Street Pole Banner Application

Aurora's Street Pole Banner Program allows for temporary banners to be installed on existing Town street pole assets and infrastructure to provide creative and aesthetically appealing promotional opportunities for the Town of Aurora, community groups and businesses.

Please note: This application is for street pole banners for the 2024 calendar year.

Applicant Information

The Applicant is responsible for the following:

• Reviewing Aurora's Street Pole Banner Program Policy. 
  
  
• Providing banner graphics to the Town. Banner graphics must be provided to the Town as an attachment to this application for approval. Permits will not be granted without graphic approval. All banner graphics must adhere to the Banner Design Specifications.
  
  
• If Applicant is contacted by the Town that their application has been approved, they must remit a non-fundable Street Banner Permit Application Fee ($30 for non-profit organizations, $50 for for-profit organizations) as well as installation/removal fees of $100 per banner (covers both installation and removal).
  
  
• The Applicant is responsible for monitoring their street banners at all times. The Town reserves the right to remove banners due to safety or damage at the Applicant’s cost.
  
  
• The Applicant agrees that it will indemnify and save harmless the Municipality of the Town of Aurora and its officials, employees, servants and agents from all costs, losses, damages, compensation and expenses of any nature whatsoever suffered or incurred by the Municipality and sustained or caused by the applicant’s banners, and from all claims, demands, suits and judgments against the Municipality of the Town of Aurora and its officials, officers, employees, servants and agents.

Banner Information

Street Pole Banner Locations.

Please review the map below and choose the location and number of banners to be installed or view the Banner Locations PDF.

Please note: John West Way is reserved for Town use only.

Banner Design

Applicants must include a design of their proposed street pole banners with this application.

Applicants must review the Banner Design Specifications document before submitting this application to ensure their banners adhere to the Town’s Street Pole Banner Program Policy.

General Provisions and Terms

• Due to the nature and timing constraints of the banner program, decisions on the appropriateness of material will be governed and decided at the sole discretion of the Town. All decisions regarding street pole banner applications are final.

• The Town of Aurora Street Pole Banner Program is available for use year-round, subject to banner installation schedules as determined by the Communications Office, weather and other Town directives permitting.

• Banner applications will be approved on a first-come first-served basis, in accordance with the provisions in the policy. Applicants can apply for banner spaces during the Banner Scheduling Period of October 1 through November 15 of each year.

• Recognition for sponsorship shall be limited to no more than 25% of the total area of the banner.

• The Town of Aurora’s Communications Office may refuse any application based on schedule conflict, banner design, sponsor, or other factors as deemed appropriate under the provision of the Street Pole Banner Policy.

• Banners will be installed by the Town’s installation vendor; all installation/removal fees are the responsibility of the Applicant.

• The Applicant agrees that it will indemnify and save harmless the Municipality of the Town of Aurora and its officials, employees, servants and agents from all costs, losses, damages, compensation and expenses of any nature whatsoever suffered or incurred by the Municipality and sustained or caused by the Applicant’s banners, and from all claims, demands, suits and judgments against the Municipality of the Town of Aurora and its officials, officers, employees, servants and agents.

• Applicant agrees and understands that the Town of Aurora Street Pole Banner Program is a service offered to meet the objectives stated in this policy, and that the program can be discontinued without notice.

See Aurora's Street Pole Banner Program Policy for full details.

Consent & Applicant Signature