Ottawa : Règlement no 2016-326, art. 1 — In this by-law

In this by-law:

• “abut” means to share a property line, and abutting has a corresponding meaning; (contigu) “access” means a way of ingress or egress to or from a street, and includes a highway, private road, driveway and any other private way; (accès) “accessory” means a use that is normally, naturally and customarily subordinate and incidental to a principal use and is an integral part of the normal operation of that principal use; (acessoire) “Addressing By-law” means By-law 2014-78 of the City of Ottawa respecting the naming of private roads and highways and the numbering of buildings and lots and the repeal of By-law 2002-521 and By-law 2005-322, as amended; (Règlement sur l’adressage municipal) “adjacent” means a property that shares a property line with the subject property as well as those properties directly across the street; (adjacent) “agent” means a person designated by another person to act on his or her behalf; (mandataire) “agricultural use” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (utilisation agricole) “alteration” means any change to the sign structure or the sign face but does not include maintenance or a change in the message, and “altered” and “altering” have a corresponding meaning; (modification) “animated”, in reference to a sign, means movement, motion or the appearance of motion by way of motion picture, video, television, LED screens or any technology that would facilitate motion or the appearance of motion, and does not include a static billboard with sign copy that changes mechanically; (animé) “applicant” means a person applying for a permanent sign permit or a sign encroachment permit under this by-law; (demandeur) “arterial road” means a highway identified as such in Schedule E, G or H; of the Official Plan; (artère) “awning” means a retractable roof-like structure that projects from the exterior wall of a building; (banne) “awning sign” means an awning that is or functions as a sign; (enseigne sur banne) “banner sign” means a sign made of vinyl, canvas, polyethylene, or other non-rigid material, supported from the exterior wall of the building or structure to which it is attached and continuously mounted under tension so as to reasonably deter deformation for a period greater than 120 consecutive days; (bannière) “bed and breakfast” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law and is permitted by the Zoning By-law; (gîte touristique) “billboard”, when used without a qualifier, means both a static billboard and a digital billboard; (panneau d’affichage) “building” means anything that houses, accommodates or serves a use or an accessory use, and includes a trailer and a vehicle when so used, whether or not the trailer or vehicle is connected to municipal services; (bâtiment) “building canopy” means a permanent roof-like structure that:
• is an architectural component of a building regulated by the Building Code, is located at an entrance of a building, and extends over a walkway or roadway;
• (auvent de bâtiment) “Building Code” means the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c.23, as amended, and includes any Regulations made under the Act, and a by-law enacted by Council under the Act;
• (Code du bâtiment) “By-law 2005-439” means the City of Ottawa Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law, being By-law 2005-439 entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa regulating permanent signs on private property”, as amended;
• (Règlement n 2005-439) “candelas per square metre” means the intensity of light emitted from a sign, or luminance, and may also be referred to as nits;
• (candela par metre carré) “canopy” means a non-retractable structure that is not supported from the ground but is attached to and supported from the exterior wall of the building, but does not include a building canopy;
• (auvent) “canopy sign” means a canopy that is or functions as a sign, but does not include a building canopy sign;
• (enseigne sur auvent) “Chief Building Official” means the person in the office of the Chief Building Official of the City of Ottawa, or authorized designates;
• (chef du service du bâtiment) “Chief, By-law and Regulatory Services” means the person in the office of the Chief of By-law and Regulatory Services of the City of Ottawa or authorized designates;
• (chef, Services des règlements municipaux) “cinema” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law;
• (cinéma) “City” means the municipal corporation of the City of Ottawa or the geographic area of the City of Ottawa, as the context requires;
• (Ville, ville) “City property” means any land or building owned by the City other than a highway;
• (propriété de la Ville) “commercial use” means retail, commercial services, restaurant and office uses;
• (utilisation commerciale) “commercial zone”, for the purposes of this by-law, includes the Local Commercial (LC), Traditional Mainstreet (TM), Arterial Mainstreet (AM), Transit-Oriented Development (TD), Mixed-Use Downtown (MD), Mixed- Use Centre (MC), General Mixed-Use (GM), Village Mixed-Use
• (VM) and Rural Commercial
• (RC) zones set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone commerciale) “common property name” means the common name of the shopping centre, office building, or other facility; (nom usuel de la propriété) “Condominium” means a corporation comprised of a complex in which units are owned individually while land and common elements are held in joint ownership with others, and which is governed by the Condominium Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, C. 19; (condominium) “Co-operative” means a legally-constituted enterprise operating on a co- operative basis, as defined in the Co-operative Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C-35; (coopérative) “Council” means the Council of the City of Ottawa; (Conseil) “curb” means a concrete or asphalt edge or border of a roadway; (bordure) “development” means any use of land for any purposes, and includes re- development; and “develop”, developing”, “re-develop” and “re- developing” have a corresponding meaning; (aménagement) “development sign” means an on-premise sign that includes information relating to a new subdivision, development or the construction or renovation of a building or structure; (enseigne d’aménagement) “digital billboard” means an off-premise sign that displays information or images on a digital or electronic screen; (panneau d’affichage numérique) “digital menu board” means an on-premise sign with a digital or electronic screen with changing messages, displaying the menu and menu-related information, but does not include a drive-through menu sign or pre-menu sign; (panneau d’affichage du menu numérique) “directional development sign” means an off-premise sign providing directions to a new development under construction by way of a directional arrow on the sign face; (enseigne d’aménagement directionnelle) “directional farm sign” means an off-premise sign that provides directions to a registered farm or the farm-related products or services offered by the registered farm or directions to a rural farmers’ market and the products offered at the site of the farmers’ market; (enseigne directionnelle de ferme) “directional sign” means an off-premise sign providing directions to a specific destination by way of a directional arrow on the sign face, and may contain other information as specified (or permitted) herein; (enseigne directionnelle) “distance after intersection or crossing”, for the purpose of calculating the prohibited area, means the distance between the curb of the intersection or crossing and the end of the prohibited area; (distance après l’intersection ou le passage) “double-faced sign” means a sign that has two sign faces of equal area and identical proportions where the sign faces are placed opposite each other in such a manner that the inside angle between the backs of the sign faces does not exceed 45 degrees; (enseigne à deux faces) “drive-through facility” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (service au volant) “drive-through sign” means a menu or pre-menu information sign displaying menu-related information for a restaurant with a drive-through facility; (enseigne de service au volant) “driveway” means a private way used for vehicular access from a street, and includes a right-of-way or any land used to access other land; (entrée de cour) “dwell time” means the length of time a static image or message is displayed on a sign; (période de maintien) “electronic fuel pump sign” means a sign erected or displayed on or attached to a fuel pump authorized by law that displays, in whole or in part, electronic static copy or electronic moving copy; (enseigne électronique sur une pompe à carburant) “encroachment permit” means a permit issued under this by-law as an endorsement on the sign permit, authorizing a sign to project from private property on or over a street; (permis d’empiètement) “entrance”, in reference to a building, means an exterior entrance that provides direct access to the inside of a building and includes an exit serving the same or a corresponding function; (entrée) “environmental protection zone”, for the purposes of this by-law, means the Environmental Protection
• (EP) zone set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone de protection de l’environnement) “erect” means the constructing, erecting, placing, locating, relocating or altering of a sign or part thereof; and includes the painting or application of

a mural sign and the posting of notices, and “erected” and “erection” and “paint” and “painted” have a corresponding meaning; (installer) “existing” means existing as of the date of the enactment of the provision that contains the word “existing”; (existant, actuel, en vigueur) “external illumination” means illumination of the sign that is external to or outside of the sign or sign box; (éclairage externe) “farm sign” means an on-premise sign that advertises or identifies the name of a farm or the farm related products or services offered on the premises or types of crops grown on the premises; (enseigne de ferme) “farmers’ market” means a seasonal, multi-vendor operation at a fixed rural location selling agricultural, food and arts and crafts products including home-grown-produce, home-made crafts and value-added products where the vendors are the primary producers; (marché de producteurs) “frontage” means the portion of a lot fronting on a street, but not on a lane or alleyway; (façade de terrain) “fuel price sign” means an on-premise sign that displays the current price of fuel only, and on which the price information is changed from time to time manually or automatically; (enseigne affichant le prix de l’essence) “fuel pump island sign” means a sign that is located on or over a single fuel pump island, but does not include an electronic fuel pump sign; (enseigne d’îlot de distribution d’essence) “full service restaurant” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (restaurant à service complet) “General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department” means the person in the office of the General Manager of the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department of the City, or an authorized designate; (directeur général, Services de la planification, de l’infrastructure et du développement économique) “grade”, except where otherwise indicated, means the average surface elevation of the ground adjoining any building or sign, exclusive of any berm or mound of earth created solely for the purpose of increasing the elevation of the ground at the base of the sign; (niveau du

• sol) “greenbelt” means the area shown in Schedule E of this by-law, and “inside the greenbelt” and “outside the greenbelt” have corresponding meanings; (Ceinture de verdure) “ground sign” means a sign that is affixed to the ground by a self-supporting structure that includes a permanent foundation below grade or above grade; (enseigne fixée au
• sol) “heritage building or structure” means a building or structure that is listed on the Heritage Register, or designated under Part IV or V of the Ontario Heritage Act; (edifice historique ou structure patrimoniale) “Heritage Register” means properties listed on the City’s Heritage Register under Section 27 of the Ontario Heritage Act; (2021-235) (Biens patrimoniaux) “highway” includes a common and public highway under the jurisdiction of the City and includes any street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof; (“voie publique”) (2021-235) (voie publique) “home-based business” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law and is permitted by the Zoning By-law; (enterprise à domicile) “identification sign” means a sign that identifies a place or business that is on the premises upon which the sign is located; (panneau d’identification) “illuminated” means lighting of the sign by artificial means and “illumination” has a corresponding meaning; (lumineux) “industrial zone” for the purposes of this by-law, includes the Business Park Industrial (IP), Light Industrial (IL), General Industrial (IG), Heavy Industrial (IH), Rural General Industrial
• (RG) and Rural Heavy Industrial
• (RH) zones set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone industrielle) “information sign” means a sign that provides information about the uses of the building or premises upon which the sign is located, or directions that relate directly to a building or premises; (panneau indicateur) “institutional zone”, for the purposes of this by-law, includes the Minor Institutional (I1), Major Institutional (I2), and Rural Institutional
• (RI) zones set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone institutionnelle) “intermittent illumination” means illumination that is capable of variation in intensity at periodic intervals; (éclairage intermittent) “internal illumination” means illumination of the sign with a source inside the sign or sign box; (éclairage interne) “Lansdowne”, for the purposes of this by-law, means the lands described in Schedule B of this by-law and includes the buildings and structures located on the lands; (Lansdowne) “Lansdowne Signage and Wayfinding Plan” means the Lansdowne Signage and Wayfinding Plan approved by Council of the City of Ottawa on June 27, 2012, as referenced in Planning Committee Report 32A, Item 5, and on October 10, 2012, as referenced in the Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 25, Item 7, and as may be amended by Council from time to time, and is declared to form part of this by-law; (signalisation et carte de localisation de Lansdowne) “lateral offset”, for the purposes of calculating the prohibited area, means the distance between the property line abutting the street and the end of the prohibited area; (retrait latéral) “leisure zone”, for the purposes of this by-law, includes the Community Leisure Facility (L1), Major Leisure Facility (L2) and Central Experimental Farm (L3) zones set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone de loisirs) “lightshed setback” means a cone-shaped area of visual impact that establishes the setback from a digital billboard; (retrait d’éclairage) Illustration of lightshed setback “logo sign” means a wall sign located at the uppermost storey of a building that is an emblem, badge, symbol or other identifying mark used solely to identify a particular building or premises or to identify a particular occupant of a particular building or premises; (2017-343) (enseigne de symbole social) “lot” means all contiguous land under one ownership;
• (lot) “low-rise apartment dwelling” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (immeuble d’appartements de faible hauteur) “LUX” means one lumen per square metre, and is a measure of illuminance, or the intensity of light at the sign surface from all sources, measured at a specific distance;
• (lux) “maintenance” includes the replacement of the component parts of a sign structure by identical component parts; (entretien) “major collector” means a highway identified as such in Schedule E, G or H of the Official Plan; (route collectrice principale) “Mature Neighbourhoods Overlay” means the “Mature Neighbourhoods Overlay” layer displayed under the Zoning option of geoOttawa; (zone sous-jacente de quartiers établis) “message” means any visual communication whether in words, symbols, or any other visual form that conveys meaning; (message) “message centre” means an on-premise sign that is designed to have the alpha numeric characters or images that it displays changed by use of automatic, electronic or manual methods; (afficheur à message) “mid to high-rise apartment” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (immeuble d’appartements de moyenne à grande hauteur) “mobile home park” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (parc de maisons mobiles) “municipal law enforcement officer” means a person appointed by Council to enforce the provisions of this by-law and may be referred to as an officer, and includes the Chief, By-law and Regulatory Services; (agent d’application des règlements municipaux) “ multi-faced sign” means a sign that has three or more sign faces; (enseigne multifaces) “municipal”, except where it refers to the Municipal Act, 2001, means relating to the City of Ottawa; (municipal) “Municipal Act, 2001 ” means the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c25, as amended; (Loi de 2001 sur les municipalités) “mural sign” means a sign that is an expression of public art painted directly on or applied to the exterior of a building or structure or on a backing that is affixed to the building or structure; (enseigne murale) “non-rural road network” means the urban road network shown in Schedule E of the Official Plan; (réseau routier non rural) “Official Plan” means the Official Plan of the City of Ottawa; (Plan officiel) “official sign” means a sign erected by a public body under the auspices or authority of a statute, by-law or regulation; (enseigne officielle) “off-premise sign” means a permanent sign that directs attention to a business, product, service or entertainment that is conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than on the premises on which the sign is located; (enseigne hors lieux) “on-premise sign” means a permanent sign identifying or advertising a business, person, activity, goods, products or services located on the premises where the sign is situated, operated and maintained; (enseigne sur les lieux) “Ontario Heritage Act” means the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18, as amended, and includes any Regulations passed under the Act; (Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario) “open space zone”, for the purposes of this by-law, means the Parks and Open Space (O1) zone set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone d’espaces verts) “owner”, with respect to the sign, means any person whose name and address or telephone number appears on the sign, who manufactured, supplied or installed the sign, who is in lawful control of the sign, who benefits from the message on the sign, or the owner or tenant of the property upon which the sign is situated, and for the purposes of this by- law there may be more than one sign owner; (propriétaire) “parapet wall” means a vertical wall section that is a component part of the building structure extending above a building roofline; (parapet) “permanent sign” means a sign that is that is installed, applied, projected onto or affixed to any building or structure and includes a ground sign, wall sign, logo sign, banner sign, window sign, mural sign, awning sign, canopy sign, projecting sign, message centre, digital menu board, digital billboard, static billboard, development sign, directional development sign, directional farm sign, rural business/industrial park directional, or village pedestrian directional sign, and shall not include a sign located inside a building with the exception of a window sign; (enseigne permanente) “permit” means a permit, other than an encroachment permit, issued under this by-law and includes a renewal thereof; and “sign permit” has a corresponding meaning; (permis) “permit holder” means a person who has obtained a permanent sign permit or a sign encroachment permit; (détenteur de permis) “person” means an individual, association, firm, partnership, incorporated company, corporation, agent or trustee, and the heirs, executor or other legal representatives of a person and for the purposes of this by-law includes an owner, or any person in temporary possession of the property; (personne) “planned unit development” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (complexe immobilier) “pre-menu video sign” means a pre-menu drive-through sign that contains an electronic screen displaying video images; (enseigne pré-menu avec écran video) “premises” means specific property, and includes all buildings and structures thereon; (lieux) “private property” means property under private ownership; (propriété privée) “private road” means any street, road, lane or other means of vehicular access to or egress from buildings located on private lands; (chemin privé) “prohibited area”, with respect to the area around a signalized intersection, pedestrian crossing or railway crossing, means the area encompassing the limits of the distance before the stop line, the distance after the intersection/crossing, and the lateral offset area from the property line on each side of the street. (zone interdite) Illustration of prohibited area This diagram is intended to illustrate the prohibited area for the street on which the flows of traffic are shown. The prohibited area for the intersecting street must be determined separately. “projected image sign” means a sign that is projected from or by a source external to the sign onto a surface where the sign copy image is displayed, but does not include a projected image that is displayed for a temporary sports, cultural or tourism event; (image projetée) “projecting sign” means a sign that projects on the perpendicular from the surface to which it is attached, and may include a projecting banner sign; (enseigne en saillie) “property” means a building or structure or part of a building or structure, and includes the lands and premises appurtenant thereto and all mobile homes, mobile buildings, mobile structures, outbuildings, fences and erections on the property, and includes vacant property; (propriété) “property line”, for the purpose of calculating the prohibited area, means the property line abutting the street; (limite de propriété) “public” means equally open and available to all and does not, necessarily, denote ownership; (public) “public utility” means a board, commission, or corporation including the City that owns or operates a public service; (service public) “radius setback” means a 360 degree circular setback around a sign, with the size of the setback area determined by the length of the radius of the circle; (rayon de retrait) “registered farm” means a farming business that has obtained a farm business registration number pursuant to the provisions of the Farm Registration and Farm Organizations Funding Act, 1993, S.O. 1993, c. 21, as amended; (ferme inscrite) “relocating” includes any re-orienting or repositioning of a sign structure; (réinstaller) “residential use building” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (bâtiment à utilisation résidentielle) “residential zone”, for the purposes of this by-law, includes the Residential (R1 to R5), Rural Residential (RR), Mobile Home (RM), and Village Residential (V1 to V3) zones set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone résidentielle) “retirement home” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (maison de retraite) “roofline” means the uppermost point of the wall of a building where the wall and the roof meet, and excludes a parapet wall; (ligne de toiture) “roof sign” means a sign located entirely on or above the roof of a building, including a sign on a building canopy that projects more than one metre above the building canopy, and a sign on a parapet wall or similar architecture feature that extends beyond the roofline for a distance greater than the measured storey height below the sign; (enseigne de toiture) “rural business or industrial park” means a grouping of four or more commercial uses or industrial uses, or both, but not including shopping centres, on property zoned rural commercial or rural industrial, on parcels of land under one or multiple ownership; (parc d’affaires ou parc industriel rural) “rural business or industrial park directional sign” means an on-premise directional ground sign that includes the name of the rural business park or rural industrial park and the businesses located in the park; (enseigne directionnelle de parc d’affaires ou de parc industriel rural) “rural road network” means the road network shown in Schedule G of the Official Plan; (réseau routier rural) “rural village pedestrian directional sign” means an on-premise or off- premise directional sign in the form of individual or multiple blades on a post with each blade identifying a business located in a village; (enseigne directionnelle de village pour les piétons) “Scenic Entry Route” means a public street identified as a Scenic Entry Route in Schedule I or J of the Official Plan; (route d’entrée panoramique) “shopping centre” has the same meaning as in the in the Zoning By-law; (centre commercial) “sidewalk” means those parts of a highway set aside for the use of pedestrians or used by the general public for the passage of pedestrians; (trottoir) “sign” means any visual medium used to convey information by way of words, pictures, graphics, emblems or symbols; any device used for the purpose of providing direction, information, identification, advertisement, or the promotion of a product, activity, or service; and a mural sign; (enseigne) “sign box” means a box frame, which may or may not be illuminated, which holds or supports a face plate that displays a message; (boîtier d’enseigne) “sign face” means that portion of the sign upon, against or through which the message of the sign is displayed, but does not include the sign structure; (face de l’enseigne) “sign face area” means the total area of all sign faces on one sign structure; (superficie de la face de l’enseigne) “sign structure” means a structure that is constructed to support a sign face; (structure d’enseigne) “signalized intersection or crossing”, for the purpose of calculating the prohibited area, means an intersection, pedestrian crossing or railway crossing which has traffic lights or signals to control traffic; (intersection à feux ou passage avec signalization) “Signs on City Roads By-law” means the City of Ottawa Signs on City Roads By-law, being By-law 2003-520 entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to regulate signs and advertising devices on City roads", as amended; (Règlement sur l’affichage sur la voie publique) “stacked dwelling” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (habitation superposée) "static billboard" means an off-premise advertising sign that displays printed information or images, and includes a sign with printed sign copy that changes mechanically; (panneau d’affichage fixe) “stop line”, for the purposes of calculating the prohibited area, means the marking on the pavement prior to a signalized intersection, pedestrian crossing or railway crossing where a vehicle is required to stop, when necessary; (ligne d’arrêt) “storey” means a level of a building included between the surface of a floor and the ceiling or roof immediately above it; (étage) “storey, first” means the storey that has its floor at or nearest grade and has its ceiling, or the roof immediately above the floor, if that is the case, at least 1.8 m above grade; (rez-d-chaussée) “street” means a highway, private road, road allowance or a lane, and includes the surface, grassed area, ditch, curb, gutter, sidewalk, and any other structure constructed thereon by the City or with the City’s approval;
• (rue) “structure” means something constructed; (structure) “Temporary Signs on Private Property By-law” means the City of Ottawa Temporary Signs on Private Property By-law, being By-law 2004-239 entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa regulating the placement of temporary signs on private property”, as amended; (Règlement sur les enseignes temporaries sur les propriétés privées) “theatre” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (théâtre) “townhouse dwelling” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (habitation en rangée) “traffic control device” means a sign, traffic control signal or other device placed for the purpose of regulating or directing vehicular, pedestrian or other traffic within the street and includes the utility pole, post or other supporting members, control boxes and other ancillary elements; (dispositif de signalisation) “transition time” means the time it takes to change an electronic message; (période de transition) “transportation zone”, for the purposes of this by-law, means the Air Transportation Facility (T1) and Ground Transportation (T2) zones set out in the Zoning By-law; (zone de transport) “use” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (utilisation) “utility installation” has the same meaning as in the Zoning By-law; (installation de services publics) “village” means a rural village as designated in the Official Plan; (village) “visibility triangle” means the area within a triangle formed by measuring a prescribed distance along two specified intersecting lines and a third line joining the terminal points of the two measured lines; (triangle de visibilité) “wall sign” means a sign that is flat to a wall or window and may include a painted wall sign, banner sign, building canopy sign, projected image sign, or window sign; (affiche murale) “window sign” means a sign on the inside or outside of any part of a window on a wall, including a sign located within or in place of the glass of

a window, or any other sign in a window erected or displayed in a manner so as to be visible through the window from the exterior of the building; (2018-42) (enseigne de vitrine) “zone” means any zone established in the Zoning By-law and includes all subzones and exception zones; (zone) “Zoning By-law” means the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law, being By-law 2008-250 entitled “City of Ottawa Zoning By-law regulating the use of all land and the density, size, location and use of all buildings within the City of Ottawa”, as amended. (Règlement de zonage)