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Sign Variance Committee

2026-10-22 · 4 stories from 4 items

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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.

adoptedSign Variance Committee · Thu, Oct 22Still moving

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Thu, Oct 22 · Sign Variance Committee · adopted

What happens next

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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Sign committee to decide on tall electronic sign at 24 Jefferson Avenue

The Sign Variance Committee is asked to decide whether to allow a 15.0-metre-tall electronic ground sign at 24 Jefferson Avenue, which would replace an existing roof sign. The chief building official found the application does not show that all eight criteria in the Sign By-law have been met. No vote has been taken.

amendedSign Variance Committee · Thu, Oct 22You can weigh in

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Thu, Oct 22 · Sign Variance Committee · amended

Time to act

You can weigh in

The item is on the agenda for the October 22, 2026 meeting. The record does not describe a deputation or comment process.

Why is this story here?

ContainedA single-site variance for one third party electronic sign at one address, bounded and reversible, so it passes the test of a genuine decision with contained reach.Touches a narrow groupIf the variances are granted, a sign would be permitted at one address, so only people near 24 Jefferson Avenue would notice it.

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Sign committee to decide appeal over two signs at 207 Queens Quay West

The Sign Variance Committee is asked to decide an appeal against the refusal of two variances for wall signs at 207 Queens Quay West. The chief building official refused the variances because the application did not meet all of the mandatory criteria for the two proposed signs.

amendedSign Variance Committee · Thu, Oct 22Still moving

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Thu, Oct 22 · Sign Variance Committee · amended

What happens next

The agenda lists the appeal for the committee's October 22 meeting.

Why is this story here?

ContainedThe item decides whether two wall signs at one site may be permitted by variance. It is a bounded decision about one property, reversible without much cost, so it passes the real-but-contained test rather than the substantial test.Touches a narrow groupIf the committee grants the variances, two signs at one address at Queens Quay Terminal would be permitted. Only people who pass that address would notice, so the effect is narrow.

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Sign Variance Committee is asked to decide a sign appeal at 2075 Bayview Avenue

Sign Variance Committee is asked to decide an appeal by Permit World Consulting of a refusal to allow an illuminated wall sign on D-Wing at 2075 Bayview Avenue. If granted, the variance would allow one first-party sign with static copy on the north elevation of that building wing.

amendedSign Variance Committee · Thu, Oct 22

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Thu, Oct 22 · Sign Variance Committee · amended

Why is this story here?

ContainedA single-site variance for one wall sign at one address. It is bounded and could be reversed without much cost, which passes the first reasoning test for real-but-contained.Touches a narrow groupIf the variance were granted, one sign on one building at one address would change. Only people at or near that site would notice.

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The full agenda, as filed

All 4 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.

SB26.1amended
Application for Two Variances, each subject to One Condition Respecting One Third Party Electronic Ground Sign - 24 Jefferson Avenue
The Sign Variance Committee: 1. Refused to grant the requested variances to section 694-26I(4)(a) and 694-26I(4)(d), each subject to one condition, as required to allow for the issuance of a permit respecting the erection and display of the Proposed Sign, as further described in revised Attachment 1 to the report (October 8, 2026) from the Acting Manager, City-Wide Priorities, Toronto Building, with the following correction to address a typographical error in the description provided in revised Attachment 1: point c) in the Proposed Sign Description - is deleted and replaced with the following: "The sign face shall be oriented in an approximate southwesterly direction;".
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 694-26I(4)(a) and 694-26I(4)(d), each subject to one condition, 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.
SB26.2adopted
Application for Four Variances Respecting One Third Party Electronic Ground Sign - 25 The West Mall
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.
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, 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.
SB26.3amended
Appeal of the Chief Building Official's Decision for a Sign Variance Application for Two First Party Wall Signs at 207 Queens Quay West
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 #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.
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 variances to section 694-21.D(5)(a) as required to allow for the issuance of permits respecting the erection and display of both of the Proposed Signs, as further described in Attachment 1 to this report.
SB26.4amended
Appeal of the Chief Building Official's Decision for a Signage Master Plan Application for 2075 Bayview Avenue
The Sign Variance Committee: 1. Granted the variance to section 694-21F(4) as required to allow for the issuance of a permit respecting the erection and display of the Proposed Sign contained in the Proposed Signage Master Plan, as further described in Attachment 1 to the report (October 7, 2026) from the Acting Manager, City-Wide Priorities, Toronto Building, with the following amendments: Condition 1. The proposed sign not be illuminated during the hours of 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Condition 2. The proposed sign illumination shall not exceed 150 nits during the period between sunset and sunrise.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building recommends that: 1. The Sign Variance Committee refuse to grant the variance to section 694-21F(4) as required to allow for the issuance of a permit respecting the erection and display of the Proposed Sign contained in the Proposed Signage Master Plan, as further described in Attachment 1 to this report.