City politicians continue to tinker with London’s election sign bylaw.
The issue was discussed at the corporate services committee meeting on Tuesday after resident Shawn Lewis came forward to raise some issues.
Concerns over the height of signs and how far back from the road they can be were a sore point for politicians.
The proposed bylaw required all signs to be no taller than 0.9 metres and between five and eight metres from the road.
Lewis criticized the bylaw as overkill.
“The problem around election signs is actually a relatively minor one. I fear that what we have here in the proposed sign bylaw is akin to trying to perform brain surgery with a hammer,” he said.
A motion from Mayor Matt Brown proposed raising the height limit for all signs to 1.8 metres while allowing them to be three metres from the road.
Brown’s motion passed 3-2.
Lewis presented a picture to the committee showing London’s own signs over possible land use changes go against the bylaw.
“My nephew was kind enough to come out and help me with this. We had a measuring tape to the edge of the roadway, where he is standing is 16.4 feet or five metres. As you can see, your possible land use change sign is much closer than that,” he said. “In fact, your possible land use sign at that location is 2.6 metres away.”
This is the fifth time city councillors have dealt discussed the election sign bylaw.
It was last discussed two weeks ago when committee members expressed frustration the issue hadn’t been finalized.
The proposed bylaw will go before full council next week.
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