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TOWN OF CALMAR
BYLAW NUMBER #2025-10
A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF CALMAR IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA TO
REGULATE AND CONTROL THE REMOVAL OF SNOW, ICE, DIRT OR OTHER
FOREIGN MATTER FROM THE SIDEWALKS IN THE TOWN OF CALMAR.
WHEREAS it is the intention of the Municipal Council of the Town of Calmar to ensure
that municipal sidewalks are passable and safe for pedestrians;
AND WHEREAS Section 7 of the Municipal Government Act being Chapter M-26.1
Statutes of Alberta 2000 and amendments thereto, gives Council the authority to pass
such a bylaw;
NOW THEREFORE, THE Council of the Town of Calmar, duly assembled, hereby
enacts as follows:
1.
This bylaw shall be cited as "The Sidewalk Clearing Bylaw".
Definitions:
2.
Council - means the Council of the Town of Calmar;
Authorized Person - means the Community Peace Officer or in
his absence, the Chief Administrative Officer;
Occupant - means the person occupying or any person who is
registered under the Land Titles Act as the owner of the land, or
in the case of property other than land, any person who is in lawful
possession thereof;
Person
-
includes
corporation,
firm,
partnership,
individual
person, his or her heirs, executors, administrators or other legal
representatives;
Sidewalk - shall mean cement or asphalt walk along the frontage
of the property or, where it is a corner site, that portion along the
frontage and that portion of walk along the side of the property.
Every occupant, and in case there is no occupant, then the owner of
every house, shop, building, lot or parcel of land and every person having
charge or care of any public building shall, within the first seventy-two (72)
hours after every fall of snow or hail, cause the same to be removed off the
sidewalks from or abutting on each house, shop, building, lot or parcel of
land respectively and shall also keep the said sidewalk free of all ice
which may be deposited thereon.
Remove or sand any ice, to the extent that walking is safe, that has
formed or is deposited on sidewalks situated on land adjacent to that
property as soon as practical after the Ice is formed or deposited on the
sidewalk
That no person shall place snow, ice or dirt from private property, such
as driveways, parking lots, and service station lots, etc. on any street.
That no person shall cause any damage to any sidewalks by striking,
picking, or cutting the same with any shovel, pick, crow bar or any other
metal instrument or utilize any type of chemical causing a deterioration
to the sidewalk surface whether such person be engaged in removing
snow, ice or dirt from such sidewalk.
In default of any person complying with sections 3, 4, 5 of this bylaw, the
Town of Calmar may provide for the clearing of the sidewalk and any
expenses Incurred by the Town in doing so shall be charged against the
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owner or occupant of the property adjacent to the sidewalk as debt due
and owing to the Town.
The Town of Calmar is not required to enforce this bylaw.
In deciding
whether to enforce
this bylaw,
the Town may take
into account any
practical concerns, including available municipal budget and personnel
resources.
That the said clearing of sidewalks shall be performed within seventy-two
(72) hours of the time when the snowfall ended
or the
ice
or other
obstruction was formed or deposited thereon.
That failure to comply with any section of this bylaw by an owner shall
constitute a breach of this bylaw and a Community Peace Officer may
issue a provincial ticket, pursuant to Part 2, of the Provincial Offenses
Procedure Act, Revised Statues of Alberta 2000, Chapter P-34.
That
in the event of a failure by an owner to pay the actual costs of
removal, as applied in Section 7. above, the costs will be charged as an
expense against the property owner of the property adjacent to the
sidewalk as a debt owing to the Town of Calmar pursuant to Section
(553.1) of the Municipal Government Act.
Bylaw #2009-02, and all amendments, thereto, are hereby repealed.
That this bylaw shall come into full force and effect upon final reading
thereof.
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READ A FIRST TIME THIS 06 DAY OF OCTOBER 2025
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 06 DAY OF OCTOBER 2025
READ A THIRD TIME, by unanimous consent AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 06
DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025
MAYOR CARNAHAN
CAO LOSIER