Sign permits in Pemberton

What needs a permit

• A permit is required for all signs in the Village.
• Signs not expressly permitted by the bylaw are prohibited (section 3.1).
• Do not order or install a sign until the permit is approved. Signs put up without a permit are subject to a $100 fine.

Key rules

• Prohibited: billboards, roof signs, flashing, animated, chasing-border or moving signs, and signs that change copy electronically.
• Up to two permanent signs per business frontage, plus certain others. Total sign area on a facade may not exceed 10% of that facade.
• Exposed sign surfaces may not be plastic, fibreglass, plywood or particle board, but individual plastic letters are permitted as part of rear-lit permanent signs.
• Fascia signs (outside residential areas): up to 2.0 m2, projecting no more than 300 mm, and 2.4 m clearance if they project more than 75 mm.
• Signs must be no higher than 7.0 m or the roofline, and need 2.4 m clearance over a sidewalk.
• Freestanding signs are only allowed as part of a Comprehensive Sign Plan, on parcels with at least 30 m of street frontage.

How to apply

• Complete the Sign Permit Application Form and email it to [email protected].
• Fees (Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 905, Schedule O): $40 permit fee, plus $40 for a sign with structural design, $40 for a front-lit or rear-lit sign, and $40 for a sign over a street. A face change on an existing conforming sign is $30.
• Fees are due on approval, and the permit is issued once paid.

Lit signs and electrical approval

The Village of Pemberton sign permit covers size, placement and appearance. Electrical safety is a separate approval. In BC, the Electrical Safety Regulation does not allow electrical equipment to be used or sold unless it carries an accredited certification mark. For an electric sign the Canadian standard is CSA C22.2 No. 207, and the mark goes on the finished sign. The connection is made by a licensed electrician under an electrical permit. More in our guide to cUL certified signs.

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