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BYLAW: 5834
DATE OF CONSOLIDATION: September 24, 2024
Amendment History:
BYLAW 5880
Adds Section 804; deletes and replaces Section
1207(1); deletes and replaces Schedule "C"
BYLAW 5904
Deletes and replaces Section 203
BYLAW 6007
Deletes the words "Section 1322 Unauthorized Parking
on U of L grounds" from Schedule "B"; adds the words
"Section 1322 Unauthorized Parking on U of L grounds"
to Schedule "C".
BYLAW 6122
Adds new definition in Part 1, 203 after "Alley" ("Block");
adds new definition in Part 1, 102 after "Metered
Space" ("Mobile Device Payment Service"); adds new
definition in Part 1, 102 after "Vehicle" ("Zone
Controlled Space"); renumbers definitions in Part 1, 102
from (1) to (38); deletes header of Part 12 and replaces
it; adds new (4) to 1201; renumbers paragraphs after
(4) as (5) and (6); adds new (4), (5), and (6) to 1202;
adds new (4) to 1203; deletes and replaces Section
1204; deletes and replaces Section 1205; deletes and
replaces Schedule "A".
BYLAW 6185
Removes reference to Section 1323 from Schedule "B"
and inserts it into Schedule "C".
BYLAW 6408
102(26) Deletes "8:30 a.m. to ONE (1) hour after sunset
on all days" and replaces with "7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
daily"
Deletes subsection 102(32); Deletes "School Zones and"
in subsection 301(4); deletes section 1103 in its entirety;
deletes from Schedule 'B' the following test "Section 1103
Crossing outside of a Crosswalk in a School Zone"
BYLAW 6428
1205(1)(b) amended time, Section 1801(1) Amended to
be Schedule A or B, Repeal and replace 1801(3), 1801(4)
repealed and replaced, 1801(5) amended to be tenth,
1801(8)(a) A or B, Schedule A repealed and replaced,
Schedule B repealed and replaced, Schedule C replaced
BYLAW 6463
Strike the words 'Lethbridge College' and replace with
'Lethbridge Polytechnic'.
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Last Revised: September 17, 2024
Effective Date: September 17, 2024
Bylaw 6463
CONSOLIDATION OF A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE
TO REGULATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC IN THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE
WHEREAS the Traffic Safety Act authorizes a municipality to regulate and control vehicle, animal and
pedestrian traffic and parking on the streets and on other property within the municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Municipal Government Act allows a municipality to pass bylaws and delegate
authority with respect to streets under its direction, control and management and transport thereon;
AND WHEREAS the University of Lethbridge and the City of Lethbridge have entered into an agreement
with regard to the direction, control and management of Highways and Roadways and Parking on the
University of Lethbridge's property;
AND WHEREAS the Lethbridge Polytechnic and the City of Lethbridge have entered into an agreement
with regard to the direction, control and management of Highways and Roadways and Parking on the
Lethbridge Polytechnic's property;
Bylaw 6463 - September 17, 2024
NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE, DULY ASSEMBLED, HEREBY
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
PART 1 DEFINITIONS
101
This Bylaw may be cited as "The Lethbridge Traffic Bylaw".
102
In this Bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
Act means the Traffic Safety Act, R.S.A. (2000) Chapter T-6 and amendments thereto;
(2)
Alley means a narrow Highway intended chiefly to give access to the rear of buildings and
parcels of land;
(3)
Block means the portion of a street which lies between two other streets, neither of
which is an alley and which both intersect the first named street.
Bylaw 6122 - May 14, 2018
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(4)
Boulevard means that part of a Highway in an urban area that:
(a)
is not Roadway; and
(b)
is that part of the Sidewalk that is not especially adapted to the use of or ordinarily
used by Pedestrians.
(5)
Chief of Police means the Police Officer engaged by the Police Commission of the City
to be in charge of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service;
(6)
City means the Corporation of the City of Lethbridge or the area contained within the
corporate boundaries of the City, as the context requires;
(7)
City Manager means the City Manager of the City or designate;
(8)
Crosswalk means:
(a)
that part of a Roadway at an intersection included within the connection of the
lateral lines of the Sidewalks on opposite sides of the Highway measured from the
Curbs or, in the absence of Curbs, from the edge of the Roadway, or
(b)
any part of a Roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for
Pedestrian crossing by signs or by line or other markings on the road surface;
(9)
Curb means the actual Curb, if there be one, and if there be no Curb in existence, shall
mean the division of a Highway between that part thereof intended for the use of Vehicles
and that part thereof intended for the use of Pedestrians;
(10)
Emergency Vehicle means a Motor Vehicle used:
(a)
for Police duty;
(b)
by a Fire Service;
(c)
as an ambulance; or
(d)
for purposes relating to maintenance of a public utility and designated as an
Emergency Vehicle by the City Manager.
(11)
Handicapped Parking Space means a portion of the Highway set aside for
the exclusive use of Motor Vehicles displaying a Handicapped Placard;
(12)
Handicapped Placard means a placard or license plate that is issued or recognized by
the Solicitor General, for the province of Alberta, for persons with disabilities;
(13)
Highway means every thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway,
viaduct, lane, Alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestle way or other place, whether publicly
or privately owned, any part of which the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for
the passage or Parking of Vehicles within the City;
(14)
Loading Zone means a space or section of the Highway marked for use for the loading
or unloading of goods;
(15)
Metered Space means that portion of a street or parcel of land owned or controlled by the
City adjacent to a Parking Meter for the accommodation of a Vehicle to which that meter
applies;
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(16)
Mobile Device Payment Service means payment for parking in Metered Space, Ticket
Controlled Space or Zone Controlled Space using a mobile application approved by the
City of Lethbridge.
Bylaw 6122 - May 14, 2018
(17)
Motor Vehicle means a Vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power
except aircraft, tractors, whether equipped with rubber tires or not, implements of
husbandry and such Motor Vehicle as run only upon rails;
(18)
Parking means to allow a Vehicle (whether occupied or not) to remain in one place except:
(a)
when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
or unloading; or
(b)
when standing in obedience to a Peace Officer or Traffic Control Device.
(19)
Parking Meter means a device owned or controlled by the City for the collection of Parking
fees and the computation of the time that a Vehicle may be parked in a Metered Space;
(20)
Passenger Loading Zone means a space or section of Highway marked with a sign or
marking authorized by the City Manager, permitting Parking therein for the period
necessary to load or unload passengers;
(21)
Pay Station means a device that is owned or controlled by the City, University of
Lethbridge, or Lethbridge Polytechnic for the collection of Parking fees and the regulation
of Parking spaces;
Bylaw 6463 - September 17, 2024
(22)
Peace Officer means a member of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service, Community
Peace Officer or a Bylaw Enforcement Officer of the City of Lethbridge;
(23)
Pedestrian means:
(a)
a person on foot; or
(b)
a person in or on a mobility aid, and includes those persons designated by the Act
and subsisting regulation as Pedestrians;
(24)
Permit Controlled Space means a Parking space owned or controlled by the City
University of Lethbridge, or Lethbridge Polytechnic and controlled by signs requiring
authorized permit issued by the City Manager;
Bylaw 6463 - September 17, 2024
(25)
Permit Fee means a fee collected or charged for the issuance of any permit subject to
this Bylaw
(26)
Playground Zone means that part of the Highway designated as such by the City
Manager pursuant to Section 301(4) having prescribed hours of 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
daily;
Bylaw 6408 - July 11, 2023
(27)
Public Holiday means a Sunday or a day designated as a Public Holiday as defined in
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the Interpretation Act or a day proclaimed so by the Mayor or declared by the Council of
the City of Lethbridge;
(28)
Recreational Vehicle (RV) means a vehicle or trailer that is designed, constructed and
equipped, either temporarily or permanently, as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping
place, but does not include a vehicle so equipped if that vehicle, without such equipment,
is or was also manufactured as a passenger car;
(29)
RPP Zone means a Residential Permit Zone requiring permit to overstay the posted time;
(30)
Roadway means that portion of the Highway intended for vehicular traffic within the City;
(31)
Sidewalk means that part of a Highway primarily intended for the use of Pedestrians and
includes the part lying between the Curb line or edge of the Roadway and the adjacent
property line, whether or not paved or improved;
(32)
DELETED
Bylaw 6408 - July 11, 2023
(33)
Temporary No-Parking Ban means a temporary prohibition of parking when declared by
the City Manager.
(34)
Ticket Controlled Space means any Parking space owned or controlled by the City
University of Lethbridge, or Lethbridge Polytechnic designated for Parking where Parking
is authorized by the terms and conditions of the ticket dispenser;
Bylaw 6463 - September 17, 2024
(35)
Traffic Control Device means a Parking Meter, sign, signal marking, or device placed,
marked or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic;
(36)
Traffic Control Signal means a Traffic Control Device whether manually, electrically or
mechanically operated by which traffic is directed to stop and to proceed;
(37)
Vehicle means a device in, upon or by which a person or thing may be transported
or drawn upon a Highway as defined in the TSA.
(38)
Zone Controlled Space means that portion of a street, parking lot or parkade, where
parking is subject to charge and regulation in accordance with the applicable traffic control
device.
Bylaw 6122 - May 14, 2018
PART 2 SPEED LIMITS
201
The City Manager is hereby delegated the authority to prescribe maximum or minimum
speed limits by the posting of Traffic Control Devices.
202
Unless otherwise posted pursuant to Section 203 or as otherwise specifically set out in the
Bylaw, the maximum speed limit is FIFTY (50) kilometres per hour.
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203
The City Manager shall cause signs to be posted indicating a greater or lesser speed than
that prescribed by the Act or indicating that the prescribed speed limit has ceased to apply.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing the City Manager may cause variable digital
speed signs to be posted along the portion of the Highway described as Whoop Up Drive
more or less between Scenic Drive South and part way between University Drive West
and McMaster Blvd West. The prescribed speed limit for this area shall be subject to
change as determined by the City Manager or his designate in response to changing road
and/or weather conditions and such change to the maximum permitted speed shall be
reflected on such variable digital speed signs.
Bylaw 5904 - November 24, 2014
204
No person shall drive a Motor Vehicle in any Alley or Highway intended chiefly to give
access to the rear of buildings and parcels of land at a greater rate of speed than TWENTY
(20) kilometres per hour.
205
The City Manager may by signs posted along a Highway, fix a maximum speed limit in
respect of any part of the Highway under construction or repair or in a state of disrepair,
applicable to all Vehicles or to any class or classes of Vehicles while travelling over that
part of the Highway.
PART 3 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
301
The City Manager is hereby authorized to place, erect or mark Traffic Control Devices at
such locations as he may determine and shall place Traffic Control Devices at such
locations as Council may by resolution direct and may from time to time alter the location
of such Traffic Control Devices for the following purposes:
(1)
to divide the surface of a Roadway into traffic lanes marked by solid or broken lines;
(2)
to prohibit "U" turns at any intersection;
(3)
to designate any intersection or other place on a Highway as an intersection or place at
which no left hand turn or right hand turn shall be made;
(4)
to designate Playground Zones;
Bylaw 6408 - July 11, 2023
(5)
to control entry to any street or Highway by means of a "stop" sign or "yield" sign;
(6)
to designate a Crosswalk upon any Highway;
(7)
to designate Parking spaces for use of any particular class of Vehicle;
(8)
to close or restrict the use of any Highway, subway, bridge or overpass or any part of any
Highway, subway, bridge or overpass either as to the full width thereof or as to part of the
width thereof with respect to height, weight, or classes of Vehicles or with respect to
classes of Pedestrians;
(9)
to prohibit, restrict or regulate the Parking of Vehicles on any Highway or other public place
or any particular class of Vehicles on any Highway or other public place or any portion
thereof during such hours as he may determine;
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(10)
to designate and mark guide lines for angle or parallel Parking on any Highway or other
public place or any portion thereof.
302
The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to designate the location of Traffic
Control Signals.
303
The City Manager shall cause a record to be kept of the location of all Traffic Control
Devices which record shall be open to public inspection upon request.
304
Notwithstanding any provision of this Bylaw all Traffic Control Devices placed, erected or
marked in the City prior to the passing of this Bylaw shall be deemed to be duly authorized
Traffic Control Devices until altered pursuant to the provisions of Section 301.
PART 4 SPECIAL EVENTS
401 "PARADE" or "SPECIAL EVENT" means any organized group of Pedestrians (except military
and funeral processions) marching, walking, running or racing on the Roadway and
includes organized groups of Vehicles (except military and funeral processions).
402 Any person desiring to hold a parade or special event within the City shall at least SEVENTY
TWO (72) hours prior to the time they desire to hold the same, make application in writing to
the City Manager for a permit and in such application shall furnish to the City Manager
information with respect to the following namely:
(1)
the name and address of the applicant, and if such applicant is an organization, the names,
addresses and occupations of the executive thereof;
(2)
the nature and object of such parade or special event;
(3)
the day, date and hours during which same will be held;
(4)
the intended route thereof;
(5)
the approximate number of persons who will take part therein;
(6)
the approximate size, number and nature of flags, banners, placards or such similar things
to be carried therein and particulars of signs, inspections and wording to be exhibited
thereon;
(7)
and such written application shall bear the signatures and addresses of the persons who
will be in control of such parade or procession and who undertakes to be responsible for
the good order and conduct thereof;
(8)
Indemnification insurance.
403
(1)
The City Manager may issue a permit, or for any reason which appears to him proper,
may refuse to issue a permit. In the case of a refusal, the applicant has a right of appeal
by letter in writing to the City Council who may grant or refuse the permit for the parade or
may refer the matter to Council either with or without a recommendation thereon.
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(2)
If any application for permission to hold a parade is referred by the Mayor to Council,
Council may:
(a)
grant the permit without conditions;
(b)
grant the permit with conditions;
(c)
refuse the permit.
404
Where a permit has been issued pursuant to Section 403, the Chief of Police shall affirm
the hour and route of the parade or special event and give such directions to the applicants
in regard to such parade or special event as in his opinion will prevent any unnecessary
or unreasonable obstruction of the Roadway or Sidewalk and tend to prevent a breach of
the peace and said Chief of Police shall make the necessary arrangements for the proper
policing of the streets in connection with such parade or special event and for such
purpose may erect such temporary barriers or Traffic Control Devices as he deems
necessary.
405
If any funeral procession is in process of formation or proceeding along any Highway, any
Peace Officer may regulate all traffic in the vicinity and all persons whether on foot or in
Vehicles, shall obey the order and direction of the Peace Officer so regulating traffic.
406
Before a funeral procession enters upon, crosses or turns into a Highway designated and
marked as a through traffic street by a stop sign the first Vehicle in the funeral procession
shall come to a complete stop in the manner required by this Bylaw and shall not drive the
Vehicle into the intersection until it is safe to do so. A Vehicle that follows in the funeral
procession may then enter into the intersection without stopping provided the headlamps
are alight. The provisions of this Section shall not apply at intersections where traffic is
controlled by Peace Officer or by a Traffic Control Signal.
407
No persons shall hold or take part in any parade or special event unless a permit has been
issued therefore by the City Manager, Mayor or City Council.
408
No person driving any Vehicle or riding or driving a horse shall drive or ride through, nor
shall any Pedestrian walk through the ranks of any military or funeral procession (the
Vehicles of which have their lights on), nor through the ranks of any other authorized
parade or special event, or in any way obstruct, impede or interfere with the same.
409
No person shall take part in any impromptu organization or conduct of a parade or special
event which forms up, attempts to form up or is carried on without a permit having been
issued pursuant to Section 403.
PART 5 FIRES
501 In case of a fire within the City, any Peace Officer or member of the Fire Department of the
City may designate in any manner a line or lines near the location of the fire beyond which
no member of the public shall pass, and no unauthorized person shall cross such line or
lines.
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502 The Chief Officer of the Fire Department of the City or any person acting under his instructions
shall have the right to move or cause to be moved any Vehicle which he may deem
necessary to move or have moved for the purpose of carrying out any duty, work or
undertaking of the Fire Department of the City of Lethbridge.
PART 6 VEHICLES WITH LUGS
601 No person shall drive, propel or move on any Highway any Vehicle having metal spikes, lugs,
cleats or bands projecting from the surface of the wheel or tire of such Vehicle, or any
Vehicle having a caterpillar tread, unless and until a special permit from the City Manager
has been issued pursuant to Section 602.
602 Any person desiring to obtain a permit required by Section 601 shall make application in
writing to the City Manager, setting out the nature of the Vehicle to be moved, the name
of the maker thereof, the style of wheels and of any projections thereto, origin and
destination of route and such further information as the City Manager may require. Any
person making application shall agree to pay all permit fees and damages caused to the
Highway, or any works made or done over, upon or under the same as a result of the
operation and conveyance or movement of the Vehicle mentioned in the permit. The City
Manager may in such permit specify the route to be taken, the precautions required to
protect the Highway along the route (including the laying down of planks to protect
pavement or Crosswalks or timbering to protect bridges or culverts), the hours during
which the movement shall take place and such other conditions as he deems necessary
for the protection of the Highways and any works done or made over or under the same.
PART 7 SNOW VEHICLES
701 No person shall operate a snow Vehicle as defined in the Act, on any portion of a Highway,
Sidewalk or Boulevard within the City.
702 Notwithstanding Section 701, the operator of a snow Vehicle may cross any Highway,
including the Roadway, Parking lane, boulevard or Sidewalk portions thereof as the case
may require, if:
(1)
the operator stops the snow Vehicle before entering onto the Highway or portion thereof
to be crossed;
(2)
all passengers disembark from the snow Vehicle and any Vehicle or thing attached thereto
before he commences to cross;
(3)
the operator yields the right-of-way to all other Vehicles and persons on the Highway; and
(4)
the operator crosses over the Highway or portion thereof to be crossed by the most direct
and shortest route of travel available to him.
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PART 8 HEAVY OR OVERDIMENSIONAL VEHICLES
801 For the purpose of Section 802, a "heavy Vehicle" means a Motor Vehicle alone or together
with any trailer, semi-trailer or other Vehicle being towed by the Motor Vehicle with a
registration gross weight of FIVE (5) Tonnes or more or exceeding ELEVEN (11) metres
in total length. Notwithstanding the above, a passenger Vehicle shall be deemed to be
excluded from the definition of a "heavy Vehicle" for the purposes of Section 802.
802 No person shall operate a heavy Vehicle on a Highway other than a Highway in the City which
is designated as a truck route in Schedule "D" which Schedule is hereby incorporated into
and made part of this Bylaw.
803 The following shall be deemed to not be operating a heavy Vehicle in contravention of Section
802 if the heavy Vehicle was being operated on the shortest permitted route between the
premises or location concerned and the nearest truck route by:
(1)
persons delivering or collecting goods or merchandise to or from the premises of bona
fide customers;
(2)
persons going to or from business premises of the owner of the heavy Vehicle concerned;
(3)
persons moving a house for which the necessary moving permits have been issued by the
City;
(4)
persons going to or from premises for the servicing or repairing of the heavy Vehicle;
(5)
persons pulling a disabled Vehicle from a Highway prohibited to heavy Vehicles;
(6)
persons driving heavy Vehicles engaged in lawful public works requiring them by the very
nature of such work to deviate from the established truck routes.
804 Unless a permit is obtained from the City Manager, no person shall drive or move or cause
to be driven or moved on any street, any vehicle which exceeds the dimension or weight
requirements prescribed by the COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DIMENSION AND WEIGHT
REGULATION, as amended or substituted, under the Alberta Traffic Safety Act.
Bylaw 5880 - July 21, 2014
PART 9 MAXIMUM WEIGHTS
901
For the purpose of this Section "Maximum Weight" means:
(1)
The maximum weight permitted for a Vehicle and load pursuant to the official registration
certificate issued by the Province of Alberta for such Vehicles; or
(2)
If there is no such official registration certificate or interim registration certificate for a
Vehicle, then the combined weight of the Vehicle and heaviest load that may be carried in
accordance with provisions of the Act and regulations there under.
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902
No person shall drive or have on the Roadway a Vehicle or combination of attached
Vehicles with a weight including or excluding any load thereon, in excess of maximum
weight.
903
Wherever in his opinion, there is a contravention of Section 902, a Peace Officer may
order the driver or other person in charge or control of a Vehicle or combination of attached
Vehicles suspected of being on a Roadway in contravention of such Section to take such
Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles to the nearest adequate weigh scale to
determine the weight of such Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles and load carried
thereof. The weigh slip or slips shall be given to the Peace Officer and may be retained by
him, and if the weight of any loaded Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles is in
excess of maximum weight, the Peace Officer, in addition to any prosecution for
contravention of Section 902, may require that any load or portion thereof in excess of
maximum weight shall be removed before the Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles
is again taken upon a Highway.
904
A weigh slip given to a Peace Officer under Section 903 and submitted by him in evidence
in Court shall be prima facie proof of the authenticity of the weigh slip and of the particulars
thereon submitted in evidence and of the accuracy of the weigh scale used.
905
A person driving or in charge or control of a Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles
suspected by a Peace Officer of being on a Roadway in contravention of Section 902 shall,
when requested by the Peace Officer, produce for such officer's inspection any official
registration certificate or interim registration certificate for such Vehicle or Vehicles that
may have been issued by the Government of the Province of Alberta showing the
maximum weight of such Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles.
906
Particulars obtained by a Peace Officer from a registration certificate produced to him
under Section 905 and submitted by him as evidence in court shall be primary proof of the
authenticity of such certificate and of the particulars thereon submitted in evidence.
PART 10 IMMOBILE VEHICLES
1001 No person shall place upon any street within the City, any Vehicle or derelict Vehicle which
does not have the ability or means of independent locomotion without delay.
PART 11 PEDESTRIANS
1101 Except within a marked Crosswalk no Pedestrian shall cross any of the streets or avenues
within the area bounded by north limit of SIXTH (6th) Avenue South to north limit of FIRST
(1st) Avenue South and from east limit of Scenic Drive South to west limit of Stafford Drive
South all within the City of Lethbridge.
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1102
(1) Where a Crosswalk at any intersection is marked with lines, no Pedestrian shall cross either
of the intersecting Highways within the intersection except within the limits of such marked
Crosswalk.
1103 DELETED
Bylaw 6408 - July 11, 2023
1104 No person or persons shall stand on any Highway, Crosswalk or Sidewalk in such a
manner as to:
(1)
obstruct vehicular or Pedestrian traffic;
(2)
annoy or inconvenience any other person lawfully upon such Highway, Crosswalk or
Sidewalk;
(3)
obstruct the entrance to any driveway.
1105 No person shall run upon a Roadway in such a manner as to impede traffic.
1106 No person shall stand upon or walk along a Roadway for the purpose of soliciting
a ride from the driver of any private Vehicle.
PART 12 PARKING METERS, PERMIT CONTROLLED SPACES, TICKET
CONTROLLED SPACES AND ZONE CONTROLLED SPACES
Bylaw 6122 - May 14, 2018
1201
(1) The City Manager is hereby authorized to select and set apart such spaces as he deems
necessary on any Highway or other public Parking area as a Metered Space, and to cause to
be installed adjacent to each such Metered Space a Parking Meter.
(2) The City Manager is hereby authorized to select and set apart such spaces as he deems
necessary on any Highway or other public Parking area as a Permit Controlled Space, and to
cause to be installed applicable signage.
(3) The City Manager is hereby authorized to select and set apart such spaces as he deems
necessary on any Highway or other public Parking area as a Ticket Controlled Space, and to
cause to be installed applicable signage and Pay Stations.
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(4) The City Manager is hereby authorized to select and set apart such spaces, Blocks or
portions of a Block as he deems necessary on any Highway or other public Parking
area as a Zone Controlled Space and cause to be installed applicable signage and Pay
Stations.
Bylaw 6122 - May 14, 2018
(5) The President of the University of Lethbridge, is hereby authorized to select and set
aside said portions of the University of Lethbridge lands as deemed necessary as ticket
controlled Parking spaces or Permit Controlled Space and to permit the University of
Lethbridge to install Pay Stations and applicable signs.
(6) The President of the Lethbridge Polytechnic, is hereby authorized to select and set aside
portions of the Lethbridge Polytechnic lands, as deemed necessary, as ticket controlled
Parking spaces or Permit Controlled Space and to permit the Lethbridge Polytechnic to install
Pay Stations and applicable signs.
Bylaw 6463 - September 17, 2024
1202
(1)
The operator of any Vehicle in a Metered Space shall immediately, after Parking his
Vehicle in such space deposit in the Parking Meter adjacent to such Metered Space a coin
or coins of Canada or where the Parking Meter is equipped to accept electronic payment,
use a credit card, debit card, other smart card, or other device which the Parking Meter
indicates is accepted for electronic payment sufficient to cover the period for which he
intends to park. Upon deposit of such coin, coins or electronic payment the operator shall
be entitled, subject to any restrictions indicated by applicable traffic signs or markings, to
park his Vehicle in the Metered Space for a period indicated on the Parking Meter.
(2)
The operator of any Vehicle in a Permit Controlled Space shall immediately, after Parking
his Vehicle in such space, display the entire permit conspicuously and in a position such
that its validity is clearly visible at all times, either hanging from the rear view mirror or
placed on the driver's side of the dashboard in such Vehicle. Upon display of such permit
the operator shall be entitled, subject to any restrictions indicated by applicable traffic signs
or markings, to park his Vehicle in the Permit Controlled Space for a period indicated on the
Parking permit.
(3)
The operator of any Vehicle in a Ticket Controlled Space shall immediately, after Parking
his Vehicle in such space obtain a ticket from the Pay Station and immediately clearly
display the entire ticket conspicuously and in a position such that its expiry time is clearly
visible at all times on the driver's side of the dashboard in such Vehicle. The ticket shall
be sufficient to cover the period for which he intends to park. Upon display of such ticket
the operator shall be entitled, subject to any restrictions indicated by applicable traffic signs
or markings, to park his Vehicle in the Ticket Controlled Space for a period indicated on the
ticket.
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(4)
The operator of any Vehicle in a Zone Controlled Space shall immediately, after Parking
the Vehicle in such space, purchase the use of the space by inputting on the Pay
Station or Mobile Device Payment Service the:
(a) Zone Controlled Space in which the Vehicle is parked
(b) The license plate number of the Vehicle parked in the Zone Controlled Space, and
(c) Depositing a form of payment, subject to 1202 (6)
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(5)
The owner or operator shall pay for the use of the Zone Controlled Space in accordance
with the instructions on the Pay Station or Mobile Device Payment Service.
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(6)
Payment must be made for use of a Zone Controlled Space at the Pay Station either
by:
(a) The deposit of funds; or
(b) Electronic payment by credit card; or
(c) Payment by Mobile Device Payment Service"
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1203
(1)
No person shall allow a Vehicle or any part thereof to remain for any period of time in a
Metered Space while the Parking Meter adjacent to the Metered Space indicates time
expired.
(2)
No person shall allow a Vehicle or any part thereof to remain for any period of time in a
Permit Controlled Space without properly displaying a valid permit.
(3)
No person shall allow a Vehicle or any part thereof to remain for any period of time in a
Ticket Controlled Space without a valid ticket or when the time shown on the ticket has
expired.
(4)
No person shall allow a Vehicle or any part thereof to remain for any period of time in
a Zone Controlled Space for longer than the period of time for which payment was
made.
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(1)
No person shall allow a Vehicle to remain parked in a Metered Space, Permit Controlled
Space, Ticket Controlled Space, or Zone Controlled Space for a period of time in excess
of the maximum permitted time indicated on either the Parking Meter, Pay Station or Traffic
Control Device pertaining to that space, regardless of whether or not there has been a
violation of Section 1203 (1) or 1203 (4). A further offence shall be deemed to have
occurred for each subsequent period of time, in excess of that permitted by either the
Parking Meter of the Traffic Control Device.
(2)
No person shall park a Vehicle in a Zone Controlled Space:
(a) Where prohibited by a Traffic Control Device
(b) Contrary to the instructions on the Pay Station or Mobile Device Payment Service
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1205 Notwithstanding Sections 1203 and 1204 but subject to Sections 1201 (4) and 1201 (5), a
Metered Space, Permit Controlled Space, Ticket Controlled Space or Zone Controlled
Space may be used without charge for the duration of the maximum allowable time by:
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(1)
any Vehicle upon City lands or Roadways on:
(a)
Saturday, Sunday and any Public Holiday; or
(b)
any day between 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. the following morning.
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(2)
any Vehicle upon University of Lethbridge lands, daily as indicated by signs;
(3)
any Vehicle upon Lethbridge Polytechnic lands, daily as indicated by signs;
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(4)
a Vehicle licensed as a taxi cab while such Vehicle is actively engaged in taking or
discharging passengers;
(5)
a Vehicle owned and operated by the City of Lethbridge and actively engaged in City
business;
(6)
a Vehicle operated by a licensed delivery/courier service occupying a Metered Space for
not more than FIFTEEN (15) consecutive minutes and on which is displayed on the
windshield a Parking permit in a form approved by the City Manager;
(7)
a Vehicle bearing a Veteran's License Plate issued by Alberta Registries.
1206 No person shall park a Vehicle in a Metered Space, Permit Controlled Space, or Ticket
Controlled Space in such manner that the Vehicle is outside of the areas designated for
the space; provided that where any Vehicle exceeds the length of a space on any street,
such Vehicle may occupy and shall pay for TWO (2), but not more than TWO (2) parallel
spaces.
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1207
(1)
Except as noted herein, the fee from Parking in any Metered Space or Ticket Controlled
Space in the City of Lethbridge is ONE ($1) DOLLAR per hour for three (3) hours or less
duration.
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(2)
Except as noted herein, the fee for Parking in any TEN (10) hour Metered Space in the
City of Lethbridge is FORTY FIVE (45¢) CENTS for SIXTY (60) MINUTES or portion
thereof.
(3)
The fee for Parking in any space on the University of Lethbridge lands shall be as
established by resolution of the Board of Governors of the University of Lethbridge.
(4)
The fee for Parking in any space on the Lethbridge Polytechnic lands shall be as
established by resolution of the Board of Governors of the Lethbridge Polytechnic.
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1208
(1)
Except as noted herein, all fees collected from Parking shall be the property of the City of
Lethbridge.
(2)
All fees collected from Parking owned and maintained by the University of Lethbridge shall
be the property of the University of Lethbridge.
(3)
All fees collected from Parking owned and maintained by the Lethbridge Polytechnic
shall be the property of the Lethbridge Polytechnic.
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1209 The City Manager may designate that any Parking space shall not be used as a Metered
Space, Permit Controlled Space, or Ticket Controlled Space, either temporarily or
permanently; and he may cause the Parking control in any such space to be hooded,
removed, signed, or such space may be put to some specified use or closed from use and
the City Manager may cause to be erected in or painted on such space a sign showing
the use to which such space may be put.
1210 No person shall allow a Vehicle to be parked in contravention of any sign placed under the
authority of Section 1209.
PART 13 PARKING
1301 The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to designate the properly marked
portion of Highways where Parking is restricted to any particular class or classes of
Vehicles. No person shall park a Vehicle other than a Vehicle of such class or classes on
the portions of a Highway as marked.
1302
(1)
The City Manager may designate and cause to be properly marked portions of Highways
upon which Parking is prohibited at any time including, without limiting the foregoing, the
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declaration of Temporary No-Parking Bans.
(2)
No person shall park a Vehicle on a portion of a Highway marked pursuant to Section
1302(1).
1303 The City Manager may designate portions of the Highway as a Loading Zone for FIFTEEN
(15) minute Parking of Vehicles for loading and unloading of passenger or goods and
cause the same to be properly marked by signs.
1304 No person shall park a Vehicle on a portion of a Highway marked pursuant to Section 1303,
for a time in excess of the period so marked.
1305 The City Manager may designate and cause to be properly marked, portions of Highway
inclusive of RPP Zones for THIRTY (30) minute, ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3), FOUR
(4), and TEN (10) hour Parking of Vehicles between the hours of 7:30 am to 5:30 p.m. of
any day of the week. No person shall park a Vehicle for any period of time exceeding the
time limit so designated.
1306 The City Manager may designate and cause to be properly marked portions of the Highway
to be known as City Parking lots. No person shall park or leave any Vehicle on City land
or property that has been clearly marked as such by a sign or signs erected by the City,
unless such person has obtained the permission of the City of Lethbridge.
1307 No person shall park a Vehicle in an Alley. Alleys, however, may be used for such period of
time as may be reasonably necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or goods
from a Vehicle, provided that the Vehicle concerned in such loading or unloading of
passengers or goods does not so obstruct the Alley as to prevent other Vehicles or
persons from passing along such Alleys while the loading or unloading of passengers or
goods is taking place.
1308 Except when actually taking on or discharging passengers, no person shall park or stand a
Vehicle for any period of time at a Passenger Loading Zone, at a "No Parking" area or in
front of a main entrance or doorway of a private or public building.
1309
(1)
No person shall park a trailer designed for the purpose of carrying goods and equipment
upon any Highway unless said trailer is attached to a Vehicle by which it may be propelled
or drawn and when so attached, the trailer shall be deemed part of the Vehicle.
(2)
An owner or operator of a Recreational Vehicle shall not park the Recreational Vehicle on
any street in the City, except in the area of the street immediately adjoining the owner or
operator's place of residence.
(3)
An owner or operator of a Recreational Vehicle shall not park the Recreational Vehicle on
the area of the street immediately adjoining the owner or operator's place of residence for
a period of more than FORTY EIGHT (48) consecutive hours.
(4)
An owner or operator of a Recreational Vehicle shall not park the Recreational Vehicle on
the area of the street immediately adjoining the owner or operator's place of residence if
the Recreational Vehicle was previously parked on that area of the street at any time
during the preceding THIRTY SIX (36) hour period.
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1310 No person shall park any commercial Vehicle, bus, truck tractor, tractor trailer of the design
capacity of more than ONE (1) Tonnes or a length of more than SIX (6) metres upon any
Highway except where such Parking is expressly permitted or except for the purpose of
loading or unloading such Vehicles.
1311 The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and properly mark
such parts of the Highway in the City as may be necessary to provide adequate, safe and
convenient stopping places for buses of the Lethbridge Transit System. The City Manager
may designate and cause to be properly marked any such bus stop as a "No Parking"
area.
1312 No person shall park a Vehicle in a bus stop marked as a "No Parking" area other than a
bus of the Lethbridge Transit System.
1313 No person shall park any Vehicle unless permitted upon any land owned by the City of
Lethbridge which the City uses or permits to be used as a playground, recreation area or
public park except on such part thereof as may be designated by the City Manager with a
sign or signs for Vehicle Parking.
1314 The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and properly mark any
Highway or portion of a Highway upon which Parking is prohibited between 1:00 am to
7:00 am of any day.
1315 No person shall angle park any Vehicle which exceeds SIX (6) metres in overall length upon
any Highway in the City except at such locations as have been designated by the City
Manager and have been marked, provided however, that the person may park in such other
locations and for such period of time as may be designated in writing by the City Manager.
1316 Subject to Section 1206, no driver shall park a Vehicle where Parking guidelines are visible
on a Roadway except within the limits of the lines designating a parking space.
1317 No person shall park his Vehicle with the side thereof parallel to the Curb or edge of the
Roadway when angle Parking is permitted or required.
1318 No Vehicle may be parked at an angle to the Curb in a cul-de-sac unless that Vehicle is
parked in such a manner as not to interfere with the free flow of traffic in the cul-de-sac.
1319 No person shall park a Vehicle so that the bumper or side of the Vehicle is closer than SIX
HUNDRED (600) millimetres to the bumper or side of another Vehicle except that:
(1)
where Vehicles are parked in a parallel Parking zone controlled by a double headed meter
the forward Vehicle shall be parked with the rear of such Vehicle adjacent to the meter
and the rear Vehicle to the meter; and
(2)
where a Vehicle is parked in a parallel Parking zone controlled by a single-headed meter
the Vehicle shall be parked with the front of the Vehicle adjacent to the meter.
1320
(1)
A Handicapped Placard shall entitle the holder to Parking at prevailing Parking rates in
any space on City streets or public Parking lots, designated for use by Handicapped
Placard holders only.
(2)
Subject to Section 1320(1), no person shall park at designated Handicapped Parking
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Space without displaying the appropriate placard.
1321 No person shall park any Vehicle in that part of a driveway which lies between Curb or the
travelled portion of the Roadway and the property or lot boundary line which runs parallel
to the said Curb or travelled portion of a Roadway.
1322 No person shall park any Vehicle other than a Vehicle bearing, in a visible location, a current
University of Lethbridge Parking permit or special Parking permit, in any space located on
the property of the University of Lethbridge marked as Parking space for authorized
Vehicles.
1323 No person shall park any Vehicle other than a Vehicle bearing, in a visible location, a current,
valid, Lethbridge Polytechnic Parking permit or special Parking permit, in any space
located on the property of the Lethbridge Polytechnic marked as Parking space for
authorized Vehicles.
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1324
(1)
No person shall park or leave any Vehicle on private land or property that has been clearly
marked as such by a sign or signs erected by the owner or his agent, unless such person
has obtained the permission of the owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge or control
of said land or property.
(2)
An owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge of control of private land or property if
personally satisfied that any person is violating the prohibition set forth in Section 1324(1)
may report to the Lethbridge Regional Police Service the license number and location of
the illegally parked Vehicle. Any person making such report to the Lethbridge Regional
Police Service shall give his own name and address.
(3)
Any Peace officer may cause a Vehicle improperly parked on private land or property, to
be removed and taken to and stored in a suitable place and all costs for the removal and
storage are amounts owing to the City of Lethbridge and the Vehicle may be disposed of
subject to the Act.
1325 Any person who is empowered to enforce the provisions of this Bylaw is hereby authorized to
place an erasable chalk mark on the tread face of the tire of a parked or stopped Vehicle
without that person or the City incurring liability for doing so.
1326 No person shall park a Vehicle in an RPP Zone marked as a "Parking by Permit only" area
other than a Vehicle displaying a valid residential Parking permit.
1327 No person shall park a Vehicle in an RPP Zone for any period of time exceeding the time
limit so designated other than a Vehicle displaying a valid residential Parking permit.
1328 No person shall park a Vehicle in such a manner that any portion of the Vehicle is
overhanging or encroaching upon a Sidewalk.
1329
(1)
No person shall park or stop a Vehicle on any street or portion of any street identified as
a snow route by permanent signage.
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(2)
Section 1329(1) shall only apply when snow routes have been declared in effect by the
City Manager.
(3)
A declaration announcing snow routes to be in effect shall remain in effect for SEVENTY
TWO (72) hours unless sooner terminated, or further extended by declaration by the City
Manager, such SEVENTY TWO (72) hour period would commence and be effective from
the time specified in the declaration.
(4)
The City Manager shall inform the general public of the existence of a snow route
declaration using whatever means he deems advisable.
1330 Unless required or permitted by the Act or by a Traffic Control Device, or in compliance with
the directions of a Peace Officer, a driver shall not stop or park his Vehicle:
(1)
on a Crosswalk or on any part of a Crosswalk;
(2)
at an intersection nearer than FIVE (5) metres to the projection of the corner property line
immediately ahead or immediately to the rear, except when his Vehicle is parked in a
space where a Parking Meter or other Traffic Control Device indicates Parking is
permitted;
(3)
within FIVE (5) metres on the approach to a stop sign or yield sign;
(4)
within FIVE (5) metres of any fire hydrant, or when the hydrant is not located at the Curb,
within FIVE (5) metres of the point on the Curb nearest the hydrant;
(5)
within ONE AND A HALF (1.5) metres of an access to a garage, private road or driveway,
or a Vehicle crossway over a Sidewalk;
(6)
within FIVE (5) metres of the near side of a marked Crosswalk;
(7)
on the Roadway side of a Vehicle parked or stopped at the Curb or edge of the Roadway.
1331 Where angle Parking is permitted or required by signs or markings, a driver shall park his
Vehicle:
(1)
with its sides between and parallel to any 2 of the guidelines when present, and
(2)
with ONE (1) front wheel not more than FIVE HUNDRED (500) millimetres from the Curb
or edge of the Roadway.
1332 Temporary No-Parking Ban:
(1)
No person shall park a Vehicle on any street or portion of any street where such street or
potion of street is under a declared Temporary No-Parking Ban; and
(2)
The City Manager shall inform the general public of the existence of a Temporary No-
Parking Ban declaration suing whatever means he deems advisable.
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PART 14 TAXICABS
1401 The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and properly mark by
signs certain spaces for as taxicab stands, for the exclusive use
of Vehicles for hire. No sign shall be installed until the City receives from the applicant an
installation fee in the sum of FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) DOLLARS per sign.
1402 Any person carrying on the business of letting Vehicles for hire, hereinafter called "taxicab
operator", may apply to the City Manager for the location of ONE (1) taxicab stand in front
of each place of business of the taxicab operator. The City Manager may allot either a
ONE (1) or TWO (2) Vehicle spaces to the taxicab operator, but the taxicab operator will
only be allotted space for the of ONE (1) taxicab free of charge.
1403 The City Manager may prescribe from time to time the fees to be charged a taxicab operator
for each additional Parking space, and may charge the cost of installing and maintaining
signs to the taxicab operator.
1404 No person shall park any Vehicle in a taxicab stand except the taxicab operator for whom
the taxicab stand is reserved, or a person authorized by the taxicab operator, and the
Vehicle must be a taxicab then on duty and available for public hire.
1405 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the Chief of Police may permit taxicabs,
while waiting for hire to stand at a designated place to provide accommodation for the
public attending any special function or event.
PART 15 TEMPORARY CLOSING OF HIGHWAYS
1501 In any case where by reason of any emergency or of any special circumstances which in
the opinion of the City Manager makes it desirable and in the public interest to do so, the
City Manager may:
(1)
temporarily close in any area of the City, any Highway in whole or in part to traffic; or
(2)
temporarily suspend in any area of the City, Parking privileges granted by the provisions
of this or any other bylaw, and the City Manager may for such period of time as he deems
necessary to meet such emergency or special circumstances, take such measure for the
temporary closing of such Highway or the suspension of Parking privileges and place
barricades or post appropriate notices on or near the Highway concerned as he may
consider to be necessary in the circumstances.
1502 No person shall make use of any Highway or Alley in a manner contrary to any restriction,
prohibition or designation pursuant to Section 1501(1) or 1501(2).
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PART 16 MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES
1601 Every person shall be guilty of an offence who is travelling on a sled, toboggan, skis, roller
skates, bicycle, tricycle or toy Vehicle of any kind or a similar device by clinging to or
attaching himself or his conveyance to a Vehicle upon a Roadway.
1602 No owner or occupant of private property shall allow hedges, shrubs or trees located within a
triangle formed on a corner site by the two Curb lines adjoining an intersection, including a
lane intersection, and two points located EIGHT (8) metres from the said corner where the
Curb lines meet whether planted before or after the date of the passing of this Bylaw, to
grow or to remain at a greater height than ONE (1) metre above the established elevation
measured from the top of the Curb where there is a Sidewalk or from the level of the crown
of the Roadway where there is no Sidewalk.
1603 In the case of trees growing on any private property, whether planted before or after the
date of the passing of this Bylaw, the owner or occupant concerned shall trim the said
trees in such a way that no branches or foliage of said trees shall be at a lesser height
than ONE AND SIX TENTHS (1.6) of a metre subject to Section 1602.
1604 The City Manager may serve by registered mail a notice in writing upon any person required
to comply with the provisions of Sections 1602 and 1603 as the case may be.
1605 No owner or occupant of private property in the City shall build, place, erect or continue the
existence of fences, walls or other objects on private property to or adjacent to and within
EIGHT (8) metres from a street intersection when such fences, walls or other objects
interfere with good visibility for safe traffic flow.
1606 The City Manager may serve by registered mail a notice in writing upon any person required
to comply with the provisions of Section 1605, provided however, that where any such
fence, wall or other object that adversely affects good visibility for safe traffic flow was in
existence on or before the first day of March, 1971, the fence, wall or other object may
only be moved and reduced in height at the expense of the City.
1607 The notice in writing shall set forth:
(1)
a description of the land on which the proposed removal is to apply;
(2)
the purpose for having the removal made;
(3)
the object proposed to be removed in whole or in part from the land;
(4)
the required compliance date; and
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(5)
if applicable, the amount the City is ready to pay in cost for the removal of object from the
land.
1608 In default of the owner or occupant failing to comply with a notice from the City Manager
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1604 and 1606, the City may do the work, and
where applicable, do the work at the expense of the person in default.
1609 The expenses incurred by the City for the work done, where applicable may be recovered
by adding amounts outstanding to the tax roll of the affected property or by actions in any
court of competent jurisdictions.
1610 Notwithstanding any other Section of this Bylaw where a bus is stopped at or has
approached within TEN (10) metres of an intersection, unless the bus has signalled that it
is to make a left turn, a driver of a Vehicle travelling in the same direction shall not overtake
or pass or attempt to overtake or pass to the right of such bus on a street in which the
traffic is proceeding in two directions.
1611 On a one-way street, if a bus is signalling that it intends:
(1)
to make a left turn, no driver of another Vehicle shall overtake or pass or attempt to pass
to the left of such bus;
(2)
to make a right turn no driver of another Vehicle shall pass to the right of such a bus. 1612
No person shall activate alternating flashing red lights and stop arms on a school bus upon
any Highway in the City.
1613 No person shall operate a Motor Vehicle on a Highway in the City in such a manner that the
said Vehicle crosses from one side of the Highway to the other side thereon between
intersecting Highways for the purposes of entering or exiting a Parking space except at
locations where NINETY (90) degree Parking spaces exist or on the following Highways:
(1)
FOURTH (4th) Street South between the south limit of FIFTH (5th) Avenue South and the
north limit of SIXTH (6th) Avenue South.
(2)
SIXTH (6th) Street South between the south limit of THIRD (3rd) Avenue South and the north
limit of FOURTH (4th) Avenue South.
(3)
SIXTH (6th) Street South between the south limit of FIFTH (5th) Avenue South and the north
limit of SIXTH (6th) Avenue South.
(4)
EIGHTH (8th) Street South between the south limit of FIFTH (5th) Avenue South and the
north limit of SIXTH (6th) Avenue South.
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PART 17 PENALTIES
1701 Any person violating any of the provisions of this Bylaw or any other person responsible for
such violation shall be liable on summary conviction before a Provincial Judge in the City
of Lethbridge or any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction therein, to a penalty not
exceeding FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) DOLLARS exclusive of costs.
1702
(1)
Any Peace Officer may impound and remove from a Highway, Parking lot or other public
place, a Vehicle in respect of which charges have not been paid or of a Vehicle parked in
violation of a provision of this Bylaw and all costs of removal which may be enforced in the
manner provided by the Act.
(2)
Any Peace Officer may remove, from a declared snow route, a Vehicle in violation of the
declared snow route when in effect; Vehicle may be relocated to the nearest non-snow route
Roadway location.
(3)
Any Peace Officer may remove a Vehicle parked in violation of a declared Temporary No-
parking Ban Street when in effect; Vehicle may be relocated to the nearest allowed on- street
parking location.
1703 If a Vehicle is driven, used, parked or left in contravention of any provision of this Bylaw the
owner of the Vehicle is guilty of an offence and liable for the contravention and the penalty
provided herein unless he proves to the satisfaction of the magistrate trying the case that
at the time of the contravention the Vehicle was not driven, used, parked or left by him or
by any other person with his consent, expressed or implied.
PART 18 ISSUANCE OF TAG & PAYMENT OF PENALTY
1801
(1)
Where any Peace Officer believes that a person has committed a breach of this Bylaw set
out in Schedule A or B, he may serve upon such person a tag as permitted by Section
13(1) r of the Act.
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(2)
Service of any such notice or tag shall be sufficient if it is:
(a)
personally served;
(b)
served by ordinary mail;
(c)
attached to the Vehicle in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been
committed.
(3)
Upon the issuance of a tag for a breach of this Bylaw for Sections described in Schedule
A or B, the following fine amounts are established:
(a)
FORTY ($40.00) DOLLARS for an offence listed in Schedule A;
(b)
FIFTY ($50.00) DOLLARS for an offence listed in Schedule B;
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and upon payment to a person authorized by the City of Lethbridge to receive such
payment, an official receipt for the payment shall be issued and pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 1801(4), 1801(5), 1801(6), and 1801(7), such payment shall be accepted in
lieu of prosecution.
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(4)
Where payment of the penalty for a tag issued for the breach of Sections enumerated in
Schedule A and Schedule B of this bylaw is received by person authorized by the City to
receive such payment, within TEN (10) days from the date of service the penalties are
reduced:
(a)
For offences listed in Schedule A by TWENTY ($20.00) DOLLARS; and
(b)
For offences listed in Schedule B by FIFTEEN ($15.00) DOLLARS
and such reduced payment shall be accepted in lieu of prosecution.
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(5)
If at any time after the expiration of the TENTH (10th) day from service of the and up to but
excluding the ONE (1) day prior to the return date on any tag issued, a person tenders
payment for a tag issued for breach of any of the Sections of this Bylaw, the person
authorized to receive such payment shall do so upon receipt of the appropriate penalty as
set out in Section 1801(3) hereof and such payment shall be accepted in lieu of
prosecution.
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(6)
If the person upon whom any such tag is served fails to pay the required sum within the
time limit, the provisions of this Section for acceptance of payment in lieu of prosecution
do not apply.
(7)
Prosecution of offences may be commenced by way of violation ticket pursuant to the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act RSA 2000 P24.
(8)
Nothing in this Section shall:
(a)
prevent any person from exercising his right to defend any charge of committing a
breach of any of the Sections referred to in Schedules A or B;
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(b)
prevent any Peace Officer in lieu of serving a notice or tag or any other person
from laying an information or a complaint against any other person for committing
a breach of any of the Sections listed in the said Schedules; or
(c)
prevent any person from exercising any legal right such person may have to lay
information or complaint against any other person (whether such other person has
made a payment under the provisions of this Bylaw or not) for a breach of any of
the Sections listed in the said Schedules.
(9)
Where any person has made payment pursuant to the provisions of this Section and is
prosecuted for the offence in respect of which such payment has been made, such
payment shall be refunded.
1802 No person other than the owner or driver of a Vehicle shall remove any notice or tag placed
on or fixed to such Vehicle by a Peace Officer in the course of his duties.
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PART 19 SEVERABILITY
1901 It is the intention of City Council that each separate provision of this Bylaw shall be deemed
independent of all other provisions herein and it is further the intention of City Council that
if any provisions of this Bylaw be declared invalid all other provisions thereof shall remain
valid and enforceable.
PART 20 REPEAL
2001 Bylaw No. 3499 and amendment thereof are hereto repealed.
PART 21 COMMENCEMENT DATE
2102 This Bylaw shall come into effect on the date of final passing thereof.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 3RD DAY OF MARCH, 2014.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2014.
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2014.
(Sgd.) C.A. Spearman
MAYOR
(Sgd.) A. Neufeld
CITY CLERK
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Schedule Amended: December 12, 2023
Effective: February 1, 2024
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SCHEDULE "A"
Section 1203(1)
Meter time expired
Section 1203(2)
Parking without a valid permit
Section 1203(3)
Parking without a valid ticket
Section 1203(4)
Unauthorized parking in a Zone Controlled Space
Section 1204(1)
Over-Parking in a Metered Space, Ticket Controlled Space or Zone
Controlled Space
Section 1204(2)
Park in contravention of Zone Controlled Space
regulations
Section 1206
Occupying more than 2 spaces
Section 1210
Unauthorized Parking
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Effective: September 17, 2024
Bylaw 6463
SCHEDULE "B"
Section 407
Parade without a permit
Section 501
Unlawful crossing of fire barricade
Section 802
Heavy Vehicle off truck route
Section 804
Operating a vehicle that exceeds dimension or weight,
Requirements without a permit
Section 1001
Parking of an immobile vehicle
Section 1101
Crossing outside of a Crosswalk
Section 1102
Failure to use Crosswalk
Section 1104
Impeding movement in a Crosswalk
Section 1105
Running or racing
Section 1106
Hitchhiking
Section 1301
Parking in a restricted area
Section 1302 (2)
Prohibited Parking
Section 1304
Over-Parking in a Loading Zone
Section 1305
Over-Parking in a timed zone
Section 1306
Parking without a valid tag in Parking Lot
Section 1307
Parking in an Alley
Section 1308
Prohibited Parking in a Passenger Loading Zone
Section 1309(1)
Parking an unattached utility trailer
Section 1309(2)
Unauthorized RV Parking
Section 1309(3)
Parking an RV in excess of 48 hours
Section 1309(4)
Recurrence of RV Parking within 36 hours
Section 1310
Parking an over length or over weight Vehicle
Section 1312
Parking in a bus zone
Section 1313
Parking in playground
Section 1315
Prohibited angle parking
Section 1316
Parking outside visible guidelines
Section 1317
Parallel Parking in an angle Parking zone
Section 1318
Improper Parking in a cul-de-sac
Section 1319
Parking too close
Section 1320 (2)
Unauthorized Parking in a Handicapped Parking Space
Section 1321
Parking on a driveway crossing
Section 1322
Unauthorized Parking on U of L ground
Bylaw 6007 - September 1, 2016
Section 1323
Unauthorized Parking on Lethbridge Polytechnic Grounds
Bylaw 6463 - September 17, 2024
Section 1324(1)
Parking on Private Property
Section 1326
Parking in an RPP Zone without a valid permit
Section 1328
Parking - overhanging or encroaching upon Sidewalk
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Section 1329(1)
Parking on designated snow route when declared
Section 1330(1)
Parking on a Crosswalk
Section 1330(2)
Parking within 5 metres of an intersection
Section 1330(3)
Parking within 5 metres of a STOP or YIELD sign
Section 1330(4)
Parking within 5 metres of a fire hydrant
Section 1330(5)
Parking within 1.5 metres of an access to a garage, private road or
driveway, or a Vehicle crossway over a Sidewalk
Section 1330(6)
Parking within 5 metres of the near side of a marked Crosswalk
Section 1330(7)
Double Parking
Section 1331
Improper Angle Parking
Section 1332(1)
Parking where Temporary No-Parking Ban is in effect
Section 1404
Prohibited Parking in a taxicab stand
Section 1502
Parking where prohibited
Section 1601
Coasting on Highway
Section 1613
Crossing a Highway between intersections
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Effective: February 1, 2024
Bylaw 6428
SCHEDULE "C"
REPEALED
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