2022 Toronto municipal election campaign signs can be installed as of Thursday
Posted September 28, 2022 11:49 am.
Last Updated September 28, 2022 11:51 am.
Certified candidates running in the Toronto municipal election will be able to install campaign signs in the city as of Thursday.
Under Toronto’s municipal code, candidates, their representatives or the owners of private properties where election signs are located must be removed by 8 p.m. on Oct. 27 (72 hours after voting ends).
Election signs can’t have the City of Toronto’s logo and can’t be bigger than 1.2 square metres or higher than two metres off the ground unless at campaign offices, TTC or street installation ad spaces, billboards, indoors or on property windows or balconies.
In terms of the placement of signs, signs are allowed on streets and roads or public utility poles on streets and roads.
The signs can’t be illuminated, put on trees and can’t block the traffic sightlines for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
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If a sign is within 1.5 metres of a pavement edge or curb, 0.6 metres of either side of a sidewalk, 15 metres of an intersection or pedestrian crossing on a collector or arterial road, within three metres of an intersection or pedestrian crossing on a local road, that’s considered an obstruction to a sightline.
Signs placed on public property also can’t be on a road median, road island or adjacent to a voting place and/or a City of Toronto-owned property (such as a park or a recreation centre), and can’t be installed or within a metre from other election signs without the consent of the owner or occupant of the abutting property
Complaints about improperly placed signs can be reported through 311.
If an installed sign violates the City’s bylaw, municipal staff can remove it and the candidate or their campaign will be notified. Depending on the nature of the violation, it could come with a fine starting at $200.
After an election, candidates will have time to bring leftover signs to drop-off depots for recycling.
Candidates can display Toronto election signs beginning September 29
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