Item - 2020.NY17.27

North York Community Council:

1. Authorized Transportation Services to permit the installation of the proposed ground sign and enter into an encroachment agreement with the property owner in accordance with Article III - Street Work of Municipal Code Chapter 743 - Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, with the following conditions: 

a. applicant/contractor to ensure that electrical wirings and connections from subject sign to source in the building be in accordance with Ontario Electrical Safety Code;

b. applicant/contractor shall check and comply with the minimum clearance between the nearest sign boundary to any electrical conductor above it as per Ontario Building Code; and

c. a report confirming compliance to Items a) and b) above signed by a qualified person shall be submitted to Transportation Services after the installation of said ground sign.

The property owner of Sherman Campus, a recreational, educational and social Jewish Community Centre at 4588 Bathurst Street is proposing to install and maintain an electronic ground sign at the southern corner of the driveway entrance of the property on the west side of Bathurst Street.. The proposed sign will be constructed of aluminum angular frames and vinyl overlay measuring 0.51 metre in thickness, 3.43 metres in width, and 6.02 metres in height above ground and 2.44 metres depth, located in the City's right of way.

Transportation Services requires North York Community Council's authority to permit the installation of the above mentioned ground sign and enter into an encroachment agreement with the property owner based on the submitted plans and applicable By-laws.

The proposed electronic ground sign on the public right of way does not meet the requirements of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, for delegated approval as an encroachment by the General Manager, Transportation Services.  Notwithstanding, Transportation Services does not have any objections to the proposed sign.