Public Notice

City of Toronto Act, 2006 Public Notice

Amendment to the Sign By-law to Regulate Bike Share Signs outside of the Public Right-of-Way

Toronto City Council will be considering recommendations to amend Municipal Code Chapter 694, Signs, General (the "Sign By-law"), to include new regulations to permit signs associated with Bike Share docking stations ("Bike Share Stations") located outside the public right-of-way.

It is proposed that the amendments be adopted at the City Council meeting to be held on February 5, 2025. If adopted by City Council, the proposed amendments will:

1.    Define "Bike-Share Signs" and to add new definitions, to establish new regulations concerning Bike-Share Signs, and to add Schedule D, Description of Bike-Share Signs to the Sign By-law.

2.    Establish specific regulations for the size, orientation, content, and illumination of Bike-Share Signs.

3.    Permit signage on Bike Share Stations outside of the public right of way, and within parks, without a permit, with specific conditions for display described in the proposed Schedule D.

The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, is recommending that the Council of the City of Toronto approve the amendments to the Sign By-law described above.

The Planning and Housing Committee may recommend that the Council of the City of Toronto amend the Sign By-law to approve the amendments to the Sign By-law described above.

The proposed amendments are outlined in the report titled " Amendment to the Sign By-law to Regulate Bike Share Signs outside of the Public Right-of-Way".  To view or obtain a copy of the report, visit the City's website at: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.PH18.9

At its meeting to be held via video conference and in-person at City Hall, Committee Room 1, 2nd Floor, Toronto City Hall on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, the Planning and Housing Committee of Toronto City Council will hear in person or by his or her counsel, agent or solicitor, any person who wishes to speak to the matter.

To submit comments or make a presentation to the Planning and Housing Committee on January 23, 2025, please contact the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on January 22, 2025:

Planning and Housing Committee

Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West,

Toronto, ON  M5H 2N2

Telephone: 416- 397-4579

Email: phc@toronto.ca 

To ask questions regarding the content of the report, contact:

Ted Van Vliet, Project Director

Business Transformation and Citywide Priorities, Toronto Building

Telephone: 416-392-4235

Email: Ted.Vanvliet@toronto.ca 

Any comments received after the Committee meeting will be forwarded to City Council.

While the staff report sets out proposed changes, the Committee and/or City Council may adopt additional or other amendments that differ from the recommendations set out in the report.  The proposed amendments are subject to the decision of the Planning and Housing Committee and the decision of Toronto City Council.  

If this matter is postponed at the Committee meeting or Council meeting or considered at a subsequent Committee or Council meeting, no additional notice will be provided other than the information on the subsequent Committee or 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 January 23, 2025 which will be forwarded to City Council on February 5, 2025.

Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Planning and Housing Committee:  The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.

The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City’s website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it – such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address – available to the public.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast.  Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available.

If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 or by calling 416-397-4579.