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TOWN OF CORONATION
BYLAW 2017-653
TRAFFIC CONTROL BYLAW
A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF CORONATION TO REGULATE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC WITHIN
THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF CORONATION.
WHEREAS, the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, chapter T-6 provides that Council may pass Bylaws for the
regulation and control of vehicle, animal, and pedestrian traffic.
AND WHEREAS, Council deems it proper and expedient to regulate and control vehicle, animal, and
pedestrian traffic.
NOW THEREORE, the Municipal Council of the Town of Coronation, in the Province of Alberta, duly
assembled, enacts as follows:
Section 1: SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS:
1.1 This Bylaw may be cited as "The Traffic Bylaw".
1.2 "Alley" means a narrow highway intended chiefly to give access to the rear of buildings and parcels
of land.
1.3 "Bicycle" includes any cycle propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, regardless of
the number of wheels it may have.
1.4 "Boulevard" means, in an urban area, that part of a highway that
a. Is not a roadway, and
b. Is that part of the sidewalk that is not especially adapted to the use of or ordinarily used by
pedestrians.
1.5 "Bylaw Enforcement Officer" means a person appointed by resolution of Council to enforce offences
of this Bylaw.
1.6 "Construction Site" shall mean any portion of a highway or lane that fronts or is immediately
adjacent to any building in course of erection, demolition or alterations.
1.7 "Council" means the Council of the Town of Coronation.
1.8 "Daytime" means the period commencing one hour before sunrise and ending one hour after the
following sunset.
1.9 "Driver" or "operator" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
1.10
"Highway" means any thoroughfare, a street, road, trial, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct,
lane, alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestle way, or other place, whether publicly or privately
owned, any part of which the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the passage or
parking of vehicles and
a. Includes
i. A sidewalk (including a boulevard portion thereof)
ii. Where a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway, the ditch, and
iii. Where a highway right-of-way is contained between fences or between a fence and
one side of the roadway, all the land between the fence and the edge of the
roadway, as the case may be, but
iv. Does not include a place declared by the lieutenant Governor in Council not to be a
highway.
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1.11
"Holiday" means
a. New Years Day
b. Family Day
c. Good Friday
d. Victoria Day
e. Canada Day
f. Annual Civic Holiday (as proclaimed by Council)
g. Labour Day
h. Remembrance Day
i.
Christmas Day
j.
Boxing Day
k. Thanksgiving Day
1.12
"Intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of
a. The lateral curb lines, or if none,
b. The exterior edges of the roadways,
of two or more highways which join one another at an angle whether or not one highway
crosses the other.
1.13
"Judge" means a judge or justice of the peace.
1.14
"Manager" means the Municipal Administrator or as appointed by Council.
1.15
"Motor Vehicle" means every vehicle propelled by any power, other than muscular power,
except aircraft, tractors, whether equipped with rubber tires or not, implements of husbandry,
and such motor vehicles as run only upon rails.
1.16
"Officer" means a member of the RCMP or the Bylaw Enforcement Officer, as appointed by
resolution of Council.
1.17
"Municipality" means the Town of Coronation.
1.18
"Night time" means the period commencing one hour after sunset and ending one hour before
the following sunrise.
1.19
"Owner" includes any person owning or renting a motor vehicle or having the exclusive use
thereof under a lease or otherwise for a period of more than 30 days.
1.20
"Overweight Vehicle" means a vehicle, or a vehicle with a trailer attached, with a maximum
gross weight exceeding 4,500 kilograms.
1.21
"Park", when prohibited, means allowing a vehicle (whether occupied or not) to remain standing
in one place, except
a. When standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or
unloading passengers, or
b. When standing in obedience to a Peace Officer or traffic control device.
1.22
"Peace Officer" means a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
1.23
"Pedestrian" means a person afoot or a person in a wheelchair.
1.24
"Recreational 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 use as a recreational vehicle, boat
trailer, ATV trailer or non-commercial utility trailer.
1.25
"Roadway" means that part of a highway intended for use by vehicular traffic.
1.26
"The Town" means the Town of Coronation.
1.27
"Traffic Control Device" means any sign, signal, marking or device placed, marked or erected
under the authority of this Bylaw for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
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1.28
"Trailer" means a vehicle so designed that it may be attached to or drawn by a motor vehicle
and intended to transport property or persons and includes any trailer that is designed,
constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, either permanently or temporarily, but does not
include machinery or equipment used in the construction or maintenance of highways.
1.29
"Vehicle" means a device in, upon, or by which a person or thing may be transported or drawn
upon a highway.
Section 2: SPEED
Unless otherwise posted by Approved Traffic Control Devices no person:
2.1 Shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of 40 kilometers per hour on any highway within the Town.
2.2 Shall drive a vehicle in any lane or alley in the Town at a speed in excess of 30 kilometers per hour.
2.3 Shall drive a vehicle in a school or playground zone on any highway within the Town in excess of 30
kilometers per hour.
Section 3: PARKING
3.1 Unless approved traffic control devices indicate otherwise, all parking in the Town shall be parallel.
3.2 A person when parallel parking on a roadway shall park his or her vehicle parallel to the curb or edge
of the roadway and
a) With the right-hand wheel thereof not more than 18 inches from the right hand curb or edge of
the roadway, or
b) In the case of a one-way highway where parking on either side is permitted with the wheels
closest to a curb or edge of the roadway not more than 18 inches from that curb or edge and
with the vehicle facing the direction of travel authorized for that highway.
3.3 Where a traffic control device indicates that angle parking is permitted or required and parking
guidelines are visible on a roadway, a person shall park his vehicle:
a) With its sides between and parallel to any two of the lines, and
b) With one front wheel not more than 18 inches from the curb or edge of the roadway
3.4 Where a sign indicates that angle parking is permitted or required but no parking guidelines are
visible on the roadway, a driver shall park his vehicle:
a) With its sides at an angle of between 30 and 60 degrees to the curb or edge of the roadway, and
b) With one front wheel not more than 18 inches from the curb or edge of the roadway.
3.5 No person shall permit a vehicle to stand unattended upon any grade or slope without first having:
a) Effectively set the vehicle's brakes, and
b) Turned the front wheels to the nearest curb or edge or roadway in such a manner as to impede
any movement of the vehicle.
3.6 No person shall leave a vehicle unattended on a highway if the vehicle has been placed on a jack or
similar device and
a) One or more wheels have been removed from the vehicle, or
b) Part of the vehicle is raised.
3.7 Unless required or permitted by a Traffic Control Device or in compliance with the direction of an
officer or to avoid conflict with other traffic, a person shall not stop or park his vehicle
a) On a sidewalk or boulevard, or
b) On a crosswalk or any part of a crosswalk, or
c) Within an intersection other than immediately next to the curb in a "T" intersection, or
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d) At an intersection nearer than 15 feet to the projection of the corner property line immediately
ahead or immediately to the rear, except when his vehicle is parked in a space where a parking
meter or other traffic control device indicates parking is permitted, or
e) Within 15 feet upon the approach to any stop sign or any yield sign, or
f) Within 15 feet of any fire hydrant or when the hydrant is not located at the curb, within 15 feet
of the point on the curb nearest the hydrant, or
g) Within 5 feet of an access to a garage, private road or driveway, or a vehicle crossway over a
sidewalk, or
h) Within 15 feet of the nearest side of a marked crosswalk, or
i)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when the stopping or parking would
obstruct traffic, or
j)
At any other place where a traffic control device prohibits stopping or parking during such times
as stopping or parking is so prohibited, or
k) On a roadway side of a vehicle parked or stopped at the curb or edge of the roadway.
3.8 A person shall park his vehicle with the normal flow of traffic.
3.9 Where a person parks his vehicle contrary to any of the aforesaid mentioned provisions and said
contravention is hazardous to life, limb or property, or if it interferes with the repair or maintenance
of highways, an officer may require the vehicle to be removed and stored. The owner of said vehicle
shall be required to pay, in addition to the fine, all towing and storage fees before his vehicle is
recovered.
3.10
No person shall place or leave on, cross, or suspend above any part of a highway, sidewalk,
boulevard, or any other Town property, a cord or cable that may transmit electrical energy from a
private property to any part of aforementioned property where a vehicle may park.
3.11
No person shall drive, park, or stop any vehicle upon any highway in such a manner as to block,
obstruct, impede or hinder traffic thereon. Where the obstruction is unavoidable due to mechanical
failure of the vehicle, the operator will not be in breach of this section provided the operator
promptly takes measures to clear the vehicle from the highway.
3.12
Where a vehicle parking space is marked or designated upon a highway, every driver of a vehicle
using the same shall park such vehicle wholly within the limits of the space.
3.13
No person shall park in front of or adjacent to any building in course of erection, demolition,
alteration, or repair when such parking will impede or obstruct traffic.
3.14
No person shall park in any truck loading or unloading space properly marked by a traffic control
device indicating the restrictions which apply thereto except a commercial vehicle lawfully engaged
in loading or unloading merchandise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such space may be used for
the normal parking of a vehicle on a Sunday or any holiday or times other than those restricted by
the sign.
3.15
No person shall park his or her vehicle so it will in any way interfere with the use of a doorway
intended as a fire or emergency exit from any building fronting or abutting the highway, or any
private property where signs are displayed.
3.16
No person shall park his or her vehicle in the entranceway or exit to any Fire Hall, Ambulance
Bay or Hospital.
3.17
No person shall park a vehicle at a place or area where the traffic control device indicates
parking there is restricted to a certain class of vehicle only, and his or her vehicle does not comply.
3.18
Public Works road maintenance/repairs:
a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Bylaw, the Town Foreman or designated employee
may cause movable signs to be placed in or near a roadway, such signs to read "No Parking,
Public Works".
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b) After such signs are placed on or near a roadway, no person shall park or leave a vehicle on the
signed portion of that roadway for any part of the 24-hour period following the location of the
sign thereon.
i)
Any vehicle that is on such roadway when such signs are placed thereon shall be removed
promptly by the owner or operator.
c) When any emergency snow removal, street cleaning, or street repair commences on a signed
roadway, then the owner of the vehicle thereon shall be charged with unlawful parking and the
vehicle may be removed pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof.
i)
When it is practical, the vehicle, on removal from the roadway being maintained, will be left
nearby to minimize the inconvenience and expense to its owner or operator.
3.19
Loading or unloading:
a) Except when actually taking or discharging passengers, no person shall park a vehicle in the
following locations:
i)
In a passenger loading or unloading space marked with a sign
ii) On any portion of a highway marked by a sign as "No Parking".
b) No parking in lanes shall be permitted unless a sign directs otherwise but lanes may be used for:
i)
Loading or unloading of goods from a commercial vehicle for a period of not exceeding 30
minutes, or
ii) The loading or unloading of goods or passengers from a vehicle other than a commercial
vehicle for a period not exceeding 5 minutes, provided
iii) That the vehicle concerned in such loading or unloading passengers or goods does not so
obstruct the lane as to prevent other vehicles or persons from passing along such lanes
while the loading or unloading is taking place.
3.20
Where a traffic control device restricts the parking of vehicles for a certain period of time, it
shall be an offence to park a vehicle in excess of the time so designated and marked on the sign.
This section shall not apply on a holiday.
3.21
No person shall park any vehicle upon any land owned by the Town which the said Town uses or
permits to be used as a playground, recreation area, public area or for utility purposes except on
such areas that the Town Manager may designate by a Traffic Control Device for vehicle parking.
3.22
No person shall park any trailer (whether designated for occupancy by persons or for the
carrying of goods) upon any highway unless the said trailer is attached to a vehicle by which it may
be propelled or drawn and when so attached the trailer may be deemed part of the vehicle and
subject to the regulations pertaining to vehicles.
3.23
No person shall park a vehicle on a Town owned parking lot in contravention of the prohibitions
stated on a traffic control device placed in or adjacent to the said parking lot.
3.24
No person shall angle park any vehicle, recreational vehicle or trailer which singly or together
exceed 19 feet in overall length upon any highway except at such locations as have been designated
by the Town Manager by Traffic Control Devices.
3.25
No person shall park a vehicle upon any highway in such a manner that any part of the vehicle is
within 10 feet of the centre line of the highway whether or not such centre line is marked on the
highway, provided that the foregoing shall only apply to highways where the portion thereof
intended for vehicle traffic is 40 feet or more in width.
3.26
No person shall park a recreational vehicle, trailer or a vehicle with any type of trailer attached
thereto upon any highway under the following conditions:
a) For any period exceeding 48 hours, and shall only be permitted for purposes of loading and
unloading only.
b) No recreational vehicle parked on any highway shall be used for occupancy at any time.
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c) Recreational vehicle pull-outs shall only be extended at such times and for the purpose of active
loading or unloading of a recreational vehicle. At no time shall pull-outs be left extended if the
recreational vehicle is not being actively loaded or unloaded and if the owner of the recreational
vehicle is not present.
3.27
Dangerous Goods:
a) No person shall park a vehicle or a trailer used for the conveyance of flammable liquid or an
explosive material upon a highway within the Town.
b) No person shall park a vehicle or trailer used for the conveyance of flammable liquid or any
explosive material nearer than 50 feet to a substantial building likely to contain persons or
valuable goods and it shall have a warning notice clearly displayed.
c) This section shall not apply where a vehicle or trailer is obliged to be parked while making
deliveries in the course of its ordinary business and having a warning notice clearly displayed.
3.28
No person shall park a truck trailer unit on any highway in the municipality whether a trailer is
attached to it or not.
3.29
No person shall park a vehicle upon any private road or land providing emergency vehicle access
to a multiple unit development. Emergency vehicles are excluded in this regard. Multiple unit
developments shall mean a development consisting of two or more self-contained units on a parcel
of land in excess of 10,000 square feet and without restricting the generality of the foregoing, shall
include shopping centers and town house developments.
Section 4: RULES FOR PARADES AND PROCESSIONS
4.1 No person shall hold or take part in any parade or procession without their first having obtained
from the Town Manager or Mayor a permit for the parade or procession to be held. This section
shall not be construed to interfere with the operation of any civic, or service club or anything of the
like parades or processions.
a) Every member of a parade or procession and the organizations and leaders thereto shall be
guilty of an offence for each and every violation of this section.
b) Any person desiring to hold a parade or procession within the Town of Coronation shall at least
48 hours prior to the time that they desire to hold the same, make application in writing to the
Town Manager and in such application shall furnish to the Town Manager information with
respect to the following, namely:
i)
The name and address of the applicant and if such application is an organization, the names,
addresses and occupations of the executive thereof;
ii) The nature and object of such parade or procession;
iii) The day, date, and hours during which the same will be held;
iv) The intended route thereof;
v) The approximate number of persons who will take part therein;
vi) The approximate size, number and nature of flags, banners, placards or such similar things
to be carried therein and particulars of signs, inscriptions and wording to be exhibited
thereon and such writing and application shall bear the signatures and addresses of the
persons who will be in control of such parade or procession.
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Section 5: CYCLISTS AND HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES
5.1 No person shall ride a cycle on any sidewalk except where expressly permitted to do so by this
Bylaw. Children's bicycles or tricycles having a wheel diameter of less than 20 inches are exempted
from this provision.
5.2 The driver or any other person in charge of any horse drawn vehicle on a highway shall remain upon
such vehicle while it is in motion, or shall walk beside the horse drawing such vehicle.
Section 6: RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PEDESTRIANS
6.1 No person shall cross at an intersection if the sign thereat prohibits such crossing.
6.2 Pedestrians shall not run or race upon any highway.
6.3 Pedestrians shall not crowd or jostle other pedestrians in such a manner as to create or cause
discomfort, disturbance or confusion.
6.4 Three or more persons shall not stand in a group or so near to each other as to obstruct vehicular or
pedestrian traffic or as to annoy or incommodate any other person lawfully upon the highway.
6.5 No person shall stand, sit, or lie on any highway in such a manner as to annoy or incommodate any
other person lawfully upon the highway.
6.6 No person shall stand upon or walk along a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the
driver of any vehicle within the municipality.
6.7 Nothing in this section shall pertain to a person as prohibiting the assembly of persons for the
purpose of watching a parade or procession duly authorized by the Town Manager or the Mayor.
Section 7: RULES FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLES
7.1 When the Town Manager has caused any highway intersection or other place on a highway to be
marked by signs or otherwise indicating that no left turn or right turn, or both shall be made, no
operator of a vehicle shall make such prohibited turn.
7.2 No vehicle operator shall drive or stand a vehicle upon any highway in such a manner as to block,
obstruct, impede or hinder traffic thereon; where the obstruction is unavoidable due to mechanical
failure, the operator will not be in breach of this section provided he promptly takes measures to
clear the faulty vehicle from the highway.
7.3 The driver of a vehicle shall not enter a highway from a private driveway, nor drive from a highway
onto a private driveway if a sign prohibits the driver from doing so.
7.4 Notwithstanding other provisions of the Highway Safety Act, a vehicle in a funeral procession, other
than the lead vehicle, may during daylight hours, enter an intersection without stopping, it
a) The headlamps for the vehicle are alight, and
b) The vehicles travelling immediately behind the vehicle in front of it so as to form a continuous
line of traffic, and
c) The passage into the intersection can be made in safety.
7.5 No driver shall:
a) Break through the ranks of a military or funeral procession, or
b) Break through the ranks of any authorized parade or procession.
7.6 Section 7.5 shall apply where there are traffic lights. No operator of a vehicle shall enter on a green
light while a parade or procession is within the intersection unless it is safe to do so.
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7.7 When repairs or alterations are in progress on or adjoining any roadway within the municipality and
such work is being indicated by barricades or signs or by a flagman, no person shall disregard the
warning given thereby and every operator shall obey any signal of a flagman on duty at the site of
the work.
a) When a vehicle is engaged in such roadway repairs or alterations within an area controlled by a
flagman, the provisions of this Bylaw relating to backing, turning, stopping, crossing the centre
line, and making such other movements necessary shall not apply to such vehicle.
7.8 No person shall operate a vehicle in a residential area of the Town between the hours of 10:00 in
the evening and 7:00 of the next morning so as to unduly disturb residents of any such area.
Section 8: GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1 No person shall allow trees, hedges, or shrubs on private property within 15 feet of a highway
intersection, whether planted before or after the date of the passing of this Bylaw to grow to such
height that good visibility for safe traffic flow is thereby interfered with.
a) The Town Manager may require any person concerned to comply with the provision of section
8.1 hereof within 10 days of being notified to do so. If the person fails to comply with such
notice, the Town Manager may direct employees or agents of the Town to enter upon the
private property to carry out the necessary work, and may charge the cost of doing so against
the person in default.
8.2 No person shall erect or cause to be erected, built or placed, a fence, wall or other object on private
property within 15 feet of the highway intersection, so that good visibility for safe traffic flow is
thereby interfered with.
a) No person shall continue the existence of a fence, wall or other object on private property
within 15 feet of an intersection after the passing of this Bylaw so that good visibility for the safe
traffic flow is thereby interfered with.
b) Where a person is required to remove or reduce the height pursuant to paragraph a), being a
fence, wall or other object, then he shall be reimbursed by the Town for the cost of doing so
provided that the fence, wall or other object was erected to the passing of this Bylaw.
c) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the liability of any persons to prosecutions for
breach of this section.
8.3 No person shall load or unload goods or merchandise across a sidewalk or boulevard where loading
and unloading facilities have been provided in the premises to which the goods or merchandise are
being delivered or from which they are being taken.
8.4 No person shall pass beyond a point designated by an officer or a member of the Fire Department
near the location of a fire.
8.5 No person shall allow himself to be drawn by a moving vehicle while he is riding upon a sled,
toboggan, bicycle, skis or other conveyance except a trailer upon a highway.
8.6 No person shall coast on a sled, toboggan, or skis or other conveyance except a bicycle upon a
roadway.
8.7 No person shall ice skate upon a roadway.
8.8 No person shall place any sign, notice or structure upon a highway or boulevard or abutting
municipal property including public walks unless authorized in writing by the Town Manager to do
so.
a) Any sign, notice or object placed on or beside a municipal highway or upon abutting public lands
including boulevards and sidewalks shall be liable to removal and immediate disposal by the
municipality without any notice or warning to the owner thereof.
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8.9 No person shall wash a vehicle upon a roadway or so near a highway as to result in depositing mud
or creating slush or ice upon a public sidewalk or roadway.
8.10
No person operating premises for the sale of new or used vehicles or for washing vehicles shall
wash such vehicle so as to result in water, mud or slush upon a public roadway.
8.11
No person shall drain the radiator of a vehicle upon a highway so that the contents of the
radiator fall upon the highway.
8.12
No person operating business premises to which entry or exit for vehicles is made by a crossing
located between the highway curb, and the private property lines shall allow water or mud, slush or
ice or icy or frozen snow to remain on a public sidewalk or roadway portion of such crossing, but will
keep the same clean and clear of all such matters, liquids or substances which may be or become a
hazard to pedestrians.
8.13
Where a vehicle is driven, used, parked or left in contravention of any provisions of this Bylaw
the owner of the vehicle is responsible for the contravention and liable for the penalty provided
herein unless he proves to the satisfaction of the judge, or magistrate trying the case that at the
time of the contravention, the vehicle was not driven, used, parked or left by him or by any other
person with his consent expressed or implied.
8.14
No person shall operate or allow to operate an overweight vehicle within the Town in excess of
the weight or size limit established by the Public Service Vehicles Act of the Province of Alberta,
Regulations and Board Orders passed thereunder as amended from time to time without first
obtaining from the Town a permit to do so. Council may also by resolution restrict the weight of
vehicles as it may deem advisable. Such permits or copy of same must be in possession of the
operator of the said vehicle and he shall produce this said permit or copy of same to an officer on
demand.
a) The Town of Coronation Bylaw Enforcement Officer is hereby appointed as the officer of the
Town to issue permits on behalf of the Town under this part.
b) Any person who violates the provisions of a permit issued under this section shall be guilty of an
offense and shall be issued with an offense ticket in the amount of $100.00.
c) In case of any dispute arising as to the weight of any vehicle, the same shall be weighed upon a
certified scale upon the request of an officer at the owner or operator's cost and the certificate
of the person weighing the vehicle shall be deemed conclusive.
8.15
Unless a permit to do so has been issued by the Town, no person shall operate on a highway:
a) A vehicle or trailer having metal spikes, lugs, or cleats or bands projecting from the surface of
the wheel or tire of such vehicle, or
b) Any vehicle or trailer having skids or not using triple grouser or flat-surface tracks.
c) Any person who violates a permit issued under this provision shall be guilty of an offence and be
issued with an offence ticket in the amount of $1,000.00.
8.16
Full-time or volunteer firefighters may carry on or in a vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle,
a lamp that produces intermittent flashes of green light and may operate the lamp if the vehicle is
proceeding to a fire or other emergency.
a) No person other than a full-time or volunteer firefighter shall operate a lamp that produces
intermittent flashes of green light
b) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to permit a full-time or volunteer firefighter to
operate a vehicle in contravention of the Traffic Safety Act, Use of Highway and Rules of the
Road, or this Bylaw.
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Section 9: TRUCKS AND TRUCK ROUTES
Council may by resolution provide for the establishment of truck routes for overweight vehicles in areas
where it may be deemed advisable. The Town Manager shall insure that a record is kept and is made
available to the public, deemed to be Schedule "A" of this Bylaw and said schedule is hereby
incorporated into and made part of this Bylaw.
9.1 The following shall not be deemed to be operating an overweight vehicle in contravention of this
section if the vehicle was being operated on the most direct and practical route between the
premises or location concerned and the nearest truck route.
a) Person delivering or collecting goods or merchandise to or from the premises of bonafide
customers.
b) Persons going to or from business premises (commercially zoned) of the owner of the
overweight vehicle concerned.
c) Persons moving, for which the necessary moving permits have been obtained by the Town.
d) Persons going to or from premises for the service and repair of the overweight vehicle.
e) Persons pulling a disabled vehicle from a highway prohibited to overweight vehicles.
f) Persons driving an overweight vehicle owned, or actually in the service of the Town.
9.2 No person shall operate or park an overweight vehicle on a highway other than a highway specified
in Schedule 'A' hereof.
9.3 No person shall operate a motor vehicle carrying explosives on a highway adjoining a residential,
institutional or any other zone where the person is not required to make a direct delivery to,
without first having obtained from the Town a permit to do so.
9.4 No person shall operate their vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour when having received a permit
from the Town to haul explosives. The officer may require the person to have warning vehicles in
front and in the rear of the unit hauling the explosive materials as he may deem advisable for the
safety of adjacent persons in the area.
Section 10: AUTHORITY OF TOWN MANAGER
10.1
The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby delegated the power to prescribe
where traffic signals, highway traffic signs, stop signs, yield signs, speed limit signs or other similar
traffic control devices for controlling and regulating traffic in public places are to be located.
a) The Council directs the record of such locations shall be kept which shall be open to the public
during normal business hours and shall be deemed to be Schedule 'B' of this Bylaw and form
part of this Bylaw.
10.2
Without restricting the generality of the foregoing sections, the Town Manager, with the
consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate any highway for through traffic purposes. Such
highway shall be properly marked if stop signs or yield signs are erected at all intersections on such
highways.
10.3
The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate crosswalks
on any highway.
10.4
The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate any highway
intersection or any other place on a highway as a place at which no left-hand turn or no right-hand
turn or both shall be made, and shall cause the said place to be signed, barricaded or otherwise
restricted.
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10.5
The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate any
intersection or place on a highway, including a place where a railway right-of-way crosses the
highway as a place where U-turns are prohibited and shall cause same to be marked.
10.6
When Council has approved of any highway or a part of a highway being designated for one-way
traffic, and such highway description is recorded in Schedule "C" of this Bylaw, then the Town
Manager shall cause same to be marked with appropriate traffic control devices.
10.7
The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate:
a) Any highway as one which is closed temporarily in whole or in part to traffic and shall cause such
highway to be marked.
b) Any highway as one in which parking privileges are temporarily suspended and shall cause such
highway to be marked.
10.8
The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate school zones
and playground zones. The Town Manager shall cause such zones to be marked by signs posted
along the highway or by markings on the pavement or by signs or lights or both, posted or
suspended over the highway.
10.9
The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate any
boulevard upon which parking is permitted and shall cause signs permitting such parking to be
erected thereon.
10.10 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate passenger or
truck loading or unloading spaces, and shall cause the same to be marked.
10.11 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate distances
from any intersections within which no parking is permitted. This provision shall not apply to
vehicles stopped in compliance with any provision of this Bylaw.
10.12 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate distances of
highway where parking is limited to a period of time and shall cause signs outlining such parking
limitations.
10.13 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate those
portions of highway upon which parking is prohibited between certain hours, and shall cause signs
outlining such parking restrictions to be erected.
10.14 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate Town
Employee parking areas and shall cause same to be marked with a sign. Such sign shall indicate that
the area is restricted to employees of the Town between 8:00 in the forenoon and 5:00 in the
afternoon from Monday to Friday inclusive.
10.15 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate portions of
highway where parking is limited to a period of time and shall cause signs to be erected indicating
such parking limitations.
10.16 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to specify the types of
vehicles which are prohibited from parking on any municipally owned parking lot and shall cause a
sign to be erected on the said parking lot setting forth such prohibitions.
10.17 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate highways
which shall be used by overweight vehicles and shall cause such highways to be marked with signs
reading "Truck Route".
10.18 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate angle parking
on any highway and cause same to be marked.
10.19 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized in case of unfavorable
road conditions on the advice and recommendation of the Town Foreman to limit load limits on any
highway in the municipality.
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10.20 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to prohibit or restrict by
signs a movement of vehicles from a private driveway onto a highway or from a highway onto a
private driveway where such prohibition or restriction is deemed advisable in the public interest and
for better regulation of traffic.
10.21 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to designate any roadway
as one to be divided into traffic lanes of such number as may be considered proper.
10.22 The Town Manager, with the consent of Council, is hereby authorized to appoint one or more
Bylaw Enforcement Officers who shall have the authority of a Peace Officer only with respect to the
enforcement of this Bylaw in the Town.
Section 11: POWERS OF POLICE AND OFFICIALS
11.1
Any officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle, recreational
vehicle or trailer:
a) Parked in contravention of a provision of this Bylaw, or
b) Where emergency conditions may require such removal from a highway. Such vehicle may be
removed to a place designated by the Town Manager where it will remain impounded until
claimed by the owner thereof or his agent.
c) No impounded vehicle shall be released to its owner or his agent until the impounding charge
sufficient to meet the reasonable storage charges on the vehicle has been paid to the
Municipality; such charges shall be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed in respect of any
such violation, or to any payment made in lieu of prosecution as provided for in section 11.2 of
this Bylaw.
11.2
A notice or form commonly called a Traffic Tag having a printed wording approved by the Town
Manager, may be issued by an Officer or by a Bylaw Enforcement Officer to any person alleged to
have breached any provisions of this Bylaw, and the said Notice shall require the payment, to such
official as the Council may designate, the amount specified for that particular breach of this Bylaw.
11.3
If a person has been prosecuted for the offence named in the Traffic Tag and has been convicted
of such offence, then the fine imposed shall not be less than the original amount indicated on the
said Traffic Tag plus an additional penalty of $50.00 and court costs.
11.4
A Traffic Tag shall be deemed to be sufficiently served:
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.
11.5
Nothing in sections 11.2 and 11.3 shall:
a) Prevent any person from defending a charge of committing a breach of this Bylaw.
b) Prevent any officer or other person from laying an Information and Complaint against any other
person whether or not such other person has made a payment under the provisions of Section
11.2 and 11.3 for a breach of any of the provisions of this Bylaw.
11.6
Where a person has paid a Traffic Tag and has been prosecuted for the offence in respect of
which the tag was issued, then such person shall, upon written application to the Town Manager be
entitled to a refund of the Traffic Tag payment.
11.7
Each Peace Officer and Bylaw Enforcement Officer is hereby charged with the duty of enforcing
the provisions of this Bylaw.
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Section 12: FINES
12.1
Any person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of this Bylaw shall upon summary
conviction before a judge be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ($1000.00) dollars exclusive
of costs and in case of non-payment of the fine and cost imposed, to imprisonment of a period not
exceeding six months.
12.2
All figures of fines established for the purpose of all voluntary penalties of Tags issued pursuant
to this Bylaw are deemed to be and are hereby made part of this Bylaw.
Bylaw No. 2015-637 and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
READ A FIRST TIME this 10th day of October, 2017
READ A SECOND TIME this 10th day of October, 2017
READ A THIRD AND FINAL TIME this 10th day of October, 2017
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________________________________
Mayor
Chief Administrative Officer
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SPECIFIED PENALTIES
Section
Offense
Penalty
3.7
Parking on sidewalk or boulevard
$100.00
Parking too close to intersection or sign
$100.00
Parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
$100.00
Parking within 5 feet of a driveway
$100.00
Parking on roadway side of a vehicle parked at curb or
edge of road (double parking)
$100.00
3.8
Not parking with normal flow of traffic
$100.00
3.10
Cord or cable across sidewalk
$100.00
3.11
Stopping vehicle on highway and hindering traffic
$200.00
3.19
Parking in lanes
$100.00
3.20
Parking in excess of designated time
$50.00
3.22
Parking trailer on road, unless attached to vehicle
$100.00
3.24
Parking vehicle, recreational vehicle or trailer or both on road
exceeding 19 feet in length
$200.00
3.26 a.
Parking vehicle, recreational vehicle or trailer or both on road
exceeding specified time limits
$250.00
3.26 b.
Occupancy of recreational vehicle or trailer parked on highway $250.00
3.26 c.
Recreational vehicle Pull-outs extended
$250.00
3.28
Parking truck-trailer unit on road
$100.00
5.1
Driving cycle on sidewalk (except under 20" diam. Wheel)
$50.00
7.1
Making turns prohibited by signs
$200.00
7.8
Driving in manner to disturb residents from 10:00 p.m.
to 7:00 a.m.
$100.00
8.7
Skating on roadway
$50.00
8.17
Vehicle in excess of weight limits
$750.00
8.18
Vehicle with spikes, lugs, etc. unless permitted
$1000.00
9.2
Operating overweight vehicles (truck) on highway except
Truck Route (note exceptions in Sec. 901)
$250.00
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SCHEDULE "A"
TRUCK ROUTE
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SCHEDULE "B"
INDEX OF TRAFFIC SIGNS
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SCHEDULE "C"
INDEX OF ONE-WAY STREETS