2010-09-21 Agenda - Sign Variance Committee

Sign Variance Committee

Ted Yao (Chair)

Thomas Janzen

Elizabeth Saati

Marco D'Angelo

Robert Pletsch

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If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Toronto, Sign Variance Committee, Attention: Yvonne Davies, Deputy Secretary, Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive, Toronto, Ontario, M1P 4N7 or call at 416-396-7288.

Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

Confirmation of Minutes - July 27, 2010.

Communications/Reports

The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, recommends that:

1. The variance requested from § 694-22. A. to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the northerly-facing wall of the premises known municipally as 2 Queen Street East of third party wall sign displaying electronic static copy BE REFUSED;

2. The variance requested from § 694-22. C. to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the northerly-facing wall of the premises known municipally as 2 Queen Street East of third party wall sign erected on a designated heritage building BE REFUSED;

3. The variance requested from § 694-22. D. to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the northerly-facing wall of the premises known municipally as 2 Queen Street East of third party wall sign within 100.0 metres of another third party wall sign BE REFUSED;

4. The variance requested from § 694-26. B.(1)(d) to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the northerly-facing wall of the premises known municipally as 2 Queen Street East of third party wall sign exceeding a sign face area of 20.0 square metres BE REFUSED; and

5. The variance requested from § 694-26. B.(1)(a) to allow the issuance of a sign permit authorizing the erection and display on the northerly-facing wall of the premises known municipally as 2 Queen Street East of third party wall sign erected within 30.0 metres of the intersection of a major street with any other street BE REFUSED.

To obtain the five separate variances to Chapter 694, Signs, General, required to allow Streetlife Media Inc. to make an application for a sign permit to allow for the erection and display, along the northerly-facing of the existing building on the premises with the legal description of Lot 1 & Part Lot 2 RP 22-A Lots 179, 181, 183 & 183 ½ RP 384 and Part of Park Lot 8 Concession 1, From The Bay, and known municipally as 2 Queen Street East of one third party wall sign, which:

- Is illuminated;

- Is erected within 100 metres of other lawful third party signs;

- Is 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 ground sign erected on the premises; and

- Is at a height of 12.2 metres, and contains only one sign face, said sign face being 4.57 metres wide by 6.1 metres high for a sign face area of 27.88 square metres, and displaying electronic static sign copy.

The City Solicitor recommends that the Sign Variance Committee:

1. amend Sign Variance Committee By-law No. 1, Rules of Procedure for the Sign Variance Committee, substantially in accordance with the amendments set out in Appendix A to this report, to provide for the consideration of adjournment requests.

The purpose of this report is to respond to a request from the Sign Variance Committee (the "Committee") that the City Solicitor report with respect to the procedures for the granting of adjournments.

Meeting No.	3	Contact	Yvonne Davies, Deputy Secretary
Meeting Date	Tuesday, September 21, 2010	Phone	416-396-7288
Start Time	9:30 AM	E-mail	ydavies@toronto.ca
Location	Committee Room 2, City Hall	Chair	Ted Yao