Campaign signs are permitted throughout the City and are regulated
under the
Temporary Street Signs By-law No. 64/2003
and the
Winnipeg Zoning By-law No. 200/2006, Section 182(1).
Campaign signs shall not be erected or placed prior to the date
notice is given of the opening of nominations, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 and shall be removed within seven days
following the byelection, on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
For this by-election, a campaign sign means any sign used to promote a
candidate, but does not include identification signs reading “(name of candidate) campaign headquarters” or
“(name) constituency (or other electoral area) office.”
The
Temporary Street Signs By-law
stipulates that no person shall place or cause to be placed
in or on any street sign which:
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is attached to, supported by, or obstructs a Directional Sign,
including the post or standard supporting the sign;
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is lit or electrified, flashes, spins or rotates;
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is within 30 metres of an intersection as measured from the nearest
curb line of the intersection;
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is within 30 metres of a turning, deceleration, acceleration or
traffic storage lane;
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is supported by string, rope, wire or metal stakes;
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is within 2 metres of a curb or edge of the travelled portion
of a highway;
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is permanently affixed;
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is greater than 0.6 square metres in size;
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has a height greater than 1 metre as measured from the
existing grade to the top of the sign;
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is a Mobile Sign;
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is within 0.5 metres of the edge of any sidewalk;
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is within 5 metres of any driveway;
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has more than two faces per sign;
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does not display the name and phone number of the person
responsible for placing the sign or causing it to be placed, and the date the sign was placed, on the
face of the sign;
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is a hazard or dangerous to vehicular or pedestrian traffic;
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causes any damage to property of The City of Winnipeg;
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is within any median or traffic island.
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All campaign signage must display the name and phone number of
the person responsible for placing the sign or causing it to be placed, and the date the sign was placed,
on the face thereof.
Campaign signage cannot be placed in or on any of the major
arterial streets or portions thereof. For a listing of the streets, please refer to
Appendix A of the Temporary Street Signs By-law.
Failure to comply with the by-laws may result in removal and
destruction of signs.
PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND SCHOOL BOARDS ELECTION ACT,
NO PERSON MAY DISTRIBUTE PAMPHLETS OR BUTTONS, WEAR OR DISPLAY ANY
ITEM, OR POST OR DISPLAY A SIGN OR POSTER REFERRING TO THE ELECTION OF A CANDIDATE, WITHIN 50 METRES OF A VOTING
PLACE.
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