Sherwood Park Portable Sign Bylaws

Each city has it’s own Bylaws concerning the usage and placement of portable signs. Below is a quick summary on the sign regulations for Sherwood Park.

General Sign Regulations include (but not limited to):

  • All temporary signs that require a permit must have the name and phone number of the sign contractor or sign owner displayed in a visible location on the sign.
  • No sign shall be constructed or placed in such a way that its position, shape, colour, format or illumination, obstructs the view of , or may be confused with an oifficial traffic control device.
  • Signs shall not have the following structures attached to it: ribbons, pennants or streamers, balloons, spinners or other similar devices
  • No sign shall display lights resembling flashing, intermittent, or scintillating motion usually associated with danger or those used by police, fire, ambulance and other emergency vehicles.
Morinville Portable Sign Bylaws
Sign TypeSign SpecificationsNotes
Agricultural Identification Sign5.9sq.m max area
3.0m max height
 
Agricultural or Residential Business SignResidential Business Sign:
urban service area – 0.37sq.m max area
outside service area – 1.5sq.m max area (for fascia sign), 1.5sq.m max area and 2.44m max height (for freestanding sign)Agricultural Sign:
fascia sign – 1.5sq.m max area
freestanding sign – 1.5sq.m max area, 2.44m max height
not be illuminatedresidential business sign in Urban Service area, must be a fascia signresidential business sign outside Urban Service area, must be a fascia sign or a freestanding signagricultural business sign, must be a fascia sign or freestanding sign
Banner Signmax area is 25% of the wall to which it is attached 
Construction Sign2.8sq.m max area
3.0m max height
 
Directional Signlocation dependent 
Election Sign1.5sq.m max area, 2.0m max height in districts within the Urban Service Area and other hamlet areas, other than parks and services districts or residential districts5.0sq.m max area, 3.0m max height in districts within the Urban Service Area and other hamlet areas, other than parks and services districts or residential districtslimited to an a-frame sign or regular post sign
Entrance Sign5.0sq.m max sign area
max copy area of 50% of sign area
3.0m max height
3.0m max width
 
Fascia Signmax copy area:
25% or 9.3sq.m of primary building face, whichever is less10% or 3.25sq.m of secondary building face, whichever is less
2.44m min. clearance
 
Freestanding Changeable Copy Signlocation dependent 
Free Standing Rotating Sign3.0m max height
3.5sq.m max sign copy area
maximum of four sign faces
Flag Sign2.5sq.m max area
10.5m max height
3.5m min. clearance
 
Menu Board Sign3.0sq.m max sign area
3.0m max sign height
 
Non-Permanent Changeable Copy Sign5.0sq.m maximum sign area
3.0m max height
3.0m max width
not be illuminated or include audio
Open House Sign0.55sq.m max area
0.9m max height
limited to an a-frame sign
Private Sale Sign0.55sq.m max area
0.9m max height
limited to an a-frame sign or regular post sign
Real Estate Signresidential district:
1.5sq.m max area, 1.8m max heightcommercial, industrial, institutional or agricultural:
6.0sq.m max area, 4.0m max height
limited to a regular post sign
Show Home Sign3.0sq.m max area
3.0m max height
 
Window Signresidential:
0.28sq.m max copy areaagricultural:
0.5sq.m max copy areacommercial:
50% of window area of primary building face, 25% of secondary building face
 

The Sign Regulations of Sherwood Park is stated under Section 10 of the Land Use Bylaw. Did not find what you were looking for? Here is a detailed copy of the Bylaw. Sherwood Park Portable Sign Bylaw.

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