National Parks Signs Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1130)
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Regulations are current to 2012-05-14
11. (1) No person shall erect within one foot of the interior of a ground floor window of a building any sign the area of which exceeds the greater of
(a) five square feet; or
(b) 10 per cent of the area of the window.
(2) No person shall erect within one foot of the interior of a window above the ground floor of a building any sign the area of which exceeds 25 per cent of the glass area of the window.
(3) For the purpose of this section, the area of any sign is the area enclosed by a rectangle in which the width is the distance from the top of the letters of the first line to the bottom of the letters in the lowest line and the length is the length of the longest line in the sign measured from the outer edges of the first and last letters in such line.
RESIDENTIAL ZONES
12. (1) Except as provided in this section, no person shall erect any signs in a Class A Residential Zone, Class B Residential Zone, or Multiple Dwelling and Institutional Zone.
(2) The Superintendent may permit the following signs to be erected in a zone referred to in subsection (1):
(a) a sign not exceeding 12 square feet in respect of and on the premises of a church, school or institution;
(b) a sign not exceeding 12 inches in height by 18 inches in length in respect of and on the premises of a medical doctor, dentist or artist; or
(c) a sign not exceeding 12 inches in height by 18 inches in length advertising accommodation and where attached or suspended from such sign, a second sign four inches in height by 18 inches in width.
(3) Where the premises in respect of which the signs referred to in paragraph (2)(c) are displayed is on a lot adjoining the intersection of two streets, an additional set of two signs may be erected, but not more than one set of two signs shall face any one street.
(4) No sign referred to in this section shall be a neon type sign.
- SOR/90-33, s. 3(F).
MOTELS, MOTOR COURTS AND BUNGALOW CAMPS
13. (1) Except as provided in this section, no person shall erect any signs in respect of a motel, motor court or bungalow camp.
(2) The Superintendent may permit the following signs to be erected in respect of a motel, motor court or bungalow camp:
(a) a sign not exceeding 14 square feet where the motel, motor court or bungalow camp is situated within a townsite;
(b) a sign not exceeding 20 square feet where the motel, motor court or bungalow camp is situated outside a townsite;
(c) a sign not exceeding four inches in height by 18 inches in length where attached to or suspended from a sign referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) such signs within the site of the motel, motor court or bungalow camp not exceeding 14 inches in height by 18 inches in length as are approved in writing by the Superintendent; and
(e) a “banjo” type sign not exceeding 30 square feet in area advertising the brand of gasoline sold, if the operator is licensed to sell gasoline.
(3) No person shall erect more than two of the signs referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) in respect of any one motel, motor court or bungalow camp.
(4) Only one of the signs referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) may be a neon type sign.
- SOR/90-33, s. 3(F).
