Commencing Saturday, September 2, 2006, 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. 6400/94, Section 1212(6).
For this 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 a 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; and
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is within any median or traffic island.
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All campaign signs must display the name and phone number
of the person responsible for placing the sign, and the date the sign was placed.
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.
Campaign signs must be removed by Wednesday, November 1, 2006.
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