5. SIGN BY-LAW AMENDMENT - INTEGRATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW

RÈGLEMENT MUNICIPAL SUR LES ENSEIGNES – INTÉGRATION DU RÈGLEMENT DE ZONAGE GÉNÉRAL

Committee recommendationS

That Council:

1. Approve an amendment to the Permanent Signs on Private Property By law 2005 439 to add new Sign Districts and other administrative changes as a result of the passage of the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law, as detailed in Document 2;

2. Approve the repeal of the former zoning designations contained in the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law 2005-439, when the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law comes into full force and effect; and

3. Until the zoning designations of the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law receive final approval, authorize staff to apply the most restrictive provisions in the case of a conflict between sign districts.

RecommandationS du Comité

Que le Conseil:

1. approuve une modification au Règlement 2005-439 régissant les enseignes permanentes sur les propriétés privées, afin d’y incorporer les nouveaux districts d’enseignes et d’autres modifications administratives découlant de l’adoption du nouveau Règlement de zonage général, comme le précise le document 2;

2. approuve l’abrogation des anciennes désignations de zonage contenues dans le Règlement 2005-439 régissant les enseignes permanentes sur les propriétés privées, une fois que le nouveau Règlement de zonage général sera pleinement en vigueur; et

3. autorise le personnel à appliquer les dispositions les plus restrictives en cas de conflit entre les districts d’enseignes, d’ici à ce que les désignations de zonage contenues dans le nouveau Règlement de zonage général aient reçu l’approbation finale.

Documentation

1. Deputy City Manager's report Planning, Transit and the Environment dated 17 June 2008 (ACS2008-PTE-BLD-0025).

Report to/Rapport au :

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

and Council / et au Conseil

17 June 2008 / le 17 juin 2008

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager

Directrice municipale adjointe,

Planning, Transit and the Environment

Urbanisme, Transport en commun et Environnement

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

(613) 580-2424 x 41544, sandra.garnett@ottawa.ca

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2008-PTE-BLD-0025

SUBJECT:	SIGN By-law Amendment - integration of the comprehensive zoning by-law

OBJET :	RÈGLEMENT MUNICIPAL SUR LES ENSEIGNES – INTÉGRATION DU RÈGLEMENT DE ZONAGE GÉNÉRAL

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

That the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council:

1. Approve an amendment to the Permanent Signs on Private Property By‑law 2005 439 to add new Sign Districts and other administrative changes as a result of the passage of the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law, as detailed in Document 2;

3. Until the zoning designations of the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law receive final approval, authorize staff to apply the most restrictive provisions in the case of a conflict between sign districts.

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement recommande au Conseil :

1. d’approuver une modification au Règlement 2005-439 régissant les enseignes permanentes sur les propriétés privées, afin d’y incorporer les nouveaux districts d’enseignes et d’autres modifications administratives découlant de l’adoption du nouveau Règlement de zonage général, comme le précise le document 2;

2. d’approuver l’abrogation des anciennes désignations de zonage contenues dans le Règlement 2005-439 régissant les enseignes permanentes sur les propriétés privées, une fois que le nouveau Règlement de zonage général sera pleinement en vigueur; et

3. d’autoriser le personnel à appliquer les dispositions les plus restrictives en cas de conflit entre les districts d’enseignes, d’ici à ce que les désignations de zonage contenues dans le nouveau Règlement de zonage général aient reçu l’approbation finale.

BACKGROUND

The Sign By-law regulates the size, type, location and sign face area of all sign types, based on the zoning designation of the subject property. Individual zoning designations are grouped into five unique sign districts that set out standards for signs under similar zoning. By linking the sign regulation to the approved land use, the by-law ensures the sign is consistent with the community standards and design guidelines.

Currently, all approved zones from former municipalities are included in the applicable Districts 1 to 5 as found in Section 6 of the Sign By-law. The criteria for establishing the different Sign Districts, regarding types of uses and developments appropriate for different districts, is further detailed in Document 1.

DISCUSSION

Recommendation 1

Council has approved a new comprehensive zoning by-law which has created new zoning categories across the City of Ottawa. With new zoning provisions, the Sign By-law must be amended to ensure the sign districts include all the new zoning designations. These districts include those parts of the City that are indicated on the zoning maps to the comprehensive zoning by-law or as a sub-zone or exception zone to the primary zones referred to in Table 1a through Table 5a. In addition to the sign districts, other administrative changes are necessary as a result of the new zoning categories. The existing billboard provisions vary according to zoning designations. This report inserts the new zones into existing billboard provisions to ensure the intent of the original billboard sign provisions are retained.

Recommendation 2

The current districts, which note zones of former zoning by-laws, will remain in the Sign By-law until such time that the new zoning designations of the Comprehensive Zoning By-law comes into full force and effect. Once this takes place, an administrative removal of the former zoning categories is necessary.

Recommendation 3

During the interim period, should there be a conflict between districts, the most restrictive provision shall apply. This ensures that sign regulations are applied with a more conservative interpretation in the interest of the community.

The Department recommends approval of these administrative and technical amendments to the Sign By-law to ensure consistency and the operational effectiveness of the by-law.

CONSULTATION

Recommended technical changes are for administrative purposes.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

N/A

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 - Criteria for Districts

Document 2 - Draft By-law

DISPOSITION

Legal Services to process the appropriate by-law amendment to Council for enactment. Office of the City Clerk to consolidate this amendment into By-law 2005-439.

CRITERIA FOR DISTRICTS DOCUMENT 1

The following illustrates what types of uses were classified into the five different sign districts within the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law.

District 1

Typically, these zones permit low-density residential uses, environmental activities, parks and open space, parkland and future development zones. This district would include both urban and rural areas that have these uses. Zones or subzones would be classified in a higher district should it permit commercial activities other than a home-based business.

District 2

Zones that permit medium to high-density uses including townhouses and apartments, open space zones with commercial uses, rural mixed-used with limited residential zoning, low-density institutional, central experimental farm zoning and zones or subzones that permit mixed-use low to mid-density uses. This can include both urban and some rural zoning. This district allows for limited ground sign coverage for residential uses.

District 3

District 3 would included zones with institutional uses, leisure facilities, high-density open space areas, industrial business parks, traditional mainstreets and rural institutional. These areas are often near residential and provide local or community activities to the associated area. The signage for this area allows a site to display a lower scale of commercial signage with controls to less the impact to the adjacent area.

District 4

This is the district with the highest scale and intensity of signage permitted. These zones allow industrial and medium to high-density commercial developments. You would see commercial uses such as shopping centres, big box retail and business that are located on arterial roadways. Industrial uses would be manufacturing, storage and heavy industrial.

District 5

This district highlights rural zoning areas with mixed-use residential/commercial activities, village mixed-use or main-street zones, more remote zoning such as mineral and extraction zones, agricultural zones, rural commercial and industrial zoning uses.

DRAFT BY-LAW DOCUMENT 2

BY-LAW NO. 2008 –

A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-439 regulating permanent signs on private property.

The Council of the City of Ottawa enacts as follows:

1. By-law No. 2005-439 entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa regulating permanent signs on private property”, as amended, is amended by inserting the following Section immediately following Section 6:

6A. In this by-law “district” includes those parts of the City that are indicated on the zoning maps to the comprehensive zoning by-law 2008-XXXX, or as a sub-zone or exception zone to the primary zones referred to in Table 1a through Table 5a.

TABLE 1a –SIGN DISTRICTS – DISTRICT 1

ZONING DESIGNATION

R1, R2, RR, V1, V2

R3C, R3D, R3E, R3H, R3I, R3K

R3R, R3S, R3T

EP, EP1, EP2, EP3

O1, O1C, DR

TABLE 2a – SIGN DISTRICTS –DISTRICT 2

ZONING DESIGNATION

I1D, I1F, R3

O1A, O1D, O1G, O1I, O1K, O1L, O1M

O1N, O1O, O1P, O1Q, O1R

L3, V3

R4, R5, RM

RI5, RI6, RI7, RI8

TABLE 3a – SIGN DISTRICTS – DISTRICT 3

ZONING DESIGNATION

O1B, O1E, O1F, O1H, O1J

IP, TM, RI, T2, ME1

L1, L2, LC, RC5, RC10

I1, I2, L1A, L1B, VM1, VM2

TABLE 4a – SIGN DISTRICTS – DISTRICT 4

ZONING DESIGNATION

MD, MC

AM, GM, T1

TM4, VM4

IG, IL, IH

TABLE 5a – SIGN DISTRICTS – DISTRICT 5

ZONING DESIGNATION

ME, ME2, ME3

VM, RU, TM9

MR, MR1

RC, RG, RH

2. Subsection 164(2) of the said By-law No. 2005-439 is amended by adding the zoning designations “AG, ME1, ME3, VM” immediately following the zoning designation “GAR” where it occurs therein.

3. Clause 173(1)(b) of the said By-law No. 2005-439 is amended by adding the zoning designations “AG, ME1, ME3, VM” immediately following the zoning designation “GAR” where it occurs therein.

4. Subsection 173(2) of the said By-law No. 2005-439 is amended by adding the zoning designations “AG, ME1, ME3, VM” immediately following the zoning designation “GAR” where it occurs therein.

ENACTED AND PASSED this XX day of xxxx, 2008.

CITY CLERK MAYOR

Report to/Rapport au :

Building Code Services Branch/Direction des services du code du bâtiment

SUBJECT:

OBJET :

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

BACKGROUND

DISCUSSION

CONSULTATION

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

DISPOSITION

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

ZONING DESIGNATION

TABLE 2a – SIGN DISTRICTS –DISTRICT 2

TABLE 3a – SIGN DISTRICTS – DISTRICT 3

TABLE 4a – SIGN DISTRICTS – DISTRICT 4

Enacted by City Council at its meeting of