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BY-LAW NO. 593-13
BY-LAW OF THE VILLAGE OF INNISFREE IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING SNOW REMOVAL
REAS, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, Chapter M-26,
Council of the Village oflnnisfree may pass Bylaws to regulate, prohibit and impose
re uirements in relation to the protection and enhancement of the well-being of its community;
N W THEREFORE, the Council of the Village of Innisfree, in the Province of Alberta, duly
as embled ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
SHORT TITLE
2.
1.1
This Bylaw may be sited as the "Snow Removal Bylaw".
DEFINITIONS
2.1
"Council" means the Municipal Council of the Village of Innisfree.
2.2 "Highway" includes a street, road, lane and any other way open to public use,
but does not include a private right-of-way on private property;
2.3
"Pedestrian" is any person walking, standing, sitting or otherwise being in the
vicinity of a sidewalk or highway, and not in a vehicle;
2.4 "Sidewalk" means a structure for pedestrian use including a walkway,
sidewalk, stairs and curb letdowns or the area between the curb lines or lateral lines of
a roadway and the adjacent property lines improved for use of pedestrians;
2.5
"Staff Persons" includes all persons at that time under employment by the
Village of Innisfree
3.
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
3 .1
The property owner of any real property in the Village of Innisfree (hereinafter
called the Village) is ultimately responsible for all activities on the property which
may constitute prohibition of this bylaw.
3.2 The property owner or occupier shall remove or cause to have removed any
accumulation of snow or ice from the roof or other part of any structure on the
property where the location of that structure is such that, should the snow or ice on it
fall onto any side walk or highway it could cause bodily injury to persons passing by,
or cause structural damage to other buildings, or cause damage to passing vehicles, or
would impede travel by either pedestrians or vehicular traffic;
3.3
The snow or ice moved from sidewalks under the discretion of the property
owner or occupier and ice and snow moved from buildings pursuant to the
requirements of this Bylaw shall not be placed on any highway in such a manner that
vehicular traffic will be adversely affected, nor shall it be placed on any highway in
such a manner that water flow from melt water will be blocked or caused to
accumulate to the degree that pedestrian or vehicular traffic would be inconvenienced
or impeded, nor shall it be placed on any highway in such a way as to block any
storm drain opening.
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4.
DAMAGE TO SIDEWALKS
4.1
No person shall use any snow removal equipment such as any shovel, pick,
crowbar or any other instrument in a manner that will damage the sidewalk whether
such person is engaged in removing snow or ice from a sidewalk or not;
4.2 No person shall damage any sidewalk in the Village with the use of sodium
chloride, calcium chloride, or other harmful substance for the removal of snow and
ice;
4.3 In all instances where the sidewalk has been damaged through the actions of the
owner or occupier of said property or any agent acting on their behalf, the Village
shall invoice the owner or occupier of the real property who failed to comply with the
provisions of this Bylaw, and if such monies as invoiced under this section remain
unpaid at 31 December of the year in which the invoice was issued, such monies shall
be added to the property taxes of the real property as permitted by the Municipal
Government Act. Chapter M-26, RSA 2000;
4.4 Every person who violates any provision of this Bylaw, or who permits any act
or thing in contravention of this Bylaw is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not
more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and costs ofrepair. Each week that such a
violation is permitted to occur shall be a separate offence.
5.
PARKING
5.1
The Village reserves the right to curtail parking on any highway in the Village
to facilitate snow removal, or for any reason whatsoever. Signs shall be erected by
Public Works staff or persons so delegated by the Public Works Foreman to prevent
such parking. No person shall park any vehicle on any highway which has been
closed by such signs. Any vehicle found parked in contravention of such designated
signs shall be subject to removal by tow truck at the expense of the registered owner
of the vehicle.
6.
SEVERABILITY
6.1
If any provision of this Bylaw is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be unlawful or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from this Bylaw and
shall not affect the validity of any remaining provision of this Bylaw.
7.
EFFECTIVE DATE
7 .1
This bylaw shall come into full force and effect upon the date of the third and
final reading.
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AD A FIRST, SECOND, AND BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF COUNCIL, A THIRD
AND FINALLY PASSED TIDS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2013
D b McMann, Mayor
J nifer Hodel, CAO
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