Permitted Signs:  Subject to compliance with the provisions of any Provincial or Federal Statute, order or regulation relating to posters, advertising cards, sign boards, or billboards, these shall be permitted for use for election advertising.  As well, all municipal bylaws regarding sign regulations must be complied with.

Maximum Size for any poster, advertising card, sign boards, or billboards:   3.2 square metres.

Sign Permits:  No sign permit is required for election signs.

Removal of Signs:  All signs must be removed within seven (7) days after the election.

Safety Requirements:

1. No sign shall be placed in a corner site within the "Corner visibility triangle" (located away from intersections or boulevard crossings to protect from blocking the view for drivers).
2. Signs shall be built of quality construction.
3. Owner of the sign assumes full responsibility for the maintenance, liability, claims, actions, loss, damages, judgments, costs and expenses which may accrue or be suffered by any person by reason of, or arising out of, the erection, installation, suspension or alteration and maintenance and use of the signs.

Location of Signs:  Election signs may be placed on public property if the placement of the said sign does not in any way impede, impair, disrupt or disturb traffic, both pedestrian and/or vehicular.  The sign(s) may not in its placement cause any manner of visual impairment or obstruction that may be considered a safety hazard or contribution to Urban Blight.

An election sign deemed to be in violation of the previous paragraph shall be removed and held for a 10-day period wherein the owner may attend City Hall for its return.  After 10 days the sign shall be destroyed.

The City recognizes that individual property owners are deemed responsible for the care of City-owned boulevard immediately abutting their property.  Pursuant to this, the City entrusts the property owner with the right to remove any election signage from the portion of boulevard abutting the frontage of their property.

Advertising:  The Local Government Election Act provides that every printed advertisement having reference to an election shall bear on its face the name and address of the person who has authorized its printing, display and distribution.

Please note that the Act requires the name and address of the person who has authorized its printing.  This does not mean the name of a "committee" to elect but rather the name of the individual who authorized its printing.

Further Information: Please call the City of Prince Albert Economic Development and Planning Department at 953-4370.

Zoning Bylaw : Section 32 - Billboard and Sign Regulations