Municipal District of Provost No. 52 Speed Limits In Hamlets and Lakes Bylaw No. 2211 — full text, Municipal District of Provost No. 52, Alberta

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Speed Limits In Hamlets and Lakes Bylaw Bylaw No. 2211 Bylaw No. 2211 of the Municipal District of Provost No. 52 in the Province of Alberta. A bylaw that would regulate and control the speed of any vehicle involving the use of streets, lanes and roads within the Hamlets of Bodo, Cadogan, Hayter and Metiskow and the Parks of Capt. Ayre Lake, Shorncliffe Lake and Hansman Lake. 1. "driver" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. 2. "hamlet" means Bodo, Cadogan, Hayter and Metiskow. 3. "vehicle" means a device, in, on or by which a person or thing may be transported or drawn on a highway. WHEREAS pursuant to Section 13 of the Traffic Safety Act Chapter T-6 Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000, the Council of the Municipal District is the "speed authority"; AND WHEREAS Council is desirous of setting speed limits within the Hamlets of Bodo, Cadogan, Hayter and Metiskow in accordance with urban area limits under the Highway Traffic Act; AND WHEREAS Council is desirous of setting speed limits within Capt. Ayre Lake, Hansman Lake and Shorncliffe Lake grounds; AND WHEREAS the Public Works Superintendent is authorized to erect traffic control signs throughout the hamlets and lakes in accordance with the speed limits indicated; NOW THEREFORE pursuant to the Traffic Safety Act Chapter T-6 Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000, the Council of the Municipal District of Provost No. 52 enacts as follows: 1. No person shall drive in a hamlet at a greater rate of speed than 50 kilometers per hour. 2. "playground zone" means a zone on a street indicated by a traffic control sign as an area where children a. may be expected to be on the highway, or b. are permitted to cross the highway. 3. No driver shall drive within a playground zone in a hamlet a. at a rate of speed greater than 30 kilometers per hour between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and one hour after sunset. 4. No driver shall pass or attempt to pass a vehicle moving in the same direction as he is in a playground zone when the speed limit is in effect. 5. A playground zone a. begins where there is a traffic control sign indicating the playground zone, and b. ends where there is a traffic control sign indicating a greater rate of speed or end of the zone. 6. No driver shall drive within the grounds of Shorncliffe or Hansman Lake at a speed greater than 15 kilometers per hour at any time. 7. No driver shall drive within the grounds of Capt. Ayre Lake at a speed greater than 15 kilometers per hour at any time. THIS BYLAW WILL RESCIND BYLAW NO. 2211. Read a first time this 8th day of July A.D., 2010. Read a second time this 8th day of July A.D., 2010. Read a third time and finally passed this 8th day of July A.D., 2010.