Nanaimo By-law 2850, s. 6(3) — Sign Bylaw

Canopy Signs Canopy signs are permitted as follows:

• (A) Canopy signs are permitted in the Corridor Two and Three (COR), Commercial Centre (CC), Downtown (DT), Industrial (I), Community Service (CS), and Waterfront
• (W) zones. (Bylaw 4767, 5450, 7149) 2 2
• (B) The maximum canopy sign area shall be 0.6m per lineal metre (2ft per lineal foot) of the canopy frontage to which it is affixed or 25 percent of the building face of the same building elevation, whichever is the greater. (Bylaw 4690)
• (C) No canopy sign shall extend or project above the upper edge of a canopy or marquee by more than 0.6m (2ft) and in no case may project above the roof line of a building.
• (D) The length of the canopy sign shall not be greater than the length of the canopy.
• (E) Notwithstanding
• (B) and (C), freestanding canopies are permitted to have signage on all sides except that no sign shall project above the upper edge or be greater in length than the length of the canopy and the vertical dimension shall not exceed 1.5m (5ft). (Bylaw 3309)