Designates specific streets/sections as Community Safety Zones with enhanced fines, typically near schools and parks.
Traffic & streets — Barrie, Ontario
What is the speed limit? What are the rules for using the street?
In the City of Barrie, Ontario, traffic & streets rules are set by Community Safety Zones By-law 2003-160 (Consolidated) and 2 other bylaws, verified 2026-09-21. Fines: not more than $5,000.00, exclusive of costs. Reduced speed zones: 40 km/h, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, September 1 to June 30. Truck route rule: Heavy traffic (unloaded ≥3 tonnes or loaded ≥5 tonnes) prohibited except on Schedule '14' permissive routes; delivery to abutting premises exempt.
| reduced speed zones | 40 km/h, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, September 1 to June 30 | Schedule "B" — "AUTHORIZED RATES OF MAXIMUM SPEED - VARIABLE TIME FLASHING 40 KM/H ZONE" |
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Prescribes maximum speed limits on listed City streets: 40 km/h (Schedule A), variable-time 40 km/h zones in effect 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday from September 1 to June 30 or where an automated speed enforcement system is in place (Schedule B), 60 km/h (Schedule C) and 80 km/h (Schedule D). Streets not listed keep the Highway Traffic Act default;
| truck route rule | Heavy traffic (unloaded ≥3 tonnes or loaded ≥5 tonnes) prohibited except on Schedule '14' permissive routes; delivery to abutting premises exempt. | s. 6.15.1; s. 6.15.2; s. 1.17 |
| street obstruction | No person shall drive on any highway so as to obstruct traffic unreasonably; no parking on any street to obstruct traffic. | s. 6.5; s. 4.1.10 |
| sidewalk or boulevard use | No person shall drive a vehicle in any sidewalk area or boulevard except at a driveway; muscle-powered vehicles and wheelchairs exempt. | s. 6.16 |
| fine range | not more than $5,000.00, exclusive of costs | s. 8.1 |
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Regulates traffic on City highways including signage, turn restrictions and street use; repeals By-law 80-138 and amendments.