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This project has concluded. Thank you to everyone who visited this project and completed the survey. The survey deadline was Sunday, December 11, 2016.
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The City of Richmond is undertaking an update to its Sign Bylaw No. 5560 and is seeking public input on the proposed amendments. The deadline to provide feedback is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 11, 2016.
This Bylaw update provides an opportunity to address signs in a manner consistent with the City’s social vision for shaping an inclusive, engaged, and caring community to support community harmony. The objectives of the proposed Sign Bylaw include:
to update the Sign Bylaw to a modern standard and ensure that it reflects the current and anticipated needs of the City, can effectively regulate the type of signs being experienced, considers legislative authority and legal requirements.
to improve the content, structure, and format of the Sign Bylaw to increase its effectiveness, user friendliness, clarity, and ease of interpretation by the public, developers and City staff.
to strengthen and embed efforts to de-clutter in the Bylaw.
to address deficiencies in the definition section; accommodate trends in sign technology and respond to business needs (e.g. electronic signs, multi-faceted free standing signs, etc.); additional types of signs to be regulated; correct errors and omissions.
Feedback received through this process will be analyzed and incorporated into the draft regulations proposed for the updated Sign Bylaw for Council consideration by spring 2017.
The comment form is open until Sunday, December 11 at 11:59 p.m.
This project has concluded. Thank you to everyone who visited this project and completed the survey. The survey deadline was Sunday, December 11, 2016.
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The City of Richmond is undertaking an update to its Sign Bylaw No. 5560 and is seeking public input on the proposed amendments. The deadline to provide feedback is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 11, 2016.
This Bylaw update provides an opportunity to address signs in a manner consistent with the City’s social vision for shaping an inclusive, engaged, and caring community to support community harmony. The objectives of the proposed Sign Bylaw include:
to update the Sign Bylaw to a modern standard and ensure that it reflects the current and anticipated needs of the City, can effectively regulate the type of signs being experienced, considers legislative authority and legal requirements.
to improve the content, structure, and format of the Sign Bylaw to increase its effectiveness, user friendliness, clarity, and ease of interpretation by the public, developers and City staff.
to strengthen and embed efforts to de-clutter in the Bylaw.
to address deficiencies in the definition section; accommodate trends in sign technology and respond to business needs (e.g. electronic signs, multi-faceted free standing signs, etc.); additional types of signs to be regulated; correct errors and omissions.
Feedback received through this process will be analyzed and incorporated into the draft regulations proposed for the updated Sign Bylaw for Council consideration by spring 2017.
Thank you in advance for participating in our Sign Bylaw public feedback process. The comment form has 11 questions and should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
The comment period is open from November 29 to
December 11, 2016.
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Timeline
2014
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In October, Council directed staff that as a priority, staff consult with the sign owners to encourage more use of the English language on their signs
2015
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Over 1500 visual inspections of business signage and found <1% of businesses with only foreign language signs
10 community partners/agencies meeting
Over 360 participants engaged through Community Harmony and Use of Language on Signage workshop, and multi-pronged public consultation process (online, email, mail)
Council endorsed “De-cluttering without a language provision” which entails the continuation of outreach effort and updating the Sign Bylaw without a language provision and addressing non
language related regulatory gaps
2016
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Continue community outreach and enforcement
Development of new Sign Bylaw to “declutter” storefronts
Require by contract that any advertising on City owned street furnishings (bus shelter, benches) must include a minimum of 50% English
Council endorsement of proposed changes to the Sign Bylaw and public consultation
Public Consultation
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2017
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