Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 General Traffic Bylaw No. 99-273 — full text, Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, Alberta

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-' "0· ·~ < ' v '-" v v BYLAW NO. 99-273 of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 A Bylaw of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, in the Province of Alberta, to control and regulate the use of highways, roadways and streets within the Municipal District, the traffic and pedestrians moving thereon and parking of vehicles on the said highways, roadways and streets. WHEREAS by virtue of the authority vested in the Municipal District Council of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 and by virtue of the Highway Traffic Act, being Chapter H-7 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1980, and amendments thereto, which made provision for the enactment of by-laws relating to the regulation of vehicle and highway traffic; and WHEREAS, as Section 16 of the said Highway Traffic Act reads as follows: "with respect to highways under its direction, control and management, but subject to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Control Act, the Council of a municipality may make by-laws, not inconsistent with this Act, and on matters for which no provision is made in this Act, for the regulation and control of vehicle, animal and pedestrian traffic"; and WHEREAS the Motor Transport Act, R.S.A., 1980 c.M-20, as amended, provides that a municipality may make by- laws for the regulation of the weight of vehicles on roads within the municipality; THEREFORE, the Council of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, duly assembled, enacts as follows: PART ONE 1. This By-law may be cited as "The Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 General Traffic By-law". DEFINITIONS 2. (1) In this By-law, including this Section, unless contrary context otherwise requires: "ACT" means Highway Traffic Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1980, Chapter H- 7 and amendments thereto. "ALLEY" means a narrow highway intended chiefly to give access to the rear of buildings and parcels of land. "BICYCLE" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.A, 1980, c.H-7. "BOULEVARD" means, in an urban area, that part of a highway that: i) is not roadway, and ii) is that part of the sidewalk that is not especially adapted to the use of or ordinarily used by pedestrians. "CENTRE LINE" means: i) the center of a roadway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway, or ii) in the case of a highway designated by traffic control devices a) as an offset center highway, or b) as a highway having a certain number of traffic lanes for traffic moving in a certain direction at all times or.at specified times, the line dividing the lanes for traffic moving in opposite directions, or c) in the case of a divided highway, that portion ()fthe highway separating the roadways for traffic moving in opposite directions. "COMMERCIAL VEHICLE" i) means a truck, trailer or semi-trailer, except a) a truck, trailer or semi-trailer that is a public service vehicle, or b) a truck, trailer or semi-trailer or any class of vehicle that by the regulations or by any order of the Alberta Motor Transport Board is exempted from being classified as a commercial vehicle, '-' '-..,./ '-..,./ ._.,. BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 2 ii) includes a) a motor vehicle from which sales are made of goods, wares, merchandise or commodity, and b) a motor vehicle by means of which delivery is made of goods, wares, merchandise or commodity to a purchaser or consignee thereof. "COUNCIL" means the Council of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 duly assembled and acting as such. "CROSSWALK" means i) that part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connection of the lateral line of the sidewalks on the opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway, or ii) any part of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by other markings on the road surface. "CURB" means the actual curb, if there is one, and if there is no curb in existence, shall mean the division point of a highway between the part thereof intended for the use of vehicles and that part thereof intended for the use of pedestrians. "DAYTIME" means the period commencing one hour before sunrise and ending one hour after the following sunset. "DRIVER" or "OPERA TOR" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. "EMERGENCY VEHICLE" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, Revised Statues of Alberta, 1980. "HIGHWAY" means any thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct, lane, alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestle way or other place, whether public or privately owned, any part of which the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the passage or parking of vehicles, and i) includes: a) a sidewalk (including the boulevard portion of the sidewalk), b) where a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway, the ditch, and c) 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 fences, or all the land between the fence and the edge of the roadway, as the case may be. but ii) does not include a place declared by the Lieutenant Governor in Council not to be a Highway. "HOLDER" means a handicapped person who is lawfully in possession of a handicapped parking identification, being an identification symbol recognized by the Canadian Paraplegic Association, and displayed on the Vehicle. "HOLIDAY" means a Sunday, a statutory holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act, R.S.A., 1980, c.l-7, as amended or a day or portion of a day proclaimed by the Council as a Civic Holiday. "IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY" means a vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising operations. "INTERSECTION" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of: i) the lateral curb lines, or, if none, ii) the exterior edges of the Roadways, of 2 or more Highways which join one another at an angle whether or not one Highway crosses the other. "LICENSED WEIGHT" means the gross weight of all axles for which a public vehicle is licensed. v "--" "-"' "-../ BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 3 "MANAGER" means the Chief Administrative Officer of the Municipal Distlict of Greenview No. 16, or his designate. "MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WEIGHT" means the weight that may be born by an axle, an axle group or all axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles. "MOTORCYCLE" means a motor vehicle mounted on two or three wheels and includes those motor vehicles known to the trade as motorcycles, scooters and power bicycles but does not include an off-highway vehicle as defined in the Off- Highway Vehicle Act. "MOTOR VEHICLE" means i) a vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power, or ii) a moped but does not include a bicycle, an aircraft, a tractor, whether equipped with rubber tires or not, an implement of husbandry or a motor vehicle than runs only on rails. "MUNICIPAL DISTRICT" means the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. 'NIGHT TIME" means the period commencing one hour after sunset and ending one hour before the following sunrise. "OPERA TOR'S LICENSE" means a license to operate a motor vehicle issued pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Administration Act. "OWNER" is the registered owner and includes any person renting a motor vehicle or having the exclusive use thereof under a lease or otherwise for a period of more than 30 days. "PARADE" means a group of Pedestrians and/or Vehicles on a Highway that is likely to block, obstruct, impede, hinder or otherwise interfere with Pedestrian or vehicular traffic on the Highway, excluding a funeral procession. "PARK", "PARKED" and "PARKING" or any word or expression of similar connotation or import means a Vehicle remaining stationary in one place whether or not the Vehicle is occupied, excluding Vehicles stationary in one place: (i) while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers; or (ii) in compliance with the Traffic Control Device or the directions of a Peace Officer. "PARKING LANE" means that portion of a primary highway between i) the edge of the roadway to the right of the direction of traffic, and ii) the nearest solid white line (not being the centerline marked on the roadway.) "PEACE OFFICER" means all persons defined as such under the Highway Traffic Act, and a By-law Enforcement Officer appointed by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, pursuant to the Municipal Government Act to enforce the Municipal District's By-laws. "PEDESTRIAN" means a person afoot or a person in a wheel chair. "PRIMARY HIGHWAY" means a highway designated as a primary highway pursuant to the Public Highways Development Act. "ROADWAY" means the part of a highway intended for use by vehicular traffic. "RURAL AREA" means any area other than a city, town or village. "SEMI TRAILER" means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or properly and drawn by a truck tractor on which part of its weight and load rests. "SIDEWALK" means that part of a highway especially adapted to the use of or ordinarily used by pedestrians, and includes that part of a highway between the curb line thereof (or the edge of the roadway, where there is no curb line) and the adjacent property line, whether or not paved or improved. ,, "--"' \_..! '-" ,_: BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 4 PART TWO PARTTHREE "STOP" means i) when required, a complete cessation from vehicular movement, and ii) when prohibited, any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device. "TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE" means any sign, signal, marking or device placed, marked or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic. "TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL" means a traffic control device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is directed to stop or proceed. "TRAFFIC LANE" means i) outside an urban area, a longitudinal division of a roadway into a strip of sufficient width to accommodate the passage of a single line of vehicles but does not mean a parking lane, and ii) inside an urban area, a longitudinal division of a roadway into a strip of sufficient width to accommodate the passage of a single line of vehicles, and iii) whether or not the division is indicated by lines on the road surface. "TRAILER" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, Revised Statues of Alberta, 1980. "TRUCK" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, Revised Statues of Alberta, 1980. "TRUCK TRACTOR" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, Revised Statues of Alberta, 1980. "URBAN AREA" means a city, town or village. "VEHICLE" means a device in, upon, or by, which a person or thing may be transported or drawn upon a highway. "VIOLA TON TAG' means a tag or similar document issued by the Municipal District pursuant to the Municipal Government Act. "VIOLATION TICKET' means a ticket issued pursuant Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, S.A. 1988, c.P-21.5 , as amended. (2) Words, which have been defined in the Act, have the same meaning when they are used in the By-law, unless they have been otherwise defined in subsection (1) or unless the context expressly requires otherwise. SPEED 3. The rate of speed for all motor vehicles on the highways and roadways within Hamlets in the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 shall not exceed 40 kilometers per hour at any time of the day or night. PEDESTRIANS 4. (1) No person shall stand, sit or lie on any highway in such a manner as to obstruct the free flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic or so as to annoy or incommode any other person lawfully upon the highway. (2) a) No person shall march, join or participate in a Parade or Procession unless the Manager has issued a permit for such Parade or Procession. b) Any person wishing to organize or arrange a Parade shall advise the Manager of the proposed route and complete, at least 48 hours prior to the time of the Parade, the application for a Parade or Procession permit established by the Municipal District from time to time. c) The Manager may unconditionally approve, approve with conditions or refuse an application for a Parade or Procession permit. '' "-"' "-"' "-"' "-"' BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 5 PART FOUR PART FIVE d) No Parade or Procession shall obstruct the movement, use or operation of any fire apparatus or police vehicle or other emergency equipment or vehicles. e) No person driving any Vehicle shall drive through, nor shall any Pedestrian walk through the ranks of any military or funeral procession nor through the ranks of any other authorized Parade or Procession, now in any way obstruct, impede or interfere with the same. D Where a permit has been granted for a Parade or Procession: i) a person may congregate on the Sidewalks or portion of a Highway designated for the purpose in order to view the Parade or Procession; ii) the Municipal District may temporarily close for all or some types of traffic all or portions of the Highway along or near the route set out in the permit for the anticipated time of the Parade or Procession and for such additional time as is necessary to clear the Highway or Highways for normal traffic; and iii) the Municipal District may suspend temporarily Parking and loading privileges on all or a portion of the Highways on the proposed route of the Parade or Procession. g) If any funeral procession is in process of proceeding along any Highway, any Peace Officer may regulate all traffic in the vicinity. 5. (1) No person shall ride a Bicycle on any sidewalk except where expressly permitted so to do by this By-law. (2) Notwithstanding any provision in this By-law, Children's Bicycles having a wheel diameter of less than 50 centimeters are hereby permitted to ride on any Sidewalk. TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES 6. (1) The Manager is hereby authorized to prescribe where the Traffic Control Devices are to be located in the Municipal District, including Traffic Control Devices restricting the speed of vehicles. (2) No person shall operate or Park a Vehicle in contravention of any Traffic Control Devices within the Municipal District. (3) The Council hereby directs that a record shall be kept of all traffic control devices and their locations, which shall be open to public inspection during normal business hours. 7. The Municipal District Manager is hereby authorized to designate: (1) (2) PARKING Any highway as one which is closed temporarily in whole or in part to traffic if road is hazardous. Any area as one in which parking privileges are temporarily suspended; and Shall cause such highway or area to be marked with appropriate traffic control devices. 8. No person shall Park a vehicle at a place or area where a Traffic Control Device indicates that Parking there is restricted to a certain class of Vehicles only, unless the Vehicle is within the permitted class of Vehicles. 9. Unless permitted by a Traffic Control Device, a person shall not Park or permit a Vehicle to be Parked in any of the following areas: ( 1) on a Sidewalk or Boulevard; (2) on a Crosswalk or any part of a Crosswalk; '(3) within an Intersection or at an Intersection nearer than 5 meters to the projection of the corner property line immediately ahead or immediately behind; (4) within 5 meters of the approach to any stop sign, yield sign, or Crosswalk; (5) within 5 meters of any fire hydrant, or when the fire hydrant is not located at the Curb, within 5 meters of the point on the curb nearest the hydrant; (6) within 1.5 meters of an access to a garage, private Roadway, or driveway, or Vehicle cross way over a Sidewalk; (7) on any bridge or culvert. ,-, \...I ~ \...I '-'' BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 6 PART SIX (8) No person shall Park or permit a Vehicle to be Parked at any location indicated by a Traffic Control Device to be for handicapped parking, unless the person is a Holder, and their handicapped parking identification is clearly displayed on the front dash or windshield of the Vehicle. 10 (1) Where traffic control devices so indicate, no person shall park any vehicle upon any land owned or maintained by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, which the said Municipal District uses or permits to be used as a playground or recreation area or a public park. (2) No person shall park any vehicle upon any land owned by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, which the said Municipal District uses or permits to be used as a public campground, in excess of 24 hours in locations where traffic control devices are located, so indicating. (3) No person shall Park or permit a Vehicle or Trailer to be Parked on a Highway contrary to a Traffic Control Device. 11. No person shall park any trailer (whether designed for occupancy by persons or for the carrying of goods or equipment) 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. SPECIAL CLASSES OF VEHICLES 12. No person shall angle park any vehicle or tractor or trailer which singly or together exceeds six meters in overall length, upon any highway except at such locations as have been designated by the Municipal District by a traffic control device for such purpose. 13. No person shall Park a Vehicle or a Vehicle with any type of Trailer attached thereto upon any Highway if the overall length of the Vehicle or the Vehicle with the Trailer exceeds seven and one-half (7.5) meters: (1) between the hours of 17:00 hours on one day and 08:00 hours the following day; or (2) at any hour of the day or night when the said parked Vehicle or Vehicle and Trailer, would be located either in front of or across from or on the frontage of residential property, other than in an area designated by a Traffic Control Device for such purpose. The provision of Section 13 does not apply to Vehicles Parked for the purpose of loading or unloading goods or passengers to or from the premises abutting the Highway, for only such times as is reasonably necessary to load or unload the Vehicle. 14. No person shall park a vehicle or trailer used for the conveyance of flammable liquid or an explosive material: (1) upon a highway at any time. (2) nearer than one hundred and fifty (150) meters to a substantial building likely to contain persons or valuable goods and it shall have a warning notice clearly displayed. (3) 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. 15. (1) No person shall operate a vehicle in excess of the load limits, or the size limits, as legislated in the Motor Transport Act Weight and Dimension Regulations 229/88 and 230/88, or in contravention of any prohibitions as stated in this or any other Municipal District By-law without first obtaining from the Superintendent of Public Works a permit to do so, subject to such conditions as specified in the permit. .' \_..; '-" \_..; '-" BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 7 PART SEVEN (2) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles over or on any highway within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. when the vehicle or combination of vehicles is in excess of the allowable weight without first obtaining authorization from the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. (3) The Superintendent of Public Works or his designates are hereby appointed to issue permits on behalf of the Municipal District under this part. (4) No person shall operate a truck over and on any highway within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 where signs have been erected indicating that truck traffic is prohibited. (5) No person shall operate a public vehicle in respect of which an overload permit is issued pursuant to the Motor Transport Act on a Highway, under the direction, control and management of the Municipal District unless: a) the Municipal District has given approval for the operation of the public vehicle on that Highway; b) the owner, operator, driver or mover of the public vehicle shall agree to be responsible for all damages which may be caused to the Highway be reason of driving, operating or moving of any such Vehicle upon the Highway; and c) if requested by the Municipal District, the owner, operator, driver, or mover of the Vehicle posts a bond sufficient to cover the cost of repairing possible damages to the Highway in an amount satisfactory to the Municipal District. 16. (1) Unless permission to do so has been granted by the Superintendent of Public Works, no person shall operate or permit to be operated on a Highway: a) a Vehicle having metal spikes, lugs, cleats or bands projecting from the surface or the wheel or tire of such Vehicle, or other devices attached to its wheels or make a part thereof, which may injure the Highway, or b) any Vehicle having skids or not using triple grounder or flat surface tracks. (2) No person, except with the permission of the Superintendent of Public Works, shall operate or move upon or over any Municipal District highway any vehicle, load, building, machine, contrivance or things which may obstruct traffic, or which would exceed the maximum weight limitations as per Section 16(1) herein or any other object or thing which in the opinion of the Municipal District might have some adverse effect on the highway. (3) Before granting permission to move the load, object or thing over any highway is prescribed in Section 16(2), the Municipal District may, if in their opinion deem necessary, direct the applicant as to conditions under which such load, object or thing may be moved. 17. (1) The Superintendent of Public Works may issue a permit in special cases for the operation of a particular type of vehicle otherwise prohibited by this By-law. (2) The Superintendent of Public Works may require the owner, operator, driver or mover of such vehicle and/or load, or any of them as a condition precedent to obtaining such a permit, to agree to be responsible for all damages which may be caused to the highway by reason of driving, operating or moving of any such vehicle and/or load upon the highway, and the Municipal District may, as a condition precedent to the granting of such permit, require a bond sufficient to cover the cost of repairing such possible injury or damage to the highway. Failure on the part of the holder of the permit, the owner, or the operator, driver or mover of the vehicle and/or load, to comply with the condition set out in such permit constitutes a breach of this By-law. (3) Nothing in this By-law shall be construed as to require the entering into of an agreement by the Municipal District. TEMPORARY CLOSING OF HIGHWAYS 18. (1) The Manager may cause moveable signs to be placed on or near a Highway to indicate "No Parking", "Emergency Repairs", or"Snow Removal", and when so marked, such signs shall take precedence over all other Traffic Control Devices. '-" ''-' "-"' '-,./ BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 8 PART EIGHT (2) No person shall Park a Vehicle or permit a Vehicle to be Parked on a Highway from the time a sign or signs referred to in Section 18(1) have been placed, until such signs or signs have been removed. (3) Where the Vehicle was Parked prior to the placement of the signs referred to in Section 18(1), no person shall/eave that Vehicle Parked or permit that Vehicle to remain Parked on the Highway after the expiration of 24 hours from the time the sign or signs were placed, and until such signs or signs have been removed. POWERS OF PEACE OFFICER 19. (1) Any Peace Officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed any Vehicle: a) parked in contravention of a provision of this By-law; or b) where emergency conditions exist making removal of the Vehicle desirable. (2) Any vehicle removed pursuant to Sections 19(1) may be removed to: a) a nearby Highway; or b) a place designated by the Council where it will remain impounded until claimed by the Owner (3) Unless the Manager agrees, no impounded vehicle shall be released to its Owner until all removal and impounding charges have been paid to the Municipal District. (4) All charges for removal and/or impounding shall be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed in respect of any violation pursuant to this By-law. 20. A Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a Violation Tag to any person, who the Peace Officer has reasonable and probable grounds to be believe has contravened any provision of this By-law. 21. A Violation Tag may be issued to such person: a) personally; b) by mailing a copy to such person at his last known post office address; or c) by leaving it for the defendant at his residence with a person on the premises who appears to be at least 18 years of age. d) If a Vehicle is Parked in contravention of this By-law, a Peace Officer is authorized to place a Violation Tag on the Vehicle Parked in contravention of the By- law. 22. The Violation Tag shall be in a form approved by the Manager and shall state: a) the name of the defendant; b) the offence; c) the appropriate penalty for the offence as specified in this By-law; d) that the penalty shall be paid within 30 days of the issuance of the Violation Tag; e) any other information as may be required by the Manager. Where a contravention of this By-law is of a continuing nature, further Violation Tags may be issued by a Peace Officer, provided however, that no more than one Violation Tag shall be issued for each day that the contravention continues. Where a Violation Tag is issued pursuant to this By-Jaw, the person to whom the Violation Tag is issued may, in lieu of being prosecuted for the offence, pay to the Municipal District the penalty specified on the Violation Tag. Nothing in this By-law shall prevent a Peace Officer from immediately issuing a Violation Ticket. In those cases where a Violation Tag has been issued and if the penalty specified on the Violation Tag has not been paid within the prescribed time, then a Peace Officer is hereby authorized to issue a Violation Ticket pursuant to Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, to any person who the Peace Officer has reasonable grounds to believe has contravened any provision of the By-law. · . -. . \_/ '-_; '""-" '-" BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 9 PART NINE PARTTEN PART ELEVEN MISCELLANEOUS 23. 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. 24. No person shall pass beyond a point designated by a peace officer or a member of a fire department near the location of a fire. 25. (1) (2) (3) (4) 26. (1) (2) (3) No person shall allow himself to be drawn by a moving vehicle while he is riding upon a sled, toboggan, skis, trailer or other conveyance, upon a highway. No person shall coast on a sled, toboggan, skis or other conveyance, except a bicycle, upon a roadway or highway. Nothing in Subsection 25(2) herein shall be construed to permit a person to ride a Bicycle on a Sidewalk. No person shall ice skate or roller skate upon a roadway or highway. No person shall wash a vehicle upon a highway or so near a highway as to result in depositing mud or creating slush or ice upon a highway. No person operating premises for the sale of new or used vehicles or for washing vehicles shall wash such vehicles so as to result in water, mud or slush upon the highway. No person operating a business premises to which entry or exit for vehicles is made by a crossing located between the highway curb and the private property line shall allow water or mud, slush or ice or icy or frozen snow to remain on the public sidewalk or roadway portion of such crossing, but will keep the same clean and clear of all such matter, liquids or substances as may be or become a hazard to pedestrians or Vehicles. (4) No person owning or occupying property within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, to which entry or exit for vehicles is made onto a Municipal District road or public Roadway, shall allow water, mud, slush, ice, frozen snow or snow to be pushed onto the Municipal District or public roadway or to let such materials remain on the Municipal District Roadway or Public Roadway as a result of clearing or cleaning the exit or entry to the said property. PENALTIES 27. Any person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is guilty of an offence and subject to the penalties prescribed by Schedule "A" of this Bylaw. SEVERABILITY 28. Should any provision of this By-law be invalid, then such invalid provision shall be severed and the remaining By-law shall be maintained. This By-law shall come into force and effect upon the day of final passing. Read a first time thisJII~ay of~ , A.D., 1999. Readasecondtimethis~ayof /'htUeL ,A.D., 1999. Read a third time and finally passed thi~ay o~.:- :::.:AD~ 1999. ~ -------~--r--- REE\if ( .. : ·: ~ ~~ . CQ~~~-f_:-· "'"Mu"'"N"""Ic=-'IP""A":-LC.LM.::+ANAGE-R > ' '-"' '-"' ''-""' \._/ BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page 10 SCHEDULE "A' Notwithstanding any provision of this By-law, a Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to immediately issue a Violation Ticket pursuant to Part II ofthe Provincial Offences Procedure Act, to any person who the Peace Officer has reasonable grounds to believe has contravened any provision of this By-Jaw. Any person to whom a Violation Ticket has been issued may make a voluntary payment in respect of the Violation Ticket by delivering the Violation Ticket along with an amount equal to that specified for the offence as set out in this By-law, to the Provincial Court office specified on the Violation Ticket. OFFENCE Parking - restricted vehicle class Section 8 (1) a) & b), Part Five No Parking Zone (signs) Section 9 (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7), Part Five Parking - snow removal street Cleaning Zones Section 8, Part Five Parking - Municipal District owned or maintained playground, public park or recreation area Section 1 0 ( 1), Part Five Parking - Public Campground Section 1 0 (2), Part Five Parking - Roadway Section 10 (3), Part Five Parking an unattached trailer Section 11 , Part Five Angle parking of vehicle exceeding 6 meters Section 12, Part Six Parking vehicle with trailer attached Section 13, Part Six Parking vehicle with hazardous load Section 14, Part Six Load Permit- Municipal District permission Section 15 (1) & (2), Part Six Prohibited Truck Route Section 15 (4), Part Six Cleated Vehicle Section 16 (1) a), Part Six Loading or unloading in restricted zones Section 23, Part Nine Passing beyond a point near a fire Section 24, Part Nine FINE $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $100.00 $200.00 $100.00 $200.00 $30.00 $50.00 .. ., . ,~, . . - \_./ '---' '---'' v BYLAW 99-273 I GENERAL TRAFFIC BYLAW Page II OFFENCE FINE Towing behind vehicle $30.00 Section 25 (1), Part Nine Coasting on roadway $30.00 Section 25 (2), Part Nine Skating on roadway $30.00 Section 25 (4), Part Nine Washing vehicles $30.00 Section 26 (1) & (2), Part Nine Depositing snow on road $50.00 Section 26 (3) & (4), Part Nine A person found guilty of an offense is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) exclusive of costs and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.