BYLAW - Amend Sign By law 5840 16 Election Signs - 20180327 - 6058The Corporation of the Town of Aurora
By-law Number 6058-18
Being a By-law to amend By-law Number 5840-16 respecting
signs within the Town of Aurora.
Whereas section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended, permits
The Corporation of the Town (the "Town") to pass by-laws respecting signs, structures,
culture, heritage, the health, safety and well-being of persons and economic, social and
environmental well-being of the municipality;
And whereas on March 29, 2016, the Council of the Town enacted By-law Number
5840-16, to regulate signs in Aurora;
And whereas the Council for the Town deems it necessary and expedient to amend
By-law Number 5840-16;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora hereby enacts
as follows:
1. Section 1 — Definitions of By-law Number 5840-16 be and is hereby amended by
revoking subsections 1.16 and 1.17 and replacing with the following:
1.16 "Election Day" shall means the day on which the final vote is to be taken
in an election or referendum;
1.17 "election sign" shall mean a sign that is entirely intended to advertise,
promote, support or oppose:
(a) a candidate registered in a municipal, provincial or federal political
election; or
(b) a question on a municipal, provincial or federal political election
ballot or a question on a referendum directed by the municipal,
provincial or federal government;"
2. By-law Number 5840-16 be and is hereby amended by adding the following
provision:
"3.0 No person shall erect, display, modify, maintain or restore, or cause to be
erected, displayed, modified, maintained, or restored any sign that does
not comply in all respects with the provisions of this by-law and, if a permit
has been issued with respect to a sign, any applicable terms and
conditions of the permit."
3. Subsection 5.14 — Election Signs of By-law Number 5840-16 be and is hereby
revoked and replaced with the following:
"5.14 Election Signs:
For the purposes of this subsection, an intersection shall mean the Town owned
lands within fifty (50) metres of the point of intersection of the centre lines of the
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intersecting streets and shall exclude any roadways and areas used for vehicular
traffic, any centre median, roundabouts, traffic circles and traffic islands.
The following regulations shall apply to all election signs:
(a) election signs shall not be erected prior to 10:00 am on the 28th day
before Election Day;
(b) election signs shall be removed within seventy-two (72) hours following
the closing of polls on Election Day;
(c) election signs shall not exceed 1.49 m2 in sign area or have any
dimension of the sign face exceeding 1.22 metres;
(d) election signs shall identify the candidate, the registered third party or the
person who erected or caused such a sign to be erected and provide valid
contact information of such candidate, registered third party or person;
(e) on any (1) private lot or premises,
(i) no more than one (1) election sign per each candidate shall be
erected at any one time, and
(ii) no more than one (1) election sign shall be erected with respect to
any question on a ballot or a referendum at any one time;
(f) election signs are not allowed on Town owned lands except that:
(i) each candidate is permitted to erect, or cause to be erected,
(ii) in the case of a municipal election, each registered third party,
registered pursuant to and acting in compliance with the Municipal
Elections Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 32, Sched., is permitted to erect,
or cause to be erected, and
(iii) in the case of provincial or federal political election, question on a
ballot or a referendum, a person, who is not the candidate or under
the direction of the candidate, acting in compliance with any
applicable provincial and/or federal legislation is permitted to erect,
or cause to be erected,
at any one time, a maximum of two (2) elections signs on each
intersection listed in the Schedule "C" of this by-law, with not more than
one (1) election sign per each corner of an intersection;
(g) election signs shall not obstruct pedestrian and vehicle sight lines;
(h) no person shall erect or maintain election signs that are in contravention
of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9, Election Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.
E.6, the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 32, Sched. or any
other relevant legislation;
(i) any election sign found to be in violation of this by-law is subject to seizure
by the Town and any such seized signs shall be stored up to thirty (30)
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days after the Election Day; a seized election sign may be retrieved from
the Town, but the Town may destroy or otherwise dispose of any election
sign that has not been retrieved within the aforementioned thirty (30) day
period without notice or compensation to any person."
Enacted by Town of Aurora Council this 2r day of March, 2018.
Geoff:—!
Frey Dawe,
Michael de hond, Town Clerk