halifax regional municipality land use by-law halifax mainland

(a) not extend more than 25 feet (7.62 metres) at its highest point above the mean
grade on which it is situated and over which it protrudes; nor shall any portion of
the sign face or its associated features be located within 12 feet (3.6576 metres)
of the mean grade immediately under the sign;
(b) not be located less than 15 feet (4.572 metres) from any street line or abutting lot
line, nor be located less than 250 feet (76.2 metres) from a lot which is zoned or
used for park, institutional, open space or residential purposes;
(c) not contain a sign face, or its associated features, exceeding 200 square feet
(18.58 square metres) in area;
(d) not have more than two sign faces, and billboards containing two sign faces shall
have said sign faces affixed back-to-back;
(e) not be located within 1000 feet (304.8 metres) of another billboard located on the
same street;
(f) not be located in any Minor Commercial (C-2A) zone;
(g) not be located between the waterfront and the Bedford Highway;
(h) not be illuminated between the hours of 11:00 p.m. of any day and 7:00 a.m. of
the following day, where such billboard abuts a lot zoned or used for residential,
institutional, park or conservation purposes.
14D(3) Section 14D(2) shall not apply to mural-style advertising applied to a building, wall or
fence, provided that complementary non-commercial artwork is concurrently applied
to an equal or greater portion of the remainder of the wall or fence, and provided that
both the advertising and surrounding non-commercial artwork are applied and
maintained to the satisfaction of the By-law Enforcement Officer.
14D(4) Section 14D(2) shall not apply to promotional street furniture or park facilities,
including but not limited to bus shelters, bicycle racks, benches, kiosks, refuse
containers and scoreboards which incorporate advertising permissible under other
municipal by-laws.
14DA GENERAL SIGN PROVISIONS (RC-Sep 26/06;E-Nov 18/06)
SIGN PERMIT
14DA(1) Except as provided in Section 16DA(3), no person shall place or erect an
advertising structure in the City unless the owner or occupier of the premises on
which the sign is erected has obtained a permit therefor.
14DA(2) Except as provided in Section 16DA(3), an owner or occupier shall have at all
times a valid permit for each sign on any premise either owned or occupied by
him.
EXCEPTIONS
14DA(3) Under this By-law, no permit is required for:
(a) a canopy which encroaches on the street;
(b) street decorations, streamers and similar temporary non-profit advertising
authorized by the Development Officer with advise from Engineer;
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