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SUMMER VILLAGE OF ISLAND LAKE
BYLAW 03-2024
A BYLAW OF THE SUMMER VILLAGE OF ISLAND LAKE, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES
WITHIN ITS' BOUNDARIES.
WHEREAS pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, a council may pass bylaws;
AND WHEREAS the Summer Village of Island Lake considers it desirable and expedient to regulate
oƯ-highway vehicles within its' boundaries in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta;
THEREFORE, the Council of the Summer Village of Island Lake, duly assembled, hereby enacts as
follows:
1. TITLE:
a) This Bylaw may be cited as the OƯ Highway Vehicle Bylaw.
2. DEFINITIONS:
a) "Act" means the TraƯic Safety Act, R.S.A. 200, c. T-6 as amended;
b) "Bylaw" means Bylaw of the Summer Village of Island Lake, including amendments thereto;
c) "Bylaw Enforcement OƯicer" means the person or persons appointed as such by the
Summer Village of Island Lake Council, to perform any duties under this Bylaw and
includes, but is not limited to, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Peace
OƯicer and a Bylaw Enforcement OƯicer;
d) "CAO" means the Chief Administrative OƯicer of the Summer Village of Island Lake or their
designate;
e) "Council" means the duly elected Council for the Summer Village of Island Lake;
f) "Highway" means a highway as defined in the TraƯic Safety Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta
200, Chapter H-8;
g) "OƯ-Highway Vehicle" means any motorized mode of transportation built for cross-country
travel on land, water, snow, ice or on marsh or swamp land or on other natural terrain and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes, when specifically designed for such
travel:
i)
4-wheel drive vehicles,
ii) low pressure tire vehicles,
iii) motorcycles and related 2-wheel vehicles,
iv) amphibious machines,
v) all-terrain vehicles,
vi) utility task vehicles (commonly called side-by-sides),
vii) miniature motor vehicles,
viii) snow vehicles,
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ix) mini-bikes and
x) any other means of transportation which is propelled by any power other than muscle
power or wind, but does not include:
xi) motorboats, or
xii) any other vehicle exempted from being an oƯ-highway vehicle by regulation.
h) "Operator" means a person who drives or is in physical control of a vehicle;
i)
"Owner" means the person who owns the oƯ-highway vehicle including the registered
owner and including any person renting an oƯ-highway vehicle or having exclusive use of
that vehicle for a period of more than 30 days.
j)
"Roadway" means that part of a highway intended for use by vehicular traƯic, and for the
purposes of this Bylaw, means roadways within the Summer Village of Island Lake;
k) "Safety Helmet" means a safety helmet as prescribed in the Regulations made pursuant to
the Act;
l)
"TraƯic Control Device" means any sign, signal, marking or device placed, marked or
erected under the authority of the Act for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding
traƯic.
3. OPERATING RULES:
a) No person is authorized to operate an oƯ-highway vehicle on any highway under the
direction, management and control of the Summer Village of Island Lake except as
specifically provided for within the Bylaw.
b) The maximum speed at which oƯ-highway vehicles are permitted to travel within the
Summer Village of Island Lake is 30 km/hr.
c) No person shall operate or be a passenger on an oƯ-highway vehicle unless wearing a safety
helmet securely fastened on their head when the oƯ-highway vehicle is in motion.
d) All operators and passengers of oƯ-highway vehicles equipped with a seatbelt assembly
must wear that seatbelt during operation of the vehicle.
e) OƯ-highway vehicles equipped with factory Rollover Protection Structures and seatbelts are
allowed to operate without the provisions of 3.c) above provided the operator and any
passenger(s) are wearing seatbelts per Section 3.d) above.
f) Operators of oƯ-highway vehicles on designated municipal roads shall travel on the
extreme right-hand side of the roadway and shall travel in single file at all times.
g) No person is authorized to operate an oƯ-highway vehicle in ditches, on medians or
boulevards within the Summer Village of Island Lake.
4. LICENSING and REGISTRATION:
a) No person shall operate an oƯ-highway vehicle on any portion of a highway within the
municipal boundaries of the Summer Village of Island Lake unless they are the holder of a
valid Operators' License or Learners' Permit and are abiding by the rules of that license or
permit as per provisions of the Act.
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b) No person shall permit another person who is not a holder of a valid operators' license or
learners' permit, as per Section 4.a, to drive an oƯ-highway vehicle on any portion of a
highway within the municipal boundaries of the Summer Village of Island Lake.
c) No person under the age of fourteen (14) years shall operate an oƯ-highway vehicle in a
public place.
d) No person shall operate an oƯ-highway vehicle within municipal boundaries of the Summer
Village of Island Lake unless:
a. the oƯ-highway vehicle is insured to cover bodily injury and property damage and;
b. the oƯ-highway vehicle is insured to cover third party liability and;
c. the oƯ-highway vehicle has current registration and;
d. the license plate is displayed on the oƯ-highway vehicle.
5. OFFENCES:
a) A Peace OƯicer or Bylaw Enforcement OƯicer who, on reasonable and probable grounds,
believes that an oƯence under this Bylaw has been committed may seize and detain any
oƯ-highway vehicle in respect of which the oƯence was committed until the final
disposition of any proceedings that may be taken under this Bylaw or the OƯ-Highway
Vehicle Act.
b) Any owner who permits another person to operate an oƯ-highway vehicle in contravention
of this Bylaw is guilty of an oƯence and subject to a penalty as outlined in Schedule A of this
Bylaw.
c) Any person who operates an oƯ-highway vehicle in contravention of this Bylaw is guilty of an
oƯence and subject to a penalty as outlined in Schedule A.
6. SEVERABILITY:
a) Should any section or part of this Bylaw be found to have been improperly enacted, such
section shall be deemed to be severable from all other sections of this Bylaw.
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7. COMING INTO EFFECT:
a) This Bylaw comes into force and eƯect on the date of final passing.
b) Bylaw 02-2013 is repealed upon this Bylaw coming into force.
READ a first time this 21st day of January, 2025.
READ a second time this 18th day of February, 2025.
READ a third and final time on this 18th day of February, 2025.
ORIGINAL SIGNED
MAYOR
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
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Schedule "A"
Penalties
Penalty Section
Fee - First OƯence
Fee - Second &
Subsequent
OƯences
3(b) Exceed Maximum speed of 30 km/hr.
$100.00
$200.00
3(c) Fail to wear helmet
$250.00
$500.00
3(d) Driver/passenger fail to wear seatbelt
$250.00
$500.00
4(a) Operate OHV w/o valid license
$250.00
$500.00
4(b) Allow others to operate OHV w/o valid
license
$250.00
$500.00
Any oƯence under this Bylaw for which a
penalty is not otherwise provided
$250.00
$500.00