City of Toronto Act,
2006 Public Notice
Notice of Proposal to
Amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code: Chapter 694, Signs, General (the
"Sign By-law")
Notice is
given that the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building
(Acting), is reporting on a proposed amendment to Municipal Code Chapter 694,
Signs, General (the "Sign By-law"), to create a Woodbine Special Sign
District, which would contain unique regulations to allow for, and regulate,
first party and third party signs displaying static and electronic sign copy;
alter the sign district designation applicable to 555 Rexdale Boulevard from an
Employment (“E”) Sign District to the Woodbine (“WB-SSD”) Special Sign
District; and, modify the area-specific restrictions listed in 694-24A of the
Sign By-law which prohibit third party signs from being displayed within 400
metres of Highway 427 and Highway 27.
The proposed amendment
seeks to:
1. Establish a Woodbine Special Sign District
(“WB-SSD”). The proposed special sign district would include distinct
regulations to allow and regulate first and third-party signs with static and
electronic sign copy.
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To
reflect the diverse nature of uses within Woodbine Special Sign District
(“WB-SSD”), the WB-SSD to have both general regulations applicable throughout,
and regulations which will apply with respect to six sub-designations as follows:
o WB-SSD-R sub-designation to be applicable to the portions
of the WB-SSD proposed to contain residential uses which shall have signage
regulations mirroring those applicable within a R-Residential
Sign District in the Sign By-law;
o WB-SSD-OS sub-designation to be applicable to the
portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain green space and similar mixed-use
purposes which shall have signage regulations mirroring those applicable within
an OS-Open Space Sign District in the Sign By-law;
o WB-SSD-C sub-designation to be applicable to the
portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain commercial (retail, entertainment
facilities, etc.), and similar mixed-use purposes, which shall have signage
regulations mirroring those applicable within a C-Commercial Sign District in
the Sign By-law;
o WB-SSD-CR sub-designation to be applicable to the
portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain a variety of specific commercial
facilities and mixed-use commercial residential purposes, which shall have
signage regulations mirroring those applicable within a CR-Commercial
Residential Sign Districts in the Sign By-law;
o WB-SSD-U sub-designation to be applicable to the
portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain transit facilities and ancillary
retail uses, which shall have signage regulations mirroring those applicable within
an U-Utility Sign Districts in the Sign By-law; and,
o WB-SSD-EZ, sub-designation to be applicable to the
portions of the WB-SSD proposed to specific commercial uses (the casino and
racetrack portions) and the associated area, which shall have signage regulations concerning wall signs, ground signs and
overhanging structure signs specifically designed to address the specific uses
and building types to which this sub-designation would apply.
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The
WB-SSD will also contain a series of signage regulations permitting and
regulating specific forms of first-party "directional signs" within the
WB-SSD-CR, WB-SSD-C, and WB-SSD-OS sub-designations, which may display up to
eight sign faces, with an aggregate sign face area of up to 40 square metres,
and a maximum height of eight metres.
·
The
WB-SSD will contain signage regulations permitting and regulating third party
electronic signs displaying electronic static copy with maximum sign face area
of 85 square metres and requiring first party static sign copy with a maximum
14 square metre sign face area identifying specific uses within the WB-SSD.
2. Amendments to the area-specific restrictions
prohibiting third-party signs within 400 meters of any limit of Highway 427 and
Highway 27 to permit the implementation of WB-SSD by excluding 555
Rexdale Boulevard from these restrictions. This adjustment will allow for the implementation of the specific signage
regulations permitting and regulating appropriate third-party signage within
the WB-SSD. This adjustment will
allow for the implementation of the specific signage regulations permitting and
regulating appropriate third-party signage within the WB-SSD.
3. Change the sign designation applicable to 555
Rexdale Boulevard from E-Employment Sign District to WB-SSD Woodbine Special
Sign District by amending Schedule A, Maps to the Sign Bylaw, by replacing the
current Sign District Map Ward 2: Etobicoke North, accordingly.
The Chief Building Official and Executive Director,
Toronto Building, is recommending that the Council of the City of Toronto adopt
the amendments to the Sign By-law, to
create and implement the Woodbine Special Sign District, as described above,
and alter the sign district designation applicable to 555 Rexdale Boulevard from
an Employment Sign District to Woodbine Special Sign District.
The Planning and Housing
Committee may recommend that the Council of the City of Toronto amend the Sign
By-law to create a Woodbine Special Sign District, which would contain unique
regulations to allow for, and regulate, first party and third party signs
displaying static and electronic sign copy; alter the sign district designation
applicable to 555 Rexdale Boulevard from an Employment (“E”) Sign District to
the Woodbine (“WB-SSD”) Special Sign District; and, modify the area-specific
restrictions listed in 694-24A of the Sign By-law which prohibit third party
signs from being displayed within 400 metres of Highway 427 and Highway 27.
At
its meeting to be held via video conference and in-person at City Hall, 100
Queen Street West, on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as
possible thereafter, the Planning and Housing Committee of Toronto City Council
will hear from any person or by his or her counsel, agent, or solicitor, who
wishes to speak to the matter.
To obtain or
view a copy of the report outlining the proposed amendments, you may view the Planning and Housing Committee agenda at https://secure.toronto.ca/council/#/committees/2565/23263.
To submit
comments or make a presentation to the Planning and Housing Committee please
contact the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31, 2023:
Planning
and Housing Committee
Toronto
City Hall, 100 Queen Street West
10th
Floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2
Telephone:
416-397-4579; Fax: 416-392-2980
Email:
phc@toronto.ca
To ask
questions regarding the content of the report, please contact:
Ted
Van Vliet
Project
Director, Business Transformation, Toronto Building
100
Queen Street West, Ground Floor, East Tower
Toronto,
ON, M5H 2N2
Telephone:
416-392-4235
Email:
Ted.VanVliet@toronto.ca
Any comments received after the Committee
meeting will be forwarded to Council.
If this matter is postponed at the
Committee meeting or City Council meeting or considered at a subsequent
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than the information on the subsequent Committee or City Council agenda. Please
contact the above City officials if you require notice in these cases.
The Planning and Housing Committee will
make its final recommendations on June 1, 2023 which will be forwarded to City
Council for its meeting on June 14, 15 and 16, 2023.
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people writing or making presentations to the Planning and Housing Committee: The City of
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Dated at the
City of Toronto this May 25, 2023.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk