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Sign Variance Committee

2026-09-18 · 2 stories from 2 items

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Sign Variance Committee decides · Fri, Sep 18

Sign variance committee to hear application for electronic ground sign at 3474 Kingston Road

Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

PATTINSON Outdoor Advertising is seeking two variances to install a 7.5-metre electronic ground sign with one large digital face and two static faces on Kingston Road in the Scarborough Commercial-Residential sign district. The Chief Building Officer found insufficient evidence that the proposal meets all eight mandatory criteria under the Sign By-law, and the committee will evaluate whether the applicant has established compliance.

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• The proposed sign would be 7.5 metres tall with a digital face of 16.6 square metres, significantly larger than the static faces at 3.4 square metres each.

• A second variance is required because the proposed sign would be less than 100 metres from an existing third party electronic ground sign at 3493 Kingston Road, violating the separation rule in the Sign By-law.

How to act

Email your councillor before the voteCouncillor Parthi Kandavel, Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest
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If you live or work near 3474 Kingston Road or have concerns about this sign, you may depute at this meeting or contact your local councillor before the vote.

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Fri, Sep 18 · Sign Variance Committee · scheduled, not yet heard

Why is this story here?

ContainedThis is a single-site variance decision for one property. If granted, it permits one sign installation at this address and does not set citywide policy or alter how the sign district operates for other applicants. A future council could deny future similar applications or the owner could remove the sign. Real but bounded.Touches a narrow groupThe sign, if approved, would be visible to drivers and pedestrians at this specific location on Kingston Road. Only those who frequent this intersection or the surrounding area would experience the direct effect. No change to transit, housing, safety, or services that would touch a broad resident group this week.

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Sign Variance Committee decides · Fri, Sep 18

Sign Variance Committee to decide appeal of Chief Building Official's refusal of wall signs for self-storage facility at Caledonia Park Road

Ward 9, Davenport

The Sign Variance Committee will hear an appeal of the Chief Building Official's rejection of two proposed wall signs for a self-storage facility at 70 Caledonia Park Road. The CBO refused the applicant's proposal but approved different signs with additional conditions instead. One party to the original hearing has appealed that decision, and the committee will conduct a fresh review to determine whether the applicant's original proposal or the CBO's alternative meets the city's sign variance criteria.

How to act

Email your councillor before the voteCouncillor Alejandra Bravo, Ward 9, Davenport
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Residents in the area may have been part of the original hearing or appeal; the meeting date and deputation deadlines would be on the city agenda.

The journey

Fri, Sep 18 · Sign Variance Committee · scheduled, not yet heard

Why is this story here?

ContainedA single-site sign variance for one property. The decision is binding for this location but does not set precedent affecting future sign variances citywide, as each variance is evaluated individually against the eight mandatory criteria. Reversible if the applicant reapplies with a different proposal.Invisible to residentsThis is a sign variance for a commercial self-storage facility. No resident's commute, rent, street safety, or daily access is affected by whether two wall signs meet variance criteria. The decision touches only the property owner and immediate visual conditions at one industrial address.

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The full agenda, as filed

All 2 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.

SB25.1not yet heard
Application for Two Variances, Each Subject to Five Conditions, Respecting One Third Party Electronic Ground Sign - 3474 Kingston Road
Staff recommendation as filed
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 and 694-25.B(1), each subject to five 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.
SB25.2not yet heard
Appeal of the Chief Building Official’s Decision for a Sign Variance Application for Two First Party Wall Signs at 70 Caledonia Park Road
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building recommends that: 1. The Sign Variance Committee refuse to grant the two requested variances to subsection 694-21 I(5)(a), each subject to one condition, as required to allow for the issuance of a sign permit respecting the erection and display of Proposed Sign #1 and Proposed Sign #2 contained in the Applicant-Proposed Sign Variance, as further described in Attachment 1 to this report. 2. The Sign Variance Committee grant the two requested variances to 694-21 I(5)(a), each subject to one condition, as required to allow for the issuance of a sign permit respecting the erection and display of Proposed Sign #1 and Proposed Sign #2 contained in the CBO-Designed Variance, as further described in Attachment 2 to this report.