Nanaimo : Règlement no 2850, art. 6(2) — Sign Bylaw

Awning Signs Awning signs are permitted as follows:

• (A) Awning signs are permitted in the Corridor Two and Three (COR), Commercial Centre (CC), Downtown (DT), Industrial (I), Community Service (CS), and Waterfront
• (W) zones. (Bylaw 4767, 5450, 7149)
• (B) The maximum sign area is limited to 25 percent of the wall area to which the awning is affixed.
• (C) Signs suspended from or below an awning are subject to the regulations of under- canopy signs.
• (D) Awnings on which signage is located may project up to 1.5m (5ft) above a building roofline. (Bylaw 3499)
• (E)

Where a part of an awning projects above a building roofline, no signage shall be located on that portion of the awning above the roofline. (Bylaw 3499)

(F)

Where an awning projects above a building roofline, no structural support or element shall be attached to or be reliant for support upon any portion of the building above the roofline. (Bylaw 3499) (2.1) Billboards (Bylaw 3227) Billboard signs are permitted as follows:

• (A) Billboards are permitted only in the downtown areas, as shown on Schedule ‘D’. Only one billboard sign per parcel of land shall be allowed. (Bylaw 4767, 7149) 2 2
• (B) The maximum area of a billboard shall not exceed 19m (204.5ft ).
• (C) No billboard shall be located within a 91.5m (300ft) distance from another.
• (D) No part of a billboard shall be closer to the highway line than the front of the nearest building or a line drawn between building fronts when located between two buildings.
• (E) The maximum height of a freestanding billboard shall be 7m or the height of the roofline of the nearest building whichever is the lesser. Bylaw 2850 - Consolidated