(k), each subject to the specified conditions, as required to allow for the issuance of a permit respecting the erection and display of the Proposed Sign at the property municipally known as 200 Evans Avenue, as described in Attachment 1 to this report (March 24, 2021) from the Manager, Sign By-Law Unit, Toronto Building.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, recommends that: 1. The Sign Variance Committee refuse to grant any of the four requested variances to sections 694-24.A(1), 694-25.C(2)(b), 694-25.C(2)(d), 694- 25.C(2)(k), each subject to the specified conditions, as required to allow for the issuance of a permit respecting the erection and display of the Proposed Sign at the property municipally known as 200 Evans Avenue, as described in Attachment 1 to this report.