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Minutes Confirmed - Meeting of September 21, 2010.

The Sign Variance Committee deferred consideration of this item until its next meeting to be held on November 29, 2010.

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 Sign Variance Committee:

1.         Refused 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 146 Bloor Street West of a third party wall sign exceeding a sign face area of 20.0 square metres;

2.         Refused 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 146 Bloor Street West of a third party wall sign exceeding a height of 15.0 metres; and

3.         Refused 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 146 Bloor Street West of a third party wall sign within 100.0 metres of another third party wall sign.

To appeal the decision of the Chief Building Official refusing the variance requested in the first party sign variance application to obtain a variance to Chapter 694, Signs, General, required to allow Pattison Sign Group to make an application for a sign permit to, in conjunction with the existing hotel use, allow for the erection and display of one illuminated wall (fascia) sign, 11.2 square metres in sign face area, approximately 12.9 metres in height from grade, on the second storey easterly-facing building wall in association with an ancillary restaurant use, and displaying “Lai Wah Heen”.

Sign Variance Appeal Application form submitted by John Jeppesen, Pattison Sign Group. regarding the decision of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building.

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 Committee referred the matter to the Deupty Committee Secretary with a request that she schedule a further education session for the Committee during December 2010.

The Committee requested the Deputy Secretary to schedule a further education session for the Committee during December 2010.