Ottawa By-law 2016-326, s. 122(a) — Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law

it is an identification ground sign;

• (b) the use has a minimum of ten dwelling or rooming units;
• (c) it is non-illuminated or externally illuminated;
• (d) it does not exceed an area of 3 m; and
• (e) it does not exceed a height of 2 m. 2 One ground sign is permitted for properties zoned with a Residential Neighbourhood Commercial suffix (“-c”), provided:
• (a) it is an identification ground sign;
• (b) the building containing the neighbourhood commercial use is set back a minimum of 18 m from the front property line;
• (c) it is the only sign on the premises;
• (d) it is non-illuminated;
• (e) it does not exceed an area of 0.5 m; and
• (f) it does not exceed a height of 1.5 m. 3 A message centre is permitted for a school, place of worship, library, university, college, hospital or recreational and athletic facility use, provided:
• (a) it is incorporated in a ground sign that also serves to identify the use of the site and its municipal address;
• (b) it does not exceed 25% of the area of the ground sign, up to a maximum area of 1.75 m;
• (c) the sign is located along an arterial or major collector road, but excluding Scenic Entry Routes;
• (d) it complies with the other location and operating standards of Sections 119 and 120. 4 A message centre is permitted, provided:
• (a) it is incorporated in a ground sign that also serves to identify the use of the site and its municipal address;
• (b) it does not exceed 40% of the area of the ground sign, up to a maximum area of 6 m; and
• (c) it complies with the other location and operating standards of Sections 119 and 120. 5 For a shopping centre:
• (a) on a property larger than 6 ha in area, and
• (b) with gross leasable space exceeding 25,000 m, and
• (c) with continuous street frontage greater than 500 linear m, an identification ground sign is permitted, provided:
• (a) the primary sign, which must display the civic number and name of the shopping centre and be located on the main street frontage, can be 3 m for each ha, up to a maximum size of 25 m, with a maximum height of 10 m;
• (b) the maximum size of a message centre on the primary sign is:
• i. 6 m if the property is located inside the greenbelt; and
• ii. 7.5 m if the property is located outside the greenbelt, provided it is located more than 50 m away from a signalized intersection, pedestrian crossing and railway crossing;
• (c) the maximum size in
• (a) can be split between two signs on the same street frontage; and
• (d) additional signs, up to a maximum size of 14 m per street frontage, with a maximum height of 8 m, are permitted along additional street frontages, provided the street frontage exceeds 100 linear m. 6 Where two or more buildings are on the same property and have direct access to an internal road within the property, an additional ground sign is permitted to identify a building or occupant of a building. The sign must be located at the main entrance to the building and cannot exceed an area of 2 m. 7 Ground signs are not permitted for properties subject to the Mature Neighbourhoods Overlay. 8 A message centre is only permitted for a golf course, recreational and athletic facility, community centre, and sports arena, provided:
• (a) it is located at least 60 m from an adjacent or abutting residential use in a residential zone;
• (b) it does not exceed 25% of the area of the ground sign; and
• (c) it complies with the other location and operating standards of Sections 119 and 120. 9 For a shopping centre that does not meet the requirements of Additional Regulation/Endnote 5
• (a) through
• (c) regarding minimum property size, gross leasable space and continuous street frontage, an increase in the sign face area for one street frontage is permitted, provided:
• (a) the shopping centre has a minimum leasable floor area of 5,000 m and a minimum of 10 commercial occupancies;
• (b) the increase is no more than 6 m;
• (c) at least 2 m of the increased area is used to identify the shopping centre name; and
• (d) at least 0.5 m of the increased area is used to display the civic address at 1.2 m above grade.