Northern Sunrise County Traffic Control Bylaw No. B402/22 — full text, Northern Sunrise County, Alberta

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## BYLAW NO. B402/22 ## TRAFFIC CONTROL BYLAW ## A BYLAW OF NORTHERN SUNRISE COUNTY IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA TO CONTROL AND MANAGE TRAFFIC UPON THE ROADWAYS WITHIN NORTHERN SUNRISE COUNTY WHEREAS the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, c. M-26 provides that a municipality has the direction, control and management of all roads within the municipality; AND WHEREAS the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, c. M-26 provides that Council ma pass bylaws for municipal purposes respecting the safety, health and welfare of people; and th protection of people and property and the people, activities and things in, on or near a public place or place that is open to the public; AND WHEREAS the Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Act, RSA 2000, c. D-4 provides that Council may, by Bylaw, regulate the transportation of dangerous goods on roadways under its direction, control and management; AND WHEREAS the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, c. T-6 ("the Acr") provides that the Council of a municipality may, with respect to a roadway under its direction, control and management, make bylaws that are not inconsistent with the Traffic Safety Act; NOW THEREFORE, the Council of Northern Sunrise County, duly assembled, enacts as follows: ## SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE This Bylaw may be cited as the Northern Sunrise County "Traffic Control Bylaw". ## SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS Except as otherwise provided in this Bylaw, the terms used in the Act where used or referred to in this Bylaw shall have the same meaning as used or defined in the Act. - 2.1 "Act" means the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, c. T-6 as amended or substituted from time-to-time. - 2.2 "Alignment" means a location specified or approved by the County for the location of Equipment in a Right-of-way. - 2.3 "Applicant" means a Person applying for a Permit. - 2.4 "Arterial Road" means a Road designated to carry large volumes of all types of vehicular traffic. Arterial Roads are the main routes connecting the major economic regions within the County to the Provincial highway system. - 2.5 "Bus Stop" or "Transit Zone" means an area designated by a sign that extends twelve (12) metres in front and twenty-three (23) metres behind the sign, or is designated by two (2) signs marking the beginning and end of the zone; and is expressly reserved for the use of Transit Vehicles. - 2.6 "CAO" means the Chief Administrative Officer of Northern Sunrise County and includes their designate. - 2.7 "Collector Road" means a Road that collects traffic from Local Roads and feeds it to Arterials or distributes it from Arterials to Local Roads. Traffic flows on Collector Roads are typically only interrupted at intersections with other Collectors or Arterials. - 2.8 "Commercial Vehicle" means any Vehicle, Trailer or semi-trailer, used for the purpose of conducting a business activity except: - a truck, Trailer, semi-trailer or Transit Vehicle that is a public service Vehicle; or - a truck, Trailer, semi-trailer or Transit Vehicle or any class of Vehicle that is exempted from being classified as a Commercial Vehicle by the regulations or by any order of the Alberta Motor Transport Board; and includes: - i) a Vehicle from which sales are made of goods, wares, merchandise or commodity; and - ii) a Vehicle that is used for the delivery of goods, wares, service, merchandise or commodity to a purchaser or consignee thereof. - 2.9 "Council" means the Council of Northern Sunrise County. - 2.10 "County" means Northern Sunrise County. - 2.11 "Dangerous Goods" means any product, substance or organism specified in the regulations or included by its nature in any of the classes listed in the regulations under the Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Act, RSA 2000, c. D-4 as amended. - 2.12 "Dangerous Goods Route" means all or any portion of those Roadways under the direction; control or management of the County designated as Arterial Road as shown on the attached maps in Schedules "A" and "B" and identified in Schedule "C". - 2.13 "Dangerous Goods Prohibition Sign" means a sign, as identified in Schedule "E" attached to and forming part of this Bylaw, which shows that Dangerous Goods carriers, as defined by legislation, shall not travel on or along a Road. - 2.14 "Dangerous Goods Route Sign" means a sign, as identified in Schedule "E" attached to and forming part of this Bylaw, which shows that Dangerous Goods carriers, as defined by legislation, are allowed to travel along a Road. - 2.15 "Director, PW" means the County's Director of Public Works and includes their designate. - 2.16 "Director, PS" means the County's Director of Protective Services and includes their designate. - 2.17 "Emergency Work" means work which should be done immediately within the in a Right-of-Way where health, safety or the provision of essential services is endangered. - 2.18 "Emergency Services" means the County's Emergency Services Department. - 2.19 "Emergency Vehicle" means: - a) a fire fighting or other type of Vehicle operated by the fire protection service of a municipality; - b) an ambulance operated by a Person or organization providing ambulance services; - c) a Vehicle operated by a police force or Peace Officer; - d) a Vehicle operated as a disconnection unit of a public utility; and - e) a Vehicle designated as an emergency response unit under the Act. - 2.20 "Equipment" means any poles, cables, pipes, conduits, pedestals, antennas, vaults, support structures or other similar facilities or structures. - 2.21 "Fees and Charges Bylaw" means a Bylaw approved by Council that sets the fees and charges. - 2.22 "Fire Hydrant" means any privately-owned fire hydrant within the County, and any Fire Hydrant controlled and managed by the County. - 2.23 "Foreign Matter" means snow, ice, earth, debris, refuse, building or other materials, sand, gravel, sod, or any other material. - 2.24 "Hamlet" means a small rural unincorporated community and includes those lands located within the Hamlets and rural settlements as defined in Northern Sunrise County's Land Use Bylaw as amended or replaced from time to time. - 2.25 "Heavy Vehicle" means a Vehicle, with or without load, exceeding any one of the following: - a) two axles; - b) twelve point five (12.5) metres in length; or - c) a maximum allowable weight of five thousand five hundred (5,500) kilograms; - d) but does not include Recreational Vehicles. - 2.26 "Holiday" means any day declared as a Holiday by Municipal, Provincial or Federal authority. - 2.27 "Landowner" means any Person having a legal or equitable interest in any land or building and includes any resident, tenant or occupier of such land or building. - 2.28 "Lane" means all that portion of a Roadway used to provide access to lands, in addition to the access provided by the street in front of the said lands. - 2.29 "Local Road" means a Road whose primary function is to provide land access. Traffic flow on Local Roads is typically interrupted by Stop conditions at Collector and Arterial Road intersections. Any County owned Road or portion therefore of, not identified in Schedules B and C, is deemed to be a Local Road. - 2.30 "Off-roadway Vehicle" means any motorized mode of Transportation built for cross-country travel on land, water, snow, ice or marsh or swamp land or on other natural terrain. - 2.31 "Operator" means a Person responsible for the operation of a Vehicle. - 2.32 "Owner" with respect to a Vehicle, Heavy Vehicle or an Off-roadway Vehicle means: - a) the Person in whose name the Vehicle is registered under the Act; - b) any Person renting a Vehicle, a Heavy Vehicle or an Off-roadway Vehicle or having the exclusive use of that Vehicle, Heavy Vehicle or Off-roadway Vehicle under a lease or otherwise for a period of more than thirty (30) days. - 2.33 "Park" when prohibited, means to allow a Vehicle (whether occupied or not) to remain standing in one place, except: - a) when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers; or - b) when standing in obedience to a Peace Officer or a traffic control device. - 2.34 " Parking Placard" means a placard issued by the Motor Vehicles Branch of the Department of Justice to identify a Vehicle operated or used by a disabled Person. - 2.35 "Peace Officer" means a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a Bylaw Officer of Northern Sunrise County or a Peace Officer appointed by the Province of Alberta. - 2.36 "Permit" means any one of the Permits required pursuant to this Bylaw together with any corresponding applications. - 2.37 "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, corporate or unincorporated organizations, government bodies or agencies, trustees, executors, administrators or other legal representatives, other than the County or its legal representatives, and specifically includes the Applicant and the owner of any Work being done or located within the Right-of-way together with the Owner's agents, contractors, invitees or legal representatives. - 2.38 "Private Property" means any property within the County not owned by or occupied by the Government of Canada, Government of Alberta or by the County, unless otherwise outlined in Section 7. - 2.39 "Public Place" means any place to which the public has access as of right or by invitation, express or implied, and without restricting the foregoing, to constitute a Public Place it is not necessary that all segments of the public have a right of access thereto. - 2.40 "Public Property" means any property owned by or under the control and management of the Government of Canada, Government of Alberta, or by the County. - 2.41 "Recreational Vehicle" means a Vehicle or Trailer that is designed, constructed and equipped, either temporarily or permanently, as a temporary accommodation for travel, vacation, or recreational use and includes duly licensed travel trailers, motorized homes, slide-in campers, chassis-mounted campers, boats, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and tent trailers. - 2.42 "Right-of-way" means the Roadways, Roads, road allowances, streets, Lanes, road diversions, bridges, public utility lots, public space, public water or other Public Places within the jurisdiction of the County, excluding: - a) reserve property; - b) tax recovery property; - c) easements, leases and licenses; - d) fee simple titled property; or - e) any other property designated by the CAO. - 2.43 "Right-of-way Construction Activity Permit" means a Permit approved by the Director, PW, from time to time which, contains one or more provisions for the granting of consent to a Person to do Work in Right-of-way upon compliance by such Person with all other applicable municipal requirements. - 2.44 "Road" means land: - a) shown on a plan of survey that has been filed or registered in a land titles office; or - b) used as a public road; and - c) includes a bridge forming part of a public road and any structure incidental to a public road. - 2.45 "Road Ban" means the axle weight allowance prescribed in respect of the use of a Roadway. - 2.46 "Roadway Right-of-Way" means all of the land between the property line on one side of the Roadway and the property line on the other side of the Roadway for the length of the Roadway. - 2.47 "Road Use Agreement" or "RUA" means an agreement entered into with the County for the purpose of ensuring that the Roadway(s) affected are protected. - 2.48 "Roadway" means any thoroughfare, street, Road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct, lane, alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestle-way, parkade or other place or any part of any of them, whether publicly or privately owned, that the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the passage or Parking of Vehicles but does not include: - a) a Sidewalk, including a boulevard adjacent to the Sidewalk; - b) place declared by regulations not to be a Roadway:; - c) a ditch, if it lies adjacent to and parallel with a Road; - d) all the land between the fences, or all the land between the fence and the edge of the Road allowance, as the case may be; or - e) a designated Road or Roadway under Provincial jurisdiction; - f) an undeveloped road allowance. - 2.49 "Safety Mark" means a placard as defined by the Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Act, to be displayed on containers or Vehicles in the handling, offering for transport or transporting of Dangerous Goods. - 2.50 "Sidewalk" means that part of a Roadway especially adapted to the use of or ordinarily used by pedestrians, and includes that part of a Roadway between the curb line or the edge of the Roadway and the adjacent property line, whether or not paved or improved, and includes designated trails. ## 2.51 "Special Roadway Event" means: - a) any procession or march organized primarily for the purpose of entertainment of spectators, and includes display, inspection or promotion of a cause or purpose; or - b) an event or competition involving walking, running, or the use of bicycles, motorcycles, cars or other Vehicles taking place in whole or in part, on a Roadway and which blocks, obstructs, impedes, hinders or otherwise interferes with or which may block, obstruct, impede, hinder or otherwise interfere with, pedestrians or vehicular traffic on a Roadway and which consists of an organized group of: - i. more than fifty 50) pedestrians; or - ii. more than ten (10) Vehicles; or 5. any combination of pedestrians and Vehicles which together exceed fifty in number; - c) any creative industries which include advertising, architecture, arts and crafts, design, fashion, film, video, photography, music, performing arts, publishing, research & development, software, computer games, electronic publishing, and TV/radio. - d) but does not include: 8. a military, police, or emergency services parade; or - ii. a funeral procession. 10. 2.52 "Stop" when prohibited, means to allow a Vehicle (whether occupied or not) to Stop, and to load or unload passengers or freight or goods. 11. 2.53 "Temporary Traffic Control Permit" means a Permit, issued under the Act or under this Bylaw, authorizing the temporary control of traffic: - a) to minimize traffic disruption around a worksite; 13. to protect Equipment; and - c) to ensure the safety of motorists and pedestrians and employees within a work site. - 2.54 "Terms and Conditions" shall mean those Terms and Conditions outlined in a Permit. - 2.55 "Trailer" means a Vehicle so designed that it may be attached to or drawn by a Vehicle and is intended to transport property or Persons and includes any Trailer that is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily, but does not include machinery or Equipment used in construction or maintenance of Roadways. - 2.56 "Transit Vehicle" means any Vehicle used to deliver public transit services, including transit support vehicles. - 2.57 "Transportation" means transportation in or by means of a Vehicle. - 2.58 "Truck Loading Zone" means an area reserved expressly for Commercial Vehicle loading and unloading and signed accordingly. - 2.59 "Truck Route" means a Roadway designated as an Arterial Road, as shown on the attached maps in Schedules "A" and "B" and identified in Schedule "D", unless otherwise outlined in Section 8. - 2.60 "Vehicle" means a device in, on or by which a person or thing may be transported or drawn on a Roadway and includes, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, an automobile, bicycle, motorcycle and moped, but does not include an aircraft, a tractor, whether equipped with rubber tires or not, an implement of husbandry or a motor vehicle that runs only upon rails. - 2.61 "Vehicle Storage Location" means a storage location for Vehicles which is: - a) at least one hundred (100) metres away from the nearest residential, institutional or assembly occupancy; - b) not located under electrical transmission lines. - 2.62 "Violation Tag" means a ticket or similar document issued by the County pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, c. M-26. - 2.63 "Violation Ticket" means a ticket issued pursuant to Part II or Part III of the Provincial Offenses Procedure Act, RSA 2000 c. P-34 and the regulations thereunder. - 2.64 "Work" means the use of Roadway Right-of-Way for any activity other than for normal traveling purposes. Typical examples of work include utility operations activity, driveway installation, temporary agricultural or commercial use or occupancy, ditch clearing, but excluding Emergency Work. ## SECTION 3: ROAD USE AGREEMENTS AND ROAD BANS - 3.1 The Director, PW, in his or her sole discretion, may make a determination that the use of a Roadway by a Commercial Vehicle or Commercial Vehicles may or will likely cause damage to a Roadway due to: - a) the weight of the Commercial Vehicle or Commercial Vehicles; or - b) the frequency of use of the Roadway by the Commercial Vehicle or Commercial Vehicles. - 3.2 The Director, PW, in exercising his discretion under Section 3.1, shall have consideration for the following: - a) Roadway surface classification; - b) daily vehicular traffic count; and - c) number of occupied driveways adjacent to the Roadway. - 3.3 Where the determination is made that the use may or will likely cause damage to a Roadway under Section 3.1, the Director, PW, is authorized to require any Operator to enter into a RUA prior to operating a Commercial Vehicle upon a Roadway. - 3.4 An Operator entering into a RUA shall at all times ensure that the Terms and Conditions contained within the RUA are complied with. - 3.5 Where an Operator has entered into a RUA, failure to comply with this Bylaw may result in the cancellation of that RUA. - 3.6 Notwithstanding Section 3.5, an Operator shall comply with all other provisions of the Act and this Bylaw, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall obey all prohibitions, limitations, increases or restrictions imposed by a RUA. - 3.7 The Director, PW, is hereby authorized to impose Road Bans from time to time to define: - a) load limits upon Roadways; - Roadway locations with percentage axle weights for those Roadways; and - c) bridge locations with the maximum gross Commercial Vehicle weights to be posted on those bridges. - 3.8 Where the Director, PW, imposes a Road Ban with respect to a Roadway, he shall cause signs to be erected along the Roadway as he considers necessary to notify Operators using Commercial Vehicles on the Roadway of the Road Ban Order. - 3.9 This Section does not apply to: - a) snow removal and ice control Equipment, motor graders or Roadway construction Equipment operated or hauled by or on behalf of the County; - b) Commercial Vehicles or combinations of Commercial Vehicles required by the County to transport materials needed for maintenance and repair of Roadways; or - c) the movement of Equipment to a natural or man-made disaster such as a fire, flood, train derailment or pipeline spill, provided that the Director, PW is immediately notified of the occurrence of such disaster. ## SECTION 4: TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS - 4.1 Unless otherwise hereinafter specifically provided, no Person shall transport Dangerous Goods for which Safety Marks are required on a Roadway under the direction, control or management of the County except on a Dangerous Goods Route as shown on the attached maps in Schedules "A" and "B" and identified in Schedule "C". - 4.2 A Peace Officer or a member of Emergency Services is hereby delegated the power to establish a temporary route for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods on any Roadway under the direction, control or management of the County where he or she considers it necessary to do so in order to prevent or reduce any serious or imminent danger to life, health, property or the environment; provided that as soon as the danger to life, health, property or the environment has, in the opinion of the Peace Officer or member of Emergency Services, been prevented or adequately reduced, the temporary route shall be closed to Vehicles Transporting Dangerous - 4.3 Notwithstanding Section 4.1, where a Person is required to transport Dangerous Goods for which Safety Marks are required off a designated Dangerous Goods Route, that said Person may apply in writing to the Director, PW, Bag 1300, Peace River, Alberta, T&S 1Y9 for a Permit. Upon such application, the Director, PW may, in his absolute discretion, issue a Permit for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods. - 4.4 No Person transporting Dangerous Goods for which Safety Marks are required shall Stop at any location within the County except: - a) at a permitted Vehicle Storage Location; - b) in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of a valid Permit issued by the Director, PW; - c) in response to a direction from a Peace Officer or a traffic control device; - d) to refuel or repair a Vehicle; or - e) to load or unload the Vehicle cargo. - 4.5 A Person shall, upon the request of a Peace Officer or member of Emergency Services, produce for inspection by the Peace Officer any shipping documents, Permit issued or other documentation establishing the origin and destination of travel and a description of the cargo carried. Particulars obtained by the Peace Officer under this Section and submitted as evidence before a Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta, shall be prima facie proof of the particulars submitted in evidence, without proof of the signature or official capacity of the Persons signing the shipping documentation or other documentation. - 4.6 No Person shall transport within Northern Sunrise County any Dangerous Goods for which Safety Marks are required, in or on any Vehicle other than on a Dangerous Goods Route, except to: - a) pick up Dangerous Goods from or deliver Dangerous Goods to any place in the County which is not located along or accessible by a Dangerous Goods Route or Restricted Dangerous Goods Route, by using the most direct and practical route between a customer's premises and the nearest Dangerous Goods Route; - b) proceed to or from a Vehicle Storage Location by the most direct Roadway intersecting a Dangerous Goods Route; or - c) obtain emergency repairs or services at the nearest service station or repair depot. - 4.7 Where Emergency Services has taken any action whatsoever for the purpose of mitigating or responding to a Dangerous Goods or hazardous material call or incident within or outside the County or for the purpose of preserving life or property or the environment from injury or destruction on land within or outside the County, including any such action taken by Emergency Services on a false call or incident, the Director, PS, may, in respect of any costs incurred by the County in taking such action, charge any costs so incurred by the County to the Person who caused the call or incident or the Owner or occupant of the land in respect of which the action - 4.8 The schedule of costs and fees to be charged by the County for services rendered pursuant to this Bylaw shall be as set out in Northern Sunrise County Fee and Charges Bylaw. - 4.9 In respect of the costs or fees described in Sections 4.7 and 4.8: - a) the County may recover such cost or fee as a debt due and owing to the County; or - b) in the case of action taken by the County in respect of land within the County, where the cost or fee is not paid upon demand by the County, then in default of payment, such cost or fee may be charged against the land as taxes due and owing in respect of that land. ## SECTION 5: SPECIAL ROADWAY EVENTS - 5.1 Any Person desiring to hold a Special Roadway Event within the County shall, at least one month prior to the time desired to hold the same, make application in writing to Council and in such application shall furnish information with respect to the following: - a) the name and address of the applicant; - b) the nature and object of such Special Roadway Event; - C) the day, dates and hours during which the same will be held; - d) the intended route thereof; - e) the approximate number of Persons and/or Vehicles taking part therein; - f) the nature of signs, flags, banners, placards or such similar things to be carried therein and particulars of inscriptions and wording to be exhibited thereon; - the proposed use of public address systems or loudspeakers; - h) the signatures and addresses of the Persons who will be in control of such Special Roadway Event and who undertake to be responsible for the good order and conduct thereof, and - i) any other information that might be requested by the Director, PW. - 5.2 Upon Council approval the Director, PW, may issue a Permit, refuse a Permit or may issue the Permit subject to such conditions as are deemed necessary in the circumstances, including the requirement for fees or bonds. - 5.3 Failure to submit any information required by Council or evidence of previous mismanagement of prior Special Roadway Events authorized by a Permit shall be good and sufficient reason for the Director, PW to refuse issuance of a Permit. - 5.4 Upon a Permit being granted under this Bylaw, the Director, PW is hereby authorized, to the extent he deems necessary, to temporarily close or restrict the use of any Roadway, by any means considered necessary or expedient. - 5.5 No Special Roadway Event shall occur until a Permit has been issued by the Director, PW. - 5.6 A non-refundable fee as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw shall accompany each application for a Permit under this Section, if applicable. - 5.7 No Person shall install or use a loudspeaker system or other device for the amplification of sound in any Public Place except as authorized by a Permit. - 5.8 Section 5.7, does not apply to use of sound amplification devices by ambulance, police, firefighting or other Emergency Services. ## SECTION 6: WORK WITHIN ROADWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY - 6.1 The purpose of this Section is to: - a) require every Person proposing to carry out Work in municipal Right-of-way to apply for any required Permits and to obtain the County's consent for any such Work; - b) provide the County with information on the type and location of Work to be undertaken in the Right-of-way; and - c) protect the County from costs, damages, or liability associated with the installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction in Right-of-way by any Person. Council may pass and approve Right-of-way Resolutions and Council or the Director, PW may approve Right-of-way Access Agreements, subject to such Terms and Conditions, as deemed appropriate. - 6.2 No Person shall perform any Work in Right-of-way unless the Person has: - a) obtained the consent of the County or is acting on behalf of a Person who has obtained the consent of the County by way of Right-of-way Permit; - b) obtained all applicable Permits required by the County as determined by the Director, PW; - c) paid all applicable Right-of-way Fees required by the County as determined by the Director, PW; and - d) obtained an approved and valid Right-of-way Construction Activity Permit including Temporary Traffic Control Permit and have set up the Work zone in accordance with such Permit. - 6.3 For the purposes of Section 6.1(a), the following agreements shall constitute consent of the County for the purposes of performing Work in Rights-of-way, however, the Person obtaining such consent shall in all other respects be subject to and comply with this Bylaw: - development agreements; - b) existing utility franchise agreements approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission; and - c) existing railway crossing agreements approved by the National Transportation Safety Board. - 6.4 Every Applicant shall provide all of the information required for a Permit. An application for a Permit that does not meet these requirements shall be deemed to be incomplete. - 6.5 The Director, PW may reject a Right-of-way Construction Activity Permit application where: - a) the application for the Permit is incomplete; - b) the payment of all applicable Right-of-way Fees has not been made; - c) the consent of the County has not been obtained in accordance with Section 7.3; or - d) any conditions precedent to granting the Permit have not been met. - 6.6 The Director, PW, is hereby authorized to approve or refuse any application for a Right-of-way Construction Activity Permit and to issue a Permit subject to such Terms and Conditions as he deems appropriate. - 6.7 The Director, PW shall provide an Applicant whose application for a Permit is refused, written reasons for the refusal at the time that the Applicant is advised of the refusal. - 6.8 When an application for a Permit has been refused under Section 6.6, the Applicant may request a review by the CAO. - 6.9 Every Person who obtains a Permit shall comply with the Terms and Conditions of that Permit, including, without limitation, Terms and Conditions restricting Work in the Right-of-way to the Alignments or other portion of the Right-of-way for which authorization is granted in the Permit. - 6.10 All Work zones must retain and produce upon request an approved Right-of-way Construction Activity Permit. ## SECTION 7: PARKING - 7.1 No Person shall Park or permit to be Parked any Vehicle for any period of time whatsoever in any of the following locations: - a) upon a Roadway in front of, adjacent to or abutting any building, structure, place or premises, in the course of construction or repair, when such Parking will impede or obstruct traffic; - in any Truck Loading Zone properly marked by a sign indicating the restrictions which apply thereto, except a Commercial Vehicle lawfully engaged in loading or unloading - c) on a Roadway or Roadway Right-of-way if in the opinion of a Peace Officer, the Vehicle constitutes an obstruction, presents a safety concern, interferes with maintenance activities or otherwise impedes the progress of other users of the Roadway, or Roadway Rights-of-way. - 7.2 No Person shall Park or Stop or allow to be Stopped or Parked a Vehicle within five (5) metres of any Fire Hydrant, or, when the hydrant is not located at the curb, within five (5) metres from the point on the curb nearest the hydrant. - 7.3 An Owner or Operator of a Commercial Vehicle shall not Park the Vehicle on a Roadway or Roadway Right-of-way adjacent to a residence not owned by the Owner or Operator without the consent of Owner of the residence. - 7.4 Except when actually loading or unloading passengers, no Person shall Park a Vehicle on any portion of a Roadway marked by a "No Parking" sign. - 7.5 Except for a breakdown, no Person shall Stop a Vehicle on any portion of a Roadway marked by a "No Stopping" sign. - 7.6 No Person shall Park a Vehicle in a Lane unless a sign permits Parking, but Lanes other than designated Fire or Emergency Lanes may be used for: - a) the loading or unloading of goods or passengers from a Commercial Vehicle for a period of time not exceeding thirty (30) minutes; or - b) the loading or unloading of goods or passengers from a Vehicle other than a Commercial Vehicle for a period of time not exceeding fifteen (15) minutes, provided that the Vehicle concerned in such loading or unloading of passengers or goods does not obstruct the Lane so as to prevent other Vehicles or Persons from passing along such Roads. - 7.7 No Person shall Park or Stop a Vehicle in excess of the time designated and marked on a sign posted for the purpose of restricting the time for Parking or Stopping a Vehicle. - 7.8 After the issuance of a Violation Tag concerning a Vehicle for a violation of Sections 7.6 and 7.7 hereof, and a Vehicle remains Parked in excess of the time permitted on the sign for a further period, then a second offence shall be deemed to have occurred and a further Violation Tag may be issued for such second offence, and may be tagged for subsequent offences for being Parked in excess of the time permitted on the sign for such further periods of time as the Vehicle remains - 7.9 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Bylaw, the County may cause portable "No Parking" signs to be placed on or near a Roadway, and when so placed such signs shall take precedence over all other Parking signs. - 7.10 No Person shall Park, or leave Parked, a Vehicle on a Roadway after the expiration of twentyfour (24) hours from the time a sign or signs referred to in Section 7.10 have been placed, and until such sign or signs have been removed. - 7.11 For the purposes of Sections 7.12 to 7.14, Private Property also includes property located in the County and owned or occupied by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta or by the County. - 7.12 No Person shall Park a Vehicle on Private Property which has been clearly marked as such by a sign or signs, erected thereon, and as shown in Schedule "F" or similar, without the prior permission of the Landowner, tenant, occupant or Person in charge of the Property. - Where, Parking space or spaces or a Parking area is provided for the Parking of Vehicles and the space is clearly marked as being: - a) Private Property, by a sign as shown in Schedule "F" or similar; and - b) set aside for Parking only of Vehicles of customers, or patrons of or Persons doing business with the Owner, tenant, occupant or Person in charge of the property. - 7.14 A Person shall not Park or leave his Vehicle on the Parking space, spaces or area so designated unless he is immediately after Parking or leaving the Vehicle either a customer or patron or Person doing business with the Landowner, tenant, occupant or Person in charge of the property as indicated in the designation, or unless he has verbal or written permission from the Landowner, tenant, occupant or Person in charge. - 7.16 Any Landowner, tenant, occupant or Person in charge of Private Property who is satisfied that a Person is violating the provisions of Sections 7.13 and or 7.14 may report the violation to a Peace Officer by providing the licence number and location of the Parked Vehicle. A Person making such report shall give their name, address and phone number. - 7.17 No Person shall Park any Vehicle upon any land owned by the County which the County uses or permits to be used as a playground, school ground, boulevard, recreation area or public park, except on such part thereof as may be designated by a sign or signs allowing Vehicle Parking. - 7.18 No Person other than the Person to whom the space is assigned shall Park any Vehicle in a Parking space on County owned property, where such space has been reserved as indicated by signs. - No Person shall occupy or allow or permit any other Person to occupy or Park a Trailer or Recreational Vehicle upon a Roadway or upon County owned property, which has not been designated for Trailer or Recreational Vehicle Parking. - 7.20 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.2.1, a Person may Park and occupy a Trailer or Recreational Vehicle or any portion thereof upon County owned property or public land provided that written permission has been obtained from the Director, PW. If a specified duration is not included this permission may be revoked at any time. - An Owner or Operator of a Vehicle and Trailer or Recreational Vehicle shall not Park the Vehicle and Trailer or Recreational Vehicle on Private Property by which any part or attachment of the Vehicle and Trailer or Recreational Vehicle extends over the top of the curb or back of the Sidewalk, whichever is closer to the residence. - 7.22 No Person shall Park a Vehicle or Vehicle with Trailer exceeding eight (8) metres in length on a Roadway or any part of the Roadway Right-of-way within any Hamlet for more than 3 hours. - 7.23 No Person shall Park a Vehicle or Vehicle with Trailer exceeding ten (10) metres in length or two point six (2.6) metres in width on a Roadway or any part of the Roadway Right-of-way in any Hamlet, other than in an area designated by a sign for such purposes. - 7.24 No Person shall Park a Heavy Vehicle on a Roadway or any part of the Roadway Right-of-way within a Hamlet unless such parking is authorized by a sign or signs. - 7.25 The provisions of Sections 7.27, 7.28 and 7.29, shall not prohibit Vehicles from Parking on any Roadway within a Hamlet for the purpose of loading or unloading goods to or from premises abutting such Roadway provided, that the Vehicle or Vehicle with Trailer attached shall have all front and rear hazard lights illuminated. - 7.26 No Person shall Park a Vehicle or Vehicle with Trailer used for the conveyance of Dangerous Goods on a Roadway unless authorized by a sign, or the holder is in possession of a valid Permit issued under this Bylaw. - 7.27 No Person shall Park a Vehicle or Trailer used for the conveyance of Dangerous Goods nearer than twenty-five (25) metres from a building. - 7.28 No Person shall Park a Vehicle in a Parking space designated for the exclusive use of disabled Persons unless such Vehicle has clearly displayed an Parking Placard, and is at that time being operated by or transporting the Person to whom the Parking Placard has been issued or has a Disabled Parking License Plate. - A Peace Officer is hereby authorized to remove and impound or cause to be removed and impounded any Vehicle Parked in contravention of any provision of this Bylaw. - 7.30 No impounded Vehicle shall be released to its Owner or his agent until the impounding charge and removal charge against the Vehicle has been paid. - 7.31 The impounding charge and removal charge shall be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed by the provisions of this Bylaw. - 7.32 Where a Vehicle is impounded or stored pursuant to this Section, and is not claimed within thirty (30) days of its removal, it may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the Act. - 7.33 Notwithstanding anything herein contained, where portable "No Parking" signs are placed on or near a Roadway by the County, its employees, servants, agents or representatives, removal of Vehicles may be required. The County, its employees, servants, agents or representatives may tow such Vehicles at the expense of their Owner and Park the same on an adjacent Roadway or local Parking lot without impounding the Vehicles after the expiration of twenty-four (24) hours from the time the portable "No Parking" signs are erected or declaration made by the Director, PW. - 7.34 Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Bylaw, the provisions relating to Parking of Vehicles do not apply to: - a) Emergency Vehicles; - b) Vehicles used in conjunction with the servicing of Roadways, trails, parks, and public utilities including water and sewer systems, telephone systems, electric systems and cablevision systems; - c) funeral cars being operated by a funeral director, during a funeral; - d) towing service vehicles; while any such Vehicle is being used in Work requiring that it be Stopped or Parked. ## SECTION 8: TRUCK ROUTES - 8.1 No Heavy Vehicle shall be used to transport goods other than on a designated Truck Route. - 8.2 No Person shall be deemed to be operating a Heavy Vehicle in contravention of Section 8.1 if the Heavy Vehicle is: - a) being operated on the most direct and practicable Local Road route between the nearest Truck Route and the collection, delivery point or Vehicle Storage Location; - b) being operated to or from the business premises of the Heavy Vehicle; - c) moving a building for which the necessary Permits have been issued; - d) pulling a disabled Vehicle from a Roadway or Local Road prohibited to Heavy Vehicles; - e) owned by or contracted to the County and is instructed by the County to Work at locations otherwise prohibited to Heavy Vehicles; - f) being moved to obtain emergency repairs or service at a repair depot or station along a Local Road. - 8.3 No Person shall apply or engage engine retarder brakes on any Commercial Vehicle within a Hamlet or residential area. - 8.4 A Peace Officer or a member of Emergency Services is hereby delegated the power to establish a temporary route for a Truck Route on any Roadway under the direction, control or management of the County where he or she considers it necessary to do so in order to prevent or reduce any serious or imminent danger to life, health, property or the environment; provided that as soon as the danger to life, health, property or the environment has, in the opinion of the Peace Officer or member of Emergency Services, been prevented or adequately reduced, the temporary route shall be closed. ## SECTION 9: DEPOSIT OF SNOW, ICE AND DEBRIS ON ROADS - 9.1 No Person shall place or permit to be placed any Foreign Matter onto any Roadway, boulevard, Sidewalk, or a watercourse. - 9.2 No Person shall place, permit to be placed, or allow to remain any Foreign Matter on or within one point five (1.5) metres of any Fire Hydrant located on Public or Private Property. - 9.3 No Person shall damage, or permit to be damaged, any Roadway or Fire Hydrant by scraping, cutting or in any other manner whatsoever, whether or not such Person is engaged in removing Foreign Matter from any Roadway or Fire Hydrant. - 9.4 No Person shall place or deposit or allow the placement or deposit of any Foreign Matter in the Right-of-way that will impede or obstruct traffic. - 9.5 The provisions of this Bylaw shall not apply to any agents or employees of the County in the performance of their assigned duties. ## SECTION 10: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY - 10.1 The CAO is hereby authorized to designate: - a) any Roadway for through traffic purposes; - b) the location of cross-walks upon Roadways; - c) any intersection, Roadway or place on a Roadway, including a place where a railway Right-of-way crosses a Roadway, as a place where U-turns are prohibited; - d) any Roadway as one which is closed temporarily in whole or in part to traffic; - e) any areas as one in which Parking privileges are temporarily suspended; - any Roadway as one to be divided into traffic Lanes of such number as the Director, PW considers proper; - the location of "school zones" and "playground zones"; - h) any boulevard upon which Parking is permitted; - i) loading or unloading zones; 3. the location of Bus Stops or Transit Zones; - k) the distance from any intersection within which no Parking is permitted; - 1) portions of Roadways where Parking is limited to a period of time; - m) portions of Roadways where Stopping is prohibited entirely, or for a specified period of time; - n) areas for angle Parking, back-in Parking and parallel Parking; - o) the maximum load permitted on any bridge; and - p) Parking spaces designated for disabled Parking. ## 10.2 The CAO may: - a) issue a card or sticker concerning a Vehicle from the provisions of Section 7.34 of this bylaw, which said card, sticker or Permit shall state the Parking restrictions applicable to the said Vehicles; - b) waive Parking restrictions during special events; - c) prohibit or restrict the movement of Vehicles from a private Roadway onto a Roadway when the Director, PW considers such prohibition or restriction is in the public interest and the better regulation of traffic; - d) specify the types of Vehicles which are prohibited from Parking on any County owned Parking lot; - e) approve the form and content of all signs and traffic control devices utilized by the County and by Landowners of Private Property regulated under the provisions of this Bylaw; - f) in reviewing the refusal of a Permit, uphold a decision of the Director, PW, or issue a Permit subject to such Terms and Conditions as he deems appropriate. 7. 10.3 The Director, PW, is hereby delegated the authority to: - a) direct where traffic control devices are to be installed or removed and to cause a record of the locations of all erected signs to be kept, which shall be open to public inspection during the County's regular business hours; and - b) temporarily close the whole or any part of a Road at any time. ## SECTION 11: OFFENCES - 11.1 Any Person who contravenes any provision of the Bylaw is guilty of an offence and is liable to a penalty as set out in Fees and Charges Bylaw, if applicable. - 11.2 Under no circumstances shall any Person contravening any provision of the Bylaw be subject to the penalty of imprisonment. ## SECTION 12: VIOLATIONS TAGS - 12.1 A Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a Violation Tag to any Person who the Peace Officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe has contravened any provision of this Bylaw. - 12.2 A Violation Tag may be issued to such Person: - a) either personally; - b) or by attaching it to the Vehicle in respect of which an offence is alleged to have been committed; or - c) by mailing a copy to such Person at their last known post office address. - 12.3 The Violation Tag shall be in a form approved by the County and shall state: - the name of the Person; - b) the offence; - c) the appropriate penalty for the offence as specified in this Bylaw; - d) that the penalty shall be paid within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the Violation Tag; and - e) any other information as may be required by the County. - 12.4 Where a contravention of this Bylaw is of a continuing nature, further Violation Tags may be issued by the Peace Officer, provided that no more than one Violation Tag shall be issued for each day that the contravention occurs. - 12.5 Where a Violation Tag is issued pursuant to this Bylaw, the Person to whom the Violation Tag is issued may, in lieu of being prosecuted for the offence, pay to the County the penalty specified on the Violation Tag. - 12.6 Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent a Peace Officer from immediately issuing a Violation Ticket for the mandatory Court appearance of any Person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw. ## SECTION 13: VIOLATION TICKET - 13.1 If the penalty specified on a Violation Tag is not paid within the prescribed time period then a Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a Violation Ticket pursuant to Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, RSA 2000, c. P-34. - 13.2 Notwithstanding Section 13.1 of this Bylaw, a Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to immediately issue a Violation Ticket pursuant to Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedures Act, RSA 2000, c. P-34, as amended, to any Person who the Peace Officer has reasonable grounds to believe has contravened any provision of this Bylaw. ## SECTION 14: SEVERABILITY - 14.1 Should any provision of this Bylaw be invalid, then such provision shall be severed and the remaining Bylaw shall be maintained. ## SECTION 15: EFFECTIVE DATE - 15.1 This Bylaw comes into effect after third reading and upon being signed. Read a first time in Council this 12 day April of, 2022. Public Hearing held on the 10 day of May, 2022. Read a third and final time in Council this 10 day of May, 2022 Cindy Millar Chief Administrative Officer  ## SCHEDULES Schedule "A" - Road Classification Map Schedule "B" - Road Classification Map (South West Portion) Schedule "C" - Arterial Roads Information Schedule "D" - Collector Roads Information Schedule "E" - Dangerous Goods Route and Prohibition Signs Schedule "F" - Private Parking Signs ## Road Classification Map  . ## Road Classification Map  ## Schedule "C" - Arterial Road Information | RANGE ROADS | RANGE ROADS | RANGE ROADS | RANGE ROADS | |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| | Road Name | From | Direction | To | | RR 194 | TWP 820 | NORTH | TWP 822 | | RR 194.5 | HWY 986 | NORTH | TWP 992 | | RR 210 | HWY 688 | NORTH | TWP 842 | | RR 213 | TWP 842 | NORTH | TWP 845 | | HAIG LAKE RD | HWY 986 | NORTH | HAIG LAKE | | TOWNSHIP ROADS | TOWNSHIP ROADS | TOWNSHIP ROADS | TOWNSHIP ROADS | |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| | Road Name | From | Direction | To | | TWP 810 | HWY 744 | EAST | RR 190 | | TWP 820 | HWY 2 | EAST | RR 194 | | TWP 822 | RR 192 | EAST | RR 155 | | TWP 842 | RR 213 | EAST | RR 210 | | TWP 840 | HWY 688 | EAST | RR 185 | | TWP 910.5 | RR 142 | EAST | RR 132 | ## Schedule "D" - Collector Road Information | RANGE ROADS | RANGE ROADS | RANGE ROADS | RANGE ROADS | |---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| | Road Name | From | Direction To | | | RR 192 | TWP 810 | NORTH | TWP 830 | | RR 200 | TWP 810 | NORTH | TWP 820 | | RR 201 | TWP 803 | NORTH | TWP 810A (Reno) | | RR 201 | TWP 830 | NORTH | TWP 842 | | RR 203 | TWP 814 | NORTH | TWP 820 | | RR 203 | HWY 986 | NORTH | TWP 854 | | RR 204 | TWP 814 | NORTH | TWP 815 | | RR 204 | TWP 830 | NORTH | TWP 842 | | RR 213 | TWP 840 | NORTH | TWP 842 | | RR 213.5 | TWP 822 | NORTH | TWP 822.5 | | RR 214 | TWP 822.5 | NORTH | TWP 830 | | RR 221 | TWP 825 | NORTH | TWP 830 | | RR 222 | TWP 823 | NORTH | TWP 825 | | RR 222.5 | TWP 821.5 | NORTH | TWP 823 | | RR 223 | TWP 810 | NORTH | TWP 821.5 | | RR 225.5 | TWP 814.5 | NORTH | TWP 815 | | RR 230 | TWP 810 | NORTH | TWP 814.5 | | TOWNSHIP ROADS | TOWNSHIP ROADS | TOWNSHIP ROADS | TOWNSHIP ROADS | |------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------| | Road Name | From | Direction To | | | TWP 810 | RR 230 | EAST | HWY 744 | | TWP 811 | RR 200.5 (Reno) | EAST | RR 200 | | TWP 813.5 | 99th AVE (Nampa) | EAST | RR 203 | | TWP 814 | RR 230 | EAST | HWY 744 | | TWP 814 | RR 203 | EAST | RR 192 | | TWP 814.5 | RR 230 | EAST | RR 225.5 | | TWP 815 | RR 222.5 | EAST | RR 223 | | TWP 815 | HWY 2 | EAST | RR 203 | | TWP 821.5 | RR 223 | EAST | RR 222.5 | | TWP 822 | RR 213.5 | EAST | HWY 2 | | TWP 822 | HWY 2 | EAST | RR 202 | | TWP 822.5 | RR 214 | EAST | RR 213.5 | | TWP 823 | RR 222.5 | EAST | RR 222 | | TWP 825 | RR 222 | EAST | RR 221 | | TWP 830 | HWY 2 | EAST | RR 192 | | TWP 830 | RR 221 | EAST | HWY 744 | | TWP 830 | RR 214 | EAST | HWY 2 | | TWP 832.5 | HWY 2 | EAST | RR 204 | | SUNRISE ROAD | HWY 2 | EAST | HWY 688 | | TWP 834 | HWY 688 | EAST | RR 201 | | TWP 840 | KAUFMAN HILL RD (Peace River) | EAST | HWY 688 | | TWP 842 | RR 210 | EAST | HWY 688 | | TWP 854 | RR 210 | EAST | RR 203 | ## Schedule "F" - Dangerous Goods Route Signs Dangerous Goods Route Signs will be used to indicate regulations related solely to the movement on Roads of vehicles classified as Dangerous Goods carriers. The signs will be made to reflect, or lit to show the same colour both day and night. ## Dangerous Goods Route Sign (RB-69) The Dangerous Goods Route Sign will show Dangerous Goods carriers, as defined by legislation, are allowed to travel along a Road. Proper advance and directional arrows (1 B-5 to 1 B-9) may be added to the sign to indicated a turn or change in the direction of a designated route. The advance turn arrows if used shall be placed between 50 metres to 150 metres before an intersection where the route changes direction. "Dangerous Goods Route" signs shall have a green circle circumscribing a black diamond symbol on a white background RB-69 Dangerous Goods  ## Dangerous Goods Prohibition Sign (RB-70) The Dangerous Goods Prohibition Signs will show Dangerous Goods carriers, as defined by legislation, are not allowed to travel along a particular Road. The sign may be placed on or along Roads from which Dangerous Goods are barred. The sign may be placed at intersections between Dangerous Goods Routes and non-Dangerous Goods Routes, to prevent unlawful entry of vehicles carrying Dangerous Goods. "Dangerous Goods Prohibition" signs shall have a red circle circumscribing a black diamond symbol on a white background with a red diagonal superimposed over the diamond symbol.  RB-70 Dangerous Goods Prohibition ## Schedule "F" - Private Parking Signs Private Parking signs must be: - Large and high enough to be visible and safe for drivers, - Worded correctly, - Clear of advertising, - Designed with colour combinations that are visible and easy to read, - Posted at all entrances to a property, and where necessary declare specific Parking restrictions within the property boundaries.