By-law - Amend 5840-16 Sign By-law (Election Signs) - 20260526 - 6785-26The Corporation of the Town of Aurora
By-law Number 6785-26
Being a By-law to amend By-law Number 5840-16, as amended,
respecting signs within the Town of Aurora.
Whereas on March 29, 2016, the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora (the
Town”) enacted By-law Number 5840-16, respecting signs with the Town of Aurora;
And whereas the Council of the Town deems it necessary and expedient to amend By-
law Number 5840-16, as amended;
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, as amended, be and is hereby
amended by deleting subsection 1.17 and replacing it with the following:
1.17 “election sign” shall mean any image, words, sign, picture, device, notice
or visual medium, or any combination thereof, including, without limitation,
any poster, placard, bulletin, banner or vehicle wrap, which:
a) depicts, promotes, advertises or provides information about:
i) an individual who is a candidate; or
ii) a referendum issue;
b) promotes recognition of or influences persons to vote for or
against any candidate or any question or by-law submitted to
electors.”
2. Section 1 – Definitions of By-law Number 5840-16, as amended, be and is hereby
amended by adding the following:
1.59 “Applicable Election Legislation” shall mean the Canada Elections Act,
S.C. 2000, c. 9, Election Act, R.S.O. 1990, Election Finances Act, R.S.O.
1990, c. E.6, and the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 32, Sched.,
each as amended or re-enacted from time to time, as the context requires;
1.60 “candidate” shall mean a candidate nominated for election pursuant to
Applicable Election Legislation;
1.61 “election period” shall mean:
a) for an election pursuant to the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O.
1996, c. 32, Sched., the period commencing at 12:01 a.m. on the
28th day prior to voting day and ending 72 hours following the close
of polls on voting day; and
b) for an election pursuant to federal or provincial Applicable Election
Legislation, the period commencing on the date of issue of the writ
of election and ending 72 hours following the close of polls on the
date of the election;
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1.62 “redemption period” shall mean thirty (30) days following the date of the
election;
1.63 “referendum issue” shall mean a question, law or bylaw submitted to the
electors under Applicable Election Legislation;
1.64 “third party advertiser” shall mean, in respect of an election governed by
Applicable Election Legislation, any individual, corporation or entity that is
required under such legislation to register, or that has registered, as a third
party or registered third party in order to engage in election, political or
third party advertising in relation to that election;
1.65 “vehicle election sign” shall mean any form of Election Sign displayed in
or on a vehicle or trailer, but does not include displays where the total area
of all such signs displayed on the vehicle or trailer does not, in aggregate,
exceed 200 square centimetres.”
3. Section 5.14 of By-law Number 5840-16, as amended, be and is hereby deleted
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
intersecting streets and shall exclude any roadways and areas used for vehicular
traffic, any centre median, roundabouts, traffic circles and traffic islands.
For clarity, this subsection 5.14 consists of and includes the following
subclauses 5.14.1, 5.14.2 and 5.14.3.
5.14.1 Election Sign Regulations
The following regulations shall apply to all election signs:
a) election signs shall not be erected prior to the election period;
b) election signs shall be removed at the end of the election period;
c) election signs shall not exceed 1.22 metres in height, measured from
ground level to the top edge of the sign, unless the sign is a vehicle
election sign;
d) election signs shall not exceed 1.22 metres in height or width;
e) election signs shall not be digital or illuminated;
f) election signs shall not display the Town’s logo, crest, or seal in whole or
in part;
g) election signs shall identify the candidate, the third party advertiser or the
person who erected or caused such an election sign to be erected;
h) 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
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ii) no more than one (1) election sign shall be erected with respect to
any question on a ballot or a referendum issue at any one time;
i) 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 third party advertiser,
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;
j) election signs shall not obstruct pedestrian and vehicle sight lines;
k) election signs shall only be erected in the ward or electoral district in
which the candidate to whom the election sign relates is running, and this
requirement does not apply to election signs relating to an office elected
at large or to a referendum or other ballot question;
l) election signs shall comply with registration requirements set out in
subclause 5.14.3;
m) no vehicle election sign shall be displayed on any land on which voting is
conducted in an election, on any land on which a building or facility owned
or operated by the Town is located, or within 30 metres of any property
line of any such land;
n) no person shall erect or maintain election signs that are in contravention
of the Applicable Election Legislation or any other relevant legislation.
5.14.2 Sign Seizure
Any election sign, or any sign relating to an election, found to be in contravention
of this by-law may be seized by the Town. Any sign seized pursuant to this
section shall be stored for up to the redemption period, during which time it may
be retrieved by a person registered in association with the sign. Any sign not
retrieved within the redemption period may be destroyed or otherwise disposed
of by the Town without notice or compensation to any person.
5.14.3 Registration
A candidate or third party advertiser seeking to place an election sign shall
submit an application form to the Town in a manner determined by the Director
for registration which shall include the following information:
a) the name and contact information of the registrant;
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b) the name and contact information of any agent of the registrant;
c) confirmation by the registrant that an election sign may be placed
pursuant to Applicable Election Legislation; and
d) a detailed description of the sign or signs for which the registration form
is being submitted;
e) the applicable fee in accordance with Schedule 114" of this by-law; and
f) such other information as the Director may determine appropriate.
For the purposes of this by-law, an election sign shall be deemed not to comply
with this by-law unless a complete registration has been submitted to and
approved by the Director in respect of such election sign, and the applicable fee
has been paid.
The application fee shall be non-refundable."
4.FEES AND SECURITIES in Schedule '#A" to By-law Number 5840-1 6, as amended,
be and is hereby amended by adding paragraph (j):
l'(j) electionsigncandidateandthirdpartyregistrationfeepursuantto5.14.3:
S203.00 per application."
5.Schedule I'C" to By-law Number 5840-1 6, as amended, be and is hereby deleted
and replaced with Schedule IIC" attached and forming part of this by-law.
T'9mMrakas,Mayor
Enacted by Town of Aurora Council this 26th day of May, 2026.
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Anne Kantharajah, Town Clerk
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SCHEDULE “C” TO BY-LAW NUMBER 5840-16
List of Town intersections on which election signs are permitted in accordance with
subsection 5.14 of this by-law:
Ward Intersection
1 Yonge Street & Dunning Avenue
1 Yonge Street & Catherine Avenue
1 Yonge Street & Orchard Heights Boulevard / Batson Drive
1 Edward Street & Engelhard Drive
2 Yonge Street & Aurora Heights Drive
2 Yonge Street & Orchard Heights Boulevard
2 Yonge Street & Irwin Avenue
2 Murray Drive & Kennedy Street West
3 Yonge Street & Golf Links Drive
3 Yonge Street & Brookland Avenue
3 Yonge Street & Henderson Drive
3 Murray Drive and Kennedy Street West
4 Goulding Avenue & Don Hillock Drive
4 Vandorf Sideroad & Engelhard Drive
4 Industrial Parkway South & Engelhard Drive
4 Industrial Parkway South & Industry Street
5 Earl Stewart Drive & Pedersen Drive
5 Earl Stewart Drive & McMaster Avenue
5 Industrial Parkway North & Centre Street
5 John West Way & Hollandview Trail
6 First Commerce Drive & Desjardins Way
6 William Graham Drive & Hartwell Way
6 Hartwell Way & Joseph Hartman Crescent
6 Alex Brodie Drive & Degraaf Crescent