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VILLAGE OF ANMORE
BYLAW NO. 265-1999
A bylaw to regulate speeds on local
roads within the Village
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WHEREAS Council is desirous to regulating speed limits within the Village;
AND WHEREAS Section 146 of the Motor Vehicle Act authorizes a Municipality to
adopt a bylaw establishing the rate of speed on municipal's roads and lanes.
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Village of Anmore in open meeting assembled,
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
This bylaw may be cited as "Anmore Traffic Regulation Bylaw No. 265-1999"
2.
DEFINITIONS
(a)
"highway" means every road, street, right-of-way designed or intended for
or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles;
(b)
"lane" means a narrow highway which provides secondary vehicular
access to any abutting parcel, but does not include a half-road;
(c)
"vehicle" means a device in, on or by which a person or thing is or may be
transported or drawn on a highway, except a device designed to be moved
by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
3.
SPEED LIMITS
(a)
No person shall operate a vehicle upon a lane within the Village at a
greater rate of speed than 20 kilometres per hour.
(b)
No person shall operate a vehicle upon a highway within the Village at a
greater rate of speed than 50 kilometres per hour.
(c)
Where a sign has been erected or placed on a highway limiting the rate of
speed of vehicles driven or operated on that highway or portion of
highway, a person shall not drive or operate a vehicle on that portion of
the highway at a greater rate of speed than that indicated on the sign.
4.
DESIGNATION OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are designed to enforce this
bylaw.
Bylaw No. 265-1999
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5.
OFFENCE, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this bylaw commits an
offence punishable upon summary conviction and is liable to a fine of not less
than $20.00 and not more than $2,000.00, or to imprisonment for not more than
six months, or to both. Each day that an offence continues shall constitute a
separate offence.
READ a first time this
27th
day of
September
, 1999 A.D.
READ a second time this
27th
day of
September
, 1999 A.D.
READ a third time this
27th
day of
September
, 1999 A.D.
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this
8th
day of
November , 1999 A.D.
"H. Weinberg"
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MAYOR
"H. Carley"
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CLERK