Brampton By-law 399-2002, s. 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

GENERAL PROVISIONS:

• (14) Wall signs shall be subject to the requirements and restrictions as set out in the table below: Minimum Maximum Maximum Clearance Aggregate Upper Limit of Sign Vertical from Sign Area Dimension Finished Grade • Roof line of a one storey building; 20% of the area of the building • The floor level of the second wall face on storey on a multi-storey Wall Signs which the sign is building; or 2.4 m (Other than Not Limited located to a (7.9
• ft) 6 listed below) maximum of • Wholly contained within a 2 2 25m (269 ft ) gable end wall or parapet 1,3,4,11 feature of a one-storey building 5 • Roof line of a one storey building; 20% of the area of the building • The floor level of the second wall face of the storey on a multi-storey Commercial unit on which the building; or 2.4 m and Industrial Not Limited sign is located to (7.9
• ft) 6 Plazas a maximum of • Wholly contained within a 2 2 25m (269 ft ) gable end wall or parapet 1,3,4,10,12 feature of the unit of a one- storey building 5 Office Consolidation – Sign By-law 399-2002 – • Roof line of a one storey building; • The floor level of the second 6% of the area of storey on a multi-storey Single Tenant the building wall building 2; or 2.4 m Industrial face of the unit Not Limited (7.9
• ft) 6 Building on which the sign • Wholly contained within a is located 3,4,11 gable end wall or parapet feature of a one-storey building 5 • Roof line of a one storey 6% of the area of building; or Big Box the building wall 2.4 m Commercial face on which the • Wholly contained within a wall Not Limited (7.9
• ft) 6 Developments sign is located or parapet feature of the 3,4,11 building • Roof line of a one storey building; • The second storey on a multi- 6% of the area of Indoor storey building; or the building wall 2.4 m Shopping Not Limited face on which the (7.9
• ft) 6 Malls • Wholly contained within a sign is located 3,11 gable end wall or parapet feature of a one-storey building • Wholly contained within the Signs Located Shall consist of a 0.9 m 2.4 m tower feature on Towers logo only 13, 14 (3
• ft) (7.9
• ft) • Attached only to the front of the commercial portion on the Live/Work Unit main floor of the live/work unit; constructed One sign or as a Detached maximum 1 m2 0.45 m 2.4 m or Semi- (10.8 ft2) in sign • Fully contained within the (1.5
• ft) (7.9
• ft) 6 Detached area 3,4 fascia of a porch over the House 7,8,9,10 main entrance to the live/work unit Live/Work Unit 10 % of the area • Attached only to the front constructed of the wall face of elevation of the commercial 0.6 m 2.4 m as a the commercial portion on the main floor of the (2
• ft) (7.9
• ft) 6 Townhouse portion of the live/work unit 7,8,9,10 building 3,4 1 Whichever is less 2 The upper limit of a sign on an industrial building shall be the top of the 2 storey office wall 3 Window signs shall be permitted as part of the maximum aggregate area 4 Window signs with the exception of a temporary portable coming soon window sign, shall be prohibited prior to the issuance of a permit for a wall, awning or canopy sign on the unit to which it is advertising, this requirement shall not apply to an indoor shopping mall; Office Consolidation – Sign By-law 399-2002 – 5 In addition to the permitted wall sign area, four (4) top storey signs each located on separate building wall faces may be permitted subject to the following requirements:
• (i) On an office building, school or hotel two or more storeys in height;
• (ii) On an industrial building three or more storeys in height;
• (iii) The additional signs shall be located only on the top storey, but shall be contained below the roof line of the building;
• (iv) The additional signs shall not exceed a maximum of 2% of the building wall 2 2 face or 30 m (323 ft ), whichever is less;
• (v) When located on a property with multiple buildings, the top storey sign shall relate to a unit within the building; and
• (vi) Top storey signs shall not be permitted on a building containing tower signs. 6 Signs are permitted less than 2.4 m (7.9
• ft) from grade where a sign projects no more than 100 mm (4
• in) from the building wall face 7 Signs may be indirectly illuminated only 8 Signs shall not be painted directly on the wall and sign boxes shall be prohibited. 9 Signs shall be located a minimum distance of 1 m (3.3
• ft) from the building corner or the center of the demising wall of the unit 10 In lieu of ground signs 11 One (1) Electronic Variable Message Centre is permitted within a ground floor window provided:
• (i) The shall be separated from a property zoned residential or containing residential units by a distance of at least 36 m (118 ft);
• (ii) The shall not exceed 20% of the glazed area of the window pane and shall be included as part of the permitted maximum aggregate sign area.
• (iii) The shall not contain a flashing message or image;
• (iv) The shall not contain copy that is full motion or otherwise gives the appearance of animation of movement;
• (iv)

Where the message is of other than scrolling script, the frequency of an image change shall not be less than every 10 seconds; and

(v)

Where an is located within 100 m (328

• ft) of a property zoned residential or containing a residential unit, the sign shall be turned off between the hours of 10:00 pm and 7:00 am. 12 In addition to the permitted wall sign area, One (1) additional directory sign shall be permitted at the main common entry way subject to the following requirements:
• (i) The sign shall be located within 3 m (9.84
• ft) of the common entry way feature;
• (ii) Each unit identified on the directory sign shall be permitted a maximum 2 2 sign area of 0.2 m (2.15 ft );
• (iii) The sign shall not project more than 100 mm (4
• in) from the building wall face; and
• (iv) The sign shall be located on the ground floor of the building. 13 Tower sign area shall be permitted in addition to the maximum wall sign area.