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Temporary Sign

35P2011

89 1 A Temporary Sign must not be located on any parcel such that the copy on the sign is visible from:

a Airport Trail from 36 Street N.E. east to the City Limit;

b 14 Street from Glenmore Trail to Anderson Road S.W.;

c Anderson Road;

d Barlow Trail from Peigan Trail to Deerfoot Trail;

e Beddington Trail from Country Hills Boulevard to Deerfoot Trail;

f Country Hills Boulevard from Shaganappi Trail to Beddington Trail;

g Crowchild Trail;

h Deerfoot Trail;

i Glenmore Trail;

j John Laurie Boulevard from Shaganappi Trail, east to McKnight Boulevard;

k Macleod Trail from Anderson Road south to the City limits;

l Marquis of Lorne Trail;

m McKnight Boulevard from Edmonton Trail, east to the City limits;

n McKnight Boulevard from 4 Street N.W. to John Laurie Boulevard;

o Memorial Drive from Barlow Trail to Edmonton Trail;

p Metis Trail;

q Peigan Trail;

r Sarcee Trail N.W. from 34 Avenue N.W. to Glenmore Trail;

s Shaganappi Trail;

t The Transportation and Utility Corridor;

u Spruce Meadows Trail;

v Trans-Canada Highway from Deerfoot Trail, east to the City limits;

w Trans-Canada Highway from Crowchild Trail to Bowness Road;

x Trans-Canada Highway from the junction of Home Road, west to the City limits;

y 17 Avenue S.E. from the east City limit to Stoney Trail;

z 114 Avenue S.E. from the east City limit to Stoney Trail; and

aa Symons Valley Road NW from the north City limit to 144 Avenue NW.

2 A Temporary Sign must not be placed on a parcel that is located in the following pedestrian corridors:

a 9 Avenue S.E. from 8 Street S.E. to 15 Street S.E.;

b the south side of 17 Avenue S.E. from 33 Street S.E. to 36 Street S.E.;

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c Bowness Road from 47 Street N.W. to 42 Street N.W.;

d Kensington/Louise Crossing Business Revitalization Zone;

e Fourth Street Business Revitalization Zone;

f Marda Loop Business Revitalization Zone;

g Uptown 17 Business Revitalization Zone;

h Victoria Park/First Street S.W. Business Revitalization Zone; and

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i Bowness Road from 62 Street N.W. to 66 Street N.W.

2.1 A Temporary Sign must not be placed on a parcel where an approved Digital Message Sign is operating.

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3 A Temporary Sign must be stabilized and anchored in a way that ensures it will not be unintentionally moved, blown over or dislocated.

4 Sandbags and guy wires may only be used to stabilize or anchor a Temporary Sign if the sign is located on a hard surface.

5 A Temporary Sign must not be located within 7.5 metres of a motor vehicle access to a parcel.

6 In residential districts, the maximum sign area of a Temporary Sign is:

a 1.0 square metre if a Dwelling Unit is located on the parcel where the Temporary Sign is located; and

b 3.0 square metres if there are no Dwelling Units located on the parcel where the Temporary Sign is located, with the exception of election signs.

7 In all other Districts not addressed by subsection (6), the maximum sign area of a Temporary Sign is:

a 1.5 square metres if the frontage of the parcel where the Temporary Sign is located is 30.0 metres or less; and

b 5.5 square metres if the frontage of the parcel where the Temporary Sign is located is greater than 30.0 metres.

8 The maximum height of a Temporary Sign is:

a 1.5 metres if the sign area is 2.5 square metres or less;

b 2.0 metres if the sign area is greater than 2.5 square metres, but less than 3.0 square metres; and

c 3.0 metres if the sign area is 3.0 square metres or more.

9 A Temporary Sign with a sign area greater than 1.5 square metres must be located on a Temporary Sign Marker that has been approved in accordance with the rules for Sign — Class E and must:

a be no further than 1.0 metres away from the Temporary Sign Marker; and

b not be closer to the street than the Temporary Sign Marker.

10 Unless otherwise referenced in subsection (11) a maximum of one Temporary Sign may be located on a parcel.

11 Where a parcel has a frontage:

a less than or equal to 75.0 metres, a maximum of one Temporary Sign may be located on that parcel;

b greater than 75.0 metres, but less than or equal to 200.0 metres, a maximum of two Temporary Signs may be located on that parcel; and

c greater than 200.0 metres, a maximum of three Temporary Signs be located on that parcel.

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