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TOWN OF WEMBLEY
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
BYLAW NO. 731
A Bylaw of the Town of Wembley, in the Province of Alberta, to control and provide
regulations and penalties pertaining to highways, roadways and streets within the
Town of Wembley, for the orderly and safe movement of vehicular and pedestrian
traffic and parking of vehicles on the said highways, roadways, alleys and streets.
WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Wembley has the authority pursuant to the
provisions of the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, Chapter M-26, and
amendments thereto, the Provincial Offences Procedures Act, RSA 2000, Chapter P-
34 and amendments thereto, the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, Chapter T-6
amendments thereto, the Council may provide for the control, regulations and
penalties for the traffic and pedestrians moving on the Town of Wembley highways,
roadways, alleys and streets and for the parking of vehicles thereon.
THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Wembley, in the Province of Alberta,
duly assembled, enacts as follows:
1.
This Bylaw be cited as "The Town of Wembley General Traffic Bylaw".
PART I - DEFINITIONS
INTERPRETATION
1.
In this Bylaw, including this section, unless contrary to any other Act, these
definitions shall apply:
a.
"Act" means the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, Chapter M-26,
and amendments thereto, The Provincial Offence Procedures Act, RSA
2000, Chapter P-34 and amendments thereto, the Traffic Safety Act,
RSA 2000, Chapter T-6 and amendments thereto.
b.
"Alley" means a narrow highway intended chiefly to give access to the
rear of buildings and parcels of land.
c.
"Bicycle" includes any cycle propelled by muscular power upon which a
person may ride, regardless of the number of wheels it may have.
d.
"Boulevard" means that part of a highway in an urban area that:
i. is not a roadway and,
ii. is that part of the sidewalk that is not especially adapted to the use
of or ordinarily used by pedestrians.
e.
"Centre Line" means
i. the centre of the roadway measured from the curbs, or in the
absence of curbs, from the edge of the roadway, or
ii. in the case of a highway
a)
that is an offset centre highway as designated by a traffic
control device, or
b)
having a certain number of traffic lanes for traffic moving in
a certain direction at all times or at specific times as
designated by a traffic control device, or
iii. the line dividing the lanes for traffic moving in opposite directions,
or
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iv. in the case of a divided highway, that portion of the highway
separating the roadways for traffic moving in the opposite
directions.
f.
"Council" means the Council of the Town of Wembley.
g.
"Curb" means the actual curb, if there is one, and if there is no curb in
existence, it shall mean the division of a highway between the roadway
and the sidewalk or boulevard, as the case may be.
h.
"Dangerous Goods" means dangerous goods for which placards are
required by the Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Act,
R.S.A. 2000, Chapter D-4, and subsequent amendments.
i.
"Driver" or "Operator" means a person who is driving or is in actual
physical control of a vehicle.
j.
"Emergency Vehicle" means:
i. a vehicle operated by a law enforcement agency;
ii. a firefighting or other type of vehicle operated by the fire
protection service of a municipality;
iii. an ambulance operated by a person or organization providing
ambulance services;
iv. a vehicle operated as a gas disconnection unit of a public utility;
v. a vehicle designated by regulation as an emergency response unit.
k.
"Heavy Vehicle" means a vehicle or trailer or a vehicle trailer
combination more than eight thousand (8,000) kilograms tare weight or
exceeding eight (8) metres in overall length.
l.
"Highway" means any thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway,
driveway, viaduct, lane, alley, square bridge, causeway, trestle way or
other place or any part of them, whether public or privately owned, that
the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the passage or
parking of vehicles, and includes:
i. a sidewalk including the boulevard adjacent to the sidewalk,
ii. if a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway,
iii. if a highway right of way is contained between fences or between a
fence and one side of the roadway, all the land between the fences,
or all the land between the fence and the edge of the roadway, as
the case may be,
iv. but does not include a place declared by regulation not to be a
highway.
m.
"Intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or
connection of:
i. the lateral curb lines, or if none,
ii. the exterior edge of the roadways, or two or more highways which
join one another, whether or not one highway crosses the other.
n.
"Municipal Administrator" means the Municipal Administrator or
Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Wembley or delegate.
o. "Off-Highway Vehicle" or "OHV" 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 and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, includes, when specifically designed for such
travel,
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i.
4-wheel drive vehicles;
ii.
low pressure tire vehicles;
iii.
motorcycles and related 2-wheel vehicles;
iv.
amphibious vehicles;
v.
all-terrain vehicles
vi.
miniature motor vehicles;
vii.
snow vehicles;
viii.
minibikes; and
ix.
any other means of transportation that is propelled by any power
other than muscular power or wind,
but does not include,
x.
motorboats;
xi.
any other vehicle exempted from being an off-highway vehicle by
regulation;
xii.
a mobility aid.
p.
"Owner" means the person who owns a vehicle and includes any person
renting a vehicle or having the exclusive use of a vehicle under a lease
that has a term of more than thirty (30) days or otherwise having the
exclusive use of the vehicle for a period of more than thirty (30) days.
q. "Park" when prohibited, means allowing a vehicle to remain stationary
in one place, except:
i.
while engaged in loading or unloading of passengers, or
ii.
when complying with a direction given by a peace officer or a
traffic control device.
r.
"Pedestrian" means a person on foot, or a person in or on a mobility
aid.
s.
"Peace Officer" means a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police (R.C.M.P.), a Peace Officer appointed pursuant to the Alberta
Peace Officer Act, or a Bylaw Enforcement Officer appointed by the
Town of Wembley.
t.
"Safety Helmet" means a safety helmet intended for use by an operator
or passenger of an Off-Highway Vehicle:
i.
meets one or more of the standards for motorcycle safety helmets
adopted in the Vehicle Equipment Regulation passed pursuant to
the Traffic Safety Act, and
ii.
has the mark or label CSA, DOT, BSI or the Snell Memorial
Foundation indicating that the safety helmet met one or more of
the specifications required on the date on which it was
manufactured.
u.
"Recreation Vehicle" means a vehicle used or intended for use as a
shelter and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes
any motorhome, holiday trailer, camper, tent trailer and any bus or truck
converted for use as a recreational vehicle.
v.
"Sidewalk" means that part of a highway especially adapted to the use
of or ordinarily used by pedestrians and includes that part of a highway
between the curb line thereof (or the edge of the roadway, where there is
no curb line) and the adjacent property line, whether or not paved or
improved.
w.
"Town" means the Town of Wembley, a Municipal Corporation of the
Province of Alberta.
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x.
"Truck" means a vehicle or trailer or a vehicle and trailer combination
more than eight thousand (8,000) kilograms tare weight or exceeding
eight (8) metres in overall length.
y.
"Tractor" means a truck with a short chassis and no body used in
combination with a trailer for the highway hauling of freight.
PART II - RULES FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLES
FUNERAL PROCESSION
2.
Notwithstanding sections 34, 36 to 40, 53 and 54 of the Traffic Safety Act, Use
of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulation, in the case of a highway in an
urban area where a municipal bylaw permits it, a person driving a vehicle in a
funeral procession, other than the lead vehicle in the funeral procession, may,
during daytime hours, drive the vehicle into an intersection without stopping
the vehicle if:
a.
the vehicle's headlights and hazard warning lights are on,
b.
the vehicle is traveling immediately behind the vehicle in front of it in
the funeral procession to form a continuous line of traffic,
c.
the lead vehicle in the funeral procession is showing a purple flashing
light, and
d.
the passage into the intersection can be made in safety.
Any person failing to do so shall be in breach of this Bylaw. Anyone
contravening the provisions of this section will be guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).
PARADES
3.
No parade or procession shall obstruct any highway for a longer period than is
reasonably necessary.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
PEDESTRIANS
4.
a. No person shall cross any highway at a point where a sign prohibits such
crossing.
b. No person shall stand, sit or lie on any highway in such a manner as to
obstruct vehicular or pedestrian traffic or so as to annoy or inconvenience
any other person lawfully upon the highway.
c.
Nothing in Subsection (b) of this section shall be construed as prohibiting
the assembling of persons for the purpose of watching a parade or
procession duly authorized by Town Council.
d. Nothing shall be construed as prohibiting the congregating or assembling
of individuals to attend and listen to street preaching or public speaking so
long as the proceedings are peaceable and orderly and sufficient space is
left on the highway at or near such assembly become in consequence
thereof so obstructed as to impede such traffic, the person so obstructing or
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impeding shall forthwith move away upon being requested to do so by any
Peace Officer. Any person failing to do shall be in breach of this Bylaw.
Any person who conducts street preaching, public speaking or other public
assemblies must provide for the free and orderly movement of traffic.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).
TRUCK ROUTE
5.
No person shall operate a heavy vehicle on any highway in the Town, except
on a highway designated as a truck route. Anyone who contravenes this
section is guilty of an offence and liable to a specified penalty of two hundred
dollars ($200.00).
6.
Despite Section 5, the following heavy vehicles are authorized to be operated
on highways in residential areas:
a.
public passenger vehicles being operated for the purpose of receiving or
delivering passengers,
b. any emergency vehicles being operated in the service of public interest, or
during an emergency,
c.
public utility vehicles being operated for the purpose of installing,
servicing, or repairing public utilities,
d. Town-owned vehicles being operated in the service of the Town,
e.
commercial vehicles delivering or collecting goods, provided that the most
direct route, from a truck route, is used,
f.
to pull a disabled vehicle from a highway prohibited to trucks.
ENGINE RETARDER BRAKES
7.
No person shall operate engine retarder brakes on diesel powered vehicles
within the Town limits.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section of the Bylaw is guilty of an
offence and liable to a specified penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
PART III - PARKING
PARKING RESTRICTIONS
8. A person driving a vehicle shall not, unless required or permitted by the Act,
the Regulations, or by a traffic control device, or in compliance with the
directions given by a Peace Officer, stop or park the vehicle at the following
locations:
a.
Upon any highway in such a manner that any part of the vehicle is within
three (3) metres of the centre of the highway, provided that the foregoing
shall only apply to highways where the portion thereof intended for
vehicular traffic is twelve (12) meters or more in width;
b.
On a sidewalk or boulevard;
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c.
In any driveway designated for use by ambulances or fire fighting
vehicles, emergency vehicles excepted;
d.
Where such vehicle will obstruct, or in any way interfere with the use of
any doorway intended to be used as a fire or emergency exit from any
building provided that such doorway is marked by a sign indicating an
Emergency Exit or Fire Exit;
e.
Within an intersection other than immediately next to the curb in a "T"
intersection;
f.
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping
or parking would obstruct traffic;
g.
At any other place where a traffic control device prohibits stopping or
parking, during such times as stopping or parking is so prohibited;
h.
On the roadway side of a vehicle parked or stopped at the curb or edge of
a highway;
i.
In such a manner as to obstruct access to a garage, private road or
driveway; or
j.
In front of any building, in the course of erection or repairs, when such
parking may impede or obstruct traffic.
9.
No person shall park an inoperable vehicle on any part of a highway.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).
TIME LIMIT PARKING
10.
No person shall park a vehicle for a period of time longer than that indicated
on any sign placed in a parking area by authority of the Municipal
Administrator.
11.
Where signs are not posted, the parking time limit shall be seventy-two (72)
hours.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).
PARKING IN AN ALLEY
12.
a.
No person shall park in any alley.
b.
Notwithstanding section a) and provided that the vehicle does not
obstruct the alley, preventing the safe passage of other vehicles and
pedestrians, an alley may be used for loading or unloading:
i.
of goods from a commercial vehicle for a maximum of thirty (30)
minutes; or
ii.
of goods or passengers from vehicles other than a commercial
vehicle for maximum of ten (10) minutes.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).
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ABANDONING A VEHICLE
13.
a.
No person shall abandon a vehicle on a highway.
b.
No person shall abandon a vehicle on public or private property for more
than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours without the consent of the
owner or person in possession or control of the property.
c.
A vehicle left standing, at a location referred to in subsection (a) or (b),
for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours shall be deemed to
have been abandoned at that location for the purposes of Section 76 of
the Traffic Safety Act, and as specified in Subsection 76(2)(a) and
76(2)(b).
d.
Where the abandonment or obstruction is unavoidable due to mechanical
failure the operator will not be in breach of this Section provided prompt
measures are taken to clear the faulty vehicle from the highway.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section of the Bylaw is guilty of an
offence and liable to a specified penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars
($150.00).
PARKING, PLAYGROUND, RECREATION AREA
14.
a.
No person shall park or drive any vehicle upon any land owned by the
Town of Wembley, which the Town uses or permits to be used, as a
playground, recreation area, utility or public park, buffer strip, land held
for resale or any land held in reserve.
b.
No person shall park any vehicle upon any land owned by the Town of
Wembley, which the Town uses or permits to be used as a public
campground, in excess of twenty-four (24) hours in locations where
traffic control devices are located indicating such a time limitation for
parking.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
NO PARKING STREET MAINTENANCE
15.
a.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Bylaw, the Municipal
Administrator may cause movable traffic control devices to be placed on
a highway for any reasonable purpose.
b.
When emergency snow removal, street cleaning or other work
commences on the signed portion of the highway, these signs shall be
erected twelve (12) hours before the work being done.
c.
After such signs are placed on a highway, no unauthorized person shall
park or leave a vehicle on the portion so prohibited to parking so long as
the traffic control device remains. Anyone contravening the provisions
of this section is guilty of an offence and liable to a specified penalty of
one hundred dollars ($100.00).
d.
Any non-authorized vehicle that is on such highway when such traffic
control devices are placed shall be removed promptly by its owner or
operator. Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of
an offence and liable to a specified penalty of one hundred dollars
($100.00).
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e.
If a Peace Officer is unable to locate the owner or operator of a vehicle
that is parked contrary to the provisions of this Bylaw, the Peace Officer
may cause the illegally parked vehicle to be towed to a compound and
stored there until such time as the owner or operator retrieves said
vehicle. All costs of removal and storage are a debt owing to the tow
company by the owner.
f.
In the event that the owner of a motor vehicle does not claim such
vehicle, the storage and removal charges may be collected pursuant to
the provisions of the Traffic Safety Act.
TRAILERS
16.
a.
For the purposes of this section "mobile unit" shall mean:
i. any vacation trailer, house trailer, motor home or relocatable trailer
or;
ii. any structure, whether ordinarily equipped with wheels or not, that
is constructed or manufactured to be moved from one point to
another by being towed or carried and to provide living
accommodations for one or more persons.
b.
No person shall park any mobile unit or trailer upon any highway unless
the said mobile unit or trailer is attached to a vehicle by which it may be
propelled or drawn, and when so attached the mobile unit or trailer shall
be deemed part of the vehicle and subject to the regulations pertaining to
vehicles unless otherwise authorized by order of the Municipal
Administrator. Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is
guilty of an offence and liable to a specified penalty of fifty dollars
($50.00).
c.
No person shall occupy or suffer or permit any other person to occupy a
mobile unit upon a highway or upon public property unless such property
has been designated for use as a mobile unit park or trailer court. Anyone
contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).
DISABLED PARKING
17.
No person shall park a vehicle in a parking space, or any part thereof, on
private property or on public property that is marked or designated with a
traffic control device for the use of a person with disabilities, unless:
a.
the vehicle displays a valid handicap placard or license plate that is
issued or recognized by the Alberta Solicitor General; and
b.
the vehicle is operated by, or is being used to transport, a disabled
person.
SPECIAL CLASSES OF VEHICLES
18.
a) No person shall park a vehicle or combination of vehicles used for the
conveyance of dangerous goods as defined pursuant to the Dangerous
Goods Transportation and Handling Act:
i)
for longer than two (2) hours upon a highway at any time unless
the area is designated as a parking area for vehicles used to convey
dangerous goods. Anyone contravening the provisions of this
section is guilty of an offence and liable to a specified penalty of
two hundred dollars ($200.00).
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ii)
this section shall not apply where a vehicle or combination of
vehicles is obliged to be parked while making deliveries in the
course of its ordinary business and having a warning notice clearly
displayed.
b) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles over or on
any highway within the Town of Wembley in excess of their allowable
axle weights or certificate weight without obtaining a permit from the
Alberta Transportation Board prior to the operation of the overloaded
vehicle.
Anyone contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence
and is liable to a specified penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
For the purpose of this section, truck means a vehicle or trailer or a
vehicle trailer combination in excess of eight thousand (8000) kg tare
weight or exceeding eight (8) meters in overall length.
c)
The following shall be excepted from Subsection (b):
i)
trucks loading and unloading at destinations within the Town of
Wembley, using the shortest distance from and to a truck route.
ii)
a holder of a Development Permit issued pursuant to the Land Use
Bylaw:
iii)
emergency vehicles (firefighting equipment, road repair and
construction equipment).
d)
No person, except with permission of the Municipal Administrator, shall
operate or move upon or over any paved or graveled highway any
vehicle or traction engine having metal cleats, metal tracks, tire chain or
other metal devices attached to its wheels or made a part thereof. Anyone
contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and
liable to a specified penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
e)
No person, except with the permission of the Municipal Administrator,
shall operate or move upon or over any Town highway any vehicle, load,
building, machine, contrivance or things which may obstruct traffic, or
which would exceed the maximum weight limitations or any other object
or thing which in the opinion of the Municipal Administrator could have
some adverse effect on the highway or persons using the highway.
Anyone contravening this section is guilty of an offence and liable to a
specified penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
f)
Before granting permission to move the load, object or thing over any
highway as prescribed in subsection (e) the Municipal Administrator or
his/her designate may, if in his/her opinion it is necessary, direct the
applicant as to conditions and route, under which such load, object or
thing may be moved.
g)
The Municipal Administrator may issue a permit in special cases for the
operation of a vehicle or its load, or the movement of any other class of
traffic otherwise prohibited by this Bylaw.
h)
Nothing in the Bylaw shall be construed as to require the entering into an
agreement by the Town.
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OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
19.
a)
A Person shall not operate an off-highway vehicle within the Town
except on land Owned by that person, or on land owned by some other
persons with consent of that other person.
b)
Notwithstanding subsection a) above, a Person may operate an off-
highway vehicle within the Town to access land outside of the Town by
the shortest direct and safe route possible. Alleys are to be used where
possible.
c)
No person shall operate an OHV and travel at no more than 20 kilometer
per hour.
d)
No person shall operate an OHV on a Highway or in any Residential
Area between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
e)
Off-highway vehicle operated in Town Limits must be insured,
registered, abide all traffic regulations, and follow manufacturers age
restrictions.
f)
Zero tolerance for noise pollution,
g)
Town employees are authorized to operate off-highway vehicles on any
highway within the Town while performing their official duties
h)
A person or special event involving off-highway vehicles, with approval
i. of Council, and conditional upon compliance with any terms,
conditions;
ii. timelines, routes or specific areas that may be set for the
person; or
iii. special event by Council.
PART IV - MISCELLANEOUS
PARK BENCHES
20.
No person shall climb or interfere with any street furniture, trees, protection
system or any other utility system of the Town. Anyone who contravenes this
section is guilty of an offence and liable to a specified penalty of one hundred
dollars ($100.00).
DAMAGE TO SIGNS
21.
No person shall willfully remove, throw down, deface or alter, damage or
destroy a traffic control device placed, marked or erected on a highway.
Anyone who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable to a
specified penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE
22.
No person shall erect, build, or allow the growth of trees, shrubs or of anything
that shall in any way obstruct the visibility of a traffic control device. Anyone
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contravening the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and liable to
a specified penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
OBSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY
23.
a)
No person shall allow trees, hedges or shrubs on private property within
fifteen (15) feet or four point fifty-seven (4.57) meters of a highway
right-of-way boundary, whether planted before or after the date of the
passing of this Bylaw, to grow to such a height that good visibility for
safe traffic flow is thereby interfered with.
b)
The owner, tenant or occupier of any land adjoining any highway, or
public place in the Town of Wembley shall cause all trees, shrubs and
bushes, whether planted before or after the date of the passing of this
Bylaw, which overhangs on the sidewalk of the street, lane or public
place to be properly trimmed and cut back, so as to prevent obstruction
of the sidewalk, highway or public place to pedestrians or vehicles.
a)
The Municipal Administrator may require a person to comply with the
provisions of subsection (a) and (b) hereof within ten (10) days of being
notified to do so. If the person fails to comply with such notice the
Municipal Administrator may direct employees or agents of the Town to
enter upon the private property to carry out the necessary work and may
charge the cost of so doing against the person in default, or to the tax roll
of the property.
USE OF STREETS
24.
a)
No person shall allow himself to be drawn by a moving vehicle upon a
highway while riding upon a sleigh, toboggan, skis, bicycle, trailer or
other conveyance.
b)
No person shall coast on a sleigh, toboggan, skis or other conveyance,
except a bicycle, upon or across a highway.
c)
No person shall ice skate on or across a highway.
d)
No person shall ride a bicycle on a sidewalk within the Town except,
i)
a bicycle referred to as a child's bicycle or tricycle,
ii)
operated by a person under the age of 10 years old.
e)
No person shall place or permit to be placed an electrical extension cord
across a sidewalk or driveway whereby any person, animal or vehicle
may be in any way injured or damaged.
Anyone who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable to a
specified penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).
SNOW, ICE, DIRT, MUD AND DEBRIS
25.
a)
No person shall wash a vehicle upon a highway or so near a highway as
to result in depositing mud or create slush or ice upon a public sidewalk
or highway. Anyone who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence
and liable to a specified penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
b)
No person shall place or permit to be placed any snow, ice, dirt, debris or
other material removed from private property onto the highways or other
public places of the Town. Anyone who contravenes this section is
guilty of an offence and liable to a specified penalty of one hundred
dollars ($100.00).
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c)
In the case of subsection (a) and (b), the Town may remove the said mud,
dirt, debris, slush or ice, snow or other material from the highway and
charge the cost thereof to the tax roll of the property.
PART V - AUTHORITY
AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR
26.
The Council hereby delegates to the Municipal Administrator the power to
prescribe where traffic control devices and traffic control signs are to be
located. Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, traffic control
devices and traffic control signs shall be deemed to mean and include all stop
signs, control signals, yield signs, speed limit signs, weight signs and other
signs regulating the use of any roadway or highway located within the
boundaries of the Town of Wembley and falling within the jurisdiction of the
said Town.
a)
Without restricting the generality of the foregoing section, the Municipal
Administrator is hereby authorized to designate any highway for through
traffic purposes. Such highway shall be properly marked if stop signs or
yield signs are erected at each intersections of such highway.
b)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to designate safety
zones and cause the same to be marked by traffic control devices.
c)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to designate the
location of crosswalks upon any highway and cause the same to be
marked by traffic control devices.
d)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to designate any
highway intersection or other place on a highway as a place at which no
left hand or right-hand turn or both shall be made and cause the said
place to be marked with appropriate traffic control devices.
e)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to designate any
intersection or place on a highway, including a place where a railway
right-of-way crosses a highway, as a place where U-turns are prohibited
and shall cause the same to be marked with an appropriate traffic control
device.
f)
When the Council has approved of any highway or part of a highway
being designated for one-way traffic, the Municipal Administrator shall
cause the same to be marked with traffic control devices.
g)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to temporarily:
i)
close the whole or part of a road at any time that an emergency or a
construction or maintenance project on or adjacent to the road may
create a hazard.
ii)
designate any area as one in which parking privileges are
temporarily suspended and shall cause such highway or area to be
marked with appropriate traffic control devices.
h)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to designate any
highway or roadway as one to be divided into traffic lanes of such
number as considered proper.
i)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to designate:
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i)
"School Zones" and "Playground Zones". Such zones shall be
marked by traffic control devices and traffic control signals posted
along the highway, or by markings on the pavement or a light
posted or suspended over a highway. A record of the locations of
such zones shall be kept by the Municipal Administrator and shall
be open to inspection during normal, business hours.
ii)
in accordance with Section 108 of The Traffic Safety Act, vehicle
speeds on any highway or portion of a highway and shall cause the
same to be designated by traffic control devices;
iii)
any boulevard upon which parking is permitted and shall cause
traffic control devices to be erected so designating;
iii)
passenger or truck loading spaces and shall cause the same to be
marked by traffic control devices;
iv)
"Bus Stops" including "School Bus Stops" and shall cause the said
areas to be marked by traffic control devices.
j)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to designate:
i)
distance from any intersection within which no parking is
permitted;
ii)
portion of a highway where parking is limited to a period of time;
iii)
parking area for Town employees;
iv)
areas for angle parking on any highway and shall cause the
appropriate traffic control devices to be erected.
k)
The Municipal Administrator is hereby authorized to prohibit or restrict,
by traffic control devices, the movement of vehicles from a private
driveway where such prohibition or restriction is deemed advisable in the
public interest and for better regulation of traffic.
AUTHORITY OF PEACE OFFICERS
27.
a)
Any Peace Officer is hereby authorized to remove and impound, or cause
to be removed and impounded, any vehicle, mobile unit or trailer, parked
on any highway when in contravention of any provision of this Bylaw,
and when interfering with snow removal or other public works being
carried on by the Town.
b) Any vehicle impounded under this Section may be released to the owner
upon proof that all costs imposed for towing and/or storage have been
paid.
c)
It shall be lawful for any person authorized to enforce this Bylaw to place
an erasable chalk mark on the tread face of a tire on any vehicle in order
to establish the amount of time the vehicle has remained stationary.
PART VI - PENALTIES
GENERAL PENALTY
28.
Except as otherwise provided herein, every person who contravenes any
provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than two
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thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or to imprisonment for not more than six (6)
months or to both.
PROSECUTIONS
29. a)
A notice or form commonly called a Violation Ticket, distributed by the
Province of Alberta, may be issued by a Peace Officer to any person
alleged to have breached a provision of this Bylaw, and the said ticket
shall require payment to the Court House in the amount specified.
b)
A Violation Ticket shall be deemed to be sufficiently served:
i)
if served personally on the accused; or
ii) if mailed to the address of the registered owner of the vehicle
concerned, or to the person concerned;
PART VII - GENERAL
SEVERABILITY
30.
Should any provision of the Bylaw become invalid, void, illegal or otherwise
not enforceable, it shall be considered separate and severable from the Bylaw
and the remainder shall remain in force and be binding as though such
provision had not been included.
SCHOOL ZONES
31.
Pursuant to Section 26(i)(i) of this bylaw and Section 107(3) of the Traffic
Safety Act, the hours of operation for all schools within the Town of Wembley shall
be extended from 7:30 am - 4:30 pm on school days effective November 9th, 2009 by
Council Resolution 2009-250.
REPEAL BYLAW 699
32.
The Town of Wembley Bylaw No. 699 is hereby repealed.
PASSAGE OF BYLAW
33.
This Bylaw shall come into full force and effect on the date it is finally passed
by Council.
Read a first time this 11th day of May 2020.
Read a Second time this 11th day of May 2020.
Read a third a final time this 11th day of May 2020.
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Mayor - Chris Turnmire
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CAO - Noreen Zhang
(SIGNED)
(SIGNED)