At Queen and Noble, the Buildings Department Issues Yet Another Illegal Permit for a Pattison Billboard
In April 1994, City Council adopted Chapter 297 of the Toronto Municipal Code, otherwise known as the Signs By-Law. Section 10 D of the by-law regulates fascia signs and states that:
In the case of a sign used for the purposes of third-party advertising, the sign is not permitted on a building wall that faces a street or on a building historically listed by Council or designated under the Ontario Heritage Act;
The above sign is located at 1274 Queen Street West and Noble Street in the western fringes of Parkdale. In November 1995, Pattison Outdoor applied for and obtained a permit to build this sign. The approved permit documents and the photo above clearly show that the sign faces a street, Noble Street:
The sign was inspected by the building inspector in June 1998. The inspector didn’t know that third-party fascia signs aren’t supposed to face a street. He improperly cleared the file, and the illegal sign has been there ever since.
We have asked for the revocation of this permit.
