Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 Traffic Bylaw No. 2025-17 — full text, Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17, Alberta

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## Short Title - This Bylaw may be cited as the "Traffic Bylaw" ". Definitions - 2 (1) In this Bylaw, words shall have the same meanings as in the Traffic Safety Act, and the regulations thereunder, except as otherwise defined below. - (2) In this Bylaw: ## THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF OPPORTUNITY ## BYLAW NO. 2025-17 ## TRAFFIC BYLAW A BYLAW OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF OPPORTUNITY, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE USE OF HIGHWAYS UNDER THE DIRECTION, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND THE PARKING OF VEHICLES ON SUCH HIGHWAYS AND ON PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY WHEREAS pursuant to section 13 of the Traffic Safety Act the council of a municipality may, with respect to highways under its direction, control and management, pass bylaws not inconsistent with the Traffic Safety Act respecting matters enumerated therein; AND WHEREAS pursuant to section 14 of the Traffic Safety Act the council of a municipality may pass bylaws governing the parking of vehicles on privately owned property; AND WHEREAS pursuant to section 108 of the Traffic Safety Act the council of a municipality may pass bylaws prescribing speed limits that are different from the speed limits established in that Act; AND WHEREAS pursuant to section 152 of the Traffic Safety Act the council of a municipality may, for the physical preservation of a highway, pass bylaws restricting the weight of a commercial vehicle or a commercial vehicle and any goods being carried by the vehicle; AND WHEREAS pursuant to section 7 of the Municipal Government Act the council of a municipality may pass bylaws for municipal purposes respecting the safety, health and welfare of people and the protection of people and property and the enforcement of bylaws; and NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17, in the Province of Alberta, duly assembled, enacts as follows: ## PART 1 - INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION (a) "Chief Administrative Officer" means the chief administrative officer of the Municipality, or his or her delegate; (b) "Council" means the municipal council of the Municipality; (c) "Hamlet" means an unincorporated community designated by Council from time to time as a hamlet of the Municipality pursuant to section 59 of the Municipal Government Act and includes, but is not limited to, the hamlets of Wabasca, Red Earth Creek, Sandy Lake, and Calling Lake; (d) "Heavy Vehicle" means a Vehicle, or a Vehicle with a Trailer attached, that has a gross weight of 7,000 kilograms or more, with or without load, or exceeds eleven metres in overall length; (e) "Municipality" means the municipal corporation of the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17, and includes the geographical area within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 where the context so requires; (f) "Municipal Road" means any thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct, lane, alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestleway or other place or any part of any of them, whether publicly or privately owned, that the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the passage or parking of vehicles and includes: (i) a sidewalk, including a boulevard adjacent to the sidewalk; (ii) if a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway, the ditch; and (iii) if a road 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 does not include Highway 813, Secondary Highway 754, a road located within a First Nations Reserve, or any other road that is not under the direction, control and management of the Municipality. (g) "Municipal Tag" means a tag or similar document issued by the Municipality pursuant to the Municipal Government Act that alleges a bylaw offence and provides a Person with the opportunity to pay an amount to the Municipality in lieu of prosecution for the offence; (h) "Off-Highway Vehicle" means any motorized mode of transportation built for crosscountry travel on land, water, snow, ice or 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, (ili) motorcycles and related 2-wheel vehicles, (iv) amphibious machines, - (v) all-terrain vehicles, - (vi) snow vehicles, - (vii) any other means of transportation that is propelled by any power other than muscular power or wind, but does not include: - (vili) motorboats, - (ix) miniature vehicles, including but not limited to go carts, golf carts and pocket bikes, that cannot be registered pursuant to the Operator Licensing and Vehicle Control Regulation, or - (x) any other vehicle exempted from being an off-highway vehicle by regulation; - (i) "Park", "Parking", or "Parked" means to allow a Vehicle, whether occupied or not, to remain stationary in one place, except: - (i) when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers, or - (i) when complying with a direction given by a Peace Officer or Traffic Control Device; - (i) "Peace Officer" means a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Community Peace Officer whose appointment includes enforcement of the Municipality's Bylaws, or a Bylaw Enforcement Officer appointed by the Municipality; - (k) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association. corporation, trustee, executor, administrator or other legal representative; - (1) "Traffic Control Device" means any temporary or permanent sign, signa,l marking or device placed, marked or erected under the authority of this Bylaw for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic or governing Parking; - (m) "Trailer" means a Vehicle so designed that it may be attached to or drawn by a Vehicle or implement of husbandry, and intended to transport property or persons, but does not include machinery or equipment used in the construction or maintenance of roads; - (n) "Vehicle" means a device in, upon or by which a Person or thing may be transported or drawn upon a Municipal Road and includes an Off-Highway Vehicle and a combination of Vehicles, but does not include a mobility aid; and - (o) "Violation Ticket" has the same meaning as in the Provincial Offences Procedure Act. ## Maximum Speeds - 3 A maximum speed in excess of or less than 80 kilometres per hour is hereby provided on the described portions of Municipal Road set out in Schedule "A". ## Engine Retarder Brakes - 4 No Person shall use engine retarder brakes within a Hamlet of the Municipality. Operating in Compliance with Traffic Control Devices - 5 No Person shall operate a Vehicle in contravention of a Traffic Control Device. Vehicles with Loads - No Person shall operate a Vehicle containing any load on a Municipal Road unless the load has been secured to prevent any part of it from falling onto the Municipal Road. ## Tracking Material - 7 (1) No Person shall operate a Vehicle on a Municipal Road so as to track any earth, sand, gravel or other material on the Municipal Road. - (2) A Person tracking material contrary to subsection (1) shall, in addition to any penalty that may be imposed under this Bylaw, be liable to clean up or remove the material tracked upon the Municipal Road and in default the Municipality may clean up or remove the material at the expense of the Person tracking the material. - (3) No Person shall place, or permit to be placed, any snow, ice, dirt, debris or other material removed from private property onto highways, right of ways, ditches or other public places of the Municipality except as authorized in writing by the Chief Administrative Officer or delegate. ## PART 3 - PARKING ## Parking in Compliance with Traffic Control Devices - 8 No Person shall Park a Vehicle in contravention of a Traffic Control Device. ## Parking within Spaces - 9 A Vehicle Parked on a Municipal Road in a location marked by lines or otherwise shall be Parked wholly within the marked parking space. ## Prohibited Parking ## PART 2 - OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS - 10 Unless permitted or required by a Traffic Control Device, no Person shall stop or Park a Vehicle: (a) on a Municipal Road adjacent to a curb or sidewalk that has been marked by being painted in a solid colour; (b) on a sidewalk or boulevard; (c) on a crosswalk or any part of a crosswalk, or within 5 metres of the near side of a crosswalk; - (d) in any driveway, lane or other location designated as a fire lane, an emergency access zone or otherwise being for the use of emergency vehicles; - (e) to the left of the centre line of a Municipal Road facing oncoming traffic; - (f) on a Municipal Road in a manner that blocks or obstructs: - (i) a doorway to a building; or - (i) the approach to any fire station, police station, hospital or other place where emergency vehicles require regular access; - (g) at an intersection within 5 metres to the projection of the curb or edge of the roadway; - (h) within an intersection other than immediately next to a curb in a "T" intersection; (i) within 5 metres of any approach to any stop or yield sign; (i) within 5 metres of any fire hydrant or, when the hydrant is not located at the curb, within 5 metres of the point on the curb nearest to the fire hydrant; (k) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping or Parking would obstruct traffic; (1) at any other place where a Traffic Control Device prohibits stopping or Parking, during such times as stopping or parking is so prohibited; (m) on the roadway side of a Vehicle parked or stopped at the curb or edge of a Municipal Road; (n) within 1.5 metres of an access to a garage, private road or driveway or a Vehicle crossway over a sidewalk; (0) at any angle to the curb in a cul-de-sac unless that Vehicle is parked in such a manner so as not to interfere with the free flow of traffic in the cul-de-sac; (p) in an alley, unless the Vehicle is a commercial vehicle with hazard warning lights alight and in the process of loading or unloading of goods or passengers; - (i) notwithstanding subsection 10(p), a commercial vehicle shall not be parked in an alley for more than 30 minutes; and - (i) nothing in subsection 10(p) permits a Person to park a Vehicle in an alley in a manner that blocks or obstructs the movement of traffic. (q) on any bridge or on any approach to a bridge. (r) at or near the site of any fire, accident or other emergency, if stopping or parking would obstruct traffic or hinder emergency vehicles or peace officers, firemen, ambulance drivers or assistants or rescue officers or volunteers; or - (s) in such a manner that may obstruct the safe movement of traffic and pedestrians using the roadway. ## Parking Reserved for Disabled Persons - 11 A Vehicle shall not be Parked on a Municipal Road in any location identified as being reserved for the use of Persons with disabilities unless the Vehicle: (a) displays a valid disabled placard or license plate issued or recognized by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles; and - (b) is being used for the transportation of a Person with a disability. ## Private Property with Public Access 12 (1) No Person shall Park a Vehicle on privately owned property to which Vehicles driven by members of the public generally have access unless the permission or authorization of the owner of the property or Person having possession or control of the property has been given for such Parking. (2) Subsection (1) applies only where the privately owned property has been clearly identified as having restrictions on Parking. (3) A Vehicle on privately owned property to which Vehicles driven by members of the public generally have access Parked in contravention of any specific restrictions on Parking identified for the location is presumed to be Parked without the permission or authorization in subsection (1). ## Private Property without Public Access 13 (1) No Person shall Park a Vehicle on privately owned property to which Vehicles driven by members of the public generally do not have access, but on which the owner of the property or a Person having possession or control of the property may Park or otherwise keep Vehicles, unless the permission or authorization of the owner of the property or Person having possession or control of the property has been given for such Parking. (2) Subsection (1) applies only where the privately owned property has been clearly identified as having restrictions on Parking. ## Abandoned Vehicle 14 - (1) No Person shall abandon a Vehicle on a Municipal Road. (2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), a Vehicle that is left standing in one location on a Municipal Road for more than 72 consecutive hours is deemed to have been abandoned at that location. ## Road Maintenance 15 (1) The Chief Administrative Officer may cause temporary "No Parking" signs to be placed on or near a Municipal Road for maintenance or construction purposes. (2) The owner of a Vehicle which remains Parked in an area where Parking has been prohibited pursuant to subsection (1) for a period of 12 hours subsequent to the placement of the appropriate signs shall be in contravention of this section. ## Trailers - 16 No Person shall Park any Trailer on a Municipal Road unless the Trailer is attached to a Vehicle by which it may be propelled or drawn. When so attached, the Trailer will be deemed to be part of the Vehicle it is attached to for the purposes of this Bylaw. ## Heavy Vehicle Parking - 17 No Person may: - (a) Park a Heavy Vehicle in any parking lot, except a parking lot specifically designated for the Parking of Heavy Vehicles or Trailers. - (b) Park a Heavy Vehicle in a location adjacent to residential uses, except - commercial vehicles with hazard warning lamps alight and in the process of loading or unloading goods; or construction equipment being used during the construction or improvement of property, provided that the equipment is Parked adjacent to the property where the work is being done. ## Operating Off-Highway Vehicles 18 ## PART 4 - OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES - (1) A Person may only operate an Off-Highway Vehicle: 2. (a) in the ditch adjacent to a roadway; 3. (b) where there is no ditch adjacent to a roadway, or where the ditch is obstructed, in the parking lane of the roadway; or 4. (c) where there is no ditch adjacent to the roadway and the roadway does not include a parking lane, or where both the ditch and the parking lane are obstructed, in the rightmost lane of the roadway. (2) Nothing in this Part relieves any Person from complying with any provision of any federal or provincial legislation affecting Off-Highway Vehicles, including without restriction, the Traffic Safety Act and all applicable regulations thereunder. - (3) For greater certainty, and without in any way restricting subsection (2), no Person shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle on a Municipal Road unless the Oft-Highway Vehicle is: 2. (a) duly registered and insured pursuant to the Traffic Safety Act, 3. (b) equipped with headlamps, taillamps, an exhaust muffler and such other equipment as required by the Off-Highway Vehicle Regulation; 4. (c) travelling in single file with any other Off-Highway Vehicles; and 5. (d) when travelling on a roadway, travelling in the same direction as other Vehicles. ## Operating Restrictions ## 19 (1) No Person shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle in an area where a Traffic Control Device prohibits the operation of Off-Highway Vehicles. (2) No Person shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle on a Municipal Road within the Hamlets of Wabasca and Calling Lake between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. MST. (3) No Person shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle on a Municipal Road at a speed in excess of 30 kilometers per hour or, where a lower speed limit has been prescribed, in excess of that prescribed limit. (4) No Person shall operate or ride as a passenger on an Off-Highway Vehicle where the number of Persons on the Off-Highway Vehicle exceeds the number of Persons that the Off-Highway Vehicle is designed to carry. - (5) No Person shall operate or Park an Off-Highway Vehicle on any lands used or permitted to be used a school yard, playground, recreation area, public park or campground. - (6) No Person under 16 years of age shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle without adult supervision. - (7) No Person shall permit a Person who is under 16 years of age to operate an OffHighway Vehicle without adult supervision. ## Exemption - 20 The restrictions set out in subsections 18(2) and 19(1), (2), (3), and (5) do not apply to Peace Officers, or agents or employees of the Municipality, while operating Off-Highway Vehicles in the performance of their official duties. ## PART 5 - VEHICLE WEIGHT AND DIMENSIONS ## Weight and Dimensional Restrictions and Road Bans 21 - (1) Road bans, weight restrictions, and dimensional restrictions, are hereby imposed on the prescribed portions of the Municipal Roads set out in Schedule "B", and on the terms set out in Schedule "B". - (2) The Chief Administrative Officer shall cause Traffic Control Devices to be placed along Municipal Roads, as the Chief Administrative Officer considers necessary, to notify Persons operating Vehicles on Municipal Roads of the applicable road bans, weight restrictions, and dimensional restrictions. ## Compliance with Road Bans 22 - (1) No Person shall operate a Vehicle on a Municipal Road or portion thereof that is subject to a road ban if the weight of the carrying axle or axle group of the Vehicle exceeds the specified percentage axle weight imposed by the road ban, unless that Person has been issued an overweight permit in accordance with this Bylaw. - (2) Subsection (1) is subject to any provincial legislation exempting certain Vehicles from road bans or permitting an increased specified percentage of axle weight. ## Compliance with Weight Restrictions - 23 No Person shall operate a Vehicle on a Municipal Road subject to a weight restriction when the weight of the Vehicle exceeds the maximum allowable weight established pursuant to this Bylaw, unless that Person has been issued an overweight permit in accordance with this Bylaw. ## Compliance with Dimensional Restrictions - 24 No Person shall operate a Vehicle on a Municipal Road subject to a dimensional restriction when the dimensions of the Vehicle exceed the maximum allowable dimensions established pursuant to this Bylaw, unless that Person has been issued an overdimension permit in accordance with this Bylaw. ## Overweight and Overdimension Permits 25 - (1) The Chief Administrative Officer may, upon receipt of an application in a manner approved by the Chief Administrative Officer, issue to a Person an overweight or overdimension permit for the purpose of allowing a commercial vehicle to operate on a Municipal Road in a manner that would otherwise contravene a weight or dimensional restriction or road ban under this Bylaw. - (2) In issuing a permit under this section, the Chief Administrative Officer may impose such terms and such conditions as are determined to be necessary or beneficial in his or her sole discretion. - (3) Under no circumstances shall a permit be issued allowing a Vehicle to exceed the maximum allowable weight or dimension restrictions imposed under the Traffic Safety Act and the regulations thereunder unless a corresponding provincial permit has been issued. - (4) An overweight or overdimension permit may require a Person to pay such amounts, or post security in a form and amount, or both, as may be determined by the Chief Administrative Officer in order to secure performance of the Person's obligations under the overweight or overdimension permit. - (5) The holder of an overweight or overdimension permit must, at all times, ensure that any conditions attached to the overweight or overdimension permit are complied with and, in addition to a penalty imposed pursuant to this Bylaw, a failure to comply with a condition attached to an overweight or overdimension permit shall render the permit invalid. - (6) No Person shall contravene any term or condition of an overweight or overdimension permit issued pursuant to this section. ## Obligations of Permit Holders 26 - (1) A Person to whom a permit has been issued pursuant to this Bylaw and any Person carrying out an activity otherwise regulated, restricted or prohibited to this Bylaw pursuant - (4) The onus of proving that a permit has been issued in relation to any activity otherwise such a permit on a balance of probabilities. to such permit, shall produce the permit to a Peace Officer upon request. (2) A Person shall not make any false or misleading statement or provide any false or misleading information to obtain a permit pursuant to this Bylaw. (3) If any term or condition of a permit issued pursuant to this Bylaw is contravened or if a false or misleading statement or false or misleading information was provided to obtain the permit, then in addition to any other remedy available to the Municipality, the Chief Administrative Officer may immediately cancel the permit. regulated, restricted or prohibited by this Bylaw is on the Person alleging the existence of ## PART 6 - AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND PEACE OFFICERS ## Authority of the Chief Administrative Officer - 27 Without restricting any other power, duty or function granted by this Bylaw, the Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to: (a) carry out any inspections to determine compliance with this Bylaw; (b) take any steps or carry out any actions required to enforce this Bylaw; (c) take any steps or carry out any actions required to remedy a contravention of this Bylaw; (d) establish areas where activities restricted by this Bylaw are permitted; (e) establish forms for the purpose of this Bylaw; (f) establish the criteria to be met for a permit pursuant to this Bylaw; (g) issue permits on such terms and conditions as are deemed appropriate; (h) prescribe the location and placement of any Traffic Control Device in the Municipality and keep or cause to be kept a record of such locations and placements; (i) temporarily close any Municipal Road for the purpose of repairs, maintenance or other valid reason or in the case of an emergency; (i) prescribe maximum speed limits for a Municipal Road that is under construction or repair, or is in a state of disrepair; (k) cause moveable signs to be placed on or near a Municipal Road; (1) delegate any powers, duties or functions under this Bylaw to an employee or agent of - the Municipality. ## Chalking Tires - 28 In order to determine the time period over which a Vehicle has been Parked in a location, a Peace Officer may place an erasable chalk mark on the tread face of the tire of a Parked Vehicle, or use any other reasonable method capable of determinin the time period over which a Vehicle has been Parked, without the Peace Officer incurring any liability relating thereto. ## Towing 29 - (1) A Peace Officer may cause any Vehicle to be removed and impounded when the Vehicle is parked in contravention of this Bylaw or where emergency conditions require that the Vehicle be removed. - (2) Any Vehicle removed pursuant to subsection (1) may be moved to: 3. (a) a nearby Municipal Road; or 4. (b) a place designated by the Municipality where it will remain impounded until claimed by its owner. - (3) Any Vehicle impounded pursuant to subsection (2)(b) may be released to its owner upon payment of all costs imposed for towing and storage. - (4) Where a Vehicle is impounded pursuant to subsection (2)(b) and is not claimed within thirty days of its removal, the Vehicle may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the Traffic Safety Act and the regulations thereunder. ## Municipal Tags 30 - (1) A Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a Municipal Tag to any Person who the Peace Officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe has contravened any provision of this Bylaw. - (2) A Municipal Tag may be served: 3. (a) personally, to the accused; 4. (b) mailed to the address of the registered owner of the Vehicle concerned, or the Person concerned; or 5. (c) attached to or left upon the Vehicle with respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed. - (3) The Municipal Tag shall be in a form approved by the Chief Administrative Officer and shall state: 7. (a) the name of the Person to whom the Municipal Tag is issued, if known; 8. (b) a description of the offence and the applicable Bylaw section; 9. (c) the appropriate penalty for the offence as specified in Schedule "C" of this Bylaw; 10. (d) that the penalty shall be paid within fourteen (14) days of the issuance of the Municipal Tag in order to avoid prosecution; and 11. (e) any other information as may be required by the Chief Administrative Officer. - (4) Where a contravention of this Bylaw is of a continuing nature, further Municipal Tags may be issued by a Peace Officer, provided that no more than one Municipal Tag shall be issued for each day that the contravention continues. - (5) A Person to whom a Municipal Tag has been issued may pay the penalty specified on the Municipal Tag and if the amount is paid on or before the required date, the Person will not be prosecuted for the offence. - (6) Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent a Peace Officer from immediately issuing a Violation Ticket. ## Violation Tickets 31 - (1) Where a Municipal Tag. has been issued and the penalty specified on the Municipal Tag is not paid within the prescribed time, a Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a Violation Ticket. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a Peace Officer may immediately issue a Violation Ticket to any Person whom the Peace Officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe has contravened any provision of this Bylaw. - (3) A Violation Ticket issued with respect to a contravention of this Bylaw shall be served upon the Person responsible for the contravention in accordance with the Provincial Offences Procedure Act. - (4) Subject to the Provincial Offences Procedure Act and the regulations thereunder, if a Violation Ticket is issued in respect of an offence, the Violation Ticket may: 5. (a) specify the fine amount established by this Bylaw for the offence in Schedule "C"; or 6. (b) require a Person to appear in court without the alternative of making voluntary payment. - (5) A Person who commits an offence may: ## Offence - 32 A Person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine in an amount not less than that established in this Part and not exceeding $10,000.00. ## Specified Penalties - 33 Without restricting the generality of section 26, the fine amounts established for use on Municipal Tags and Violation Tickets if a voluntary payment option is offered are as set out in Schedule "C". ## Owner Liable ## 34 - () Int Rection. " owner includes any Person registered as an owner at the Motor - (2) If a Vehicle is involved in an offence under this Bylaw, the owner of that Vehicle is guilty of an offence. - (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the Owner of the Vehicle satisfies the court that, at the time that the Vehicle was involved in an offence: - (a) In the case of a Vehicle that was in motion; - i. the Owner of the Vehicle was not driving the Vehicle, and - ii. no other person was driving the Vehicle with the Owner's expressed or implied consent, or - (b) In the case of a Vehicle that was parked, - (a) if a Violation Ticket is issued in respect of the offence; and - (b) if a Violation Ticket specifies the fine amount established by this Bylaw for the offence; make a voluntary payment equal to the specified fine. - (6) When a clerk records in the Court the receipt of a voluntary payment pursuant to this Bylaw and the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, the act of recording receipt of that payment constitutes acceptance of the guilty plea and also constitutes a conviction and the imposition of a fine in the amount of the specified penalty. ## PART 7 - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES ## Severability - 35 Should any provision of this Bylaw be invalid, then such provision shall be severed, and the remaining Bylaw shall be maintained. ## Bylaw Schedules - 36 Schedule "A" - Speed Limit Exceptions, Schedule "B" - Road Bans, Weight Restrictions and Dimension Restrictions, and Schedule "C"- Specified Penalties attached hereto shall form part of this Bylaw. ## Repeal 37 - (1) Bylaw 96-02, the Road Protection and Traffic Control Bylaw, is hereby repealed. - (2) Bylaw 2020-17, the Off-Highway Vehicle Bylaw, is hereby repealed. - (3) Bylaw 2022-12, Traffic Bylaw is hereby repealed - (4) Bylaw 2024-09, Traffic Bylaw is hereby repealed ## Effective Date - 38 This Bylaw takes effect upon being passed. READ a first time this gth day of September, 2025. READ a second time this 8th day of September. 2025. READ a third time this and day of September 2025. SIGNED AND PASSED this 2and day of September \_, 2025.   Marshall/Ø. Auger, Reeve Chad Tullis, Chief Administrative Officer - i. the Owner did not park the Vehicle, and - ii. no other Person parked the Vehicle with the Owner's expressed or implied consent. ## PART 8 - GENERAL ## SCHEDULE "A" - SPEED LIMIT EXCEPTIONS In accordance with section 108(1)(b) of the Traffic Safety Act, as amended, Council hereby prescribes: - A 50 km/hr speed limit for all Vehicles operating on Municipal Roads within a Hamlet, unless otherwise posted. ## SCHEDULE "B" - ROAD BANS, WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND DIMENSION RESTRICTIONS Road Bans shall be in place on the following Municipal Roads or portions of Municipal Roads, for the months of March, April and May annually, based on the listed maximum percentage axle weight: ## HIGHWAY DESCRIPTION PERCENTAGE AXLE WEIGHT | 1) | Red Earth Creek Forestry Road, Transportation Road, Red Earth Drive, Airport Road | 75% | |------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------| | 2) | Calling Lake Orloff Tower Road From S.H. 813 to West 13 km Calling Lake Drive | 75% | | | Wabasca Old Sandy Lake Road From S.H. 813 to IR 166 | 75% | | | Wabasca Landfill to Res. 166C | 90% | The following Dimensional Restrictions shall be placed on all Municipal Roads within the Municipality: - The maximum allowable dimensions of a Vehicle on a Municipal Road shall be the same as the maximum allowable dimensions specified in the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, c T-6, as amended or replaced from time to time, and the Commercial Vehicle Dimension and Weight Regulation, Alta Reg 315/2002, as amended or replaced from time to time. ## The following Weight Restrictions shall be in place on all Municipal Roads within the Municipality: - The maximum allowable weight of a Vehicle on a Municipal Road shall be the same as the maximum allowable weight specified in the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, c T-6, as amended or replaced from time to time, and the Commercial Vehicle Dimension and Weight Regulation, Alta Reg 315/2002, as amended or replaced from time to time. ## SCHEDULE "C" - SPECIFIED PENALTIES | Section | Infraction | Penalty | Penalty | |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|------------------| | | | Municipal Tag | Violation Ticket | | Section 4 | Unauthorized use of engine retarder brakes | $100 | $200 | | Section 5 | Operate Vehicle contrary to Traffic Control Device | $75 | $150 | | Section 6 | Unsecured load | $150 | $300 | | Section 7 | Track on road | $150 | $300 | | Section 8 | Parking contrary to Traffic Control Device | $75 | $150 | | Section 9 | Parking outside of marked space | $75 | $150 | | Section 10 (all subsections) | Prohibited Parking | $75 | $150 | | Section 11 | Unauthorized Parking in Disabled stall | $75 | $150 | | Sections 12 & 13 | Unauthorized Parking on Private Property | $75 | $150 | | Sections 14 | Abandoned Vehicle | $125 | $250 | | Section 15 | Road maintenance prohibited Parking | $125 | $250 | | Section 16 | Unattached trailer | $125 | $250 | | Section 17 | Improper Parking of Heavy Vehicle | $300 | $600 | | Sections 18 & 19 (all subsections) | | Unauthorized Operation of Off- Highway Vehicle | $150 | $300 | | Section 19(c) | Operating Restrictions - Including but not limited to the immediate seizure of the off- highway vehicle | $100 | $300 | | Section 22 | Operate contrary to road ban | $500 | $1,000 | |---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------| | Section 23 | Operate contrary to weight restriction | $500 | $1,000 | | Section 24 | Operate contrary to dimensional restriction | $500 | $1,000 | | Section 25(6) | Contravention of terms of overweight / overdimension permit | $500 | $1,000 | | Section 26(1) | Failure to produce permit | $500 | $1,000 | | Section 26(2) | False/misleading statement or information used to obtain permit | $500 | $1,000 |