AGENDA REGULAR MEETING MAY 27 , 2013 4 ... - City of St. John's

Page 3That the St. John’s Development Regulations be amended as follows:Add a new subsection under Section 8 – General Site Requirements (8.3.10). Heatpumps, air conditioners, emergency generators, powered exhaust fans and similarequipment shall be located in the rear yard at a distance of 2.4 m from the nearestproperty line, except that such equipment shall be permitted to be placed in the sideyard or at a closer distance provided the manufacturer specifications or approvedsound mitigating measures, as determined by the Manager of Technical Services,demonstrate that noise emissions do not exceed 55 decibels when measured at thenearest property line.That the St. John’s Noise By-Law be amended as follows:Add a new subsection 3.8 which shall read “Heat pumps, air conditioners,emergency generators, powered exhaust fans and similar equipment or devices thatgenerate noise shall not produce a noise level when measured at the property linethat shall not exceed 55 decibels.”6. Proposed Amendments to the Sign By-Law Concerning Changeable Message SignsThe Committee considered a memo dated May 1, 2013 from the Deputy City Manager of Planning,Development & Engineering regarding the above. The Committee on motion of Deputy Mayor Duff;seconded by Councillor Tilley: recommends Council’s approval of the following amendments to the SignBy-Law as noted in the highlighted sections below:23.1 Changeable Message Signs shall: (Amendments in Bold)a) i) have a maximum illumination level of 1,500 lumens for daytime use and 450 lumensfor night time use;ii) have a light sensing device that will automatically adjust the brightness as ambientlight conditions change;iii) not exceed 6.5 lux above the ambient lighting level measured within 10 meters of thesign face. Documentation shall be provided to the City at time of permit issuance to thiseffect certifying this changeable message sign is incapable of exceeding 6.5 lux above theambient lighting;iv) be programmed so that in the event of a malfunction shall either turn the display offor to a full black background;b) not be located within 30 meters of a residential zone unless the sign remains in a staticposition between the hours of 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. and is positioned on the lot to have theleast impact to the abutting residential properties as deemed acceptable by theinspector;c) have a maximum transition time from one image or format to the next of 2 seconds;d) have a minimum image display time of 10 seconds;e) be shielded to reduce glare in a manner acceptable to the inspector;f) have a positive contrast orientation;g) not have animation;h) not have flashing, strobe, intermittent or moving lights; andi) not have lights in a colour or combination of colours which in the opinion of the inspectormay be misinterpreted as an emergency/warning device or vehicle or other traffic controldevice.j) all existing changeable message signs installed before the adoption of these regulationsshall comply with the current By-Law within one year of this amendment date.