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B次元官网网址淒uring and after the [last municipal] campaign Saanich residents, business operators and candidates alike remarked that there were too many campaign signs and that they had become a form of visual pollution,B次元官网网址� said Coun. Colin Plant in a report to council presenting recommendations to help Saanich limit the quantity, size and display duration of election signs.
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Plant said the report does not intend to create any real or perceived advantage or disadvantage for any council candidate. In fact, the recommendations may actually help level the playing field, said Plant, who considers himself to have been part of the problem.
I am bringing a report to Council this Monday to ask us to consider greater regulation of Election signs. IMO 2018 was too much and I was part of the problem.
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You can read the report here:
The first calls on Saanich to only permit election signs during the campaign period and align sign policies with provincial and federal policies. The current Saanich bylaw allows signs to appear at the start of the nomination period, which is longer than the actual campaign period. Changing it would cut about 10 days during which signs would appear, he said, adding it would align Saanich with provincial regulations that permit signs on provincial land only during the campaign period.
The second recommendation calls on Saanich to only permit smaller so-called B次元官网网址榣awnB次元官网网址� signs usually no taller than 36B次元官网网址� on Saanich public lands. This would reduce B次元官网网址榮ign warsB次元官网网址� at intersections, he said. Private property owners would still be able to display larger signs, provided it was not on any Saanich public land, such easements, right of ways or boulevard. This would also limit the advertising surface and and height of larger signs.
The third recommendation would limit the locations, as well as the number of sizes candidates could display in drawing on current practice in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.
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Finally, Plant also recommends staff bring forward any other additional recommendations as they implement the recommended changes.
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