Nanaimo : Règlement no 2850, art. 1.5(ii) — Sign Bylaw

In the Agriculture Rural Residential

• (AR) and R12 (MOBILE HOME PARK) Zone, the maximum area shall be 3.0 square metres (32.3 square feet) and the maximum height shall be 4 metres. (13.1 feet). (Bylaw 4767, 5219, 5450)
• (iii)
• (a) In the Corridor Two and Three (COR), Commercial Centre (CC), Downtown (DT), Industrial (I), Waterfront
• (W) and Community Service
• (CS) zones, the maximum sign area shall be 10 sq. metres inclusive of the area of any promotional and gas price signs permitted in subsections 6(12) and 6(13), (107.6 square feet) and the maximum height 9.0 metres (29.5 feet). (Bylaw 4767, 5219, 5450)
• (b) Notwithstanding (iii)(a), freestanding signs for shopping centres having a gross floor area exceeding 2,000 square metres (21,500 square feet) are permitted to a maximum height of 13.7 metres (45 feet) and an area not to exceed 0.1 square metres (1.1 square feet) of sign area for each 0.3 metres of highway frontage to a maximum of 30 square metres (323 square feet).
• (B)
• (i) Not more than one freestanding sign shall be permitted adjacent to each highway frontage of a site, and in no case shall more than three freestanding signs be permitted per site or shopping centre. Each sign shall be located adjacent to the allowing highway frontage.
• (ii) Where two or more signs are permitted on a site, such signs must be separated by a distance of not less than 10m. Bylaw 2850 - Consolidated
• (C) A freestanding sign may be located in a required yard but no part of the sign shall extend over any parcel line and shall not be in conflict with the regulations of the Zoning Bylaw related to visibility at intersections.
• (D) Except where nose guys are necessary for safety, guy wires shall not be used for a freestanding sign.
• (E) Free-standing signs are not permitted within the Parkway Buffer on those lands designated Rural Parkway as shown on Schedule ‘F’. (Bylaw 5241)
• (F) Free-standing signs are not permitted within 100 metres (328 feet) of the Nanaimo Parkway on those lands designated Urban Parkway as shown on Schedule ‘F’. Those free -standing signs outside of 100 metres (328 feet) shall not face the Nanaimo Parkway.” (Bylaw 5241)