Sign Permits

Installing a permanent sign? The Sign Bylaw requires that you complete a sign permit application. Sign permits are required for protecting public safety, convenience, and aesthetics, while giving the public helpful directions and information about products, businesses, services, and events.

Application requirements

To obtain sign permits, contractors and tenants must have business licences. Applying for a business licence will speed up the sign permitting process, as ensuring that tenants and contractors have this licence is part of the approval process. Visit the Business Licences and Permits page to apply for a business licence.

All sign permit applications require the following documentation to be included:

• Certificate of title
• Site plan drawn to scale with dimensions with proposed location of sign
• Colour rendered photograph of the face of the building to which the sign is to be attached
• Owner authorization form (if you're not the property owner)

For fascia, canopy, awning, identification, and free-standing signs, the following structural engineering items are also required:

• Drawings digitally sealed by a structural engineer
• Schedule B – Letter of Assurance from structural engineer
• Schedule 4 – Confirmation of Professional Liability Insurance (with attached Certificate of Insurance)

Retail sign guidelines

Review the guidelines below during your application process to see if your commercial retail unit has unique sign guidelines specific to a development. If you are applying for a newly built development, check with planning@portmoody.ca to see if there are any relevant additional sign guidelines.

• Suter Brook
• Newport
• 50 Electronic Ave
• The Strand
• Platform
• Clyde

Event signs

If you're looking to promote an event, visit Hosting a Festival or Special Event to learn more about event sign locations and permits, including the Moody Street overpass banner.