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TOWN OF PORT HAWKESBURY
REGULATIONS MADE BY THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY FOR
THE TOWN OF PORT HAWKESBURY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 202 OF THE
MOTOR VEHICLE ACT, R.S.N.S. 1989 CHAPTER 293
EMERGENCY REGULATIONS RE: PARKING - WINTER OF 2023 and 2024
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WHEREAS, due to traffic congestion on the public streets and highways of the Town of Port Hawkesbury
during the winter months, and the limitation of the free use of such streets and highways liable to result from the
presence of snow and ice thereon, I, the undersigned, the Traffic Authority in and for the said Town of Port
Hawkesbury, am of the opinion that an emergency and special traffic conditions now exist on such streets and
Highways and are likely to continue during the winter months of 2023 and 2024 and that temporary regulations
should be made and enforced to cover such emergency and special conditions.
THEREFORE I, the said Traffic Authority, hereby declare that an emergency and special conditions exist on
the public streets and highways of the Town of Port Hawkesbury by reason of the winter conditions mentioned in
the Preamble hereof, and by virtue of the powers vested in me as such Traffic Authority by Section 202 of "The
Motor Vehicle Act", being Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, and amendments thereof, do
hereby make and publish the following temporary regulations to cover such emergency and special conditions,
that is to say:
1.
Notwithstanding any traffic signs that have been erected on the public streets and highways of the Town of
Port Hawkesbury prohibiting or permitting the parking or leaving standing of vehicles on such streets or
highways:
(a) No owner, driver, or person having control or custody of any vehicle shall park or leave the same
standing on any public street or highway in the Town of Port Hawkesbury between the hours of One
o'clock to Seven o'clock in the morning of any day during the period from the 15th day of November,
2023 to the 15th day of April, 2024.
(b) No owner, driver, or person having control or custody of any vehicle shall at any time between the
15th day of November, 2023 and the 15th day of April, 2024 park or leave the same standing unattended
by a person authorized to move and capable of operating the same, on any public street or highway in the
said Town of Port Hawkesbury in such a manner as to hinder, inconvenience or prevent the proper
removal of snow or ice from such street or highway.
(c) No owner, driver, or person having control or custody of any vehicle shall park or leave the same
standing on any public street or highway in the said Town of Port Hawkesbury during a snow storm, or
within one hour after snow has ceased to fall, unless otherwise permitted by the undersigned Traffic
Authority.
(d) Nothing in the foregoing Regulations shall apply to:
1. The motor vehicle of a physician or surgeon parked reasonably near his office or residence
and immediately available for professional calls.
2. The motor vehicle of a physician or surgeon actually engaged in his professional occupation
and parked reasonably near where he is so engaged.
3. A motor vehicle parked by an operator who is actually engaged in discharging his duties as
a constable, police officer or member of the Fire Department.
2.
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable to the penalties provided by Section 293 of "The Motor Vehicle Act."
MADE AND PUBLISHED as temporary regulations by the undersigned TRAFFIC AUTHORITY in and for the
Town of Port Hawkesbury, by virtue of the powers in that behalf vested in me as such Traffic Authority by Section
202 of "The Motor Vehicle Act", this 10th day of November, A.D. 2023.
Terry Doyle, P.Eng., CAO
Traffic Authority in and for the
Town of Port Hawkesbury