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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 1
- Traffic
Subdivision 1 - Interpretation
3.1.1.
1.
In this Division:
"Axles" means a structure or structures in the same, or
approximately the same, transverse plane supported by wheels
and on or with which such wheels revolve;
"Combination of Vehicles" means a combination of motor vehicle
and trailer or motor vehicle and semi-trailer;
"Crosswalk" means that portion of a roadway ordinarily included
within the prolongation of curb and property line, at street
intersections up to a maximum of twenty feet in width measured at
right angles from the prolongation of the curb line, or any other
portion of roadway clearly indicated for a pedestrian crossing by
lines or other markings;
"Curb Line" means the boundary line between the roadway and
the sidewalk or boulevard within a street;
"Driver" means any person who drives, operates, propels, or who
is in physical control of a vehicle;
"Emergency Vehicle" means an emergency vehicle as defined in
the Motor Vehicle Act;
"Extraordinary Traffic" includes any carriage of goods or persons
over a highway, at either one or more times, and whether in
vehicles drawn by animal power or propelled by some other
means, that taken in conjunction with the nature or existing
condition of the highway is so extraordinary or improper in quality
or quantity of the goods or the number of persons carried, or in the
mode or time of use of the highway, or in the speed at which the
vehicles are driven or operated, as, in the opinion of the Municipal
Engineer substantially to alter or increase the burden imposed on
the highway through its proper use by ordinary traffic, and to
cause damage and expense in respect of the highway beyond
what is reasonable or ordinary;
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 1
- Traffic
Subdivision 1 - Interpretation (Continued)
3.1.1.
1.
"Gross Weight" means, in respect of a vehicle or combination of
vehicles, the sum of the weight of the load or part of the load
carried on a group of axles, axle, or wheel and the weight or part
of the weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles carried on
the same group of axles, axle or wheel;
"Group of Axles" means any two or more successive axles on a
vehicle;
"Intersection" means the area situated within the respective
property-lines produced across the streets, at the point where two
or more streets intersect;
"Lane" means any public thoroughfare within the District primarily
used as a means of access to the rear or side of commercial or
industrial premises and having a width of not less than 6 metres;
"Logging Truck" means a vehicle or combination of vehicles used
primarily for the transportation of logs;
"Metal Tire" means a tire or the part of the outer circumference of
a wheel which comes in contact with the surface of the highway
and which is made of metal or other non-resilient material;
"Motor Vehicle" includes automobiles, locomobiles, motorcycles
and all other vehicles propelled other than by muscular power,
excepting trailers, mechanically propelled chairs for disabled
persons and the cars of electric or steam railways and other motor
vehicles running only upon rails or track;
"Parade" means a procession or group of pedestrians, except
members of Her Majesty's armed forces, numbering more than 30,
standing, marching or walking together upon any street or
sidewalk, or any group of vehicles numbering ten or more, except
funeral processions, standing or moving together on any street;
"Parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, upon a street otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of
and while actually engaged in loading or unloading;
"Passenger Vehicle" means a vehicle, the principle use of which is
the transportation of human beings;
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 1
- Traffic
Subdivision 1 - Interpretation (Continued)
3.1.1.
1.
"Peace Officer" means any member of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police or any person designated by the Council for the
purpose of preserving and enforcing the provisions of this
Division;
"Pedestrian" means a person afoot, or a disabled person or child
in a wheelchair or carriage;
"Planting Strip" means that portion of any street between two curb
lines or between the curb line and the adjacent property line and
not intended for pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
"Private Road" or "Driveway" means every road or driveway the
title to or possession of which is not vested in the Crown or the
municipality;
"Roadway" means that portion of any street designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular traffic;
"Rubber Tire" means a tire made of rubber or other resilient
material;
"Semi-Trailer" means any vehicle, other than a trailer, which is
attached to a motor vehicle for the purpose of being drawn or
propelled thereby;
"Sidewalk" means that portion of any street between the curb line
and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians;
"Solid Rubber Tire" means a rubber tire which does not depend
upon inflation with compressed air for support of the load thereon;
"Stop", when required, means complete cessation of movement;
"Street or Highway" means a public street, road, square, parking
lot, way, trail, lane, bridge, trestle, ferry landing and approach, and
any other public way and every road, lane or right of way designed
or intended for, or used by the general public for the passage of
traffic within the municipality;
"Through Highway" means any street or highway or portion
thereof at the entrance to which vehicular traffic from intersecting
streets is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the
same when stop signs are erected as provided in this Division;
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 1
- Traffic
Subdivision 1 - Interpretation (Continued)
3.1.1.
1.
"Traffic" includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles,
bicycles, and other conveyances, either singly or together, while
using a highway for purposes of travel;
"Traffic-Control Signal" means any device using coloured lights or
words, or combination thereof, whether manually, electrically or
mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to
stop and proceed, and which is erected under the provisions of
this Division;
"Traffic Sign" means any warning sign, marking or device, other
than traffic control signals, placed or erected under the provisions
of this Division, for the purpose of directing, warning or regulating
traffic or parking;
"Trailer" means a vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a highway
by a motor vehicle except:
a.
an implement of husbandry;
b.
a side-car attached to a motorcycle;
c.
a disabled motor vehicle that is towed by a tow-car;
"Vehicle" includes a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle together with
its semi-trailer or trailer attachments, a trailer, and any vehicle
propelled by muscular power;
"Width of Tire" means, with respect to rubber tires, the width of tire
as customarily measured and rated by manufacturers of motor
vehicles and tires, and, with respect to metal tires, the transverse
width of the outer circumference of the metal tire.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 2
- Traffic Control
Subdivision 1 - Traffic Committee
3.2.1.
1.
There shall be established a Traffic Committee consisting of the
Director of Planning, Municipal Engineer, the Chief of Police, one
member of Council, and TWO (2) lay persons for TWO (2) year
terms, with a maximum serving time of not more than TWO (2)
consecutive terms. The Chairman of the Committee shall be
designated by the Chief Administrative Officer.
Subdivision 2 - Objectives
3.2.2.
1.
The objective of the Committee shall be to assist the Chief
Administrative Officer to co-ordinate all traffic activities of the
municipality and in making recommendations on traffic matters to
Council and in promoting full co-operation of all officers and
departments concerned with urban transportation.
Subdivision 3 - Duties
3.2.3.
1.
The Committee shall make recommendations to the Council
through the Chief Administrative Officer as to ways and means of
improving street, traffic and other transportation problems
including the enforcement of traffic regulations.
This shall include the:
a.
co-ordination of traffic activities within the District;
b.
analyzing traffic accidents, investigating traffic
conditions, planning for the control of traffic and
recommending
remedial
measures
for
traffic
problems within the District;
c.
making recommendations as to the character, type
and location of traffic control devices;
d.
carrying out such related duties as the Chief
Administrative Officer may require.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 2
- Traffic Control
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Subdivision 4 - Designation of Streets
3.2.4.
1.
Without derogating from the powers of the Traffic Committee
under Section 3.3.2., the Council may designate by resolution any
streets or part of streets:
a.
as through streets at which vehicles must stop before
entering hereon, and the Chief Administrative Officer shall
cause to be placed in any street which intersects a through
street so designated at or near its intersection with the
through street, a stop sign or signal;
b.
on or along which buses for the conveyance of passengers
may be driven.
Subdivision 5 - Emergency Signs
3.2.5.
1.
The "Authority Having Jurisdiction" is hereby authorized to cause
to be placed for such temporary period as he considers
necessary, traffic signs, indicating that the operations, parking or
standing or vehicles is prohibited:
a.
on any street in the vicinity of any public or private
assemblages, gatherings or functions;
b.
upon any street or section of street, along the route of any
parade;
c.
at any other locations, where, under special circumstances
it is deemed necessary to facilitate or safeguard traffic.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 2
- Traffic Control
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Subdivision 6 - Traffic Control Devices
3.2.6.
1.
The Municipal Engineer shall place or erect, or cause to be placed
or erected applicable traffic control devices to provide safe,
convenient and efficient traffic movement. In order to give effect
to the provisions of this bylaw and the Motor Vehicle Act such
traffic control devices shall include:
a.
STOP signs on highways at their intersection with
highways carrying through traffic;
b.
YIELD signs (i) at intersections where it is found that the
normal right of way rule does not provide safe, convenient
and efficient traffic movement, (ii) at locations where
merging traffic is provided for and where the vehicles
entering the main flow are required to yield the right of
way;
c.
TURN PROHIBITION signs such as NO RIGHT TURN,
TURN RIGHT, NO U TURN, NO TURNS, at intersections
and in advance of intersections where it is required to
prohibit certain movements;
d.
DO NOT ENTER signs at the end of one way roadways to
prevent traffic entering the restricted area;
e.
ONE WAY signs on highways upon which the traffic is
required to travel in one direction only;
f.
TWO WAY TRAFFIC signs at the transition from one way
to two way roadways to indicate that normal travel is
restricted to the right hand side of the roadway;
g.
DO NOT PASS signs at the beginning of a zone through
which restricted sight distance makes overtaking and
passing hazardous;
h.
PASS WITH CARE signs at the end of no passing zones
where DO NOT PASS signs have been erected;
i.
KEEP RIGHT signs within and at the end of median strips
and traffic islands;
j.
LOADING ZONES signs at locations where due to
adjacent commercial facilities it is desirable to reserve
space for loading and unloading vehicles;
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 2
- Traffic Control
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Subdivision 6 - Traffic Control Devices (Continued)
k.
MAXIMUM WEIGHT signs at locations where due to
seasonal weakening of road surfaces, obsolescence of
bridges or pavements, or roadway repairs, loads in excess
of those prescribed on the signs constitute a hazard to
traffic or excessive damage to the roads;
l.
MAXIMUM SPEED signs at locations where due to
limitations of sight distances, road surfaces, traffic flows
and frequency of intersections, speeds in excess of those
prescribed on the signs constitute a hazard to traffic or
excessive damage to the roads.
m.
PARKING signs at locations where, in order to maintain
the free flow of traffic, it is required to restrict or prohibit
parking. Such signs to signify:
(1)
restriction or prohibition;
(2)
hours applicable if not at all times;
(3)
days of week applicable if not every day;
(4)
place applicable;
n.
PASSENGER ZONES signs at locations where a bus or
other transit vehicle stops to pick up passengers and it is
desirable to restrict stopping, standing and parking to such
vehicles;
o.
NO STOPPING signs at locations where flagrant violations
of the Motor Vehicle Act in this regard are prevalent;
p.
SCHOOL signs at locations where it is required to give
advance information such as the presence of a school
adjacent to a roadway, a school crosswalk, a school
maximum speed zone;
q.
PLAYGROUND signs at locations where it is required to
give advance information of a playground adjacent to a
roadway;
r.
PEDESTRIAN signs at locations where heavy pedestrian
traffic crosses a roadway and at locations other than
intersections, such as at schools, playgrounds and public
buildings where it is required to control pedestrian traffic;
s.
WARNING signs such as TURN signs, CURVE signs,
REVERSE CURVE signs, CONCEALED ROAD signs,
CHECKERBOARD signs, RAILWAY warning signs, at
locations where it is required to warn traffic of hazardous
conditions, either on or adjacent to the roadway;
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 2
- Traffic Control
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Subdivision 6 - Traffic Control Devices (Continued)
t.
TAXI-STAND signs at locations where due to frequent use
by the public it is desirable to reserve a place for taxi-cabs
only to stop, stand or park to pick up fares.
2.
The Municipal Engineer in the exercise of his power granted in
3.2.6.1. above, shall issue a written order directing that such
matter be done. Such order shall be dated, set out the order and
be signed by the Municipal Engineer.
3.
The Municipal Engineer may rescind, revoke, amend or vary any
order made by him provided such order does not require the doing
of any act contrary to or inconsistent with this bylaw or the Motor
Vehicle Act.
4.
The Municipal Engineer shall forward a copy of every such written
order issued, rescinded, revoked, amended or varied to the Chief
of Police.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 3
- Signals, Signs and Markings
Subdivision 1 - Traffic Control Signal Legend
3.3.1.
1.
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting
the words "GO", "CAUTION", or "STOP" or exhibiting different
coloured lights successively, one at a time or with arrows, the
following colours only shall be used and the said words and lights
shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as
follows:
Green alone or "GO"
a.
vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight
through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place
prohibits either such turn PROVIDED that vehicular traffic
including vehicles so turning right or left, shall yield the
right of way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully
within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time
such signal is exhibited;
b.
pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the
roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk;
Yellow alone or "CAUTION" where shown
following the green or "GO" signal
a.
vehicular traffic facing the signal is warned that the red or
"STOP" signal will be exhibited immediately thereafter and
such vehicular traffic shall not enter or be crossing the
intersection when the red or "STOP" signal is exhibited;
b.
no pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway
until the green or "GO" signal is shown alone;
Red alone or "STOP"
a.
vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering
the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if
none, then before entering the intersection and shall
remain standing until green or "GO" is shown alone. A
vehicle may, after coming to a stop, make a turn to the
right but such vehicle shall yield the right of way to other
vehicles and to pedestrians within the intersection;
b.
no pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway
until the green or "GO" signal is shown alone.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 3
- Signals, Signs and Markings
Subdivision 2 - Traffic Lines
3.3.2.
1.
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic lines, the lines may or may
not be in the middle of the travelled portion of the street, and the
lines shall apply to drivers as follows:
a.
Solid Double Lines
on any street marked with a distinguishing solid double line
all vehicles proceeding on such streets shall keep to the
right of the double line so marked;
b.
Solid Single Line and Broken Single Line
on any street marked with broken line and solid single line
on their side of broken single line all vehicles proceeding
on that street shall be kept to the right of such marking and
under no circumstances shall pass an overtaken vehicle
when solid single line is in their traffic lane;
c.
Single Line
on any street marked with broken or solid single line only,
all vehicles proceeding on that street shall be kept to the
right of the line except when passing an overtaken vehicle.
Subdivision 3 - Closed Streets
3.3.3.
1.
When, for any reason, any street, or any portion of any street, is
unsafe or unsuitable for any traffic, or it is deemed advisable that
traffic should be restricted or diverted from the street the authority
having jurisdiction shall place or cause to be placed or maintained
signs, barriers or other warning devices to indicate such closing.
2.
Until such signs, barriers, or other warning devices shall have
been removed by the authority having jurisdiction, no person shall
remove, interfere with, or pass beyond such signs, barriers, or
warning devices or enter the closed street unless the sign "Local
Traffic Only" has been placed at the barrier or other warning
device by the authority having jurisdiction.
3.
No person shall excavate in, break, tear up, or remove any
highway or surface of any highway for any purpose whatsoever
without first obtaining the written permission of the Municipal
Engineer.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 3
- Signals, Signs and Markings
Subdivision 3 - Closed Streets (Continued)
3.3.3.
4.
No person shall excavate in, or place any obstruction upon any
highway without erecting and maintaining a good and sufficient
fence, railing or barrier around such excavation and placing and
maintaining thereon during the hours of darkness sufficient
warning lights in good working order to warn persons using the
highways that such excavation or obstruction exists. All such
fences, railings and barriers shall be so placed, and painted in
such a manner, as to give to any person using the highway
sufficient warning of such obstruction or excavation as to enable
such persons to avoid such excavation or obstruction.
5.
No person shall proceed with the execution of work provided for in
3.3.3.3. and 3.3.3.4. above without providing sufficient flagmen
during daylight hours or during the hours of work in or upon the
highway to ensure that traffic moving upon the highway may move
around or pass such excavations or obstructions placed in or upon
the highway in safety.
6.
The Municipal Engineer in issuing the permit provided for in
3.3.3.3. above shall specify:
a.
what portions of any highway may be closed to traffic;
b.
how much trench or excavation may be left open at any
time;
c.
the hours that any portion of any highway may be blocked
for construction purposes.
Subdivision 4 - Speed Limits
3.3.4.
1.
No person shall drive any vehicle in excess of the following rates
of speed:
60 kilometres per hour upon or along any boulevard;
50 kilometres per hour upon or along any avenue;
30 kilometres per hour upon or along any street, crescent,
loop or cul-de-sac;
15 kilometres per hour upon or along any parking lot;
WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS
a.
80 kilometres per hour upon that portion of Haisla
Boulevard lying to the south of 1st Street;
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 3
- Signals, Signs and Markings
Subdivision 4 - Speed Limits (Continued)
3.3.4.
1.
b.
50 kilometres per hour upon Station Street from
Commercial Avenue to Industrial Avenue;
c.
50 kilometres per hour upon Kuldo Boulevard;
d.
50 kilometres per hour upon Rainbow Boulevard;
e.
30 kilometres per hour upon Ptarmigan Avenue;
f.
30 kilometres per hour upon Cormorant Avenue;
g.
30 kilometres per hour upon Tweedsmuir Avenue;
h.
30 kilometres per hour upon Kingfisher Avenue North from
Alexander Avenue to the golf course;
i.
50 kilometres per hour upon Nalabila Boulevard from
Haisla Boulevard to Alexander Avenue;
j.
50 kilometres per hour upon Lahakas Boulevard North
from Haisla Boulevard to Alexander Avenue;
k.
50 kilometres per hour upon Lahakas Boulevard South
from Haisla Boulevard to Quatsino Boulevard;
l.
50 kilometres per hour upon Quatsino Boulevard from
Lahakas Boulevard South to Kuldo Boulevard;
m.
50 kilometres per hour upon Tsimshian Boulevard from
Haisla Boulevard to Wakashan Avenue;
2.
The speed limits hereby specified shall be indicated by
appropriate signs and shall apply to such boulevards, avenues,
streets, loops, cul-de-sacs and crescents as shall exist from time
to time within the municipality.
3.
In this section, boulevard, avenue, street, loop, cul-de-sac and
crescent means the public thoroughfares from time to time
designated or indicated as such on subdivision or right of way
plans filed in the Prince Rupert Land Registry Office or
subsequently so designed by bylaw.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 4
- General Regulations
Subdivision 1 - Obedience to Traffic Signs
3.4.1.
1.
Every driver or pedestrian shall obey the directions or instructions
on or indicated by any traffic sign, traffic lines, traffic signal or
traffic control signal placed in accordance with the provisions of
this Division except as in this Division may otherwise be provided.
2.
Every person driving or operating a vehicle shall bring the same to
a complete stop before passing a standard warning, on which the
sign "STOP" unaccompanied by other words is indicated, and
shall not proceed until such movement can be safely made.
Subdivision 2 - Traffic Direction
3.4.2.
1.
No person while riding, operating, driving or propelling any
vehicle, or riding any horse or other animal or when walking,
travelling or standing in, upon or on any street shall refuse to
comply with any traffic direction, command or order, when made,
required, demanded or signalled by any Peace Officer.
Subdivision 3 - Fire Department May Direct
3.4.3.
1.
Any officer or member of the Municipal Fire Department while in
the course of duty in or about any fire or at the scene of any
accident, in order to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, may
direct traffic on any street in the vicinity of such fire or accident.
2.
No pedestrian or driver shall fail to comply with such directions of
any such officer or member of the Fire Department.
Subdivision 4 - Following Fire Department Vehicles
3.4.4.
1.
No person driving or operating a vehicle, except such vehicles as
are conveying persons authorized by law to perform duties in
connection with fires, shall follow closer than within 150 metres of
any vehicle of the Municipal Fire Department travelling in
response to any fire alarm, or to drive or stop his vehicle within a
radius of 150 metres of any fire being fought by the Municipal Fire
Department, or to drive such vehicle over or across any fire hose
laid on any street, unless directed so to do by a Peace Officer or a
member of the Municipal Fire Department.
Subdivision 5 - Traffic Tickets
3.4.5.
1.
No person, other than the owner or operator of a vehicle shall
remove any notice placed on or affixed to his vehicle.
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 4
- General Regulations
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Subdivision 6 - Groups Obstructing Traffic
3.4.6.
1.
Except as to parades:
a.
no person shall form part of a group of persons
congregated on a street in such manner as to obstruct the
free passage of pedestrians or vehicles, except with the
written permission of the Municipal Engineer; and
b.
no person shall do anything which will direct the attention
of persons and cause them to congregate in a group upon
any street in such a manner as to obstruct the free
passage of pedestrians or vehicles, or in such a manner
that the persons so congregated might thus be in danger
of injury from traffic, except with the written permission of
the Municipal Engineer.
Subdivision 7 - Parades
3.4.7.
1.
No person shall be a member of, or take part in, any parade
unless:
a.
such parade be under the direction or control and under
the charge of some one person as marshal or organizer;
and
b.
a written permit for such parade has been issued to such
marshal or organizer by the Chief of Police as hereinafter
provided.
2.
Application for such permit shall be made in writing to the Chief of
Police by the marshal or organizer at least twenty-four hours
before the parade is to commence.
3.
The application shall specify the nature of the parade, the day and
hour on or at which the parade is to be held, the place or places of
formation or commencement, the route intended to be taken and
the point of disbandment.
4.
The Chief of Police may issue a permit for a parade subject to any
terms he may see fit to impose as to time, route or otherwise, and
if any deviation from such terms is made, save as directed by the
Chief of Police, the permit shall be void and of no effect.
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
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- General Regulations
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Subdivision 7 - Parades (Continued)
3.4.7.
5.
The Canadian National Flag and/or the British National Flag,
unfurled, measuring not less than 1 metre by 2 metres in size,
shall be prominently, properly and continuously displayed at the
head of every parade and if any flags or emblems of other nations,
societies, organizations or associations are displayed, the same
shall be displayed under or behind the Canadian National Flag
and/or the British National Flag.
Subdivision 8 - Shopping Carts
3.4.8.
1.
No person who offers any goods for sale by retail shall permit any
customer or any other person to remove any shopping cart or
similar device owned by the shop owner or retailer from the
parking area and shall so advise the customers.
2.
Owners or operators of retail premises using shopping carts shall:
a.
post a notice at the customer exit of his store warning
customers that shopping carts are not to be removed from
the parking area;
b.
label every shopping cart used by his business with the
name and address of the business so that the ownership
of the cart may be readily ascertainable.
3.
No person shall abandon any shopping cart upon any highway or
other public place.
Subdivision 9 - Removal and Impounding
3.4.9.
1.
No person shall park, place or leave any vehicle or other object or
thing, in whole or in part, in or upon a street or District owned
parking lot or area in the District in contravention of this or any
other section of the Municipal Code, or of any other statute of the
Province of British Columbia, or so as to be an obstruction or
inconvenience to the free use of, or which may encroach on, any
streets or District owned parking lots or areas in the District.
2.
The Chief Administrative Officer or the Chief of Police or any
person authorized by either of them is hereby empowered to
remove any such vehicle, object or thing referred to in 3.4.9.1.
above, at the expense of the owner or person in charge or control
thereof, provided that neither such removal or impoundment as
hereinafter provided, shall relieve from responsibility or liability any
person guilty of an infraction of any provision of the Municipal
Code or statute.
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 4
- General Regulations
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 9 - Removal and Impounding (Continued)
3.
The Chief Administrative Officer, Chief of Police, or other person,
save and except a Contractor hereinafter described, shall have
and hereby has the option at his discretion either to detain and
impound the same as hereinafter provided, or to return the same
to the owner or person in charge as is reasonably practicable,
provided that such return shall not relieve such owner or person
from payment of the reasonable expenses of the District incurred
in such removal and return.
4.
The District may, when and as often as is expedient, enter into,
renew, vary, amend or terminate any agreement with any other
person,
persons
or
corporation
(hereinafter
called
the
"Contractor") whereby the powers of removal, impoundment
storage, release and sale of vehicles, or other objects or things
shall be delegated to and exercised by the Contractor upon the
instructions of the Chief Administrative Officer or Chief of Police
and upon such terms, covenants, and conditions in such
agreement contained or forming part thereof, as the District may
direct; and in the event of such agreement as to the vehicles,
objects or things removed, impounded, stored, released and sold
pursuant thereto, and, as to the rights, powers, duties, burdens or
benefits of the District, the Contractor and the owners or lessees
of or persons in charge or control of, or entitled to such vehicles,
objects and things, the said agreement shall be deemed to
supersede, add to or replace such provisions in 3.4.9.5. and
3.4.9.6. hereof where the latter are inconsistent with the former.
5.
The Chief Administrative Officer, Chief of Police or other persons
intending to remove any vehicle, or any other object or thing which
he determines shall be detained and impounded as aforesaid,
may instruct the Contractor to so remove, detain and impound the
same, and to store and otherwise deal therewith as in any such
agreement provided, in which event the provisions of such
agreement shall prevail; in the absence of such agreement, or at
the option of such Chief Administrative Officer Chief of Police, or
other person, upon removing any vehicle, or any other object or
thing which he determines shall be detained and impounded as
aforesaid, he shall detain and impound the same at such place as
the Chief Administrative Officer shall direct, and the owner or
lessee of such vehicle, object or thing or the person in charge or
control thereof or entitled thereto shall pay those fees and costs
set forth in 3.4.9.6. hereof before the said vehicle, object or thing
is removed or released from impoundment; provided however, in
the event of failure of such owner or person within THIRTY (30)
days of the impoundment to pay such fees and costs, the Chief
Administrative Officer or Chief of Police shall deliver by ordinary
mail a notice to the registered owner or lessee of an impounded
registered vehicle, or to the person known or reasonably believed
to be the owner or lessee of or person in charge or control of or
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 4
- General Regulations
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
entitled to an impounded unregistered vehicle, object or thing,
setting forth the costs and fees incurred and those to be incurred
until sale and informing the said owner, lessee or person that in
the event of his failure to pay the same within TEN (10) days of
the date of the notice, the vehicle, object or thing shall be sold at
Public Auction to recover such fees and costs, and any surplus
after the payment of such costs and fees, including the costs of
sale, shall be paid to the said owner, lessee or person.
6.
In respect of any vehicle, object or thing so removed, detained,
impounded, stored or sold, except pursuant to any agreement as
aforesaid in which event the fees and costs provided by such
agreement shall prevail, the fees and costs required to be paid the
District before such vehicle, object or thing shall be released from
impoundment shall be:
a.
towing costs for a vehicle - $20.00 plus such actual
reasonable towing costs incurred by the District in excess
of $20.00;
b.
removal costs for an object or thing other than a
vehicle - the actual reasonable removal costs incurred by
the District;
c.
impoundment and storage costs - $5.00 per day excluding
the date of impoundment;
d.
sale costs - $20.00 plus the costs of such actual
reasonable advertising and other sales services as may be
required.
Subdivision 10 - Parking Prohibitions
3.4.10.
1.
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle:
a.
within 7.5 metres of any traffic sign or traffic signal;
b.
within any intersection, and within 6 metres of the street
line of an intersecting street, except lanes;
c.
within 5 metres of any fire hydrant;
d.
in front of or within 1.5 metres of the entrance or exit of any
lane or driveway;
e.
alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction
when such stopping would obstruct traffic;
f.
on a sidewalk or walkway;
g.
upon or within 6 metres of a pedestrian crosswalk;
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 4
- General Regulations
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 10 - Parking Prohibitions (Continued)
h.
on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at
the edge or curb of a street;
i.
in any lane or alleyway for any period of time longer than is
necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of
passengers or materials or in such manner as to prevent
the free movement of vehicular traffic;
j.
on either side of the street in front or within 30 metres of
the driveway entrance to any Fire Hall;
k.
on that part of any roadway within a distance of 6 metres
on both sides of the centre of the main entrances or
exterior vestibules of any hotel or theatre unless otherwise
marked by traffic signs;
l.
on any bridge;
m.
on any portion of a street indicated by traffic signs as
reserved for any class of vehicle other than a vehicle
coming within such class;
n.
on any street within 15 m of the nearest rail of a railroad
crossing;
o.
on any street for the principal purpose of displaying such
vehicle for sale, or advertising, washing, greasing,
repairing, wrecking or storing such vehicle, except repairs
necessitated by any emergency;
p.
on the paved portion of any street without curbs where the
pavement thereof is 7.3 m or less in width;
q.
on any portion of a street for a longer period of time than
that indicated on any traffic sign applicable to that portion
of the street where such vehicle is parked;
r.
in any lane in such a position or manner as to obstruct the
free movement of vehicular traffic into or out of any
driveway or private road adjoining such lane;
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 4
- General Regulations
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 10 - Parking Prohibitions (Continued)
s.
on any street, highway or lane between the hours of two
o'clock in the forenoon and seven o'clock in the forenoon,
between the first day of October in any year and the 31st
day of March next ensuing, provided:
(1)
that this section shall not apply to vehicles, when
parked on Block 1203 in the Service Centre; and
(2)
that the Chief of Police may issue permits to
persons normally working between these hours
authorizing
them
to
park
their
vehicles
in
designated parts of specific parking lots; and
(3)
that the owner or operator of a business occupying
premises in a shopping centre may park a
commercial vehicle owned or operated by him in a
designated area of a parking lot on receipt of a
permit to do so from the Chief of Police;
t.
on any portion of a street where traffic signs prohibit
parking;
u.
on other than the right hand side of any street;
v.
on a planting strip except where a driveway has been
constructed in conformance with Part 9, Division 10,
Subdivision 4, of the Code;
w.
adjacent to a traffic sign consisting of a curb painted
yellow;
x.
on any street, highway, lane or public square between the
hours of eight o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the
afternoon during the period from the first day of May to the
thirtieth day of September for more than four hours unless
the vehicle is parked abutting premises occupied by such
person as his residence or place of employment;
y.
at other than at right angles to the curb line on that portion
of the street between the curb line and the property line
between the first day of November in any year and the
thirtieth day of April next ensuing.
z.
on any street, highway or lane that impedes snow removal.
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 4
- General Regulations
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 10 - Parking Prohibitions (Continued)
2.
In the case of a vehicle which has become unintentionally
mechanically disabled so as to prevent its being driven, the
provision of 3.4.10.1. shall not be applicable for a period of
twenty-four hours, exclusive of Sundays and Statutory Holidays,
from the time that a violation of 3.4.10.1. would have occurred if it
had not been for the provision of this subsection.
Subdivision 11 - Prohibited Parking
3.4.11.
1.
No driver of any vehicle having an overall length, including load
and trailer, of more than 7.5 metres shall park such vehicle on any
street or highway except for the purpose of loading or unloading
freight, merchandise or passengers.
2.
No driver of any vehicle having a manufacturer's rate capacity in
excess of 1 tonne shall park such vehicle on any street or highway
upon which residential properties abut, except for the purpose of
loading or unloading freight, merchandise or passengers.
Subdivision 12 - Parallel and Angle Parking
3.4.12.
1.
Except as is provided in this Division or in the case of any vehicle
so mechanically disabled as to prevent the moving of same, no
person shall park a vehicle on any street, or the side of any street,
not designated by a traffic sign for angle parking, other than
parallel to and within 30 centimetres of the curb.
2.
Upon those streets where angle parking is permitted, the driver of
a vehicle shall park at the angle to the curb indicated by parking
marks and as close to the curb as practicable, except where angle
parking is indicated by signs only, in which case the angle of the
parking shall be forty-five degrees from the direction of traffic.
Subdivision 13 - Parcel Pick-Up and Commercial Loading
3.4.13
1.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow any vehicle to remain
standing in a "Parcel Pick-Up - 3 Minute Parking Zone" for a
period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading
or unloading of passengers or merchandise and in no event shall
such time period exceed a maximum of three minutes.
2.
a.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow any vehicle to
remain standing in a "Commercial Loading Zone" unless
the same bears a municipal licence plate issued under Part
4, Division 1 of this Code.
b.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow any vehicle to
remain standing in a "Commercial Loading Zone" except
while loading or unloading and in no event for longer than
ONE (1) hour.
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Division 4
- General Regulations
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 14 - Emergency Vehicles
3.4.14.
1.
The provisions of this Division regulating the parking of vehicles
shall not apply to any emergency vehicle while attending at any
emergency call, but this exemption shall not excuse the driver of
any such vehicle from exercising due and proper care for the
safety of other traffic.
Subdivision 15 - Municipal and Utility Vehicles
3.4.15.
1.
The provisions of this Division prohibiting stopping and parking
shall not apply to:
a.
municipal or provincial utility vehicles;
b.
vehicles of a public utility corporation or power distribution
company; or
c.
wrecking vehicles;
d.
R.C.M.P. or police vehicles;
while such vehicles are actually engaged in works of necessity
requiring them to be stopped or parked in contravention of any
such provisions.
Subdivision 16 - Classes of Vehicles
3.4.16.
1.
The Council may by resolution exempt any class of vehicles from
such provisions of this Part relating to parking and stopping as the
Council may deem fit and under such conditions as the Council
may impose including the identification of vehicles so exempted
and no person shall display on any vehicles any identification
purporting to provide for such exemption unless such identification
has been duly authorized by the Council.
Subdivision 17 - Prohibiting Of Deposit of Oil, Gasoline, Grease or Similar Substance
1.
No Person shall deposit, or permit to be deposited, any oil,
gasoline, grease or similar substance:
a. directly onto any street; or
b. indirectly onto any street by way of leaking or otherwise
escaping from a vehicle.
c. onto a driveway where the substance or residue could flow into
the storm drain
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Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Subdivision 1 - Slow Moving Vehicles
3.5.1.
1.
The driver of any slow moving vehicle shall drive such vehicle as
close as possible to the right-hand curb line of any street.
2.
Where any slow moving vehicles tend to congest traffic any Peace
Officer may cause such vehicles to be removed or to be
temporarily removed from the main travelled portion of the
highway for such time and for the purpose of permitting the
congested traffic to be relieved.
Subdivision 2 - Intersections and Lanes
3.5.2.
1.
No driver of any vehicle shall turn such vehicle so as to proceed in
the opposite direction at any intersection or so as to interfere with
traffic.
2.
The driver of any vehicle emerging from any lane, driveway or
building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving on or
across any sidewalk or boulevard extending to or across such
lane, driveway or building entrance and shall not proceed until
movement can be safely made.
Subdivision 3 - Overtaking and Driving on Left Side of Road
3.5.3.
1.
No person operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway shall
overtake and pass, or attempt to overtake and pass, another
vehicle proceeding in the same direction upon any curve or when
approaching the crest of any grade, where there is not a clear
view of such highway ahead for a distance of 150 metres along
such highway.
2.
No person shall drive or operate a vehicle to the left of the centre
of the highway, or to the left side of the highway:
a.
when approaching the crest of a grade or upon the curve
where the view is obstructed within a distance of 150
metres ahead;
b.
when approaching any intersection or railroad grade
crossing; or
c.
when the driver's view is obstructed upon approaching
within 30 metres of any bridge, viaduct, tunnel or
underpass.
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 4 - Pedestrians and Right of Way
3.5.4.
1.
The driver of any vehicle shall exercise due care for the safety of
pedestrians and shall given warning by sounding the horn when
necessary, and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing
any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a
roadway.
2.
Whenever any vehicle has stopped or slowed down at a marked
crosswalk, or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, to
permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other
vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass
such vehicle.
3.
At intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals
or by a Peace Officer, the driver or operator of a vehicle shall give
the right of way to pedestrians within a crosswalk who are
crossing the roadway on a green or "GO" signal or in accordance
with the direction of a Peace Officer.
4.
No person shall drive or operate a vehicle through or within a
Pedestrian Safety Zone.
5.
When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation,
the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or
stopping if need be, to so yield to a pedestrian crossing the
roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half
of the roadway upon which the vehicle is travelling or when the
pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the
roadway as to be in danger.
Subdivision 5 - Noisemaking
3.5.5.
1.
No person shall operate upon a motor vehicle any calliope, loud
speaker or other noise making device upon the streets of the
municipality for advertising or other purpose unless a written
permit has been applied for and granted by the Chief
Administrative Officer.
2.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet,
no person operating a motor vehicle within such zone shall sound
the horn or other warning device of said vehicle except in an
emergency.
Subdivision 6 - Clinging to Motor Vehicles
3.5.6.
1.
No person while riding any bicycle, tricycle, coaster, roller skates,
toy vehicle, skis or sleigh, shall cling or be attached to any vehicle
in motion in or upon any street.
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 7 - Passengers' Conduct
3.5.7.
1.
No person while riding in or on any vehicle shall do any act which
will interfere with the driver's proper control of such vehicle.
Subdivision 8 - Clearing Scene of Accident
3.5.8.
1.
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a
highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance lying
upon the highway from such vehicle.
Subdivision 9 - Authorized Processions
3.5.9.
1.
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising
a funeral or authorized procession while it is in motion, unless
otherwise directed by a Peace Officer.
2.
Funeral processions shall be identified as such by each vehicle
therein having its headlights illuminated or by the display of a
pennant or other identifying insignia.
Subdivision 10 - Unattended Vehicle
3.5.10.
1.
No person having control of or in charge of a motor vehicle on a
highway shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping
the engine, locking the ignition and removing the key when
standing on any perceptible grade, without effectively turning the
front wheels to the curb or side of the highway left or right.
Subdivision 11 - Driving Over Curb
3.5.11.
1.
No person shall ride, drive or lead any animal or move, drive or
propel any vehicle over or across any curb or across any planting
strip except at a permanent or temporary driveway provided for
such purposes.
Subdivision 12 - Weaving
3.5.12.
1.
No driver shall drive a vehicle so as to weave in and out of traffic
in such a manner as to interfere with the driving of other vehicles.
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Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 14 - Traffic
3.5.14.
1.
No person shall drive or operate on a highway:
a.
a vehicle having a total outside width, unladen or with load,
in excess of 8 feet, except that with loads of loose hay,
loose straw, or loose fodder the load may project over the
sides of the vehicle such distances as result in a total
outside width not in excess of 10 feet;
b.
a vehicle having a height, unladen or with load in excess of
4 metres;
c.
a vehicle, separately or as part of a combination of
vehicles having a length inclusive of front and rear
bumpers and load, in excess of 35 feet;
d.
a combination of vehicles having a length, inclusive of front
and rear bumpers and load, in excess of 60 feet,
PROVIDED THAT when the load comprises logs, poles or
structural materials in single lengths, a red flag not less
than 50 centimetres square shall be carried both on the
extreme front and the extreme rear of the vehicle and load
while the vehicle is being operated on a highway;
e.
a vehicle or combination of vehicles so loaded that the
load extends more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels
thereof or, if equipped with front bumper, more than 3 feet
beyond such front bumper;
f.
a vehicle any part of which, or the load upon which
extends more than 15 feet behind the centre of the last
axle of the vehicle;
g.
a passenger-vehicle so loaded that any part of the load
extends beyond the line of the fenders;
h.
any motor vehicle between November 1st and March 31st
during any year or years unless such motor vehicle is
using chains, or winter tires, or tires equipped with studs,
or any combination thereof.
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 14 - Traffic (Continued)
2.
Except as provided in Section 3.5.14.1.h. no person shall drive or
operate on a highway:
a.
a combination of vehicles consisting of more than two
vehicles;
b.
a vehicle equipped with solid rubber tires the thickness of
which between the rim of the wheel and the surface of the
highway is less than 32 millimetres;
c.
a vehicle having wheels, tires or tracks constructed or
equipped with projecting spikes, cleats, ribs, clamps,
flanges, lugs or other attachments or projections which
extend beyond the tread or traction surface of the wheel,
tread or tracks except as provided in 3.5.14.1.h.;
PROVIDED THAT such vehicle may be driven or operated
on a highway not having a cement-concrete, asphaltic--
concrete or bituminous- treated surface; AND PROVIDED
FURTHER THAT such vehicles may be driven or operated
on a highway if protective padding sufficient to prevent any
damage to the highway is attached or placed across the
paved section of the highway;
d.
any freight vehicle for the transportation of any freight
unless the construction and equipment of the vehicle and
the manner in which the freight is loaded and secured are
such that the vehicle can be operated safely and without
danger of overturning, and such as to prevent the load or
any portion thereof shifting or swaying dangerously, falling
off, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle;
(1)
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it
shall be prima facie evidence that a vehicle is being
operated in contravention of 3.5.14.1.d. of this
subdivision if such vehicle is being operated on a
highway:
(i)
for the transportation of a load or more than
one tier of logs, poles, or piling unless the
vehicle is equipped with fixed bunks, or
revolving bunks where a combination of
vehicles is used, which are equipped with
proper chock blocks with or without stake
extension;
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 14 - Traffic (Continued)
(ii)
for the transportation of lumber, logs, poles,
piling or pipe when these are longitudinally
loaded in single lengths on a flat decked
vehicle or on bunks unless the load is
secured by at least two chains or cables or
equivalent fastenings where it is of a height
from the ground of 3.25 metres or less, or
by at least three chains, cables, or
equivalent fastenings in other cases, which
with attachments shall have a breaking
strength of at least 3,100 kilograms and
shall be fastened in such a manner as to
stabilize the load under all operating
conditions
that
may
be
reasonably
anticipated. Where the load comprises two
or more separate sections, each section
shall be fastened as herein provided as
though it were a single-length load.
3.
No person shall drive or operate on a highway:
a.
a vehicle any axle of which is carrying a gross weight in
excess of 18,000 lbs;
b.
a vehicle or combination of vehicles having a gross weight
on any group of axles, having respect to the distance
between the extreme axles in such group, measured to the
nearest foot, in excess of the following:
Distance in Feet Between
the Extreme of any Group
of Axles
Maximum Gross Load in Lbs.
Allowed to be Carried
on that Group of Axles
4
32,000
5
32,000
6
32,000
7
32,000
8
32,600
9
33,600
10
34,500
11
35,500
12
36,500
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Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Distance in Feet Between
the Extreme of any Group
of Axles
Maximum Gross Load in Lbs.
Allowed to be Carried
on that Group of Axles
13
37,400
14
38,400
15
39,300
16
40,200
17
41,200
18
42,100
19
43,000
20
43,900
21
44,800
22
45,700
23
46,600
24
47,500
25
48,400
26
49,200
27
50,100
28
51,000
29
51,800
30
52,700
31
53,500
32
54,300
33
55,200
34
56,000
35
56,800
36
57,600
37
58,400
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- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 14 - Traffic (Continued)
3.5.14.
3.
b. (Continued)
Distance in Feet Between
the Extreme of any Group
of Axles
Maximum Gross Load in Lbs.
Allowed to be Carried
on that Group of Axles
38
59,200
39
60,000
40
60,800
41
61,600
42
62,400
43
63,100
44
63,900
45
64,700
46
65,400
47
66,200
48
66,900
49
67,600
50
68,400
51
69,100
52
69,800
53
70,500
54
71,200
55
71,900
56
72,600
57
73,300
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- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 14 - Traffic (Continued)
3.5.14.
3.
c.
a vehicle so loaded that the gross weight on any wheel
thereof is in excess of 600 lbs. per inch of width of tire in
the case of rubber tires or 300 lbs. per inch in width of tire
in the case of metal tires;
d.
notwithstanding anything contained herein, it shall be
lawful to operate a motor vehicle having a maximum gross
load up to and including, 400 lbs. in excess of the gross
load herein set forth, PROVIDED the said motor vehicle is
equipped with an automatic device for the purpose of
sanding the highway, and the device is intended to be
used for that purpose.
4.
No person shall at any time drive or operate on any highway:
a.
a solid-rubber-tired vehicle at a greater rate of speed than
15 kilometres per hour;
b.
an unloaded logging truck with semi-trailer at a greater
speed than 25 kilometres per hour, unless the semi-trailer
is carried on the truck.
5.
The driver or operator of a vehicle on a highway when so required
by a Peace Officer or by any person authorized in writing by the
Municipal Engineer, shall:
a.
stop such vehicle at such time and place as directed for
the purpose of weighing the whole or any part thereof,
measuring the dimensions of the vehicle, measuring and
inspecting the tires thereon, inspecting the load carried, or
for any other purpose under this section;
b.
drive such vehicle to the nearest municipal or available
scales (whether portable or otherwise) for the purpose of
weighing the same;
c.
rearrange the load upon such vehicles or remove the
whole or part of the load from the vehicle as may be
necessary to comply with this section before continuing to
drive or operate the vehicle.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 14 - Traffic (Continued)
3.5.14.
6.
a.
The Municipal Engineer may in his direction, by issuance
of a special permit in writing, authorize the driving or
operation on a highway, subject to such limitations or
conditions as he shall cause to be shown on such special
permit of any vehicle whether or not such vehicle conforms
to 3.5.14.1., 3.5.14.2., 3.5.14.3., and 3.5.14.4.. Upon the
issuance of such special permit such vehicle may be
driven or operated upon a highway subject to the
limitations or conditions shown thereon.
b.
Before any permit is issued pursuant to this section, the
applicant shall deposit with the Municipal Treasurer a cash
deposit
in
an
amount
satisfactory
to
the
Chief
Administrative Officer or a bond of a surety company in
terms and amounts satisfactory to the Chief Administrative
Officer in order to secure payment to the municipality of the
full cost of repairing or reconstructing any highway or other
property of the Municipality which may be damaged by
reason of the driving or operation of the vehicle for which
the permit is issued.
7.
Where any new construction, reconstruction, widening, repair,
marking, or other work is being carried out upon a highway, the
Municipal Engineer may limit the rate of speed for vehicles
travelling upon such part of the highway and may limit the weight
of vehicles and the type of vehicles and loads of such vehicles
which may use such portion of the highway, and may cause to be
erected at each end of and along the said part of the highway
signs indicating such speed, type weight and load limitations. No
person shall drive or operate a vehicle on such part of the highway
contrary to such signs.
3.5.14.
8.
When owing to work of construction, repair, or maintenance, or
owing to damage by accident or storm, Act of God or other
emergency, any highway or portion thereof, is unsafe or
unsuitable for traffic, or it is necessary that traffic should be
restricted thereon or diverted there from, the Municipal Engineer
or the Chief of Police, or any person duly authorized by either of
them, may close such highway, or portion thereof, or restrict or
divert traffic thereon or there from, and for that purpose may erect
or place lamps, barriers, signboards, notices or other warnings
upon such highway or portion thereof; and no person shall enter
upon, or travel upon, such highway or portion thereof, so closed
as aforesaid or enter upon or travel thereon contrary to the
restrictions placed upon the traffic thereon as aforesaid, or
remove, damage, alter or destroy any lamp, barrier, signboard,
notice or warning so placed as aforesaid.
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PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 5
- Operation of Vehicles
Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or
omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from Corporate Administration, District of Kitimat.
Subdivision 15 - Authorization of Traffic
3.5.15.
1.
Notwithstanding any provision in the Code to the contrary, the
Chief Administrative Officer may on any highway within the
municipality other than an arterial highway, by the issuance of a
restricted route permit signed by the Chief Administrative Officer,
or any person authorized in writing by the Chief Administrative
Officer, authorize the driving or operation of a combination of
vehicles having five axles, for the purpose of carrying a block load
of logs or saw-timber cants, provided the overall length of the
combination of vehicles and a load does not exceed sixty feet, the
overall height does not exceed twelve feet six inches, the overall
width does not exceed eight feet, and the tire weight of the
combination of vehicles does not exceed thirty thousand pounds,
over those routes designated in the permit and subject to
limitations and conditions of the permit.
Subdivision 16 - Extraordinary Traffic
3.5.16.
1.
Where in the opinion of the Municipal Engineer any highway is
liable to damage through extraordinary traffic thereon, he may
regulate, limit, or prohibit the use of the highway by any person
operating or in charge of the extraordinary traffic or owning the
goods carried thereby or the vehicles used therein.
2.
Every person driving on or using the highway in contravention of a
regulation, limitation, or prohibition made under 3.5.16.1. is guilty
of an offence against this Code.
3.
Any person to whom this section might otherwise apply may, with
the approval of the Municipal Engineer, enter into an agreement
for the payment to the municipality of compensation in respect of
the damage or expense which may, in the opinion of the Municipal
Engineer be caused by the extraordinary traffic, and thereupon
that person shall not in respect of that traffic be subject to any
prohibition or penalty prescribed by this section.
4.
The Municipal Engineer may close to traffic or use any highway at
such time and for such period of time and in respect of such
classes or traffic or use as in his opinion may be necessary for the
construction or protection of any highway or other public work or
for the protection of persons using the highway or to enable
permitted traffic to be handled safely and expeditiously.
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 6
- Pedestrians
Subdivision 1 - Pedestrian Regulations
3.6.1.
1.
At any street intersection where crosswalks are located and
marked, pedestrians shall use such crosswalks in crossing the
street.
2.
Every pedestrian crossing a highway, at any point other than
within a marked crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to all
vehicles upon the highway.
3.
Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are
in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a
marked crosswalk.
4.
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half
of the crosswalks.
5.
No pedestrian shall stand in the roadway for the purpose of
soliciting a ride from the driver of any private vehicle.
6.
On the approach of an emergency vehicle, pedestrians shall
proceed or return to the nearest sidewalk and remain there until
such vehicle has passed.
7.
No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety
and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it
is impossible for the driver to yield the right of way.
8.
No person who has alighted from a bus which has stopped at the
near side of an intersection shall start to cross to the opposite side
of the street upon which such bus is moving, until the bus has
moved away from its stopping place, unless such crossing is
made in compliance with traffic control signals or at the direction
of a Peace Officer.
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 6
- Pedestrians
Subdivision 2 - School Safety Patrol
3.6.2.
1.
The principal of any school may appoint a number of pupils to
constitute a school safety patrol under rules of the School Board
approved by resolution of Council.
2.
Such pupils shall be vested with power to require the stopping of
vehicles at crosswalks by displaying flags or other devices bearing
the word "Stop".
3.
No driver of a vehicle which is approaching a crosswalk where a
member of a school safety patrol is in attendance shall cause or
permit the vehicle to proceed through or into the crosswalk when a
flag or other device with the word "Stop" thereon is being
displayed so as to face traffic approaching from either direction.
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 7
- Cyclists
Subdivision 1 - Riding on Sidewalks
3.7.1.
1.
Pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act, cyclists are permitted to ride on
all sidewalks within the District of Kitimat unless directed
otherwise by a sign.
2.
Notwithstanding 3.6.1.1. cyclists are not permitted to ride on any
sidewalks that directly abut the wall of a building.
3.
Cyclists riding on sidewalks must always give way to pedestrians.
Subdivision 2 - Warning Devices
3.7.2.
1.
Every bicycle when operated upon a highway or sidewalk shall be
equipped with a horn or bell in good working order, capable of
emitting sound audible under normal conditions for a distance of
not less than 30 metres, and it shall be unlawful for any bicycle to
be equipped with a siren or whistle, or to use any such bell or horn
otherwise than as a reasonable warning to other users of the
highway or sidewalk.
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 9
- Road Naming and Numbering
Subdivision 1 - Road Designation
3.9.1.
1.
The classification of highways within the District of Kitimat shall be
as designated upon "The Road Designation Map of the
municipality pursuant to Bylaw 538 which does not form a part of
the Code.
Road Naming
2.
Before submitting any subdivision plan for approval by the
Approving Officer under the provisions of the Land Registry Act,
the owner of the land to be subdivided shall:
a.
submit to Council for approval the proposed names for all
roads shown on the said plan; and
b.
after obtaining the approval of Council indicate the
approved names on the said plan.
3.
Roads which cross a boulevard may not retain the same name on
both sides of the Boulevard.
Road Numbering
4.
Road numbering of buildings including manufactured homes in the
District shall be according to the following system:
Block Numbers
a.
road numbers, except in the case of streets and crescents
in residential areas, shall be allocated in blocks of
consecutive hundreds;
b.
each block shall start at an even hundred;
c.
a block shall not cover more than 380 metres of road
frontage;
Frontage Per Number
d.
for every 10 metres of distance measured along the centre
line of any road, there shall be allocated one odd and one
even number;
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 9
- Road Naming and Numbering
Subdivision 1 - Road Designation (Continued)
3.9.1.
4.
Odd and Even
e.
when facing the direction of increasing numbers, odd
numbers shall be on the right side of the road and even
numbers on the left side;
On the West Side of the Kitimat River
f.
road numbers on Streets or Boulevards shall be allocated
in blocks commencing westerly from a line parallel to
Enterprise Avenue and passing through the centre of the
Kitimat River Bridge on Haisla Boulevard;
g.
road numbers on Avenues shall be allocated in blocks and
shall increase northward corresponding to the street
names;
On the East Side of the Kitimat River
h.
numbering on Boulevards which have their western ends
at the river shall commence from the centre line of the
river;
i.
numbering on new Boulevards which commence at an
intersection with a Boulevard on which numbers have
already been allocated shall start with the block number
next higher than that which applies to the older Boulevard
at the centre point of such intersection;
j.
numbering on Avenues shall commence with the next
higher block number than that which applies at the point of
intersection on the Boulevard and Avenue;
k.
where an Avenue intersects more than once with a
Boulevard, or with more than one Boulevard, numbering
on the Avenue shall commence from the intersection at
which the numbering on the Boulevard is lower;
Streets and Crescents - Residential
l.
in a residential area, the numbers to be allocated on
Streets and Crescents shall contain no more than three
digits and shall commence from the number one at the
point of intersection of the Street or Crescent with an
Avenue or Boulevard;
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 9
- Road Naming and Numbering
Subdivision 1 - Road Designation (Continued)
3.9.1.
4.
m.
where any Street or Crescent in a residential area
intersects more than once with an Avenue or Boulevard,
the numbering on the Street or Crescent shall commence
from the intersection at which the road numbering on the
Avenue or Boulevard is lower.
Pedestrian Malls - Commercial
5.
Notwithstanding anything in 3.9.1.4., the provisions below shall
apply to buildings fronting on pedestrian malls:
a.
the area shall be divided into rectangular blocks of
consecutive hundreds increasing numerically along the
principal pedestrian mall axis;
b.
building numbers will correspond to the block numbers and
increase in the same direction; odd numbers shall be on
the pedestrian's right and even numbers on the left when
facing the direction of increasing numbers;
c.
a three digit number will be allocated to entrances directly
abutting the mall system; the first digit representing the
block, and the first two combined representing a distinctive
building number or numbers.
Plan
6.
The Municipal Planning Officer shall establish and maintain a plan
showing the official road numbers for buildings within the District.
7.
The Municipal Planning Officer, upon request, shall inform the
owner of any building of the number or numbers which should be
placed thereon.
8.
In the case of lots which front onto Avenues, Streets and
Crescents, the Planning Officer shall allocate a number to each
such lot at the time of subdivision, immediately after the plan of
subdivision has been approved and shall indicate the numbers
allocated on a copy of the plan retained.
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 9
- Road Naming and Numbering
Subdivision 1 - Road Designation (Continued)
3.9.1.
Multiple Numbering
9.
The Planning Officer may allocate more than one number to a
building, such an allocation to be based upon the number of main
entrances.
Allocation
10.
In the case of an application for a permit to erect a building or
other structure on a lot fronting on a Boulevard, the Planning
Officer shall allocate a number or numbers to the proposed
building or structure at the time of application, and before the
permit is issued.
11.
The Building Inspector shall indicate to the applicant at the time
the permit is issued, the number or numbers allocated under
3.9.1.10.
12.
Where an existing building has not previously been allocated a
number, or where a building or structure does not require a
building permit, the Building Inspector shall request the Planning
Officer to allocate a number, and upon receipt shall convey the
information to the owner or occupier.
Corner Lot
13.
A corner lot shall be deemed to front on the minor road rather than
the major, and for this purpose the ascending order shall be (a)
Streets and Crescents, (b) Avenues, (c) Boulevards.
14.
The Planning Officer shall determine the road on which the lot is
deemed to front.
Numbers to be Displayed
15.
Every owner shall place and maintain in the vicinity of the
entrance or entrances thereto the number or numbers allocated to
a building under this Division prior to occupancy of such building,
in cases where a building permit has been granted for the
construction of such building, and in all other cases, within one
month from the date of mailing by the Building Inspector of a
notice under 3.9.1.11.
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omissions in this consolidation. A CERTIFIED COPY is available from the Municipal Clerk, District of Kitimat.
PART 3
- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Division 9
- Road Naming and Numbering
Subdivision 1 - Road Designation (Continued)
3.9.1.
16.
No owner shall place or maintain thereon any number or numbers
on the outside of a building other than the number or numbers
required under this Subdivision.
17.
Every owner shall place and maintain the number or numbers
allocated to a building on the sides of the building facing the road
so that the number or numbers are clearly visible from the road.
18.
In cases where more than one number has been allocated to a
building, each number shall be placed by the owner adjacent to
the entrances for which they have each been assigned.
19.
Numbers shall be placed and maintained by the owner at least 1
metre above the ground and shall be at least 9 cm in height.
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