Minutes |
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Sign Variance Committee |
Meeting No. | 3 | Contact | Yvonne Davies, Deputy Secretary | |
Meeting Date |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
Phone | 416-396-7288 | |
Start Time |
9:30 AM |
sbc@toronto.ca | ||
Location |
Committee Room 2, City Hall
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Chair | Ted Yao |
SB3.1 | ACTION |
Adopted |
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Ward: 27 |
Application by Streetlife Media Inc. for Five (5) Third Party Sign Variances With Respect to a Third Party Sign Proposal on a Northerly-facing Wall of an Existing Building at 2 Queen Street East |
Committee Decision |
The Sign Variance Committee:
1. Refused 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.
2. Refused 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.
3. Refused 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.
4. Refused 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.
5. 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 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. |
Origin |
(September 8, 2010) Report from Manager, Sign By-law Unit, Toronto Building |
Summary |
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.
- 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. |
Background Information |
Staff Report - Third Party Sign Variance Application - 2 Queen Street East - TP-10-00003 (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/sb/bgrd/backgroundfile-33486.pdf) |
Speakers |
Robert Bader, Sign By-law Unit, Toronto Building |
Motions |
1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Marco D'Angelo (Lost) That:
A. Recommendation 1 in the report dated September 8, 2010, from the Manager, Sign By-law Unit, Toronto Building, be deleted.
B. Recommendations 2 to 5 be renumbered and amended to read as follows:
1. Approved 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, on the condition that Streetlife Media Inc. apply for and receive the required heritage permit under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act through Toronto Heritage Preservation Services.
2. Approved 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.
3. Approved 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.
4. Approved 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. 2 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Marco D'Angelo (Lost) That Motion 1 by Marco D'Angelo be amended to provide that the face of the sign not exceed 14 ft. by 19 ft. 3 - Motion to Adopt Item moved by Robert Pletsch (Carried) |
1a | Application by Streetlife Media Inc. for Five (5) Third Party Sign Variances With Respect to a Third Party Sign Proposal on a Northerly-facing Wall of an Existing Building at 2 Queen Street East |
Origin |
(September 14, 2010) Report from Manager, Sign By-law Unit, Toronto Building |
Summary |
Providing comments from Heritage Preservation Services on the application for five third party sign variances with respect to a proposal at 2 Queen Street East. |
Background Information |
(September 14, 2010) Supplementary Report - Application by Streetlife Media Inc. - 2 Queen Street East (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/sb/bgrd/backgroundfile-33509.pdf) |
SB3.2 | ACTION |
Amended |
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Ward: All |
Administration - Implementation of Procedural Rules for the Sign Variance Committee Concerning Adjournments of Hearings |
Committee Decision |
The Sign Variance Committee:
1. Amended 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 the report dated September 10, 2010, from the City Solicitor to provide for the consideration of adjournment requests, with the following amendment:
a. the list of relevant matters which may be included as generally relevant considerations for the Committee in determining whether an adjournment is required, as set out on page 3 of the report dated September 10, 2010, from the City Solicitor, be included in Sign Variance Committee By-law No. 1, Rules of Procedure for the Sign Variance Committee. |
Origin |
(September 10, 2010) Report from City Solicitor |
Summary |
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. |
Background Information |
Staff Report - Implementation of Procedural Rules for Adjournments (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/sb/bgrd/backgroundfile-33489.pdf) |
Motions |
1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Ted Yao (Carried) That the Sign Variance Committee amend the recommendation contained in the report dated September 10, 2010, from the City Solicitor by adding the following:
a. the list of relevant matters which may be included as generally relevant considerations for the Committee in determining whether an adjournment is required, as set out on page 3 of the report dated September 10, 2010, from the City Solicitor, be included in Sign Variance Committee By-law No. 1, Rules of Procedure for the Sign Variance Committee. |
Procedural Motions |
1 - Motion to Adopt Minutes moved by Marco D'Angelo (Carried) That the Minutes of the meeting of the Sign Variance Committee held on July 27, 2010, be confirmed. |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Ted Yao, Chair, Sign Variance Committee |
Meeting Sessions |
Session Date | Session Type | Start Time | End Time | Public or Closed Session |
2010-09-21 | Morning | 9:35 AM | 11:44 AM | Public |
Attendance | ||
Members were present for some or all of the time period indicated. |
Date and Time | Quorum | Members |
2010-09-21 9:35 AM - 11:44 AM (Public Session) |
Present |
Present: D'Angelo, Janzen, Pletsch, Saati, Yao (Chair) |