Sign Permits Canada
Sign Permits Specialists for Exterior Signs Canada wide.
Obtaining a sign permit can be a complex and time-consuming process. Sixstream Signs can help streamline the sign permit process for businesses in Greater Vancouver and across Canada. Our team of experts can assist with procuring sign permits and ensuring compliance with local bylaws and building codes.
Sign permits ensure the safety and compliance of your signage program against defined signage construction requirements. The outlined requirements for your signage permit includes your local bylaws and federal or provincial building codes. Sixstream Signs is your sign permit expert.
At Sixstream Signs, we have a proven track record of successfully securing sign permits for a wide range of sign types, and can navigate the permit process for businesses of any size. Trust us to take care of the sign permit process, so you can focus on opening your business.
Sign Permit Procurement
Sign Permit Code Check
Ensure Sign Permit Compliance
If you business has a brand new sign project or considering to update your existing storefront signs, it’s important to complete a sign permit code check. Review your sign project’s scope against your city’s bylaws before applying for your sign permit will save you time and money.
Sixstream Sign can provide a sign permit consultation to help move your sign permit project forward with a Sign permit code check. A sign permit code check is a great starting point. Our team of sign technicians will review your local bylaws, building codes and building guidelines to help determine a sign solution that will work for your business.
To save your business time we take care of communicate with city planners and stakeholders during the sign permit process so you don’t need to.
Sign Permit Procurement
Pulling Your Sign Permits
Sixstream Signs is your sign procurement specialist. We help procure sign permits for exterior commercial signs. It is important you pull your sign permits properly and have all your permit documents completed.
Your sign permit drawings should comply with bylaws and building codes. Approvals from stakeholders such as the owners authorization letter should be provided in writing. Once we proceed with submitting your sign permit, all sign permit documents should be in place.
The wait for your formal sign permit review can take several weeks so its important to confirm all documents to prevent delays. Sign permits are approved quicker if there are no mistakes with your sign permit submission documents.
We coordinate your sign permit application including:
Designing the sign permit technical drawings
Sign permit plan review
Identifying approval document (owners undertaking, strata letters)
City Planner meetings
Sign Permit Reviews
Sign Permit final inspection
Upon completing your sign permit’s final inspection, your sign permit will be approved. It’s important to obtain the formal approvals for your sign permit to prevent issues and fines down the road.
Structural Sign Engineering
Larger and Heavier Signs Require Structural Engineering
A Structural Engineering review of your sign program maybe required to obtain your final sign permit. For larger and heavier signs, it’s common that the city requests structural engineering be completed for your signs. In some cases structural engineering maybe a requirement of the landlord or the city bylaws.
In certain municipalities, structural engineering for your sign permit is discretionary and up to the city planner. In others sign engineering it is required for all sign permits as a base condition. Sixstream Signs works with structural engineers to help obtain your sign engineering and approved sign permits when required.
