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JAN 29 1992

BYLAW NO. 2638

A Bylaw to Regulate Signa

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 signa aubject to Section 967(2);

AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 579(3) of the Munfcipal 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 goode 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
gigns 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 signa.

NOW THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of
Port Coquitlam, in open meeting assembled, enacts aa follows:

DIVISION 1: TITLE AND

1.1 Title

This Bylaw may be cited for ali purposes aa the "Sign Bylaw, 1992, No.
2638."