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BYLAW NO. 2024-08
TRAFFIC BYLAW
A Bylaw of the Town of Midale to Regulate the Operation of Vehicles
The Council of the Town of Midale in the Province of Saskatchewan, pursuant to Section 12 of The
Municipalities Act, enacts as follows:
1) SHORT TITLE
a) This Bylaw may be cited as the Traffic Bylaw.
2) DEFINITIONS
a) "administrator" means the administrator of the municipality;
b) "angle parking" means the parking of vehicles with the right front wheel drawn up to the
curb on the right-hand side of the street, or at a distance of not more than thirty (30)
centimeters from such curb, the vehicle to be placed at an angle of forty-five (45) degrees
with the curb;
c) "all terrain vehicle" and/or "atv" means all terrain vehicle as defined the All Terrain
Vehicles Act;
d) "Council" means the Council of the Town of Midale;
e) "curb" means the lateral boundaries of a roadway, whether or not marked by curbing;
f) "designated officer" means the Administrator, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sheriff, or
any other person appointed to enforce municipal bylaws;
g) "e-bike" (power-assisted bicycle) means a vehicle that is propelled by combined muscular
and electrical-assisted power, fitted with pedals that are continually operable to propel it,
weighing no more than thirty-five (35) kilograms and does not have sufficient electrical
power to attain a sustained speed of greater that thirty-two (32) kilometers per hour on level
ground within a distance of two (2) kilometers from a standing start which a person may
ride, regardless of the number of wheels it may have;
h) "employee" means an employee of the Town of Midale;
i) "heavy vehicle" means a motor vehicle with or without load which alone or together with
any trailer, semi-trailer or other vehicle being towed, weighs 7,500 kg or more;
j) "justice" means a justice of the peace as per the Legislation Act;
k) "lug vehicles" means any vehicle with a portable engine or tractor engine having metal
spikes, lugs or cleats projecting from the face of the wheels or tires thereof, or having metal
track tread;
l) "parallel parking" means the parking of a vehicle with both right wheels thereof drawn up
to the curb on the right-hand side of the street, or at a distance of not more than thirty (30)
centimeters from such curb;
m) "parking" has the meaning ascribed thereto by The Traffic Safety Act;
n) "place of public assembly" means schools, theatres, churches, rinks, and halls;
o) "power turns" means to maneuver a vehicle in such a manner as to cause the rear of the
vehicle to depart from its ordinary line of progress by the sudden use of acceleration and/or
braking;
p) "sidewalks" means that part of the street intended for use of pedestrians;
q) "street" means a road, parkway, driveway, square or place designed and intended for or
used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, but does not include any area,
whether privately or publicly owned, that is primarily intended to be used for the parking of
vehicles and the necessary passageways on that area and does not include a provincial
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highway within the Town of Midale as
designated pursuant to the provisions of The
Highways and Transportation Act, 1997, or any other Act enacted in its stead;;
r) "speed zone" means any portion of a street within the Town of Midale, as designated
herein, and identified by a sign erected and maintained at each end thereof, indicating the
maximum speed applicable thereto;
s) "Town" means the Town of Midale;
t) "U-turn" means the turning of a vehicle so as to cause it to proceed in the opposite direction
from which it was proceeding immediately prior to the commencement of such turn;
u) "vehicle" means a vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer or a motor vehicle as ascribed to it by The
Highways and Transportation Act;
3) TRAFFIC SIGNS AND TRAFFIC ROUTES
a) Installation and Obedience of Signs
1) Town of Midale employees are hereby authorized to install and maintain traffic control
devices for the purpose of the control, warning, guidance, information and direction of
traffic in conformity with this Bylaw, the Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada
as distributed by the Transportation Association of Canada or any traffic warrants
approved by council.
2) Every driver or pedestrian shall obey applicable instructions or directions indicated on
any traffic sign or marking installed on any street, public parking lot or park, unless
otherwise directed by a law enforcement official.
3) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Bylaw, where temporary signs, warning
devices, pavement markings, barricades and barriers are placed by the Town, it should
supersede any other signage, or parking controls.
4) Unless authorized by Council, a person shall not install a sign, signal, marking or any
potentially distracting device on or along a street within the Town. An employee may
remove, without notice, any such prohibited sign, signal marking or device.
5) A person shall not remove, deface or damage any sign or marker put up in accordance
with this Bylaw or at the direction of the Town.
b) Inventory of Signs
1) The Town shall keep an inventory of the location of all permanent traffic control signs.
c) Heavy Vehicle Routes
1) In this section gross vehicle weight shall mean the same as defined in The Highways and
Transportation Act, 1997.
2) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any vehicle registered with a gross
vehicle weight in excess of 5,500 kilograms on any street in the Town, except those
streets as listed in Schedule A of this bylaw.
3) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any vehicle registered with a gross
vehicle weight in excess of 45,000 kilograms on any street in the Town.
4) Subsections 3(c)(2) and 3(c)(2) shall not apply to vehicles making deliveries on any
street in the Town provided that the operator of the vehicle uses the most direct route to
and from the heavy vehicle route, as listed in Schedule A.
5) Vehicles being operated in the service of the Town or under escort by a marked vehicle
operated by a law enforcement official or employee are exempt under this section.
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4) INFRACTIONS
a) Parking
1)
Except as otherwise provided herein, the parking of vehicles is permitted on all streets
within the Town.
2)
No person shall park a vehicle in any lane, or in any street so as to obstruct the
entrance to any lane or to a driveway or approach leading to private premises;
3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause 4(a)(2), a vehicle may be parked in any
lane for the purpose of taking on or discharging cargo, provided no such vehicle shall
be parked for a period exceeding thirty (30) minutes at one time, unless written
permission has first been obtained from the administrator or a special constable of the
Town for an extension of such time;
4)
Every person parking a vehicle upon a street where parking is permitted, shall parallel
park their vehicle in the same direction of traffic;
5)
No person shall park a vehicle on the street in the opposite direction of traffic.
6)
Every person parking a vehicle upon a street listed in Schedule B shall angle park the
same.
7)
No person shall park a vehicle in any "No Parking" area as designated in Schedule C at
any time whether such areas are marked on the curb or otherwise by signs erected to
indicate that parking therein is prohibited.
8)
No person shall park a vehicle within five (5) meters of any street intersection or fire
hydrant.
9)
No person shall park a vehicle within three (3) meters of any lane intersection.
10) No person shall park a vehicle on any sidewalk or boulevard.
11) No person shall park a vehicle on any street at one place for any period of time
exceeding twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
12) No person shall park a vehicle on any street where there is restricted parking, in
accordance with Schedule C.
13) No person shall park any vehicle in any private parking place or on any private
property unless he is the owner, occupant, licensee or permittee of the parking place or
private property, except with the consent of such owner, occupant, licensee or
permittee.
14) Subject to subclause 4(a)(15), no person shall park any vehicle designated for carrying
or intended for carrying bulk quantity of oil, gasoline, or other flammable, combustible
or explosive material, within the Town.
15) Nothing in subclause 4(a)(14) shall be deemed to restrict the parking of any such
vehicle for such period of time as may be necessary to take on or discharge cargo.
16) No person shall park in any parking specifically provided for people with disabilities,
unless they have a provincially supplied handicap placard displayed in their vehicle.
The handicapped parking spaces will be specifically designated by signage.
17) No vehicle, which requires a license plate, shall be parked on a street in permitted
areas unless it displays a license plate valid for the current year or a valid permit in lieu
thereof.
b) Power Turns - The operator of a vehicle shall not execute "Power Turns" on any street in
the Town.
c) Speed
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1) Subject to subclause 4(c)(2), (3), (4)
and (5), no person shall operate a vehicle in the
Town at a speed greater than forty (40) kilometers per hour.
2) No person shall operate a vehicle on that portion of provincial highway #39 within the
Town limits at a speed greater than that established by the Ministry of Highways.
3) No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed greater than thirty (30) kilometers per hour
on any street designated in Schedule D.
4) No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed greater than fifty (50) kilometers per hour
on any street designated in Schedule E.
5) No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed greater than fifteen (15) kilometers per hour
on any street designated in Schedule F.
d) U-Turns - No person shall cause a vehicle to make a U-turn where there are signs
indicating "No U-turn".
e) Vehicles on Public Reserves, etc.
1) No person may operate or park a vehicle on any area designated as a Public or Municipal
Reserve and listed on Schedule C.
2) The provisions of subclause 4(e)(1) shall not apply to maintenance vehicles or vehicles
using a designated parking area.
f) Snowmobiles - Under the provisions of Section 21 of The Snowmobile Act and subject to all
the provisions therein, and to subclause 4(f)(2):
1) It shall be lawful to operate a snowmobile between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10 p.m. on
any street except Main Street from Railway Ave. to Macoun Ave., and Provincial
Highway No. 39, solely for the purpose of leaving the Town by the most direct route or
returning to ones' residence by the most direct route.
2) Notwithstanding subsection 4(f)(1) of this Bylaw, it shall be lawful to operate a
snowmobile on that portion of Main Street and Provincial Highway No. 39 for the
purpose of crossing Main Street and Provincial Highway No. 39.
g) All Terrain Vehicles (ATV's) - Under the provisions of Section 11 of The All Terrain
Vehicle Act:
1) No person shall operate an all terrain vehicle within the boundaries of the Town.
h) Pedestrians - Rules regarding pedestrians will be as outlined in The Traffic Safety Act,
section 223.
i) Bicycles
1) Every cyclist shall operate a bicycle in accordance with the applicable rules of the road
as set out in The Traffic Safety Act.
2) Cyclists shall drive on the furthest righthand portion of the street.
3) No person shall operate a bicycle:
a while carrying more persons than its designed capacity; or
b in a reckless or negligent manner.
k) E-Bikes
1) E-bikes shall be operated on the furthest righthand portion of the street;
2) No person shall operate an e-bike at a speed that is dangerous or may cause injury to
other street users or pedestrians;
3) No person shall operate an e-bike on a sidewalk or through a cross-walk
4) No person shall operate an e-bike while carrying more persons than its designed capacity
or in a reckless or negligent manner.
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5) IMPOUNDING
a) In addition to and notwithstanding any provisions contained within Section 5 of this bylaw,
any police officer or person appointed as a designated officer pursuant to this bylaw may,
without warrant, seize, remove or cause to be removed any vehicle that is parked, placed,
left or kept on any street, lane, public parking place or other public place in contravention of
any section of this bylaw regulating the parking of vehicles.
b) The Town may retain a vehicle which has been impounded or stored after it has been
removed under subsection 5(a) until the amount of outstanding fines, if any, and the costs
incurred in removing and impounding or storing the vehicle have been paid, and upon
payment of said outstanding fines and costs, the vehicle shall be released to the owner.
c) If the fines and costs described in subsection 5(b) have not been paid within a period of
thirty (30) days, the Town shall have the right to recover same from the owner of the vehicle
by:
1) legal action in a court of competent jurisdiction;
2) sale through public auction; or
3) by private sale of the vehicle.
d) Prior to the sale of a vehicle which has been impounded or stored under this section, the
Town shall provide notice designating the time and place of the sale at least fourteen (14)
days prior to the sale by:
1) publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating in the Town;
2) sending a copy of said notice by regular mail to the owner at the address last appearing
on the vehicle registration; and
3) by any other means which council may consider appropriate.
e) The proceeds from such sale shall be applied firstly on the fines and costs described in
subsection 5(c) and the balance remaining, if any, shall be paid to the owner.
f) If the proceeds from such sale are insufficient to satisfy the fines and costs described in
subsection 5(c), the amount of the shortfall shall be a debt due and owing from the owner
and enforceable by the municipality in any manner allowed by law.
6) REPEAL BYLAWS
a) Bylaws No. 2009-2 and 2015-03 are hereby repealed upon the date of this bylaw coming
into force.
7) COMING INTO FORCE
a) This Bylaw shall come into force and take effect on the final passing thereof.
INTRODUCED AND READ A FIRST TIME THIS 8th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 8th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024.
READ A THIRD AND FINAL TIME ON THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE
COUNCIL PRESENT THIS 8th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024.
____________________________________
Mayor Allan Hauglum
(seal)
____________________________________
Administrator Dena Scott
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Schedule A of Bylaw No. 2024-08
HEAVY VEHICLE ROUTES [Section 3(c)]
Street or Avenue
From
To
South Road (Grid 702)
Grid 702 east
Macoun Ave.
Macoun Ave.
South Road
Grid 606
Schedule B of Bylaw No. 2024-08
ANGLE PARKING AREAS [Section 4(b)(6)]
Street or Avenue
From
To
Main Street
Macoun Avenue
Railway Avenue
Moser Avenue (adjacent to 203 Main Street only)
Schedule C of Bylaw No. 2024-08
"NO PARKING" AREAS [Section 4(b)(7), 4(e)]
Street or Avenue
From
To
In the Fire Lane between Civic Centre and Swimming Pool
Archibald Street Municipal Reserves - MR1 and MR2 Plan 101944829
Schedule D of Bylaw No. 2024-08
SPEED ZONES - Thirty (30) kilometers per hour [Section 4(c)(3)]
Street or Avenue
From
To
College Avenue
Park Lane
Montgomery Street
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Schedule E of Bylaw No. 2024-08
SPEED ZONES - Fifty (50) kilometers per hour [Section 4(c)(4)]
Street or Avenue
From
To
Grid 606
Highway No. 39
Railroad Tracks
Schedule F of Bylaw No. 2024-08
SPEED ZONES - Fifteen (15) kilometers per hour [Section 4(d)(5)
Street or Avenue
From
To
Park Lane
College Ave.
north to rodeo grounds
Schedule G of Bylaw No. 2024-08
Notice of Violation, Voluntary Payment Amounts and Specified Penalty Sums for Default
Convictions (as provided for in Section 4)
Notice of Violation
Section
Amount
Bylaw Description
3(a)(4)
$200.00
Erect a sign, signal, marking or any distracting device on or along
any street.
3(a)(5)
$200.00
Remove, deface or damage any sign or marker erected
4(a)(2)
$ 50.00
Parked in a lane or street obstructing the entrance
4(a)(5)
$ 50.00
Parked in opposite direction of traffic
4(a)(7)
$ 50.00
Parked in a "No Parking" area
4(a)(8)
$ 50.00
Parked within 5 meters of intersection or of a fire hydrant
4(a)(9)
$ 50.00
Parked within 3 meters of a lane intersection
4(a)(10)
$ 50.00
Parked on a sidewalk
4(a)(11)
$ 50.00
Parked in one place in excess of 24 hours
4(a)(12)
$ 50.00
Parked in a restricted parking area
4(a)(13)
$ 50.00
Parked in a private parking place or on private property
4(a)(14)
$100.00
Parked a vehicle capable of, or carrying flammable, combustible or
explosive material within 30 meters of residences or meeting hall
4(a)(16)
$200.00
Parked in an area designated for disabled persons
4(a)(17)
$ 50.00
Parked on a street without a valid license or permit
4(e)(1)
$ 50.00
Parked on a public or municipal reserve
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Schedule H of Bylaw No. 2024-08
Summary Offence Tickets
Section
Amount
Bylaw Description
3(c)(2)
$200.00
Driving off the Heavy Haul Route
3(c)(3)
$500.00
Driving overweight vehicle within Town limits
4(b)
***
Executing a power turn on a Town street
4(c)
***
Driving in excess of the speed limit
4(f)
$200.00
Operating a snowmobile in contravention to Section 4(f)
4(g)
$200.00
Operating an ATV within Town limits
4(k)
$ 50.00
Improper operation of an E-Bike
*** Penalty as specified in The Summary Offences Procedure Regulations, 1991.