Village of Ryley Traffic Control Bylaw 2024-976 — full text, Ryley, Alberta

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## VILLAGE OF RYLEY BY-LAW NO. 2024-976 ## A BYLAW OF THE VILLAGE OF RYLEY, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING AND CONTROLLING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF RYLEY. Whereas, the Traffic Safety Act R.S.A. 2000, c. T-6, herein after referred to as "the Act", as amended or repealed and replaced from time to time, authorizes a municipal council to pass Bylaws not inconsistent with the Traffic Safety Act, respecting Highways under its direction, control and management, for the regulation and control of traffic within the boundaries of the Municipality; And Whereas, the Council for the Village of Ryley deems it to be in the best interests of the public to regulate traffic within the Municipality; Now Therefore, Council for the Village of Ryley, duly assembled, ENACTS, as follows: - SHORT TITLE - 1.1 This Bylaw may be cited as the "Traffic Control Bylaw". ## DEFINITIONS - 2.1 In this Bylaw: - (a) "Alley" means a narrow Highway intended chiefly to give access to the rear of buildings and parcels of land. - (b) "Boulevard" means that part of a Highway in an urban area that is not Roadway and is that part of the Sidewalk that is not especially adapted to the use of or ordinarily used by pedestrians. - (c) "Bylaw Enforcement Officer shall mean: - (i) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; - (ii) a person designated by Council as a Bylaw Enforcement Officer; or - (iii) the Chief Administrative Officer. - (d) "CAO" means the Chief Administrative Officer of the Municipality and whatever subsequent title may be conferred on that officer by Council or statute, or his designate. - (e) "Council" means the Council for the Village of Ryley.  Page 1 of 17 (f) "Curb" means the actual Curb if there is one, and if there is no Curb in existence, shall mean the division of a Highway between the Roadway and a Boulevard or Sidewalk. (g) "Highway" means any thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct, lane, alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestle way or other place or 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 - (ili) 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. (h) "Land Use Bylaw" means the Municipality's Land Use Bylaw, amended or repealed and replaced from time to time. - (i) "Municipality" shall mean the Village of Ryley. (i) "Municipal Government Act" means the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, as amended or repealed and replaced from time to time. (k) "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, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes, when specifically designed for such travel, (i) 4-wheel drive vehicles, (i) low pressure tire vehicles, (iii) motorcycles and related 2-wheel vehicles, (iv) amphibious machines, (v) all terrain vehicles, (vi) miniature motor vehicles, (vii) snow vehicles, (vili) minibikes, and (ix) any other means of transportation that is propelled by any power other than muscular power or wind. (I) "Over-dimension Vehicle" means dimensions of the vehicle, including any load, exceeds one of the following measurements: 2.6 metres wide (8.5 feet) 4.15 metres high (13.5 feet) - measured from the ground up to the highest point of the load) [Do not establish a maximum weight contrary to the Regulations] (m) "Parade" or "Procession" means a group of Vehicles, animals, pedestrians or combination thereof on a Highway which is likely to block, obstruct, impede, hinder or otherwise interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic, excluding a funeral procession and military parade.  - (n) "Provincial Offences Procedure Act" means the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. P-34, as amended or repealed and replaced from time to time. - (o) "Permit" means an official Village of Ryley document giving someone authorization to do something. - (p) "Recreational Vehicle" means a Vehicle or Trailer that is designed, constructed and equipped, as temporary accommodation for travel, vacation or recreational use, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes travel trailers, motor homes, slide-in campers, chassis-mounted champers and tent trailers. - (q) "Roadway" means that part of a Highway intended for use by vehicular traffic. - (r) "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 or where there is no Curb line, the edge of the Roadway and the adjacent property line; whether or not it is paved or improved. - (s) "Trailer" means a vehicle so designed that it may be attached to or drawn by a motor vehicle and intended to transport property or persons and includes any trailer that is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily, but does not include machinery or equipment used in the construction of maintenance of highways. - (t) "Traffic Control Device" means any sign, signal, marking or device placed, marked or erected under the authority of this Bylaw, whether on permanent or temporary basis, for the purposes of regulating, warning or guiding traffic. - (u) "Truck" means a vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of property or equipment, which vehicle, with or without load, exceeds any of the following: - two axles; - (i) twelve and a half (12.5) metre in length; or - (iii) a maximum allowable thousand, five hundred (5,500) kilograms; Notwithstanding the above, a single unit chassis-cab vehicle, or a crawlermounted vehicle, shall not be considered to be a "truck" for the purpose of this Bylaw.  Page 3 of 17 - (v) "Vehicle" means a vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power but does not include a baby carriages, baby strollers, bicycle, a power bicycle, an aircraft, an implement of husbandry or a vehicle that runs only on rails. ## TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES - 3.1 Every Person shall obey the instructions of all Traffic Control Devices authorized under the Act or any other Bylaw, unless otherwise directed by a Bylaw Enforcement Officer. - 3.2 The power to decide the necessity and location of Traffic Control Devices within the Municipality is delegated to the CAO or his designate. Such power includes, but is not limited to: - (a) Prescribing the location and placement of every Traffic Control Device in the Municipality and keeping a record of such locations and placements and such records shall be available to the public for inspection during regular business hours; - (c) Designating any Highway intersection or other place on a Highway as a place at which left hand turns, right hand turns, or turning generally, is prohibited, and directing the placement of signs, barricades or other devices at such locations to indicate the nature of the prohibition; - (b) Designating crosswalks upon any Highway and to cause the same to be marked with signs, lines painted on the Highway surface or both; - (d) Designating "School Zones" and "Playground Zones" and causing such zones to be marked by signs posted along the Highway, by markings on the Highway surface or both; - (f) Directing the placement of temporary Traffic Control Devices along a portion of a Highway for the purpose of setting a temporary maximum speed limit due to construction, maintenance or a state of disrepair. - (e) Designating any Boulevard as a location upon which parking is permitted and causing signs permitting parking to be erected thereon; and - 3.3 The CAO may cause moveable signs to be placed on or near a Highway to indicate "No Parking", "Emergency Repairs", "Snow Removal" or such other temporary moveable signs deemed necessary. - 3.4 No person shall park a Vehicle on a Highway in a manner contrary to the directions set out on a moveable sign, as described at section 3.3 when such a sign has been placed on or near the Highway. - 3.5 Where a person has parked a Vehicle on a Highway prior to the placement of a moveable sign as set out in section 3.3, the Person shall move the Vehicle as soon as reasonably possible but in any event within TWENTY FOUR (24) Hours of the moveable sign being placed on or near the Highway.  Page 4 of 17 ## SPEED - 4.1 The maximum rate of speed within the Municipality shall not exceed FORTY (40) kilometers per hour unless otherwise indicated by a Traffic Control Device. - 4.2 Notwithstanding section 4.1 or any posted speed limit, no driver shall travel at any rate of speed that is, in the opinion of a Bylaw Enforcement Officer, unreasonable having regard to all the circumstances, including but not limited to: - (a) The nature, condition and use of the Highway; - (b) The weather or other conditions that might affect the visibility of the driver or the control of the Vehicle; - (c) The amount of traffic on the Highway; and - (d) The mechanical condition of the Vehicle or any equipment of the Vehicle. - 4.3 No person shall drive a Vehicle in any Alley at a speed greater than FIFTEEN (15) kilometers per hour. - 4.4 No person shall, on any school day between the hours of 07:30 and 17:00, operate a Vehicle within a School Zone at a rate of speed greater than THIRTY (30) kilometers per hour. - No person shall operate a Vehicle within a Playground Zone at any rate of speed greater than THIRTY (30) kilometers per hour from one hour before sunrise to one hour after the following sunset each day. - 4.6 No person shall operate a Off-Highway Vehicle within the municipality at speeds exceeding 25 kilometers per hour. ## PARKING - 5.1 No person shall park a Vehicle on a Highway contrary to a Traffic Control Device. - 5.2 No person shall park a Vehicle on the Roadway side of a Vehicle already parked at the Curb or edge of a Highway. - 5.3 No person shall park any Vehicle, Trailer or Recreational Vehicle: - (a) On a Sidewalk or Boulevard; - (b) On a crosswalk or any part of a crosswalk or so as to obstruct the use of the crosswalk; - (d) Where such Vehicle will obstruct, or in any way interfere with the use of any doorway intended and marked as an emergency exit from any building abutting the Highway; - (c) In any driveway designated for use by emergency vehicles; - (e) Within FIVE (5) meters of any intersection, except where otherwise permitted as evidenced by a Traffic Control Device; - (g) In such a manner as to obstruct access to a garage, private road or driveway; - (f) Within FIVE (5) meters of any fire hydrant; - (h) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping or parking would obstruct traffic; within FIFTEEN (15) meters of a stop or yield sign; - (i) On the opposite side of a Highway contrary to traffic flow; or - (i) In an area designated by a Traffic Control Device or marking as a parking place for persons with disabilities unless that person displays a disabled placard or license plate issued or recognized by the Registrar of Motor Vehicle Services; - (k) Over or outside of the boundary lines where the Highway surface has been marked with such lines for the purpose of delineating the boundaries of a single angle, perpendicular or parallel parking stall. - 5.4 No person shall park a truck-tractor unit or Heavy Vehicle on any Highway within the Municipality, whether or not a trailer is attached to the truck-tractor or not, except where such parking is expressly permitted or except for the purpose of loading or unloading such Vehicle. - 5.5 No person shall park a Vehicle in an Alley except where actively loading or unloading goods or passengers from the Vehicle, and provided that the Vehicle does not obstruct the Alley as to prevent passage of other Vehicles. - 5.6 Occupation of a Recreational Vehicle parked on any Highway shall be pursuant to the Ryley Land Use Bylaw. - 5.7 No person shall park a Recreational Vehicle on a Highway for a period greater than FORTY EIGHT (48) consecutive hours. - 5.8 No person shall park a Recreation Vehicle on any Highway so that it is wholly or partially blocking any access to private or public property. - 5.9 No person shall park a Vehicle on private land, unless such person has obtained the permission of the owner or occupant of the land. - 5.10 No person shall park a Vehicle or permit a Vehicle to be parked upon any land owned or controlled by the Municipality which the Municipality uses or permits to be used as a playground or parkland, except as designated by a traffic control device, except where parking is specifically allowed in a parking lot or permission is obtained from the Municipality. - 5.11 Where a parking lot on any land owned or controlled by the Municipality has a traffic control device indicating that a parking space is reserved for a particular person or vehicle, no person shall park a Vehicle or permit a Vehicle to be parked, contrary to that control device. - 5.12 No person shall store a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be stored upon a highway. - 5.13 An owner or occupant may report to a Bylaw Enforcement Officer, the make, model, license number and location of a Vehicle parked on private land in contravention of this Bylaw. A person making such a report to a Bylaw Enforcement Officer shall provide their name and contact information to the Bylaw Enforcement Officer at the time of making the report.   if Page 6 of 17 ## 6. PARADES AND PROCESSIONS - 6.1 No person shall hold or take part in a Parade or Procession without first having obtained a permit from the CAO or his designate. A permit may specify the hours and route of the Parade or Procession and such other terms and conditions determined by the CAO or his designate to be necessary to prevent any unnecessary or unreasonable obstruction to the Highway. - 6.2 During a Parade or Procession, all pedestrians not participating in the Parade or Procession shall remain on the Sidewalk. - 6.3 No Parade or Procession shall obstruct any Highway for any period of time, or m any manner, contrary to the permit issued for the parade or procession. Where a parade, procession, or any person, animal, Vehicle or equipment participating in the parade or procession contravenes the conditions of the permit, the permit holder, person responsible for the contravention, or any or all of them, shall be guilty of an offence and liable, upon summary conviction, for the penalties set out in this Bylaw. - 6.4 The driver of the lead vehicle in a funeral Procession shall obey all Traffic Control Devices. Drivers of Vehicles following the lead Vehicle of a funeral Procession may, during daylight hours, proceed through intersections without stopping if the Vehicle is traveling immediately behind the Vehicle in front of it, the headlamps of the Vehicle are alight and passage into the intersection can be done safely.  Page 7 of 17 ## 7. SIDEWALKS & PEDESTRIANS - 7.1 No person shall conduct maintenance of repairs upon any Vehicle, Recreational Vehicle, or machinery or equipment in such a manner as to deposit mud, grease, oil, ice or any similar substance upon a Highway, Boulevard or Sidewalk - 7.2 No person shall ride a bicycle on any sidewalk except where permitted by a Traffic Control Device. - 7.3 No person shall project or throw, or cause to be projected or thrown, any stones, balls of snow or ice, or any other projectiles dangerous to the public. - 7.4 No person shall remove, deface, modify or damage any Traffic Control Device, sign, board or notice lawfully placed on any street. - 7.5 No person shall drive or park on any Sidewalk or Boulevard, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Bylaw or where a permit has been issued by the Village of Ryley in accordance with Schedule "C", attached to this Bylaw. - 7.6 No person shall place any goods, wares, merchandise, or other materials upon a Sidewalk, Boulevard or Roadway so as to, in the opinion of a Bylaw Enforcement Officer, obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or so as to interfere with the safe use of the Sidewalk, Boulevard or Highway. - 7.7 No person or group of persons shall occupy a Sidewalk in any manner that, in the opinion of a Bylaw Enforcement Officer, is likely to obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic or to interfere with the safe use of the Sidewalk or Highway. - 7.8 No pedestrian shall cross a Highway at any point other than an intersection or crosswalk. - 7.9 No pedestrian shall cross an intersection or crosswalk if a Traffic Control Device prohibits such crossing. - 7.10 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, the driver of a Vehicle is not relieved of his or her obligation to exercise due care and attention at all times when operating a Vehicle on a Highway. - 7.11 No person shall allow trees, hedges or shrubs on private property within FOUR AND ONE HALF (4.5) meters of a Highway intersection as measured from the Curb or edge of the Roadway to grow to such a height or breadth such that proper visibility for safe traffic flow is interfered with. - 7.12 No person shall erect or cause to be erected, build or place a fence, wall or other object on private property within FOUR AND ONE HALF (4.5) meters of a Highway intersection so that good visibility for safe traffic flow is not interfered with.  sh.K Page 8 of 17 ## TRUCK ROUTES - 8.1 No person shall operate or park an Over-dimensioned Vehicle on a Highway other than on a designated truck route, as set out at Schedule "A" to this Bylaw, which may be amended by resolution of Council from time to time. - 8.2 Section 8.1 shall not apply where an Over-dimensioned Vehicle is: - (a) engaged in the deliver or collection of goods, wares or merchandise to or from customers; - (b) going to or from the business premises abutting a Highway for the purpose of servicing or making repairs to the Over-dimensioned Vehicle, and that they travel along the most direct and practicable route between the business premises and the designated truck route; - (d) a public utility vehicle being operated for the installation, servicing or repair of public utilities; or - (c) towing or hauling a non-operational Vehicle from or to a location not adjacent to a designated truck route; - (e) the subject of a valid and subsisting permit from the Municipality allowing the Over dimensioned Vehicle to drive or park on a Highway other than a designated truck route. - 8.3 The CAO or his designate may impose a road ban restricting the maximum weight of classes of Vehicles travelling on the Municipality's Highways. - 8.4 No Vehicle or trailer having metal spikes, lugs, cleats or bands projecting from the surface of the wheel or tire, or having caterpillar tracks or skids, may be operated on any Highway except for studded tires on passenger Vehicles. - 8.5 No person shall drive an Over-dimensioned Vehicle or other industrial Vehicle over or onto any Curb, gutter, Sidewalk or Boulevard in such a manner as to cause damage, intentionally or unintentionally, to the Curb, gutter, Sidewalk or Boulevard. - 8.6 Section 8 shall not apply to emergency Vehicles or municipal Vehicles, whether the Vehicles are owned by the Municipality or under contract with the municipality for a specific purpose, including but not limited to snow removal, Highway construction or maintenance, or the maintenance of municipal property.  ## 9. OBTRUCTION ON HIGWAYS - 9.1 No person shall stop a Vehicle or permit a Vehicle to be left upon any highway in such a manner to block, obstruct, impede or hinder traffic on the highway. - 9.2 Notwithstanding Section 9.1, where the obstruction caused by a vehicle is unavoidable due to mechanical failure, the person will not be in breach of Section 9.1, provided the person: - (a) promptly takes measures to remove such vehicle from the highway; and - (b) does not leave the vehicle unattended if the vehicle has been placed on a jack or jacks. - 9.3 Subject to Section 9.2, no person shall make or place an obstruction of any kind or permit an obstruction to be made or placed in, upon or above any highway, unless authority has been granted by the Administrator or Council, and then only in strict compliance with the authority granted. - 9.4 Every person who fails to obtain or to comply with the provisions of Section 9.3 above, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, in the addition to any other penalty, cause the removal of the obstruction within twenty four hours of being notified to do so by the municipality. After the expiration of the twenty-four hour period, the municipality may cause the removal of the obstruction and such removal shall be at the expense of the person causing, placing or permitting the obstruction on the highway. - 9.5 Notwithstanding Section 9.4 above, where an obstruction of any kind exists in, upon or above any highway, and in the opinion of the Administrator, creates an unsafe condition, the municipality shall be entitled to take such measures as are required for the protection of life or property. - 9.6 The municipality assumes no responsibility for damage either to the property that is causing the obstruction, or the property that is abutting the highway when work is being done, pursuant to Section 9.4 or 9.5. ## 10. TEMPORARY REPAIRS AND SNOW REMOVAL - 10.1 The municipality 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. - 10.2 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 11.1 have been placed, and until such sign or signs have been removed. K K - 10.3 Where the vehicle was parked prior to the placement of the signs referred to in Section 10.1, no person shall leave 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 sign or signs have been removed.  Page 10 of 17 ## 11. PARKING IN LANES - 11.1 No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be parked in a lane unless a traffic control device otherwise permits such parking for the following purposes: - (a) the loading or unloading or goods from a truck; or - (b) the loading or unloading of goods or passengers from a vehicle other than a truck. - Notwithstanding Section 11.1 above, no person, while loading or unloading passengers or goods shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be parked in such a manner as may obstruct the passage of other vehicles in the lane. ## 12. GENERAL PROHIBITIONS - 12.1 No person shall load or unload any goods, wares or merchandise across a Sidewalk or Boulevard where dedicated loading and unloading facilities are available. - 12.2 No person shall mark any Curb, gutter, Boulevard, Roadway or Highway with paint or any other substance excepting out Municipal employees. - 12.3 Except in the event of an emergency, no person shall stop or park any Vehicle on any Highway for the purpose of performing maintenance or repairs. - 12.4 The owner of a Vehicle, including Recreational and Over-dimensioned Vehicles, shall ensure that the Vehicle is operated, at all times, in a manner consistent with this Bylaw, when that Vehicle is being operated by a third party with the permission of the Owner. - The owner of any Off-Highway Vehicles operated within the municipal limits is required to obtain an "Off-Highway Vehicle Permit" from the Village of Ryley, in accordance with Schedule "B", , attached to this Bylaw. ## 13. TRAILERS - 13.1 No person shall park any trailer, or permit any trailer to be parked upon any highway within the municipality unless the trailer is attached to a vehicle by which it may be propelled or drawn; when the trailer is attached, it shall be deemed to  be part of the vehicle to which it is attached, and shall be subject to the regulation pertaining to vehicles unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator. - No person shall occupy or permit any other person to occupy a trailer upon a highway or upon property owned or controlled by the municipality, unless the property has been designated by the municipality for use as a trailer court, or the Administrator has given approval for such occupation. ## 14. SPECIAL CLASSES OF VEHICLES - No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be parked on any highway within the municipality if the overall length of the vehicle exceeds eight metres between the hours of 7:00 p.m. on one day and 7:00 a.m. the following day. - No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be parked on any highway within the municipality where the vehicle is over ten metres in length or two metres in width, other than in an area designed by a traffic control device for such purposes. - 14.3 No person shall park a truck or permit a truck to be parked on any highway within the municipality unless such parking is authorized by a traffic control device. - The provisions of Section 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3 do 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 time as is reasonably necessary to load or unload the vehicle. ## 15. ANDICAPPED PARKING - 15.1 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 of a handicapped sticker. ## 16. REMOVAL OR IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES - 16.1 Any Bylaw Enforcement Officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle: - (a) parked in contravention of a provision of this Bylaw; or - (b) where emergency conditions exist making removal of the vehicle desirable. - 16.2 Any vehicle removed, pursuant to Section 17.1 may be removed to: - (a) a near by highway; or - (b) to a place designated by the council where it will remain impounded until claimed by the owner. - 16.3 Unless the CAO agrees, no impounded vehicle shall be released to its owner until all removal and impounding charges have been paid to the municipality. - 16.4 All charges for removal and/or impounding shall be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed in respect of any violation in accordance with Section 18.1 of this Bylaw.  ## 17. ROAD BANS - 17.1 No person shall operate a vehicle on a highway under the direction, control and management of the municipality, other than in accordance with the weight limitations as specified in the Traffic Safety Act R.S.A. 2000 c. T-6, and its regulations, as amended, except where increased, limited or restricted by the provisions of this Bylaw or the Public Works Committee, pursuant to the provisions of this Bylaw. - 17.2 No person shall operate a public vehicle in response of which an overload permit is issued, pursuant to the Traffic Safety Act on a highway, under the direction, control and management of the municipality unless: - (a) the municipality 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 driving, operating or moving of any such vehicle upon the highway; and - (c) if requested by the municipality, the owner, operator, driver or mover of the vehicle shall post a bond sufficient to cover the cost of repairing possible damages to the highway in an amount satisfactory to the municipality. ## 18. PENALTIES - 18.1 A person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence and may be issued a fine of $250.00 for each offence. - 18.2 Under no circumstances shall any person contravening any provision of this Bylaw be subject to the penalty of imprisonment. - 18.3 Nothing in this Bylaw shall be construed as curtailing or abridging the right of the municipality to obtain compensation or to maintain any action for loss of or damage to property from or against the person responsible. if Page 13 of 17  ## 19. GENERAL - 19.1 The provisions of this Bylaw do not apply to the following vehicles: - (a) emergency vehicles; - (b) vehicles owned or within the lawful possession of the municipality; - (c) vehicles engaged in maintenance or repair of a public utility, as defined in the Municipal Government Act; - (e) school buses, when authorized, or buses for the handicapped, while transporting, loading or unloading passengers during the ordinary course of business. - (d) a vehicle operated by a federal, provincial or municipal government, or with the approval of a federal, provincial or municipal government, for the purpose of constructing or maintaining a highway; ## 20. SEVERABILITY - 20.1 Should any provision of this Bylaw be found invalid, the invalid provision shall be severed and the remaining bylaw shall be maintained. 21. REPEAL - 21.1 Bylaw No. 2010-894 for the Ryley Traffic Bylaw is hereby repealed. ## 22. EFFECTIVE DATE - 22.1 This Bylaw becomes effective on the 22 day of MAY  READ a first time this 21\_ day of May, A.D. 2024 READ a second time this 21\_ day of May, A.D. 2024. READ a third time and passed this\_ 21\_day of May, A.D. 2024.   Lyndie Knockleby MAYOR Snockley, Glen Hamilton-Brown CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER  2024 A.D. Page 15 of 1  ## SCHEDULE "B' TO TRAFFIC CONTROL BYLAW 2024-976 ## VILLAGE OF RYLEY OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE PERMIT PERMIT#: OWNERS NAME MUNICIPAL ADDRESS:\_ DRIVERS LICENSE#: TYPE OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE:\_ OWNERS SIGNATURE: MUNICIPAL AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE: ISSUE DATE: \_ (CIRCLE ONE) CLASS 5 7 VEHICLE S/N ## NOTE: This permit allows for off-highway vehicle operation only within the corporate limits of the Village of Ryley. Routes include the roadway only and not sidewalks, boulevards, ditches, medians and/or private property. The owner of the vehicle shall ensure that no unlicensed individuals operate the vehicle. Speed limit for off-highway vehicles in the Village of Ryley is 25 kilometers per hour. The applicant agrees to hold the Village of Ryley harmless in the event of an accident or incident involving the vehicle. ## OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE PERMIT FEES The fee for a permit under this bylaw is $10.00 per year. The permit is valid for one year from the date of issue.  ## SCHEDULE "C' TO TRAFFIC CONTROL BYLAW 2024-976 ## VILLAGE OF RYLEY BOULEVARD PROPERTY ACCESS PERMIT PERMIT#: ISSUE DATE: OWNERS NAME MUNICIPAL ADDRESS:\_ DRIVERS LICENSE#: \_ (CIRCLE ONE) CLASS 5 7 TYPE OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE:\_ OWNERS SIGNATURE: MUNICIPAL AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE: ## NOTE: This permit allows for residential property access via Municipal Property, such as Boulevards and Sidewalks, in order to park and/or store Recreational and/or OffHighway Vehicles on private property. The applicant agrees to hold the Village of Ryley harmless in the event of an accident or incident involving the vehicle and further, that any damages to Municipal property including Boulevards and Sidewalks, will be repaired at the permit holders expense and to the Village of Ryley's satisfaction. ## PERMIT FEES The fee for a permit under this bylaw is $10.00 per year. The permit is valid for one year from the date of issue. Page 17 of 17