Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, at its meeting of 2 July 2015, approved the following motion added to the agenda pursuant to 89(3) of the Procedure By-law (being By-law no. 2014-441).

WHEREAS Colonial Road and Sarsfield Road intersects in the heart of the Village of Sarsfield; and WHEREAS presently only vehicles approaching the intersection on Sarsfield Road are required to stop; and WHEREAS heavy truck traffic through the village has increased; and WHEREAS in the village of Navan the primary intersection with Colonial (Trim Road) is fully controlled with all-way stops; and WHEREAS installing new stop signs for traffic on Colonial Road and Sarsfield Road to establish a four-way stop at this intersection has been identified by residents as one of the preferred approach for improving safety; and WHEREAS staff has advised that the implementation of a four-way stop at this intersection could be accomplished by way of a committee motion; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that City Council approve of the installation of stop signs on Colonial Road at Sarsfield Road and complete any associated works required to establish a four-way stop control configuration at that intersection.

WHEREAS the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law permits an illuminated ground sign with a manual message centre in a District 3 area, but does not permit an electronic message centre as part of a ground sign in this particular situation; and WHEREAS the Richmond Agricultural Society, located at 6107 Perth Street, located in District 3, would like to install a new ground sign with an electronic message centre; and WHEREAS it is appropriate to allow the electronic message centre in this instance, under specific conditions to ensure that the sign does not pose any traffic safety concerns, since the ground sign is already allowed to have an illuminated manual message centre; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve a waiver of Sections 96 and 104(1) of the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law (2005-439, as amended) to permit the electronic message centre as part of the ground sign at 6107 Perth Street, subject to the following conditions (section 67A) that shall be reflected in the permit: a) static alphanumeric text messages and images are permitted provided there is no scrolling text or any flashing text, characters, images, or video; b) the minimum dwell time shall be of six minutes for alphanumeric text, an image, or an alphanumeric text and image, where permitted; b) there is a maximum transition time of one second between messages; d) there is a maximum lighting level of 5,000 cd/m 2 between sunrise and sunset, and 300 cd/m 2 between sunset and sunrise, wh