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Burlington By-law 034-2007, s. 6.3.1(a) — Sign and Advertising By-law

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No portable sign under this section of the By-law shall be erected without first obtaining a permit from the Director.

  • (b) Properties permitted the use of portable signs under this section of the By-law shall be permitted the use of such signs on a calendar year basis and will be allowed three fifteen (15) consecutive day increments for each unit on the property subject to
  • (i) to
  • (iii) inclusive below:
  • (i) Properties having 24 units or less are permitted not more than one portable sign at any onetime.
  • (ii) Properties having more than 24 units are permitted a maximum of 2 portable signs at any one time
  • (iii) Where more than one portable sign is erected on the same property, no portable sign shall be erected within 60 m of another portable sign on the same property.
  • (c) The number of days that a portable sign is erected or displayed shall be determined from the date indicated on the application.
  • (d) A portable sign shall not have more than two sign faces and any one sign face shall not exceed 3.7 m2 area with no one dimension of the sign being greater than 2.4 m.
  • (e) No portable sign shall be illuminated or employ any flashing or sequential light, or any mechanical or electronic device to provide or simulate motion. Consolidated of 34
  • (f) A portable sign shall be erected on a property so as not to interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
  • (g) For the purpose of this By-law, a portable sign shall in all cases be located entirely on private property.
  • (h) A portable sign shall have a maximum height measured from grade not greater than 2.4 m.
  • (i) The sign area devoted to portable signage shall not be included in the maximum sign area entitlement for the property.
  • (j) No portable sign shall be located closer than 1.5 m to a property line or within a visibility triangle. This section will not apply to portable signs erected in the geographic area shown on the attached Schedule "B" of this By-law.
  • (k) The maximum sign area of a portable sign erected in the geographic area shown on the attached Schedule 11B" of this By- law shall not exceed 1.5 m2 and shall not exceed a height of 1.2 m.
  • i. The maximum sign area of a portable sign erected in the geographic area shown on the attached Schedule “D” of this By-law shall not exceed l.5 m² and shall not exceed a height of 1.2 m where the distance between the building and the street line is a maximum of 20.0 m.
  • ii. The maximum sign area of a portable sign erected in the geographic area shown on the attached Schedule “D” of this By-law shall not exceed 2.4m2 and shall not exceed a height of 3.7m2 where the distance between the building and the street line is a minimum of 20.0m.
  • (l) No portable sign shall be located closer than 30 m from an abutting property used solely for residential purposes. No portable sign shall be located in any parking space that is required under

a zoning by-law of the City of Burlington.

  • (m) Portable signs erected by or for a Regional or Municipal government or agency shall be located on its own lands, and used solely in conjunction with its mandate. Such signs are subject to all regulations set out in Section 6.3.1 of this By-law with exception of subsections (b), (g),
  • (k) and (1).
  • (n) Portable signs erected on a property which is the location of a place of worship shall be subject to all regulations set out in 6.3.1 of this By-law with exception of subsections
  • (b) and (1).
  • (o) Portable signs erected for Special Occasion may be erected fourteen (14) days before the charitable event and shall be removed one (1) day after the charitable event and shall be subject to all regulations set out in 6.3.1 with the exception of subsections
  • (b) and (1). Consolidated of 34

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