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By Rhonda Massad<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Businesspeople in Dollard des Ormeaux will soon get some relief from the city\u2019s restrictive and expensive sign rules. <\/p>\n

Mayor Ed Janiszewski told The Suburban<\/i> in an interview that city council will review DDO\u2019s commercial sign bylaws to make them more responsive to local businesses\u2019 needs. <\/p>\n

City council signalled its intention at a recent meeting. It used its discretion to unanimously approve an exemption to its sign law to a business that plans to set up at 61 Brunswick. The exemption will let the owner disregard the city\u2019s existing law and put up a sign that will be much more visible from the street.<\/p>\n

Dollard planning officer Steven Donohue explained that the bylaw currently limits all business signs to 100 sq.ft. The exemption will allow the sign to be four times that size.<\/p>\n

Currently, owners have to apply for exemptions on a case-by-case basis. Each exemption request costs a business owner about $1,000. The city uses part of the fee to advertise to notify the public of the exemption request.<\/p>\n

According to Mayor Ed Janiszewski, the time has come to bring DDO in line with other West Island municipalities and make putting up a commercial sign less onerous.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had very restrictive commercial and industrial sign bylaws and are looking at updating our sign rules, which were unduly conservative\u201d he explained. \u201cWe have to keep in line with [other cities in] the area.\u201d \u201cIt will be beneficial to our businesses and we want to be good corporate friends,\u201d he added. \u201cThis will afford them more visibility <\/p>\n

so they can survive and pay their taxes.\u201d Business owner Stewart Trapid of Tras Office Solutions welcomed the relief from city inspectors who during the past 12 years have repeatedly fined him for sign law violations. Each infraction cost him $1,400 for the banner that he uses to promote his business. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I appreciate that the city is careful to prevent the area from becoming an eyesore, I welcome the review,\u201d he told The Suburban.<\/i> <\/p>\n

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\nBrunswick Boulevard business will get to put up sign big enough to be read from the street\u2014four times the size the current bylaw allows.<\/b><\/div>\n

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