Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160 Bylaw No. 03-2014 (Road Obstruction Bylaw)

Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan · No. 160 · summary & facts

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BYLAW NO. 03-2014 A BYLAW TO PROHIBIT OBSTRUCTIONS ADJACENT TO CERTAIN ROAD ALLOWANCES The Council of the Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. For the purpose of this bylaw the expression: a) "municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160 of Saskatchewan; b) "road" means any road allowance within the municipality other than: i. a private road; or ii. a provincial highway; or iii. a road or highway within the following hamlets, to wit: Hamlet of Keystown Hamlet of Stony Beach, both in the Province of Saskatchewan. c) "obstruction" means any type of object that has the potential to trap snow and cause blockage on municipal roads. d) a barbwire fence in not considered an obstruction. 2. No person shall permit an obstruction (placing of stone, earth/gravel, portable structures, solid fences or other objects) to be placed/erected on private property within Sixty-one (61) metres/Two hundred (200) feet from the centre line of any municipal road. 3. The Council may, by order, direct the owner of any private property upon which a tree or shrub has been planted, or a stone, earth or gravel pile, portable structure, machinery or other object has been placed in contravention of the provisions of Section 2 hereof, to remove the same within a time stated in such order and the provisions of Section 364 of The Municipalities Act, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, if the owner fails to comply with the order. 4. For the purposes of fence lines: a) Barbwire fence lines (not obstructions) may be constructed anywhere on private land, as long as it is on private owner boundaries. b) Solid fence lines (obstructions) must conform to the setbacks listed in Section 2. a) and b). c) No person shall hereafter construct a fence on any municipal right of ways. 5. Any person who contravenes the provisions of Section 2 and 4 hereof, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to the penalties imposed in the general penalty bylaw of the municipality. 6. Bylaw No. 08-2011 is hereby repealed. ___________________________ Reeve ___________________________ Administrator