Bylaw No. 2011/38 Road Protection and Traffic Control Bylaw
Red Deer County, Alberta
· No. 2011/38
· adopted 2012-01-10
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BYLAW NO. 2011/38
(Road Protection and Traffic Control Bylaw)
A BYLAW OF RED DEER COUNTY, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, TO REGULATE AND
CONTROL VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND USE OF HIGHWAYS WITHIN
RED DEER COUNTY.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the authority conferred upon it by the Municipal Government Act,
Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 and the Traffic Safety Act, Revised Statutes of
Alberta 2000 Chapter T-6, and the Public Highways Development Act, Revised Statutes of
Alberta 2000 Chapter P-38, and all amendments, regulations and Ministerial Orders thereto, the
Council of Red Deer County being duly assembled, hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1 - TITLE
This bylaw may be referred to as the "Road Protection and Traffic Control Bylaw."
SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS
In this bylaw, unless the content otherwise requires:
2.1
Access means and includes an approach used to connect private property with the
roadway or a highway for the purpose of providing access to or from a highway;
2.2
Alley means a narrow highway intended chiefly to give access to the rear of buildings
and parcels of land;
2.3
Authorized Agent means the County Manager, a Patrol Officer or any person authorized
by the County Manager to act on behalf of the County;
2.4
Backslope means that portion of a highway which extends outward from the bottom of
the ditch or the sideslope to the boundary of the road allowance;
2.5
Chief Administrative Officer means the Chief Administrative Officer of Red Deer County
and whatever subsequent title may be conferred on him by the Council or Statutes;
2.6
Commercial Vehicle means a vehicle operated on a highway by or on behalf of a person
for the purpose of providing transportation but does not include a private passenger
vehicle;
2.7
Council and County Council mean the council of Red Deer County, Province of Alberta;
2.8
County means Red Deer County in the province of Alberta;
2.9
County Manager means the chief administrative officer of Red Deer County and any
other title bestowed upon that person by Council;
2.10 Culvert means a channel or drain of any type of construction designed to conduct water
under, along or across a road or highway;
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2.11 Dangerous Goods means any product, substance or organism in amounts for which
placards and/or written shipping documentation are required by the Dangerous Goods
Transportation and Handling Act of Alberta and all regulations thereat;
2.12 Director of Operations means the person appointed to that position for the County;
2.13 Disabled Person means and includes a handicapped person that has been diagnosed as
such by a medical practitioner and who satisfies the requirements for issue by the
Province of Alberta of a disabled parking placard, being Sign IC-14, as specified in the
Canadian Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices;
2.14 Disabled Persons Parking Zone means a parking spot, whether on public or private
property reserved for disabled persons parking and which has been so designated by a
Traffic Control Device erected by the County or a landowner as the case may be;
2.15 Driver or Operator means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a
vehicle;
2.16 Highway means thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct,
lane, alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestleway or other place, whether publicly or
privately owned, any part of which the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for
the passage or parking of vehicles and includes
(a)
a sidewalk including a boulevard adjacent to the sidewalk;
(b)
if a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway, the ditch; and
(c)
if 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;
2.17 Implement of Husbandry means
(a)
a tractor designed and used for agricultural purposes,
(b)
a vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural,
aquacultural or livestock raising operations;
2.18 Industrial/Commercial Subdivision means and includes any area of the county
designated by council exclusively for industrial/commercial purposes, including any area
in a land use district which includes "Industrial" or "Commercial" within the title of the
district.
2.19 Maximum Allowable Weight means the weight that may be borne by a commercial
vehicle;
2.20 Motor Vehicle means
(a)
a vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power, or
(b)
a moped,
but does not include a bicycle, a power bicycle, an aircraft, an implement of husbandry
or a motor vehicle that runs only on rails;
2.21 Off Highway Vehicle means any motorized mode of transportation built for cross-country
travel on land, water, snow, ice or marsh or swamp land or on other natural terrain and,
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without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes, when specifically designed for
such travel;
(a)
4-wheel drive vehicles,
(b)
low pressure tire vehicles,
(c)
motorcycles and related 2-wheel vehicles,
(d)
amphibious machines,
(e)
all terrain vehicles.
(f)
miniature motor vehicles,
(g)
snow vehicles.
(h)
minibikes, and
(i)
any other means of transportation that is propelled by any power other than
muscular power or wind,
but does not include
(j)
motor boats, or
(k)
any other vehicle exempted from being an off highway vehicle by provincial
regulation;
2.22 Owner means the person who owns a vehicle and includes any person renting a vehicle
or having the exclusive use of a vehicle under a lease that has a term of more than
30 days or otherwise having the exclusive use of a vehicle for a period of more than
30 days;
2.23 Park when prohibited, means allow a vehicle (whether occupied or not) to remain
standing in one place, except
(a)
when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
or unloading passengers, or
(b)
when standing in obedience to a peace officer or traffic control officer;
2.24 Patrol Officer means a Community Peace Officer as defined under the Peace Officer Act
of Alberta and refers to those officers so appointed for Red Deer County;
2.25 Peace Officer means
(a)
a member of the Red Deer County Patrol Department, and
(b)
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
2.26 Pedestrian means
(a) a person on foot, or
(b) a person in or on a mobility aid,
and includes those persons designated by the Traffic Safety Act regulations as
pedestrians;
2.27 Percentage Axle Weight means the maximum percentage of weight that is applied to the
maximum allowable weights of carrying axles to determine the weight they may bear on
a highway at the points of contact with the highway;
2.28 Prohibited Dangerous Goods Route means a highway or portion of highway on which a
vehicle transporting dangerous goods is prohibited from traveling as designated;
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2.29 Residential Subdivision means and includes a hamlet, or any area of the county
designated by council exclusively for residential purposes, including any area included in
a land use district which includes "Residential" within the title of the district, and in a
Manufactured Home park land use district;
2.30 Roadway means that part of the highway designed and intended for use of vehicular
traffic;
2.31 Road Use Agreement means a written understanding reached between the County and
others in respect of use of highways under the jurisdiction of Red Deer County;
2.32 Rubbish means any solid or liquid material or product or combination thereof, including,
but not limited to,
(a) litter, refuse, garbage, paper, packaging, containers, bottles, cans, grain, grass,
hay, straw, manure, human or animal excrement, sewage or the whole or part of
an animal carcass, or
(b) the whole or part of any article, raw or processed material, vehicle or machinery, or
any other thing that is designated as waste in the Environmental Protection and
Enhancement Act of Alberta and the regulations thereto;
2.33 Sideslope means the portion of a highway which extends outward from the roadway for
a distance of not less than 2.5 metres, or from the roadway to the bottom of the ditch;
2.34 Sidewalk means that part of a highway especially adapted for the use of or ordinarily
used by pedestrians and includes that part of a highway between
(a) the curb line, or
(b) where there is no curb line, the edge of the roadway,
and the adjacent property line, whether or not it is paved or improved;
2.35 Traffic Control Device means any sign, signal, marking or device placed, marked or
erected under the authority of this bylaw for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding
traffic;
2.36 Traffic Control Signal means a traffic control device whether manually, electrically or
mechanically operated, by which traffic is directed to stop and to proceed;
2.37 Trailer means a vehicle so designed that it
(a) may be attached to or drawn by a motor vehicle or tractor, and
(b) is intended to transport property or persons,
and includes any vehicle defined by regulation as a trailer but does not include
machinery or equipment solely used in the construction or maintenance of highways;
2.38 Vehicle, other than an Off Highway Vehicle, means a device in, on or by which a person
or thing may be transported or drawn on a highway and includes a combination of
vehicles but does not include a mobility aid.
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SECTION 3 - AUTHORITY
3.1
The County Manager or his delegate is hereby authorized to administer and enforce the
provisions of this bylaw and may levy charges in accordance with this bylaw or as may
be authorized by Council pursuant to the provisions of this bylaw. When this bylaw
authorizes the County to act or gives to the County a discretion, the County Manager or
his delegate is authorized to act on behalf of the County.
3.2
Except as otherwise set out, in this bylaw, Council hereby delegates to the County
Manager the authority to regulate and control the use of all Highways in the County as
defined in this bylaw or the Traffic Safety Act.
3.3
The County Manager is authorized to designate where any Traffic Control Device or a
Traffic Control Signal shall be placed and to arrange for the installation of such devices.
SECTION 4 - ROAD PROTECTION AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
4.1
No person shall do any act that is likely to cause or does damage to one or more of the
following:
(a)
a highway,
(b)
a culvert,
(c)
a bridge,
(d)
any public property, or
(e)
any private property permitted by the County to be situated within a highway or
road allowance.
4.2
No person shall do any act that is likely to cause or does cause an obstruction to be on
or within one or more of the following:
(a) a highway,
(b) a culvert,
(c) a bridge,
(d) any public property, or
(e) any private property permitted by the County to be situated within a highway or road
allowance.
4.3
No person shall operate a vehicle with a load that is likely to shift, slip, blow off or fall off
the vehicle.
4.4
A peace officer may order a load or cargo being carried on a vehicle to be properly
contained before the vehicle is allowed to proceed.
4.5
No person shall operate or move on a highway any vehicle, equipment or machine not
equipped with rubber tires which support the weight of the vehicle or equipment or
machine while being operated or moved on a highway unless permission to do so has
been obtained from the County.
4.6
No person shall move or cause or allow to be moved any implement of husbandry,
machine, off highway vehicle, or vehicle if such movement is likely to cause the spread
of noxious weeds or weed seeds.
4.7
For the purpose of Section 4.6, "noxious weeds" means a plant designated as such
under the Weed Control Act of Alberta.
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4.8
No person shall operate on a highway a vehicle or vehicle and cargo which exceeds the
maximum allowable weight for the vehicle as stipulated on the certificate of registration
for the vehicle without obtaining permission from the County or an authorized agent of
the County before operating the vehicle on a highway.
4.9
No person shall operate on a highway a vehicle or vehicle and cargo which exceeds the
maximum allowable weight for the steering axles of the vehicle as determined in
accordance with the Traffic Safety Act and regulations thereto without permission issued
by the County and the appropriate permits as issued by the Alberta Government.
4.10 No person shall operate on a highway a vehicle or vehicle and cargo which exceeds the
maximum percentage axle weight allowance for the carrying axles of the vehicle without
obtaining permission from the County before operating the vehicle on a highway during a
road ban.
4.11 No person shall use any implement of husbandry or machine to cultivate or harrow or in
any way disturb or damage the sideslope or "backslope" portion of a highway without
permission to do so from the County.
4.12 The permission referred to in Section 4.11 shall be in writing and signed by the County
Manager, a patrol officer or an authorized agent of the County.
4.13 No person shall remove from a highway any gravel, asphalt, pavement or other material
used to surface a roadway.
4.14 No person shall cause or do any act that causes grass, hay or straw clippings or stalks
to be deposited on the roadway portion of a highway.
4.15 No person shall deposit or dispose of rocks, brush, roots, twigs, branches or any other
rubbish refuse or debris in a ditch or on any portion of a highway without permission to
do so from the County.
4.16 The landowner adjacent to, on the same side of the highway beside which rocks, brush
or other debris is located shall be responsible for removing the rocks, brush or debris.
4.17 No person shall cause or allow oil or any chemical or any liquid to be placed on a
highway without obtaining permission to do so from the County.
4.18 No person shall cause or allow to be deposited or disposed of on a highway any
substance or object which may be or is hazardous to a person or vehicle.
4.19 No person shall construct an access onto or within a highway right of way or road
allowance without approval or permission to do so from the County.
4.20 A peace officer is hereby authorized to take any action deemed reasonable and
necessary to prevent continuation of any act prohibited by this Section 4 and may, but is
not restricted, to the following:
(a)
order the vehicle, vehicle and cargo, equipment, implement of husbandry machine,
or object to be removed from a highway;
(b)
detour any vehicle, vehicle and cargo, equipment, implement of husbandry or
machine;
(c)
order a person to cease any act which constitutes a breach of this section.
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4.21 Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4, no person shall cause, allow or do any act
that is liable to or does create an unsafe condition or a traffic hazard to exist on a
highway without permission to do so from the County.
4.22 If in the opinion of a peace officer, a condition exists on a highway which is considered to
be unsafe or a traffic hazard, a peace officer may close the highway, detour traffic or
take any action deemed reasonable and necessary to remove or prevent such a
condition from being on a highway.
4.23 A person responsible for causing an unsafe condition or traffic hazard to exist on a
highway shall report the condition to a peace officer and take action forthwith to render
the highway safe.
4.24 No person shall place or cause to be placed any handbill, advertising material or poster
on a traffic control signal or traffic control device located on a highway.
SECTION 5 - WEIGHT CONTROL AND TRUCK ROUTES
5.1
The County Manager or his designate shall set out in orders from time to time:
(a)
highway locations, with the percentage axle weight or maximum gross vehicle
weight allowed on those highways, and
(b)
bridge locations, with the maximum allowable weight allowed on those bridges, and
(c)
routes or portions of highway over which a certain class or classes of vehicle shall
or shall not travel.
5.2
Orders made pursuant to Section 5.1 shall be advertised to the public in a manner
deemed appropriate by the County Manager.
5.3
A weight restriction imposed under Section 5.1 (a) may be referred to as a Road Ban.
5.4
When an Order has been issued pursuant to Section 5.1 of this bylaw, no person shall
operate a vehicle on a highway contrary to the said Order.
5.5
The routes or portions of highways over which vehicles transporting dangerous or
hazardous goods and commodities may travel and those which are prohibited
dangerous goods routes, over which such vehicles shall not travel, are specified in
Schedule "A" to this bylaw.
SECTION 6 - RATES OF SPEED
6.1
Except as provided in Section 6.2 of this bylaw and Schedule "B" to this bylaw, no
person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at a greater rate of speed than
eighty kilometres per hour (80 km/h).
6.2
Except as provided in Schedule "B" to this bylaw, no person shall operate a vehicle at a
greater rate of speed than fifty kilometres per hour (50 km/h) on any highway located in
any residential subdivision, industrial/commercial subdivision or hamlet.
6.3
The County Manager has authority to prescribe where Traffic Control Devices restricting
the speed of vehicles as prescribed in Schedule "B" will be placed to notify drivers of
rates of speed. The speed limit on a highway which does not bear traffic control devices
regarding speed limits is presumed to be 80 kilometers per hour in a rural area and
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50 kilometres per hour in a residential subdivision, industrial/commercial subdivision or
hamlet.
6.4
The Director of Operations or his delegate is hereby authorized to fix a maximum speed
limit in respect of any part of a highway under construction, repair or in a state of repair
that requires a speed limit other than the posted speed as established in Section 6.3 for
that highway.
6.5
Where speed limits are fixed pursuant to Section 6.4, the Director of Operations or his
delegate shall cause to be erected along the highway signs indicating the speed limit so
prescribed.
SECTION 7 - STOP AND YIELD
7.1
The County Manager is authorized to specify, in writing, the locations where vehicles are
required to stop before proceeding onto a highway, and direct the placement of traffic
control devices at these locations.
7.2
The County Manager is authorized to specify, in writing, the locations where vehicles are
required to yield right of way to other traffic on any highway, and direct the placement of
traffic control devices at the locations.
7.3
When the said traffic control devices mentioned in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 have been
installed or erected at the locations designated by the County Manager, the operator of a
motor vehicle shall comply with such traffic control devices.
SECTION 8 - PARKING
8.1
The County Manager is authorized to designate and fix locations for "no parking" or
"restricted parking" signs and shall set out locations, areas and times, in writing, where
operators shall not park vehicles, or where parking of vehicles is restricted to a number
of minutes or hours.
8.2
The Director of Operations or his delegate is authorized to declare a highway or portion
thereof as a "No Parking Zone" for the purposes of highway maintenance or snow
removal which shall be in effect for a period of 72 hours unless extended by a further
declaration for another 72 hours.
8.3
A declaration made under Section 8.2 may be rescinded in whole or in part by the
Director of Operations or his delegate prior to the expiration of the 72-hour period.
8.4
No person shall park a vehicle in any place or area where a traffic control device
prohibits stopping or parking, during the time stopping or parking is prohibited, or where
the traffic control device restricts the parking of a vehicle to a number of minutes or
hours, in excess of the time designated on the traffic control device.
8.5
A peace officer may cause to be removed in any reasonable way any vehicle parked or
left at standstill in contravention of this Section 8, which obstructs traffic, or where
emergency conditions require such removal from a Highway.
8.6
A vehicle removed by authority of Section 8.5 may be held, stored, or kept in any place
deemed suitable or expedient by a peace officer at the cost of the owner or person in
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charge of the vehicle according to the provisions of the Traffic Safety Act, Revised
Statutes of Alberta.
8.7
No person shall park a vehicle in any place designated by a traffic control device as
reserved for "disabled persons parking" zone unless the vehicle clearly displays a
placard or licence plate issued or recognized by the Solicitor General to identify a vehicle
transporting a disabled person and the vehicle is being operated by or is being used to
transport a disabled person.
8.8
No person shall park a trailer on a highway unless it is attached to a motor vehicle by
which it is carried, drawn or propelled.
8.9
No person shall park an unattached trailer on a highway in front of, across from, or
adjacent to residential property.
8.10 Section 8.9 shall not apply to:
(a)
a vehicle being parked on a highway while unloading or loading goods to or from a
premises;
(b)
a utility or other trailer being temporarily used for the purpose of construction,
demolition, or landscaping, provided that such utility or other trailer does not
obstruct other users of the highway and is clearly visible and attended at all times.
8.11 No person shall occupy any recreation vehicle or holiday trailer as a dwelling or sleeping
place at any time while it is parked on a highway.
SECTION 8A - SIDEWALKS (Bylaw No. 2016/22)
8A.1
The owner or occupant of a private parcel of land adjacent to a paved or improved
Sidewalk area shall remove snow and ice from that portion of the Sidewalk adjacent to
the parcel so that the Sidewalk is cleared to the bare surface within 48 hours after the
snow and ice has been deposited or formed.
8A.2
No person shall remove nor allow the removal of snow or ice from any paved or
improved Sidewalk area by causing such snow or ice to be placed upon any other
portion of the paved or improved Sidewalk, other part of the Highway nor any other
public place.
8A.3
Where the owner or occupant of a parcel of land does not comply with Section 8A.1 or
8A.2, the County may remove the snow and ice, and the owner of the parcel is liable for
such removal costs.
8A.4
Where the owner or occupant fails to pay the expenses and costs of removal referred to
in Section 8A.3, such costs may be added to the tax roll of the parcel of land.
SECTION 9 - GENERAL TRAFFIC CONTROL
9.1
The County Manager, a patrol officer and the Director of Operations, or their designates
are, each of them, authorized to sign, close, barricade or prevent vehicle passage on
any highway or bridge which has, in their opinion, become unsafe and may for the
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purposes of this section, detour traffic for any distance or on any routes deemed
necessary under the circumstances.
9.2
Traffic Control Devices erected for the purposes of Section 9.1 shall remain erected and
in place until a patrol officer, the Director of Operations or his delegate is satisfied the
highway or bridge is no longer unsafe.
9.3
The County Manager or his delegate is authorized to issue a license or permit that is
terminable on 30 days' written notice in writing for the temporary occupation or use of a
road allowance or highway or a portion of a road allowance or highway when it is not
required for public use and when there is a Council policy in effect authorizing said use
or occupation. (Bylaw No. 2021/15)
SECTION 10 - AGREEMENTS AND PERMITS
10.1
Compliance with the provisions of Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 and
4.13 may be waived where a person obtains permission or enters into a road use
agreement, a road protection and dimensional agreement, road disturbance agreement
or obtains an access construction approval with the County before the highway or road
allowance is used in a manner contrary to one or more of the aforementioned sections.
10.2
A person who fails to comply with the conditions of
(a)
an overweight or over dimensional permit issued by the Alberta Government,
(b)
a road use agreement,
(c)
a road protection and dimensional agreement,
(d)
a road disturbance agreement,
(e)
permission to move an overweight or over dimensional load issued by the County,
or
(f)
an access construction approval
issued pursuant to Section 10.1, is guilty of an offence.
10.3
Failing to comply with the conditions of a permit or agreement issued under
subsection 10.1 renders the permit or agreement invalid and any procedure or
prosecution subsequent to the violation of a condition of a permit or agreement will
proceed as though the permit or agreement did not exist.
10.4
A permit, agreement or authorization mentioned in Section 10.1 shall be in writing and
may be signed on behalf of the County by the County Manager, the Director of
Operations or his delegate, a patrol officer, or an authorized agent.
10.5
Nothing in this Section shall obligate the officials mentioned in Section 10.4 to issue any
permit or approval, or sign or enter into the said agreements.
SECTION 11 - PROCEDURE AND PROSECUTION
11.1
For the purposes of procedure and prosecution under this bylaw, the council adopts the
Canada Interpretation Act, the Canada Transportation Act, the Alberta Interpretation Act,
the Municipal Government Act, and the Provincial Offences Procedures Act of the
Revised Statutes of Alberta, and amendments thereto.
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11.2
The conviction of a person under the provisions of this bylaw does not operate as a bar
to further prosecution for the continued neglect or failure on the part of the person to
comply with the provisions of this bylaw, or conditions, orders, permissions or permits
issued in accordance with this bylaw.
11.3
In a prosecution for contravening this bylaw, the existence of a traffic control device is
prima facie proof that the device was properly designated and erected by the proper
authority without other or further proof.
11.4
A certificate or an Order purporting to be signed by the County Manager stipulating any
particular relative to this bylaw, shall be admitted in evidence as prima facie proof of the
facts stated in the certificate or document, without proof of the signature or authority of
the person signing the certificate.
11.5
Where a person violates or contravenes any provisions of Section 4 of this bylaw
respecting the transportation of a cargo, freight, load, piece of equipment or machine,
the shipper, receiver and the carrier shall for the purposes of prosecution under the said
part be deemed to be jointly and severally responsible for the violation or contravention
unless the shipper, receiver or the carrier, as the case may be, produces evidence to
show that he did not violate or contravene the provision.
11.6
While enforcing the provisions of this bylaw, a peace officer may do any reasonable
thing relevant to stopping vehicles, determining identity of drivers, offenders or suspects,
and including parking contrary to the provisions of this bylaw and driving at rates of
speed exceeding limits prescribed by this bylaw in order to overtake drivers or vehicles,
marking of tires for the purposes of enforcing the parking provision of this bylaw and
placing tags, tickets or other documents on vehicles.
11.7
Unless prohibited by Provincial Statute, a patrol officer or peace officer may use any
insignia, device or piece of equipment that is reasonably necessary for carrying out
duties imposed by this bylaw.
11.8
All schedules, regulations and acts of the County Manager or any other official
authorized by this bylaw to act, shall be deemed to have been made by bylaw and all
such schedules, regulations and acts shall be construed as part of this bylaw.
11.9
For the intent and purpose of this bylaw, respecting the duties and powers of the County
Manager, it shall be deemed sufficient for that official to amend or rescind any schedule,
regulation or order authorized by him by handwritten notation that shall bear his initials
and the date of the amendment or revocation.
11.10 Any person who contravenes this bylaw in a manner that results in an expense or
out-of-pocket disbursement on the part of the County is indebted to the County for
whatever the costs may be.
SECTION 12 - PENALTIES
12.1
A person who contravenes any portion of this bylaw is guilty of an offence punishable on
summary conviction.
12.2
A person who is guilty of an offence under this bylaw for which a specified penalty is not
otherwise provided is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than One
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Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or to both fine and imprisonment.
12.3
The Council hereby prescribes the specified penalties payable in respect of a
contravention of this bylaw shall be as stipulated in the General Penalty Bylaw.
12.4
Any fine or penalty imposed under this bylaw shall inure to the benefit of Red Deer
County.
12.5. Bylaw No. 5/91 and Bylaw No. 7/95 are hereby repealed on the date of final passing of
this bylaw.
FIRST READING:
DECEMBER 20, 2011
SECOND READING:
DECEMBER 20, 2011
THIRD READING:
JANUARY 10, 2012
_________________________________
MAYOR
Date Signed:
_________________________________
COUNTY MANAGER
Date Signed:
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BYLAW NO. 2011/38
SCHEDULE "A"
Routes which are identified for Hazardous Goods and Commodities Travel and
Those which are prohibited from use for such travel
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SCHEDULE "B"
Speed Limits
(a.1)
no person shall operate a vehicle at a greater speed than fifteen kilometers per hour
(15 km/h) in
- the Sandy Cove subdivision (Bylaw No. 2016/30)
(a)
no person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at a greater rate of speed than
twenty-five kilometres per hour (25 km/h) in any alley or public reserve located within
any residential subdivision of the County or Hamlet.
(b)
no person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at a greater rate of speed than
twenty-five kilometres per hour (25 km/h) on any road, street or lane of a mobile home
community whether publicly or privately owned.
(c)
no person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at a greater rate of speed than
twenty-five kilometres per hour (25 km/h) in a public park, campground or campsite
operated, managed or controlled by or for the County.
(d)
no person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at a greater rate of speed than
thirty kilometres per hour (30 km/h) in / on
- the Hamlet of Springbrook and the Hamlet of Benalto (Bylaw No. 2021/10)
- the River Country Estates subdivision
- the Rosewood subdivision
- the Taunton subdivision
- the subdivisions of Dancey Estates, Edwards, Lakeview, Pine Lake West, Spruce Bay
Resort (Pine Lake / Rge Rd 250) and Walters Resort, and on (Bylaw No. 2016/30)
- Gasoline Alley west side service road from Lantern Street south to Leva Avenue
- the entrance road from the South Pine Lake Road into the Whispering Pines Resort
(Bylaw No. 2016/30)
- Rge Rd 250 north of the South Pine Lake Road to the entrance to the Spruce Bay
Resort (Pine Lake) subdivision (Bylaw No. 2016/30)
- the subdivisions of Canyon Heights, Forest Green, Garrington Acres, Linn Valley,
Red Lodge Estates and Woodland Estates (Bylaw No. 2016/38)
- the Poplar Ridge subdivision (Bylaw No. 2020/22)
(e)
no person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at a greater rate of speed than
forty kilometres per hour (40 km/h) in
- the Hamlet of Dickson
- the Hamlet of Ardley (Bylaw No. 2016/38)
- the Herder subdivision (Bylaw No. 2016/38)
(f)
no person shall operate a vehicle at a greater rate of speed than fifty kilometres per hour
(50 km/h) on
- Twp Rd 364 from Hwy 42 southeast to Hwy 816
- Twp Rd 374 from the Village of Delburne limits east to the 70 km/h zone
- the Linn Valley access road north of Hwy 11A, west to Parkland Road, and east to
Rge Rd 275 and north to the north boundary of the Linn Valley subdivision
(Bylaw No. 2013/16)
- Rge Rd 25A from the north side of the entrance to Kountry meadows south to
approximately 225 metres south of the last acreage entrance located on the west side
of Rge Rd 25A (Bylaw No. 2021/10)
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- Rge Rd 30 from 350 metres north of the Gleniffer Lake Resort entrance to the south
end of the road (dead end) (Bylaw No. 2016/37)
(g)
no person shall operate a vehicle at a greater rate of speed than sixty kilometres per
hour (60km/h) on
- Rge Rd 10 from Hwy 11A north to Twp Rd 392 (north County line)
- Rge Rd 272 from Hwy 595 south for 400 metres
- Twp Rd 374 from Hwy 2A east to 400 metres east of Hwy 2
- C&E Trail from the City of Red Deer limits north to the Blindman River
- C&E Trail from the City of Red Deer limits west to 400 metres west of Rge Rd 275
- Lantern Street from Hwy 2A east to Waskasoo Avenue (Bylaw No. 2015/32)
- Laura Avenue from Lantern Street south to Twp Rd 374
- Twp Rd 382 from the Medicine River east to 200 metres east Evarts
- Airport Drive (Twp Rd 372) from Hwy 2A west into Springbrook
- Twp Rd 384 from Rge Rd 283 west to Rge Rd 284
- Rge Rd 283, starting 1.6 kilometres north of Hwy 11, north for 800 metres (past Poplar
Ridge School)
- Rge Rd 21 from Twp Rd 390 (former Hwy 11A) north to 100 metres south of the Half
Moon Bay access road
- Rge Rd 250 from Hwy 42 south to Twp Rd 362
- Twp Rd 390 (former Hwy 11A) - from the Town of Sylvan Lake limits (Rge Rd 15)
west for a distance of 400 metres (Bylaw No. 2012/23)
- Rge Rd 251 from approximately 60 metres south of the junction of Rge Rd 251 and
South Pine Lake Road north to the entrance of the Rosewood Subdivision (Bylaw
No. 2016/4)
- South Pine Lake Road from the junction of Rge Rd 251 to Rge Rd 245 (Bylaw
No. 2016/4)
- Rge Rd 265 north of Hwy 11 to the northern boundary of the Balmoral subdivision
(Bylaw No. 2016/32)
- Rge Rd 251A north of Hwy 42 to Twp Rd 37. (Bylaw No. 2016/33)
- Wasksoo Avenue from Lantern Street to McKenzie Road (Twp Rd 374) (Bylaw
No. 2020/14)
- Twp Rd 391 from Hwy 20 east to Rge Rd 12 (Bylaw No. 2021/17)
- Rge Rd 20 from 650 metres north of Twp Rd 390 to the north end of the road
(Bylaw No. 2022/21)
- Twp Rd 374 from C&E Trail to 700m west (Bylaw No. 2023/11)
(h)
no person shall operate a vehicle at a greater rate of speed than seventy kilometres per
hour (70 km/h) on
- Burnt Lake Trail (former Hwy 596) from Highway 11 southwest to Twp Rd 383,
- Rge Rd 10 from Twp Rd 350 south past the Bowden Penitentiary
- Twp Rd 374 from 400 metres west of Rge Rd 233 east for 600 metres.
- Rge Rd 270 from Hwy 11 to Twp Rd 284 (Bylaw No. 1020/2025-A)
(i)
no person shall operate a vehicle at a greater rate of speed than ninety kilometres per
hour (90 km/h) on
- Rge Rd 31 from Spruce View south to Dickson
- Rge Rd 273 from Hwy 42 north to Twp Rd 374 (Bylaw No. 2014/30)
- Rge Rd 10 from Burnt Lake Trail (formerly Hwy 596) south to Hwy 54 (Bylaw
No. 2019/15)
- Rge Rd 23 from Twp Rd 342 to Hwy 587 (Bylaw No. 2019/24)
(j)
no person shall operate a vehicle at a greater rate of speed than one hundred kilometres
per hour (100 km/h) on
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- Rge Rd 231 from Hwy 21 (Twp Rd 380) south to Twp Rd 374
- Twp Rd 374 from Rge Rd 231 west to Rge Rd 233 (top of curve)
- Burnt Lake Trail (former Hwy 596) from Hwy 781 east to Rge Rd 284
- Twp Rd 390 (former Hwy 11A) from 400 metres west of the Town of Sylvan Lake limits
(Rge Rd 15) west to Hwy 11. (Bylaw No. 2012/23)