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SIGN BY-LAW MINOR VARIANCE - 4100 STRANDHERD DRIVE DÉROGATION MINEURE AU
RÈGLEMENT SUR LES ENSEIGNES – 4100, PROMENADE STRANDHERD |
Committee recommendation
That Council approve a variance to
Sign By-law 2005-439, to permit a ground sign on 4100 Strandherd Drive which
displays an illuminated changeable message centre.
Recommandation DU Comité
Que
le Conseil approuve une dérogation au Règlement 2005-439 régissant les
enseignes permanentes sur des propriétés privées afin de permettre
l’installation d’une enseigne fixée au sol dotée d’un panneau afficheur à message éclairé au 4100, promenade
Strandherd.
Documentation
1.
Deputy
City Manager’s report, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability
dated 3 June 2009 (ACS2009-ICS-PGM-0117).
Report
to/Rapport au :
Planning and Environment Committee
Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement
and Council / et au Conseil
June 3, 2009 / le 03 juin 2009
Submitted
by/Soumis par : Nancy
Schepers, Deputy City Manager
Directrice municipale adjointe,
Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability
Services d’infrastructure et
Viabilité des collectivités
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Sandra Garnett, Manager/Gestionnaire,
Business Integration Services/Services d'intégration des activités, Building
Code Services Branch/Direction des services du code du bâtiment, Planning and
Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance
(613)
580-2424 x 41544, sandra.garnett@ottawa.ca
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OBJET :
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DÉROGATION
MINEURE AU RÈGLEMENT SUR LES ENSEIGNES – 4100, promenade strandherd |
REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
That Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council approve a variance to Sign By-law 2005-439, to permit a ground sign on 4100 Strandherd Drive which displays an illuminated changeable message centre.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de
l’environnement recommande au Conseil d’approuver une dérogation au Règlement
2005-439 régissant les enseignes permanentes sur des propriétés privées afin de
permettre l’installation d’une enseigne fixée au sol dotée d’un panneau afficheur à message éclairé au
4100, promenade Strandherd.
BACKGROUND
The owner of Cedarview Square plaza, 4100 Strandherd Drive, has applied for a sign permit to install a main ground sign for this facility (see Document 1). This sign would be located at the corner of a new commercial site near the intersection of Strandherd Drive and Tartan Drive in the Barrhaven community (see Document 2). A minor variance to Sign By-law 2005-439 is necessary to permit an internally illuminated changeable message centre as the by-law only allows for a non-illuminated message centre at this location. The sign would face towards vacant lands across an arterial roadway and would not be visible from the nearby residential uses situated north of this commercial plaza.
DISCUSSION
The proposed ground sign will comply with the area and height provisions of the by-law, but requires relief from the by-law to allow a changeable illuminated message centre with a display area of 1.0 square metres. The message centre area, located at the lower portion of the sign, represents only 10 per cent of the total area of the ground sign. The Cedarview Square ground sign will face vacant undeveloped lands, which are zoned Development Reserve and Institutional. It is intended to be utilized by the commercial tenants to promote business activities.
The Department has no objection to this variance request given the small scale of the message centre component, the limited impact upon adjacent uses and the location of the sign facing a busy roadway. As such, approval is recommended as the sign is in keeping with the intent of the Sign By-law and would satisfy the needs of the plaza without adversely affecting the community.
CONSULTATION
In response to the standard circulation to property owners, business and community groups and the Ward Councillor, there were no objections received from the community feedback.
LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS:
There are no legal/risk management implications associated with this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 2 - Location Plan
DISPOSITION
City Clerk and Legal Services Branch to notify the applicant, Signature Signs and Graphics, on behalf of C. Fleming Property Management, 77 Auriga Drive, Unit 13, Nepean, ON, K2E 7Z7 and the local Ward Councillor of Council's decision. Building Code Services will process the sign permit resulting from the Council direction in accordance with Sign By-law 2005-439.
SIGN ELEVATION DOCUMENT
1
LOCATION PLAN DOCUMENT
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