Cambridge : Règlement no 191-03, art. 2(a) — Sign By-law

where there is a sidewalk, that part of a road lying between the property line and nearest edge of the sidewalk; or

• (b) where there is no sidewalk and there is a shoulder, that part of a road lying between the property line and nearest edge of the shoulder; or
• (c) where there is no sidewalk or shoulder, that part of a road lying between the property line and the nearest edge of traveled part;

Owner means the person, corporation or agent controlling the property on which the sign is located; Painted Wall Sign means any sign painted upon any outside wall or other integral part of the building, without the use of independent supports or frames thereof; Park means a property owned by or made available by lease, agreement or otherwise, to the Corporation, that is or hereafter may be established, dedicated, set apart or made available for passive and active recreational use as a public park or garden, or that has been or hereafter may be placed under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of the Community Services Department on behalf of Council including any and all buildings, structures, facilities, erections and improvements located in or on such property, for so long as such property is so established, dedicated, set apart, made available or under the jurisdiction of the City of Cambridge, as the case may be; Planning Commissioner means the Commissioner of Planning of the City of Cambridge or his/her designate for administrative purposes; Portable Sign means a non-illuminated portable sign, which may include an A-frame sign, which is not permanently installed or affixed to the ground but does not include a mobile read-a-board sign; Projecting Sign means a single or double-faced sign which projects perpendicular to the building wall and such wall is used as the main source of support. Public Services Advertising means signs installed by or authorized by the City of Cambridge, the Region of Waterloo, or on behalf of the Province of Ontario or the Government of Canada including signage for community and charity functions by or on behalf of non-profit organizations. Real Estate Sign means a non-illuminated sign installed, erected or displayed for the notification that a premises or portion thereof is for sale, rent or lease, or that such premises has been sold, rented or leased and which may include information such as to whom a person should enquire with regard thereto; Religious Event Sign means a sign installed, erected or displayed for a place of worship consisting of permanent lettering identifying the place of worship and address and shall include changeable letters for the hours of services, studies, name of pastor and other similar items; Road means a road allowance under the jurisdiction of the City of Cambridge; Roadway means that part of the road that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder and, where the road includes two or more separate roadways, the term roadway refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of the roadways collectively; Roof Line means the line made by the intersection of the wall of the building with the roof of the building; Roof Sign means any sign above the roofline or upper limit of any parapet; Rotating Sign means any sign or portion of a sign that moves in a revolving or similar manner but not including motionaugraphy and other multiple-prism signs; Shoulder means that part of the road immediately adjacent to the roadway and having a surface that has been improved for the use of vehicles with asphalt, concrete or gravel; Sidewalk includes all parts of a road set aside for use by pedestrians; Sign means and includes any surface, structure or frame made or designed for printing, projecting or attaching any outdoor announcement, declaration, device, demonstration or insignia used for direction, information, identification, advertisement, business promotion or promotion of products, activities or services offered upon the premises and may include a logo or product identification sign; Sign Area means the entire area of a sign on which copy could be placed, including any frame or embellishment that forms an integral part of the display. In the case of a double face or a multiface sign, all sign faces will be counted in the sign area calculation. The area of individual letter signs shall be calculated on the basis of the smallest square or rectangle that will enclose the individual letters or features of the sign; 401 Sign means a fascia sign on a building wall facing Highway 401, a free standing sign and/or a billboard sign located on a lot where such building and/or lot abuts Highway 401; Street or Highway means a common and public walkway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, designed and intended for, or used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles and having, for the purposes of this by-law, a minimum road allowance of 12.0 metres; Street Line means the limit of the street or highway allowance and is the dividing line between a lot and a street; Subdivision means an entire plan under a Region of Waterloo subdivision file and not an individual phase of registration; Temporary Construction Sign means a non-illuminated sign which is temporarily installed or affixed to the ground where the purpose of the sign is to provide information on the project and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include one or more of the following, the name of the project, the names and addresses of contractors, architects, engineers, consultants and related personnel to the project; Temporary Open House and Model Home A-Frame Real Estate Sign means non illuminated signs which are not permanently installed or affixed to the ground and forms a double faced inverted V- type sign and where the purpose of the signs is to direct attention to a real estate open house or model home event taking place at a location other than the location of the signs. For the purpose of this by-law, a temporary residential sales office for the sale of residential dwelling units shall be considered as a model home; Third Party Advertising means advertising by an establishment or other activity that is not conducted on the land on which the sign is installed, erected or displayed; Traffic Control Device means a sign or pavement marking installed by the City of Cambridge for the purpose of regulating or guiding traffic and pedestrians and includes traffic control signals; Transit Shelter Sign means a third party, non-accessory sign attached to a wall of a public shelter provided by or for the Corporation of the City of Cambridge for the comfort and convenience of patrons of the public transit system; Wall Sign means a sign attached to, marked or inscribed on, or erected or placed against a wall forming part of a building and shall include an awning sign and a painted wall sign; Weather Canopy Sign means a sign located on any face or side of a weather canopy, which is a permanent unenclosed roof structure erected for the purpose of sheltering persons from the weather when using facilities which include, but are not limited to, automated teller machines, fuel pumps etc. Yard means any open, uncovered space appurtenant to a building and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any such land used for such purposes as landscaping, parking access, etc.; Yard, Front means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest part of any building or structure on the lot, as illustrated on Schedule B attached hereto; Yard, Rear means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the nearest part of any building or structure on the lot, as illustrated on Schedule B attached hereto; Yard, Side means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the nearest part of any building or structure on the lot, as illustrated on Schedule B attached hereto; Yard, Side, Exterior means a side yard that immediately adjoins a public street, as illustrated on Schedule B attached hereto; Yard, Side, Interior means a side yard other than a side yard that immediately adjoins a public street, as illustrated on Schedule B hereto attached.