Pickering By-law 8154/25, s. 4 — In this By-law, “address sign” means a sign that depicts the municipal address or civic number of a property as regulated by this By-law and By-law 7686/19, as amended or replaced from time to time

In this By-law, “address sign” means a sign that depicts the municipal address or civic number of a property as regulated by this By-law and By-law 7686/19, as amended or replaced from time to time;

“animation” means a method in which graphics, images or figures are manipulated to appear as moving images and indicates colour or light changes through electronic means; “applicant” means an owner, or any person authorized by an owner, who applies for a sign permit, sign licence or sign permit variance; “automobile service station” means an establishment where vehicle fuels, lubricants, and automobile-related accessories are offered for retail sale, and which may include a car washing establishment and a convenience store; “automobile service station sign” means a sign on top of gasoline service pumps or on the columns of a gas bar canopy, on guard posts or freestanding on a gasoline pump apron and shall include signage for electrical vehicle charging stations; “banner sign” means a temporary sign of lightweight fabric, plastic or similar material; “billboard sign” means a sign that is fastened, posted, painted or projected in such a manner as to permit its periodic replacement and that advertises goods, products or services that are not available at the location of the sign or that directs a person to a location different from where the sign is located. A billboard sign displays third-party advertising with images that may change mechanically and/or displays information or images on a digital or electronic screen; “boulevard” means all parts of a highway except the roadway, shoulder and sidewalk; “canopy sign” means any single-faced sign that is part of or attached to an awning, canopy or other fabric, plastic or structural protective element installed over a window, door, entrance, outdoor service area or similar type of entrance way, movable or immovable; “Chief Building Official” means the City’s Chief Building Official

• (CBO) or a designate; “City” means The Corporation of the City of Pickering or the geographical area of Pickering, as the context requires; “community event sign” means a temporary sign that advertises a public event to be held in the City organized for a non-profit, civic, cultural, religious or recreational purpose; “construction information sign” means a temporary sign located on a property where a building is to be built, renovated or demolished indicating information related to design, construction, renovation, demolition, ownership and rental or sale, and may include the name of the project, the architect, engineer, and other firms associated with the project; By-law No. 8154 /25 “demising wall” means a wall that separates two adjacent tenants or a tenant from one of the building’s common areas; “development sales office sign” means a temporary sign located on a property where a temporary sales office has been legally erected, to identify the builder, subdivision/condominium marketing name and any other relevant information related to the sales office; “development sales sign” means a temporary sign directing people to a temporary sales office where new homes and other residential developments are marketed to the public; “development sign” means a temporary sign that advertises a proposed development to be constructed and may include the project name and graphic depictions, the developer(s) and builder(s) names and contact information, and other pertinent information. A development sign shall not include a construction information sign, a development sales office sign, or a development sales sign; “directional sign” means a sign that is intended solely for public information, safety or convenience in directing persons or traffic and shall contain no commercial advertising, but may include a corporate logo; “Director” means the City’s Director, City Development or a designate; “directory sign” means a sign intended to identify the location of a building containing multiple occupancies; “display surface” means the entire sign area which encloses the extreme limits of the message or content displayed on a sign; “drive-through facility” shall mean a building or structure or part thereof where goods, food or services are offered to the public by way of a service window or kiosk while the patrons are in a parked or in a stationary vehicle, and where goods, money or materials are exchanged in a designated stacking lane with either a menu board and pre-menu board signs; “election sign” has the meaning ascribed to it in Election Sign By-law 7591/17, as amended or replaced from time to time; “electronic message display” means a component of a ground sign with moving parts, flashing lights or fluorescent materials, billboard sign or wall sign that is computer controlled and illuminated, which displays information to the public by way of prearranged or variable sequence of electronically generated alphanumeric characters and digital images; “erect” means display, attach, affix post, alter, construct, (re)place, locate, install, relocate and maintain, and cause or permit to be displayed, attached, affixed, posted, altered, constructed, placed, located, installed, relocated and maintained of any sign or part thereof; By-law No. 8154 /25 “farm sign” means a sign advertising the sale of farm produce grown or produced on the property where the sign is located; “fence” means a fence as defined in Fence By-law 6943/09, as amended or replaced from time to time; “filming location sign” means a temporary sign identifying a site used for a film production; “first storey” means the storey with its floor closet above average grade and having its ceiling more than 1.8 metres above average grade, and has the same meaning as defined as Storey, First in the City’s applicable Zoning By-law, as amended; “fixture” means any structure that the City permits to be located within a boulevard including, but not limited to, a utility box, newspaper vending box, bench, transit shelter, telephone pole, telephone booth, transformer box or vault, hydro pole, streetlight, stoplight pole, recycling waste module, mailbox, tree and street sign; “flag” means a piece of cloth, or lightweight non-rigid material that is attached by one edge to a pole or rope, bearing a crest, emblem or insignia of any corporation, federal, provincial and municipal government agency, or religious, charitable, fraternal, cultural or community organization with no informational or advertising content; “flag sign” means a sign made of cloth or lightweight non-rigid material that is attached by one edge to a pole or rope, and displays information, promotional or advertising content; “frontage” means the linear distance along the façade of the building, which is parallel to, or most close to being parallel to, an abutting public and/or private street. For the purpose of this By-law, a building may have more than one building frontage this being determined by the number of public and/or private streets abutting the lot. In a building with multiple units, a unit is only considered to have building frontage if the main customer access to the unit/tenancy leads directly outside. If the main customer access of a unit only leads to an interior sideyard of the site and/or an exterior parking lot, that wall face may be considered for building frontage per unit/tenancy. “garage/yard sale sign” means a temporary sign advertising a garage/yard sale of personal merchandise at a residential property, and includes any directional signs thereto; “ground sign” means a permanent sign which is free standing in a fixed location and is wholly supported by a structural base erected on and in or upon the ground, but not part of a building, and includes a pylon sign, a directional sign, directory sign and drive-through sign, but does not include a billboard sign; “heritage conservation district” means a heritage conservation district designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18; “heritage property” means property that has been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act to be of cultural heritage value or interest or a property on the City's registry of properties that the City believes to be of cultural heritage value or interest; By-law No. 8154 /25 “high density residential” means a residential building other than low density residential; “hoarding” means any temporary construction barrier continuously enclosing a construction site that is erected for the purpose of site protection; including any temporary structure required for safety required by provincial or federal legislation or regulation and including covered sidewalks, scaffolding, fencing, etc.; “home-based business sign” means a sign located on a property advertising an accessory business or occupation used or conducted in a residential premises on the property where the sign is located; “home improvement sign” means a temporary sign advertising or promoting landscaping, home repairs or home renovations; “inflatable sign” means a temporary sign filled by air or other gas that is either designed to be airborne or tethered to the ground, a vehicle, a roof or any other structure and includes balloons; “interior sign” means a sign located within the interior of a building that is intended to be seen outside of the building and includes a window sign; “low density residential” means a single detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, duplex, triplex, fourplex, townhouse, mobile home, or any other residential facility housing six or fewer residents; “menu board” means a permanent sign erected as part of a drive-through facility and used to display, provide pricing for goods, food, and/or services and order products and services available at the premises; “mixed-use building” means a building or complex that includes mixed land uses; “model home sign” means a temporary sign located on a property containing a model home for the purpose of marketing new residential construction; “mural” means any type of display or artistic endeavour applied to any external wall or other part of a building or structure which does not include any words, images, logos, or trademarks that advertise or convey any promotional message; “new business” means a business at a location that has been in operation for less than 90 days; “no trespassing sign” means an informational sign which relates exclusively to regulating access to a property upon which the sign is located; “officer” means a municipal law enforcement officer employed by the City to enforce municipal by-laws or a police officer appointed under the Police Services Act; “official sign” means a sign to be used, required by, or erected by any federal, provincial, regional, or municipal government, a public body or agency thereof or board or commission or public utility, including, but not limited to, signs designating hospitals, schools, libraries, community centres, arenas or other public government uses. Where signage is proposed for private use on public lands, authorization from the public body and a sign permit will be required; By-law No. 8154 /25 “open space system” means the Open Space System land use designation identified on Schedule I of the City of Pickering’s Official Plan, as amended from time to time; “owner” means the registered owner of a property, person identified in the most recent tax roll as the owner of a property or a lessee, tenant, mortgagee in possession or any other person in charge or possession of a property; “person” means an individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, organization, trustee or agent, and the heirs, executors or legal representatives of the person to whom the context can apply according to law; “portable sign” means any temporary sign and/or any sign readily moveable from place to place, which is not anchored to the ground, including signs commonly referred to as

a-frame, t-frame, sandwich boards, signs fixed to a trailer and any type of device used or capable of being used for advertising purposes; “poster” means a printed notice conveying information intended to be displayed for a temporary period of time and includes a bill, handbill, leaflet and placard; “pre-menu board” shall mean a sign erected at the entry to a stacking lane of a drive-through facility and used to display goods, food and/or services available at the premises; “premises” means the area of a building or part thereof and/or land or part thereof occupied or used for residential, commercial and/or industrial purposes and in a multiple occupancy building, occupied by more than one business, each business area shall be considered a separate premises; “property” means a parcel of land, with or without a building or structure, that is a legal property of record; “pylon sign” means a type of ground sign that is free standing in a fixed location and is wholly supported by a structural base erected on and in the ground, but not part of a building; “real estate sign” means a temporary non-illuminated sign erected to advertise that a property, building or a portion of a building is offered for sale, rent or lease; “real estate open house sign” means a temporary sign advertising that a property for sale, rent or lease is available for public viewing during a specified date and time; “Region” means The Regional Municipality of Durham; “setback” means the shortest distance between a property lot line and the closest portion of a sign; “sidewalk sign” means a freestanding temporary sign, not affixed to the ground, advertising a business, service or product and installed on a sidewalk; “sign” means any device, notice or visual medium including its structure and other component parts that is used, or is capable of being used, to attract attention to a specific subject matter for identification, information or advertising purposes; By-law No. 8154 /25 “sign area ” means,