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Traffic Bylaw 2023-04
Town of McLennan
Traffic Bylaw No. 2023 - 04
A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF McLENNAN, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, TO REGULATE AND
CONTROL VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS UPON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN TOWN.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Municipal Government Act, Being Chapter
M-26 R.S.A., 2000, and amendment thereto, Council may, pass bylaws respecting transport and
transportation systems;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 13 (1) of the Traffic Safety Act, being Chapter T-6 of the
Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 and amendments thereto, hereafter referred to as the
Highway Traffic Act, allows that a council of a municipality may pass bylaws dealing with the
regulation and control and management of vehicle and pedestrian traffic;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 13 (1) of the Traffic Safety Act, provides that a council of a
municipality may make bylaws, not inconsistent with the Act, on matters for which no provision
is made in the Act:
(a) prohibiting the owner of a vehicle or person in charge of a vehicle from parking or
leaving the vehicle on private property without authority from the owner, tenant,
occupant or person in charge or control of private property and providing for:
(i) the impounding and removal from the private property of a vehicle so parked or
left thereon without authority, and
(ii) the laying of an information and complaint against the owner or person in charge
of the illegally parked vehicle for parking offence, and
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Town of McLennan, in the Province of Alberta, in Council
duly assembled enacts as follows:
TITLE
1.
This by-law may be called the "Traffic Bylaw".
DEFINITIONS
2.
In this bylaw
A.
ACT - means the Traffic Safety Act, Chapter T-6 of the Revised Statues of Alberta
2000.
B.
ALLEY - means a narrow highway intended chiefly to give access to the rear of
buildings or parcels of land.
C.
BICYCLE - means any vehicle propelled by muscular power upon which a person
may ride regardless of the number of wheels it may have.
D.
BOULEVARD - means that portion of the highway lying between the curb of the
highway and the adjacent property line, whether actually planted or improved or
not, excepting that portion occupied by a sidewalk. Where there is no curb, that
portion of a highway lying between the portion of highway ordinarily traveled by
vehicles and the adjacent property line, whether planted or not, except for that
portion occupied by a sidewalk.
E.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE - shall mean a commercial vehicle defined under the Motor
Transport Act.
F.
COUNCIL - means the Municipal Council of the Town of McLennan.
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G.
CROSSWALK - means any part of a roadway, at an intersection or elsewhere,
distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines or by other
markings on the road surface.
H.
CURB - means the division part of the highway between the part of the
highway intended for the use of pedestrians and that part of the highway
intended for the use of vehicles.
I.
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - means the Development Officer, or Municipal
Planning Commission or Council of the Town of McLennan, as specified under the
current Land Use Bylaw of the Town of McLennan.
J.
HIGHWAY - means any thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, lane,
alley, square, bridge, public utility lot, parking lot 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, and includes:
i) where a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway, the ditch, and
ii) where a highway right of way is contained between fences or between a
fence and one side of the roadway, all the land between the fence and the
roadway.
K.
INTERSECTION - means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection
of:
i) the lateral curb lines or, if none
ii) the exterior edges of the roadways, of two or more highways, which join
one another at an angle whether or not one highway crosses the other.
L.
OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE - as defined in the Traffic Safety Act, Chapter T-6, Revised
Statues of Alberta 2000, means any motorized vehicle designated for cross country
travel on land, water, snow, ice, march or swamp land or on other natural terrain and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes, when designed for such
travel:
i)
A motor cycle and related 2 wheeled vehicles
ii)
Amphibious machines
iii)
All-terrain vehicles
iv)
Miniature motor vehicles
v)
Snow vehicles
vi)
Mini bikes and
vii) Any other means of transportation that is propelled by any power other
than muscular wind.
viii) For the purpose of this bylaw, the definition of Off-Highway Vehicles
does not include construction equipment or implements of husbandry.
M.
PARKED WHEN PROHIBITED - means to allow a vehicle occupied or not, to
remain standing in one place, contrary to a traffic control device except;
N.
PEACE OFFICER - means a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
and Inspection Services Officer or a Peace Officer or Bylaw Enforcement
Officer appointed by the Town of McLennan.
O.
PEDESTRIAN - means a person afoot, or a person using a wheelchair or
mobility aid.
P.
PERSON - means an individual or incorporated group having certain legal rights
and responsibilities.
Q.
RECREATION TRAILER - means a vehicle so designed that it may be attached to
or drawn by a motor vehicle and intended to transport persons and includes
any trailer that is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living
abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily.
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R.
SERVICE ROAD - means a road that runs parallel to a main road, and is separate from
the main road by a boulevard or curb.
S.
SIDEWALK - means that part of the boulevard especially improved or adapted to the
use of, or ordinarily used by, pedestrians.
T.
SOLICIT OR SOLICITING - means to, without consideration, request money,
donations, goods or other things of value whether by spoken, written or printed
sword or gesture, but shall not include requests for money, donations, goods or
other things of value made by employees or volunteers of charitable organizations
licensed and approved pursuant to a federal or provincial statue, license or
regulation, or pursuant to a license or permit issued by the Town of McLennan.
U.
STOP - means:
i)
When required, a complete cessation of vehicular movement, and
ii)
When prohibited, any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic
or in compliance with the directions of a Peace Officer or traffic control
device.
V.
TIME - whenever time is referred to in this Bylaw it shall mean either Mountain
Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Savings Time, whichever is proclaimed by the
Province of Alberta.
W. TOWN - means the Town of McLennan, in the Province of Alberta.
X.
TOWN MANAGER - means the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town as
established under Section 205 of the Municipal Government Act.
Y.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE - means:
i)
Any sign, signal, marking or device placed, marked, or erected under the
authority of the Traffic Safety Act, Chapter T-6 for the purpose of
regulating, warning or guiding traffic, or
ii)
A device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by
which traffic is directed to stop and proceed.
Z. TRUCK LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE - shall mean a space on a portion of a
highway designated by the Town of McLennan and marked by a sign for the purpose
of loading and unloading, permitting truck parking therein for a period as indicated
by the said sign. For the purposes of this definition, truck means any vehicle licensed
under the Traffic Safety Act as a public service, commercial, or heavy vehicle.
AA. UTILITY TRAILER - means a vehicle so designed that it may be attached to or drawn
by a motor vehicle and intended to transport property, but does not include
machinery or equipment used in the construction or maintenance of highways.
AB. VEHICLE - means a device in, on or by which a person or thing may be
transported or drawn on a highway.
POWER OF THE TOWN MANAGER
3.1
The Town Manager is hereby authorized:
a) To designate any highway under the Town's authority, as one which is closed
temporarily, in whole or in part, to traffic and shall cause such highway to be
marked;
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b) To issue permits or authorization to park, drive, advertise or sell goods upon any
highway or Town property;
c) To designate public property as a temporary campground for a period not
exceeding 72 Hours; and
d) To issue permits or authorization to allow for material removed from private
property to be temporarily placed upon a highway.
3.2
The authority delegated to the Town Manager by Section 3.1 is subject to any other
provisions of this bylaw, any other Town Bylaw regulating or controlling traffic and the
Traffic Safety Act.
3.3
The authority delegated to the Town Manager may be further delegated by the Town
Manager to other employees of the Town.
USE OF HIGHWAYS
4.1
No person shall do, or permit to be done, anything, which damages any
improvements upon or under a highway.
4.2
No person shall break, tear, or remove any pavement, sidewalk, curbing, or other road
surface, or cause excavation in or under any highway in the Town without prior written
authorization from the Town Manager or his delegate.
4.3
(a) For any person who contravenes Section 4.1 and 4.2 to the extent that damages result
to the highway, and repairs or replacement must be implemented by the Town, the
person in contravention of this Bylaw shall be responsible for all costs incurred for the
repairs or replacement, and if the person does not pay such expenses promptly upon
being invoiced, the Town may recover the expenses thereof with costs by action in any
Court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Any expenses so recovered shall be in addition to any fines or penalties imposed
for contravention of this Bylaw or the Traffic Safety Act.
4.4
Notwithstanding the generality of Section 4, vehicles having metal cleats or other
devices attached to their wheels which may injure a highway are prohibited from any
highway unless authorized by the Town Manager.
4.5
No person shall drive a vehicle across any open land, undeveloped land or park on
land owned by the Town of McLennan, unless authorized by the Town Manager.
OBSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY, SIDEWALK OR BOULEVARD
5.1
No person shall crowd, jostle or otherwise interfere with other lawful users of any
roadway, sidewalk or boulevard, whether they are pedestrians or not, in such a
manner as to cause or create a disturbance, confusion or distraction.
5.2
No person shall cast, project or throw any stones, balls of snow, ice or other objects
causing a nuisance or danger to the public, on any roadway or sidewalk within the
Town.
5.3
No person shall obstruct/drive or in any way encroach upon a sidewalk, roadway or
boulevard which is not designed/designated for vehicle traffic.
5.4
No person shall drain or flush any fluid from any motor vehicle upon a highway so that
the fluids from that vehicle fall upon the highway.
5.5
(a) No person shall drive, operate or permit to be driven or operated, any vehicle
or equipment of any nature or kind in such a manner as to track materials upon a highway.
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(b) Any person, who tracks upon a highway shall, in addition to the specified penalty, is
liable to clean up or remove the substance or material tracked upon the highway in
default of which the Town shall clean up or remove such substance or material at the
expense of the person operating such vehicle.
5.6
(a) No person shall wash a vehicle upon a highway so as to result in depositing mud or
creating slush or ice upon a sidewalk or highway, or
(b) Wash any article in such a manner as to result in grease, oil or any deleterious
substance being deposited upon a sidewalk or highway.
5.7
(a) No person shall place, or permit to be placed, any ice, snow, dirt, debris or other
material removed from private property onto a highway or other public place so as to
obstruct traffic unless approval from the Town Manager has first been obtained
authorizing a temporary obstruction for a specified time period.
(b) No person shall place snow onto a highway so as to cause an obstruction to traffic.
(c) The Town shall remove, or cause to be removed, any such materials and the cost of
such removal shall be charged to the owner of such private property or the person
responsible for the unauthorized obstruction to traffic.
5.8
No person shall obstruct a highway, boulevard, alley or sidewalk by:
(a) Sitting or lying on a highway, boulevard, alley or sidewalk in a manner which obstructs
or impedes the convenient passage of any vehicular or pedestrian traffic:
(b) Continuing to solicit from or harass a pedestrian after that pedestrian has given a
negative response, whenever verbally or by gesture, to the initial solicitation request;
(c) Approaching and soliciting from a pedestrian as a member of a group of three or more
persons;
5.9
No person shall enter a highway, boulevard, alley or sidewalk for the purpose of soliciting
from the occupant of a motor vehicle whether that vehicle is in motion or at rest.
5.10 No person shall solicit on any highway, boulevard, alley, sidewalk or other public place,
between sunset on any given day and sunrise of the following day.
5.11 No person shall stand or loiter on any highway, boulevard, alley or sidewalk in such a
manner as to obstruct or impede convenient passage of any vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
5.12 No person shall urinate or defecate upon any highway, boulevard, alley, sidewalk or other
public place.
5.13 No person shall drive a motor vehicle across a curb, boulevard or sidewalk, except where
driveways are provided.
5.14 Any person who contravenes any provision of this bylaw is guilty of an offence and liable
on summary conviction.
RESTRICTIONS ON VEHICLES OF CERTAIN SIZES
6.1
No vehicle, or vehicle trailer combination, exceeding 5,500 kilograms maximum gross
weight shall park or drive upon any highway, with exception of the highways designated
as Truck Routes as listed in Scheule III of this Bylaw.
6.2
The provisions of Section 6.1, shall not apply to any vehicle, or vehicle trailer
combination, exceeding 5,500 kilograms maximum gross weight, which is loading or
unloading freight or cargo.
6.3
The provision of Section 6.1 shall not apply to recreational vehicles.
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6.4
For the purpose of this bylaw, Council or Town Manager is hereby authorized to set axle
weight restrictions (road bans) or size limits, as they deem necessary on any highway
pursuant to this bylaw.
PARKING
7.1
No person shall park a vehicle upon a highway or other public property for a
continuous period of time exceeding (72) seventy - two hours.
7.2
No person shall park a commercial vehicle on a residential street if the over-all length
of the vehicle exceeds 7.3 meters (24ft).
7.3
Parking of any vehicle, or portion of any vehicle, is prohibited on any alley in the Town
unless such vehicle is loading or unloading and is parked so as not to obstruct the alley
for an unreasonable amount of time.
7.4
Parking shall be parallel to the curb except in area listed in Schedule "IV" which is
attached to and forms part of this Bylaw.
7.5
No person shall park a vehicle for any period of time whatsoever where the vehicle may
in any way interfere with the use of a doorway intended as a fire or emergency exit
from any building.
7.6
No person shall park a vehicle upon any land owned by the Town of McLennan, which
the Town uses or permits to be used as a sidewalk, playground, recreation area, or
public park, except on such part thereof as the Council may designate by sign or signs.
7.7
A person being in charge or control of a garage, service station, radio shop or other
premises where repairs or installations are made to vehicles for compensation shall not
leave or cause or suffer or permit to be left on any street a vehicle which is left in his/her
possession for carrying out of repairs or making installations or for any other purpose
whatsoever.
7.8
No person shall repair any vehicle on a highway.
7.9
The provisions of 7.3 and 7.8 shall not apply to a vehicle, which has been left parked
because of a breakdown or other emergency if the person in charge or control of the
vehicle can establish that he/she has taken immediate action to arrange for the
removal of the vehicle forthwith.
7.10 No person shall park any utility trailer upon any highway unless the said trailer is
attached to a vehicle by which it may be propelled or drawn and when so attached, the
utility trailer shall be deemed part of the vehicle and subject to the regulations
pertaining to vehicles.
7.11 No person shall park any recreational trailer upon any highway for longer than 72
hours, unless the 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 and subject
to the regulations pertaining to vehicles.
7.12 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Bylaw, the following classes of motor
vehicles are exempt from parking prohibitions, while engaged in the execution of their
duties:
i)
Emergency Vehicles
ii)
Public Utility Vehicles
iii)
Municipal or Other Government Public Works Vehicles
iv)
Towning Service Vehicles
v)
Private Utility Company Vehicles
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7.13 (a) Where a sign restricts the parking of vehicles to a time limit it shall be an offence
to park a vehicle in excess of the time so designated and marked upon the sign.
b) In order to determine the time which a vehicle has been parked in a location where
parking is restricted to a specific time, a Peace Officer or another person charged
with the enforcement of parking prohibitions and restrictions may place an erasable
chalk mark on the tread of the tire on parked or stopped vehicles without such
Peace Officer or other person or the Town incurring any liability for so doing.
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE
8.1
The Town Manager may temporarily restrict parking or use of any highway under
the Town's authority or portion thereof pursuant to Section 25 of the Municipal
Government Act.
SPEED LIMITS
9.1 A standard maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour is established for all highways
within the town unless otherwise posted along a highway or designated in Schedule
I of this Bylaw.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
10.1 (a) No person shall park or leave a vehicle on private land unless such person has obtained
the permission of the owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge of the private land or
as required or permitted by the Traffic Safety Act or by Traffic Control Devices or in
compliance with the directions of a Peace Officer.
(b) A vehicle parked contrary to subsection (a) may be impounded and removed and the
information and complaint may be laid against the registered owner or person in charge of
the illegally parked vehicle.
BICYCLES
11.1 No person shall ride a bicycle on any sidewalk except where expressly permitted by this
bylaw. Children's bicycles or tricycles are exempt from this provision.
11.2 Any person operating a bicycle on a roadway shall ride as near as practical to the right-
hand curb or edge of road.
11.3 No person shall ride a bicycle on any highway after sunset unless the said bicycle is
equipped with functional lighting equipment and/or reflectors.
11.4 No person shall park, leave or abandon any bicycle upon any sidewalk so as to impede
pedestrian traffic.
11.5 Notwithstanding Section 11.4 any person may park any bicycle at a stand specifically
designed and identified for bicycle parking located on any sidewalk adjacent to the
highway.
OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES
12.1 No person shall drive, operate or permit to be driven or operated, any off-highway vehicle
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. within Town limits.
12.2 No person shall operate any off-highway vehicle on the lakeshore walking trails or on
Highway 2 for any purpose other than crossing.
12.3 Any off-highway vehicle being operated within the Town must be entering or leaving town
limits by the most direct route available.
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12.4 No person shall operate any off-highway vehicle in excess of fifteen (15) kilometers per
hour.
12.5 No person shall operate any off-highway vehicle without wearing a CSA approved helmet.
FIRES
13.1 In case of a fire within Town, a Peace Officer, Fire Chief or any other member of the Fire
Department may designate upon a highway and 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, whether on foot, or on/in any mode of transportation, shall cross
such lines.
13.2 (a) A Peace Officer, Fire Chief or any other member of the Fire Department shall have the
right to move or cause to be moved any vehicle which he/she deems necessary to move
or have moved for the purpose of carrying out any duty, work or undertaking of the Fire
Department.
(b) If the owner of a vehicle is requested to remove a vehicle pursuant to the section above
and refuses to do so, a Peace Officer, Fire Chief or any other member of the Fire
Department may remove the vehicle, and the registered owner of said vehicle shall be
responsible for all costs associated with having the vehicle removed.
POWERS OF PEACE OFFICERS
14.1 Any Peace Officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle
or trailer to a place designated by the Town Manager, where it will remain until such time
as it is claimed by the registered owner:
(a)
If it is parked in contravention of a provision of this bylaw.
(b) Where emergency conditions may require such removal from a highway.
(c) When a vehicle has been removed pursuant to section 13.1, the vehicle will be
returned to the owner of such vehicle upon payment of any and all expenses
incurred from the seizure, in addition to payment of any fines or penalties imposed
for contravention of this bylaw.
14.2 (a) A Peace Officer may seize any off-highway vehicle being operated in contravention
of the provision of this bylaw for a period not exceeding thirty days.
(b) When the seizure period referred to in Section 10.2 (a) expires the vehicle will be
returned to the owner of such vehicle upon payment of any and all expenses
incurred from the seizure, in addition to payment of any fines or penalties imposed
for contravention of this Bylaw.
14.3 A Peace Officer may issue a violation ticket with a specified penalty, to any person
alleged to have breached any provision of this Bylaw.
14.4 A violation ticket shall be deemed to be sufficiently served:
(a) If served personally on the accused, or
(b) If a copy is left at the accused person's usual place of abode, or
(c) If a copy is sent to the accused person by registered mail, or
(d) If a copy is sent to the accused person by ordinary mail.
PENALTIES
15.1 Any person that contravenes any provision of this Bylaw and is guilty of an offence and
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shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine as set out at Schedule II to this Bylaw,
as amended by Council from time to time.
15.2 Where a Violation Ticket has been issued to a Person under this Bylaw, that Person may
enter a plea of guilt by making a voluntary payment in the amount shown on the ticket to
a Provincial Court Office. The recording of the payment by the Clerk of the Court is an
acceptance of the guilty plea and constitutes a conviction.
15.3 Where a Peace Officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has
contravened any provision of this bylaw, the Peace Officer may issue a violation tag to
that person by serving it:
(a) personally; or
(b) by mailing a copy to such person at his or her last known residential or post office
address.
15.4 A violation tag issued pursuant to Section 10.2 shall be in a form approved by the Chief
Administer Officer and shall state:
(a) the name of the person to whom it is issued;
(b) the offense;
(c) the appropriate penalty for the offense as specified at Schedule II of this
Bylaw;
(d) that the penalty shall be paid within 30 days of the issuance of the
violation tag to avoid prosecution; and
(e) any other information as may be required by the Chief Administrative
Officer.
15.5 Where a violation tag has been issued, the person to whom the violation tag has been
issued, may in lieu of being prosecuted for the offence, pay to the Town, the penalty
specified on the violation tag.
15.6 In those cases where a violation tag has been issued and the penalty specified on the tag
has not been paid within the prescribed time, then a Peace Officer is hereby authorized
and in power to issue a violation ticket pursuant to part 2 or 3 of the Provincial Offences
Procedure Act, R. S. A. 2000, c P-34, as amended, or repealed and replaced from time to
time.
15.7 Notwithstanding Section 18.F. of this bylaw, a Peace Officer is hereby authorized and
empowered to immediately issue a violation ticket pursuant to part 2 or part 3 of the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act, R. S. A. 2000, c P- 34, as amended or repealed and
replaced from time to time, to any person whom the Peace Officer has reasonable
grounds to believe has contravened any provision of this bylaw.
15.8 Where a violation of this Bylaw results in damages to a Highway requiring repair or
replacement by the Town, the person responsible for the contravention of this Bylaw
shall be responsible for all costs incurred by the Town for repair or replacement of the
Highway. If these costs are not paid by the person responsible, within 30 days of that
person's receipt of an invoice from the Town for those costs, the Town may recover the
expenses incurred by bringing an action in any Court of competent jurisdiction.
TRANSITION
Each Section with exception to Section 2 and all Schedules of this Bylaw shall be read and
construed as being separate and severable from each other Section. Furthermore, should
any Section of this Bylaw be found to have been improperly enacted, for any reason, then
such Section shall be regarded as being severed from the rest of the Bylaw and the
remaining Bylaw shall be considered effective and enforceable.
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ENACTMENT
Bylaw 99-03 Traffic Bylaw is hereby repealed.
Bylaw 2011-05 Public Safety Bylaw 2011-05 is hereby repealed.
Bylaw 2012-08 Off-Highway Vehicles is hereby repealed.
Bylaw 2014-05 Traffic Amending Bylaw is hereby repealed.
Bylaw 2014-08 Traffic Amending Bylaw is hereby repealed.
This by-law shall take effect on 10th day of October, 2023.
READ a first time this 10th day of October, 2023.
READ a second time this 10th day of October, 2023.
READ a third time and finally passed this 10th day of October, 2023.
MAYOR
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
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SCHEDULE I
SPEED LIMITS
Unless otherwise posted the maximum speed in alleys shall be ................20 km/hr
Unless otherwise posted the maximum speed in playground
zones shall be ................................................................................... .........30 km/hr
Unless otherwise posted the maximum speed on all highways
within the Town (excluding alleys), shall be ...............................................50 km/hr
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SCHEDULE II
SPECIFIED PENALTIES
4
4.1.
USE OF HIGHWAY
Damage improvements to highway
$500.00
4.2
Break/Tear/Remove pavement/
Sidewalk/curbing without authorization
$500.00
4.4
Operate Motor Vehicle/Equipment equipped
with metal cleats or other devices on a highway
$500.00
4.5
Drive Motor Vehicle across open land owned by
the Town
$150.00
5
OBSTRUCTION USE OF ROADWAY, SIDEWALK or BOULEVARD
5.1
Interfere with users of
roadway/sidewalk/boulevard
$75.00
5.2
Throw objects dangerous to pubic on
roadway, sidewalk/boulevard
$75.00
5.3
Obstruct/Encroach upon a
sidewalk/roadway/boulevard
$75.00
5.4
Drain/Flush fluid from Motor Vehicle /
Equipment onto a highway
$100.00
5.5 (a)
Operate/Permit to operate Motor Vehicle /
Equipment in manner to track on highway
$100.00
5.6 (a)
Wash Motor Vehicle depositing mud/
creating ice/slush on highway/sidewalk
$100.00
5.6 (b)
Wash Motor Vehicle depositing grease/
oil/fuel on highway/sidewalk
$100.00
5.7 (a)
Place ice/dirt/debris/material onto a
highway/sidewalk
$100.00
5.7 (b)
Place snow on a highway/sidewalk so
as to obstruct traffic
$100.00
5.8 (a)
No person shall obstruct a Highway,
boulevard, Alley or sidewalk
$100.00
5.8 (b)
Nor sit or lie in any manner that
obstructs or impedes convenient
passage of pedestrians or vehicles;
$100.00
5.8 (c)
Nor solicit or harass a pedestrian
whether verbally or by gesture;
$100.00
5.8 (d)
Nor approach and solicit from a
pedestrian as a member of a group of
three or more persons;
$100.00
5.9
No person shall enter a highway,
boulevard, alley or sidewalk for the
purpose of Soliciting from the occupant
of a motor vehicle whether that vehicle
is in motion or at rest.
$100.00
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5.10
No person shall solicit on any highway,
boulevard, alley, sidewalk or other
public place, between sunset on any
given day and sunrise of the following
day.
$100.00
5.11
No person shall stand or loiter on any
highway, boulevard alley or sidewalk in
such a manner as to obstruct or impede
convenient passage of any vehicular or
pedestrian traffic.
$100.00
5.12
No person shall urinate or defecate
upon any highway, boulevard, alley,
sidewalk or other public place.
$250.00
5.13
No person shall drive a motor vehicle
across a curb, boulevard or sidewalk,
except where driveways are provided.
$150.00
6 RESTRICTIONS ON VEHICLES OF CERTAIN SIZES
6.1
Operate / Park Motor Vehicle
exceeding 5,500 kgs gross vehicle
weight
$250.00
7
PARKING
7.1
Parked on highway or other public
property for a continuous period of time
exceeding
(72) seventy-two hours
$50.00
7.2
Commercial Vehicle parked on a
residential street of an overall length
exceeding 7.3 meters (24ft.)
$50.00
7.3
Parked motor vehicle in alley
$50.00
7.5
Parked Motor Vehicle
obstructing a fire/emergency
exit
$100.00
7.7
Owner of garage/service station
parked Motor Vehicle on highway
$50.00
7.8
Repair Motor Vehicle on highway
$50.00
7.10
Parked Utility Trailer on highway
$50.00
7.11
Parked Recreation Trailer exceeding time limit allowed
$50.00
9 SPEED LIMIT
9.1
Exceed posted speed
limit
As per section 115(2) (p) of the
Traffic Safety Act.
10 PRIVATE PROPERTY
10.1
Parked Motor Vehicle on private property
without permission from land owner
$50.00
12 OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES
Traffic Bylaw 2023-04
12.1
Operate/Permit to operate/drive Off-Highway
Vehicle between 10 pm and 8 am within town
$100.00
12.2
Operate/Permit to operate/drive Off-Highway
Vehicle on lakeshore walking trails
$100.00
12.3
Operate Off-Highway Vehicle within Town
limits other than leaving Town by the most
direct route
$100.00
FIRES
13.1
Pass/Walk/Drive within location of fire as designated
by Peace Officer or Fire Department
$100.00
Traffic Bylaw 2023-04
BYLAW 2023-04
SCHEDULE III
TRUCK ROUTE
Bousfield Avenue
Benoit Street
3rd Street N.W.
Centre Street
1st Avenue N.W.
2nd Avenue N.W.
1st Street N.W. from 3rd Avenue N.W. to 1st Avenue N.W.
1st Avenue N.E. from Centre Street to 3rd Street N.E.
2nd Street N.E. from 3rd Avenue N.E. to Railway Avenue
3rd Street N.E. from 3rd Avenue N.E. to 1st Avenue N.E.
6th Street N.E.
5TH Avenue N.E. from 5th Street E to the East town boundary
Crowell Lane
Traffic Bylaw 2023-04
BYLAW 2023-04
SCHEDULE IV
ANGLE PARKING ZONES
Centre Street from 3rd Avenue to 1st Avenue