2010-11-29 Agenda - Sign Variance Committee

Sign Variance Committee

Ted Yao (Chair)

Thomas Janzen

Elizabeth Saati

Marco D'Angelo

Robert Pletsch

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Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

Confirmation of Minutes - October 18, 2010.

Communications/Reports

The Manager, Sign By-law Unit, Toronto Building, recommends that:

1. The Sign Variance Committee refuse the variance requested from §694-24. (25) & (26) to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the westerly wall of the building municipally known as 1 St. Clair Avenue West of a third party wall sign in a specified restricted area;

2. The Sign Variance Committee refuse the variance requested from §694-26.B.(1)(a) to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the westerly wall of the building municipally known as 1 St. Clair Avenue West of a third party wall sign exceeding a sign face area of 20.0 square metres;

3. The Sign Variance Committee refuse the variance requested from §694-26.B.(1)(b) to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the westerly wall of the building municipally known as 1 St. Clair Avenue West of a third party wall sign exceeding a height of 15.0 metres; and

4. The Sign Variance Committee refuse the variance requested from §694-26.D. to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the westerly wall of the building municipally known as 1 St. Clair Avenue West of a third party wall sign within 100.0 metres of another third party wall sign.

To obtain four separate variances to Chapter 694, Signs, General, required to allow ID Inc. to make an application for a sign permit to allow for the erection and display, along the westerly face of the existing building on the premises with the legal description of Concession 2 From the Bay, Part Lot 21 RP63R2379 PART 1, and known municipally as 1 St. Clair Avenue West, of one third party wall sign, which:

Is not illuminated;
Is erected within 100.0 metres of other lawful third party signs;
Is not erected within 30.0 metres of the intersection of a major street with another street;
Is not erected within 30.0 metres of any premises located, in whole or in part, in an R, RA, or OS sign district;
Is the only third party wall sign erected on the premises; and
Is at a height of 30.0 metres, and contains only one sign face, said sign face being 4.57 metres wide by 9.14 metres high for a sign face area of 41.77 square metres, and displaying static sign copy.

The Manager, Sign By-law Unit, Toronto Building, recommends that:

1. The Sign Variance Committee refuse the variance requested from §694-21. H. (2)(a) to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the westerly frontage of the premises municipally known as 25 York Street more than one ground sign.

2. The Sign Variance Committee refuse the variance requested from §694-21. H. (2)(b) to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the westerly frontage of the premises municipally known as 25 York Street a ground sign exceeding a sign face area of 3.0 square metres.

To appeal the decision of the Chief Building Official refusing the variances requested in the first party sign variance application to obtain variances to Chapter 694, Signs, General, required to allow A-Tec Signs to make an application for a sign permit to erect and display one ground sign, 2.78 metres in length by 1.32 metres in height, along the westerly frontage of the premises, displaying “Kinross”.

Sign Variance Appeal Application form submitted by Cassels Brock & Blackwell, LLP,. regarding the decision of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building.

The City Solicitor recommends that the Sign Variance Committee enact the draft by-law to address the process for considering a request for an adjournment.

To enact a by-law to amend the Rules of Procedure for the Sign Variance Committee, concerning adjourning hearings.

Meeting No.	5	Contact	Yvonne Davies, Deputy Secretary
Meeting Date	Monday, November 29, 2010	Phone	416-396-7287
Start Time	9:30 AM	E-mail	sbc@toronto.ca
Location	Committee Room 3, City Hall	Chair	Ted Yao

2a	Appeal by A-Tec Signs of the Decision of the Chief Building Official and Executive Officer - First Party Sign Variance Application of a Ground Sign along the westerly frontage of 25 York Street