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BY-LAW NO. 1271
BY-LAW NO.1271
A By-law of Camrose County in the Province of Alberta, introduced
for the regulating and controlling of vehicle traffic within Camrose
County.
WHERES
Section 13 (1) of the Traffic Safety Act R.S.A. 2000 Chapter T-6 and
amendments thereto authorizes the council of a municipality with
respect to highways under its direction, control and management to
make By-laws that are not inconsistent with the Traffic Safety Act
doing the following:
a) governing the use of highways;
b) governing the parking of vehicles;
c) governing the establishment and use of parking places
that are for the exclusive use of persons with disabilities
who display on their vehicles a disabled placard or license
plate that is issued or recognized by the Registrar;
d) governing access to highways from private land;
e) governing fees charged with respect to the parking of
vehicles;
f) classifying motor vehicles and other vehicles and
pedestrians for any purposes involving the use of streets,
lanes and other public places;
g) with respect to noise produced in connection with a
vehicle,
i) defining what constitutes an objectionable noise,
ii)
establishing a method of determining or measuring
noise, and
iii)
prohibiting the use or operation of a vehicle where
the noise produced in connection with that vehicle
is objectionable noise;
h) governing the turning of vehicles at intersections;
i) governing the encumbering of highways
j) governing, subject to sections 77 to 79of the Traffic
Safety Act, the impounding and removal of vehicles
i)
in respect of which parking fees are payable
ii)
that are parked in an area where parking is
prohibited, or
iii)
that are parked in contravention of this Act or a
bylaw;
k) governing the licensing of bicycles;
l) governing the impounding of bicycles, skateboards and
similar devices;
m) governing parades and processions;
n) governing closing or restricting the use of a highway;
o) authorizing the municipality to issue a license or permit
that is terminable on 30 days' notice in writing for the
temporary occupation or use of a road allowance or
highway or a portion of road allowance or highway when
it is not required for public use.
p) restricting the use of specific traffic lanes to vehicles
carrying a prescribed number of passengers;
q) restricting the use of specific traffic lanes to specific
vehicles or classes of vehicles;
r) governing the issuing of tags, tickets or other documents
on vehicles;
s) governing the placing of tags, tickets or other documents
on vehicles;
t) governing the marking of tires on vehicles for the purpose
of enforcing parking bylaws;
u) governing the employing of or engaging the services of
persons to enforce bylaws made with respect to the
parking of vehicles;
v) designating routes for vehicles or classes of vehicles;
w) restricting the weight of vehicles or of vehicles and the
goods being carried by the vehicles;
x) prescribing or otherwise providing for penalties with
respect to the contravention of a bylaw made under this
Division.
WHEREAS
Council claims it expedient to pass a By-law for the regulation and
control of vehicle traffic within Camrose County.
THEREFORE
The Municipal Council of Camrose County, duly assembled, enacts as
follows:
Part 1 - Definitions
This By-law shall be cited as the "Parking By-law"
1) In this by-law, the following definitions shall apply
2) All definitions and interpretations of the Traffic Safety Act
R.S.A. 2000 chapter T-6 and Use of Highway and Rules of
The Road Regulation and amendments thereto shall apply,
and;
(a) "Commercial Vehicle" means a vehicle operated on
a highway by or on behalf of a person for the purpose
of providing transportation but does not include a
private passenger vehicle;
(b) "Council" means the Council of Camrose County in
the Province of Alberta;
(c) "County" means the Corporation of Camrose County
or the corporate limits of Camrose County as the
context requires;
(d) "Curb" means the edge of the roadway;
(e) "Dangerous Goods Inspector" means a person or a
member of a class of persons designated as an
inspector under section 6(1) of the Dangerous Goods
Transportation and Handling Act.
(f) i) "Peace Officer" means a member of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police,
ii) a Community Peace Officer as defined under the
Peace Officer Act, SA 2006, Chapter P-3.5 or
iii) a person appointed under Section 555 and 556
pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, RSA
2000, Chapter M-26, employed or contracted by
Camrose County to enforce County Bylaws;
g) "Permit" means permission in writing, granted by
the County Administrator or his delegate, to carry on
the activity specified therein;
h) "Recreation Vehicle" means a vehicle used or
intended for primarily recreational use, and
without restricting the generality of the foregoing,
includes any motor home, holiday trailer, trailer,
camper, tent trailer, any van or bus converted for us
as a recreation vehicle, boat trailer, ATV trailer,
ski-doo trailer or non-commercial utility trailer.
Part II - PARKING
1. Unless required or permitted by the By-law or the Traffic
Safety Act, or Use of Highway and Rules of the Road
Regulation, or by a traffic control device, or in compliance
with the directions of a peace officer, or other authorized
person, or to avoid conflict with other traffic, a driver shall
not stop or park his vehicle:
(a) on a highway adjacent to a curb or sidewalk that has
been marked by being painted a solid color, or
(b) in any driveway designated for use by ambulance or fire
fighting vehicles, emergency vehicles excepted, or
(c) where parking is restricted to designated vehicles as
indicated on a sign placed by authority of the County
Administrator or his delegate, or
(d) where such vehicle will obstruct, or in any way interfere
with, the use of an approach to a parcel intended to be
used as a fire or emergency exit from any parcel,
provided that such approach is marked by a sign
authorized by the County Administrator or his delegate,
indicating an Emergency Exit or Fire Exit, or
(e) in an area marked by signs, authorized by the County
Administrator or his delegate, designating a passenger
loading or unloading zone except while actually engaged
in taking on or discharging passengers, or
(f)
in any truck loading or unloading zone marked by such
signs, authorized by the County Administrator or his
delegate, except that this restriction shall not apply to
commercial vehicles while actually being loaded or
unloaded or
(g) at any place where a traffic control device prohibits
stopping or parking.
2.
No person shall stop his vehicle on a roadway for the
purpose of taking on or discharging passengers, except in
a place where parking is permitted.
3.
DISABLED PERSONS PARKING
No person shall park a vehicle in an area designated as a
parking place for the use of persons with disabilities,
unless:
A) The vehicle displays a handicap placard or licence plate
that is issued or recognized by the Registrar, and
B) The vehicle is operated by, or is being used to
transport, a disabled person.
4.
DISABLED PERSONS LOADING ZONE
No person shall stop a vehicle in an area designated as a
loading zone for the use of persons with disabilities,
unless:
A) The vehicle displays a handicap placard or licence plate
that is issued or recognized by the Registrar, and
B) The vehicle is operated by, or is being used to
transport, a disabled person.
5.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
No person shall park a vehicle on land owned by Camrose
County without express written permission from the
County Administrator or park on private property without
permission of the landowner.
6.
RECREATION VEHICLE
No person shall park a recreation vehicle on a roadway
between the months of November 1 to March 31 of the
following year, except in those cases where the recreation
vehicle is attached to a towing vehicle and for a period not
exceeding 72 hours.
7.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
No person shall park a Commercial Vehicle on any
roadway at any time of the year for a period not exceeding
24 hours.
8.
DANGEROUS GOODS
No person shall park a Commercial Vehicle displaying
dangerous goods placards on any roadway in Camrose
County unless authorized by a Dangerous Goods
Inspector.
9.
No person shall, except in case of emergency or
mechanical failure, stop or park a vehicle upon a roadway
in a manner that may impede or obstruct the free
movement of traffic.
10. No person shall park, or allow a vehicle to remain parked,
where temporary or portable signs authorized by the
County Administrator or his delegate, have been placed
prohibiting parking.
Part III - Authority of Municipal Officials
The County Administrator or his delegate is hereby authorized
to designate in writing any area as one in which parking is
temporarily suspended in whole or in part to traffic and shall
cause such area to be marked with signs.
The County Administrator or his delegate is hereby authorized
to designate in writing those portions of highways upon which
parking is prohibited, and shall cause the same to be marked
by a sign.
The County Administrator or his delegate is hereby authorized
to designate areas where parking is restricted for the use of
certain classes of vehicles only and shall cause same to be
marked with a sign. Such sign shall indicate the class of
vehicle that may park at that location and shall be authority for
said class of vehicle to park thereat.
Part IV - Authority of Peace Officers
(1) Any Peace Officer is hereby authorized to remove and
impound, or cause to be removed and impounded any
vehicle or trailer, parked on any highway, which may
interfere with snow removal or other public works being
carried on by the County, or parked in contravention of
any provision of this By-law.
(2) Any vehicle or trailer impounded under this section may
be released to the owner or his agent upon proof that any
charges or costs imposed for towing and for storage have
been paid. A peace officer may place in or upon any
vehicle found parked in contravention of this By-law a
violation ticket, in the form prescribed in Schedule "A"
herein.
A violation ticket shall be deemed to be sufficient service:
(a) if served personally on the accused; or
(b) if mailed to the address of the registered owner of the
vehicle concerned, or to the person concerned; or
(c) if attached to or left upon the vehicle in respect of which
the offence is alleged to have been committed.
Part V - Penalties
The registered owner of a motor vehicle or trailer which is
involved in any contravention of this By-law is guilty of an
offence and is liable to a fine of Fifty dollars ($50.00) in default
of payment to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding fourteen
(14) days, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the judge that
at the time of the offence, the motor vehicle or trailer was not
being driven or was not parked or left by him or by any other
person with his consent, expressed or implied.
Part VI - This By-law shall come into full force and effect on
the date it is passed by Council.
By-law 1046 is hereby rescinded.
RECEIVED FIRST READING THIS
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Steve Gerlitz
County Administrator
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