aetna iil ney yaleg THE CORFORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM BYLAW NO. SEEK A Bylaw to Regulate Sigas ’ WHEREAS pursuant to Section 967 of the Municipal Act, Council may regulate the number, size, type, form, appearance and location of any signs, and may prohibit signs subject toa Section 967(2)3 | AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 579(3) of the Municipal Act, Council may regulate or prohibit the erection, placing, alteration, maintenance, demolition and removal of signs; AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 734(1) of the Municipal Act, Council may regulate the construction, alteration, repair or demolition of structures; AND WHEREAS it is deemed desirable: (a) to enable local commercial and industrial enterprises clearly to identify their places of business and to indicate to the extent permitted by this bylaw the types and trade names of goods and services manufactured or sold on the premises; to protect the appearance of the various zones of the City from the effect of signs which may be inappropriate as to size, design or location; to protect the public from the effects of signs that conflict with signs and lights erected for the direction of vehicular and pedestrian traffic; to protect the public from the dangers of signs of inferior construction and from the public nuisance or hazard arising from improperly sited signs. NOW THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: DIVISION 1: ‘TITLE AND INTERPRETATION 1.1 Title This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Sign Bylaw, (1991, No. XXxX." pe wade