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CITY OF PITT MEADOWS
HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC BYLAW
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A Bylaw to regulate traffic and the use of highways and other areas in the
City of Pitt Meadows
WHEREAS the Council of the City of Pitt Meadows is authorized to enact a
bylaw pursuant to S. 124 of the Motor Vehicle Act and S. 36 of the Community
Charter;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Pitt Meadows enacts as follows:
1. Citation/Title
1.1
This Bylaw may be cited as the Highway and Traffic Bylaw.
2. Definitions
2.1
In this Bylaw, or in any resolution of Council passed pursuant to this
Bylaw, words or expressions used that are defined in the Motor Vehicle
Act and its Regulations, or the Commercial Transport Act and its
Regulations, will have the same meaning, unless the context otherwise
requires.
2.2
In this bylaw,
"Bicycle lane" means that portion of a highway that is designated for the
use of bicycle traffic and which is adjacent to but separated from
roadways provided for vehicular traffic by means of road markings.
"Boulevard" means the area between the curb lines of a roadway or the
lateral lines of a roadway or the shoulder thereof and the adjacent
property line.
"Bylaw Enforcement Officer" means that person appointed as such by
the City.
"Commercial vehicle" means a vehicle engaged in carrying, or which is
designed to carry, goods, wares or merchandise and which is licensed as
a commercial vehicle under the appropriate municipal or provincial laws
or regulations.
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"Commercial vehicle loading zone" means any area or space on a
highway which is designated for the loading or unloading of materials to
be used exclusively by commercial vehicles.
"City" means The City of Pitt Meadows.
"Council" means the Council of the City of Pitt Meadows.
"Crosswalk" means:
a) any portion of the roadway at an intersection or elsewhere
distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines
or other markings on the surface of any highway, or
b) the portion of a highway at an intersection that is included
within the connection of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on the
opposite sides of the highway, or within the extension of the
lateral lines of the sidewalk on the side of the highway,
measured from the curbs or in the absence of curbs from the
edges of the roadway.
"Curb" means the line of demarcation between the roadway and the
boulevard of any highway or where no boulevard exists on any highway,
the line of demarcation between the roadway and the sidewalk.
"Curb return" means a curved section of a curb located at a corner of an
intersection, connecting a curb on one street to another curb on the
intersecting street. A curb return starts at the point where the curb begins
to turn toward the direction of the intersecting street and ends at the
point where it meets the curb on the intersecting street.
"Custom transit vehicles" means a vehicle used primarily for the transport
of a person with a disability, operated by an agency approved by the
government authorities responsible for providing transit services for
people with a disability.
"Cycle" means a device having any number of wheels that is propelled by
human power and which a person may ride.
"Director" means the Director of Engineering and Operations of the City
of Pitt Meadows or a person authorized to act on the Director's behalf.
"Driver" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a
vehicle.
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"Dike" means an embankment, wall, fill, piling, pump, gate, flood box,
pipe, sluice, culvert, canal, ditch, drain or any other thing that is
constructed, assembled or installed to prevent the flooding of land.
"Fire Chief" means the Chief of the Fire Department of the City and
includes their authorized Deputy.
"Fire Zone" means that portion of a highway which is contained within
the projected extensions of the lateral boundaries of every parcel of land
upon which any Fire Hall or Fire Station is constructed and in which any
equipment for use in fighting fire and/or other emergency uses is held,
stored or maintained by the Corporation.
"Highway" includes:
a)
highways as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act; and
b)
every street, roadway, boulevard, lane, alley, sidewalk,
walkway, pathway, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, bicycle path, and
any other way normally open to the use of the public,
c)
but does not include a private road on private property.
"Impound" means the detention of any vehicle by a Peace Officer or by a
Bylaw Enforcement Officer.
"Intersection" means the area created by the extension of the lateral lines
of roadways which join one another, whether such roadways at the
junction cross each other or meet at an angle without crossing each
other.
"Jaywalk" means to cross a roadway, not being a lane, at any place which
is not within a crosswalk and which is less than one block from an
intersection at which traffic control signals are in operation.
"Lane" means any highway abutting the rear or side property lines of
parcels of land and intended primarily to give access to the rear or side
yards of such parcels of land.
"Median" means an area that is painted, curbed or raised and is located
between traffic lanes to separate vehicles travelling in opposite
directions.
"Motor Vehicle Act" includes the Motor Vehicle Act, Chapter 318 [RSBC
1996], as amended, and the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations 26/58, as
amended.
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"Owner" as applied to a vehicle includes:
a)
the person who holds the legal title to the vehicle;
b)
a person who is the conditional vender of, or lessee or
mortgagor of, and is entitled to be and is in possession of, the
vehicle; and
c)
the person in whose name the vehicle is registered.
"Parade" or "Procession" means:
d)
a group of ten (10) or more pedestrians standing, marching or
walking upon any highway; or
a)
a group of ten (10) or more vehicles, except a funeral
procession, standing or moving on a highway; and
b)
excludes members or vehicles of Her Majesty's Armed Forces.
"Parking stall" means any area or space on a highway designated by
markings as a parking place for one vehicle.
"Parking where prohibited" means the standing of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of,
and while actually engaged in, loading and unloading.
"Passenger zone" means any area or space on a highway designated for
the loading or unloading of passengers.
"Pedestrian" means a person on foot or in a wheelchair, whether
motorized or not.
"Person" includes:
a)
natural people;
b)
associations;
c)
corporate bodies;
d)
political bodies; and
e)
partnerships;
whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee. The
definition also includes the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or
other legal representative of such person to whom the context can apply
according to law.
"Private parking lot" means any area of land or land and building which is
used for the purpose of providing automobile parking facilities for
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members of the public, but does not include an area where such parking
is an ancillary use to a one family dwelling.
"Private Road" means every road or driveway in private ownership and
used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or
implied permission from the owner.
"Property line" means the dividing line between any private property and
the adjoining highway.
"Public Park" means any public park, which is lawfully designated as such,
and any other area, which is under the custody, care and management of
the City.
"Roadway" means the portion of the highway that is designed, improved,
or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder,
and where a highway includes two or more separate roadways the term
"roadway" refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of the
roadways collectively.
"Sidewalk" means the area between the curb lines or lateral lines of the
roadway and the adjacent property lines improved for use of pedestrians.
"Sidewalk crossing" means that portion of a sidewalk improved or
designed for the passage of vehicular traffic to gain access to property
adjoining a highway.
"Stop" or "Stand" means:
a)
when required, a complete cessation from movement; or
b)
when prohibited, the stopping or standing of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid
conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction
of a Peace Officer, Bylaw Enforcement Officer or traffic
control device.
"Traffic" means and includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,
vehicles, bicycles, and other conveyances, whether singly or together,
while using a highway for purpose of travel.
"Traffic Circle" means a traffic island located in the centre of an
intersection.
"Traffic Control Device" means a sign, signal, line, metre, marking, space,
barrier or device not inconsistent with this Bylaw or the Motor Vehicle
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Act, placed or erected by authority of the Council or person duly
authorized by the Council to exercise such authority.
"Traffic Control Signal" means traffic control device, whether manually,
electrically or mechanically operated by which traffic is directed to stop
and to proceed.
"Traffic Island" means an area that is painted, curbed or raised between
traffic lanes for the control of vehicle movements or for pedestrian refuge.
"Trail" means a pedestrian pathway or road mainly used for walking, but
often also for cycling or horseback riding.
"Truck" means any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a gross
vehicle weight in excess of eleven thousand eight hundred (11,800)
kilograms and designed or used primarily for the transportation of
property.
"Zoning Bylaw" means the City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505,
2011, as amended from time to time.
3. Application
3.1
The provisions of this Bylaw regulating widths, lengths, heights and
weights of vehicles do not apply to implements of husbandry temporarily
operated upon a highway during the hours of daylight, provided that
where the overall width of an implement of husbandry is 3.70 metres or
more, a "Wide Load" sign will be mounted on the front and flags will be
mounted on all four (4) corners of the implement in accordance with the
provisions of the Commercial Transport Act Regulations.
3.2
The provisions of this Bylaw prohibiting stopping or parking do not apply
to:
a) utility service vehicles owned by the City or by the Province of
British Columbia or the Governments of Canada;
b) service vehicles owned by a public utility corporation; or
c) vehicles specifically designed for the purpose of towing another
vehicle
while such vehicles are actually engaged in works of necessity requiring
them to be stopped or parked in contravention of such provisions.
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3.3
This Bylaw does not apply to:
a) an arterial highway as defined in the Highway Act unless the
application of this Bylaw to arterial highways has been approved
by the Minister of Highways;
b) the driving or operation of a mechanically propelled chair by a
person with a disability, the use of which is confined to the
purpose of which it was designed; or
c) emergency vehicles while in use during an emergency.
3.4
Unless the context otherwise requires:
a) the provisions of this Bylaw relating to pedestrians and to the
operation of vehicles refer to pedestrians and to the operation of
the vehicles upon any highway within the boundaries of the City;
b) the provisions of this Bylaw do not apply to people, vehicles and
other equipment while actually engaged in highway construction
or maintenance work under, upon or over the surface of a highway
while at the site of the work, but do apply to them when traveling
to or from the site of the work; and
c) a person riding a bicycle, animal or driving an animal drawn vehicle
upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the duties
that a driver of a vehicle has under this Bylaw.
3.5
Where a Peace Officer or a Bylaw Enforcement Officer reasonably
considers it necessary:
a) to ensure orderly movement of traffic;
b) to prevent injury or damage to people or property; or
c) to permit proper action in an emergency;
they may direct traffic according to their discretion, despite anything in
this Bylaw, and every driver of a vehicle and every pedestrian will obey
their instructions or an applicable traffic control device.
4. Delegation of Powers
4.1
The Director is hereby authorized:
a) to place or erect, or cause to be placed or erected, traffic control
devices for the regulation, control, or prohibition of traffic for the
purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act
and this Bylaw, in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform
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Traffic Control Devices for Canada handbook as prepared by the
Council on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada;
b) to regulate or prohibit parking on a highway during snow removal
operations;
c) to place or cause to be placed, for temporary periods not
exceeding thirty (30) days at any one time, traffic signs prohibiting
parking:
(i) at the entrance to dance halls, funeral parlors or other places
of public assemblage during the period of assemblage
therein;
(ii) upon either or both sides of any highway or portion thereof
along the route of any parade or in the vicinity of large
gatherings;
(iii) at any location where, upon special circumstances it is
deemed necessary to facilitate or safeguard traffic; and
(iv) in front of any buildings or structures under construction,
alteration, repair or demolition;
d) to designate portions of highways as:
(i) commercial vehicle loading zones;
(ii) passenger zones; or
(iii) bicycle lanes;
e) to close a highway or section thereof, or restrict or divert traffic
thereon, when, in their opinion, that highway or any section thereof
is unsafe or unsuitable for traffic, or it is advisable that traffic
should be restricted or diverted there from;
f)
to designate boulevards, sidewalks, and walkways for the use of
people riding animals or where the riding of animals is prohibited,
and for the purpose to make regulations restricting the direction of
travel and hours of use, and to locate and post signs or other traffic
control devices as they may deem necessary for the administration
and enforcement of the regulations authorized herein;
g) to issue a permit for the purpose of a temporary road closure for a
block party;
h) to designate access to and from a highway for adjacent land,
including the location and extent of access when, in their opinion,
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such designation is necessary to protect the best interests of the
local residents and traffic;
i)
to specify conditions with regard to traffic control and utilization of
City Highways in connection with permits issued under the City's
Soil Removal and Fill Deposit Bylaw, including:
(i) limits or restrictions on highway use;
(ii) requirements for traffic control personnel and signage; and
(iii) methods of staging utilized;
based on the nature and extent of soil removal and fill deposit as
deemed necessary to allow for safe and reasonable usage of
highways and to limit adverse impacts of such use on the other
users of the highway and the adjacent lands.
4.2
The Director or the Fire Chief of the City may erect temporary traffic
control devices at any time:
a) in the interest of public safety;
b) to facilitate the fighting of any fire; or
c) to enable work to be done on any highway, such as
(i) the clearing of snow; or
(ii) cleaning, repairing, excavating, decorating or any other work
which the Director considers would be made more difficult
without such traffic control device.
5. General Regulations
5.1
Except where otherwise directed by:
a) a Peace Officer;
b) a Bylaw Enforcement Officer; or
c) a person authorized by a Peace Officer to direct traffic,
a person will obey all instructions, regulations or prohibitions contained in
or upon any traffic control device, which is erected or placed under the
provisions of this Bylaw.
5.2
A person may not mark or imprint on, or in any manner whatsoever
deface, damage or interfere with, any traffic control device which is
erected or placed under the provisions of this Bylaw.
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5.3
A person, other than the owner or operator of a vehicle, may not remove
any notice placed thereon or affixed thereto by a Peace Officer or a Bylaw
Enforcement Officer under the provisions of this Bylaw.
5.4
Unless they have obtained a valid permit authorizing them to do so, a
person or group of people, with the exception of funeral processions,
may not:
a) be present on a highway in such a manner as to obstruct the free
passage of pedestrians or vehicles, except with written permission
of Council;
b) form or enter into any queue or line-up on any sidewalk having a
width more than two (2) people abreast;
c) take part in any procession on a highway in the City unless that
procession is under the control of a person acting as marshal or
organizer;
d) take part in any procession on a highway in the City unless a
written permit for the procession has been issued to the marshal or
organizer, pursuant to an order of the Director authorizing the
procession;
e) use a highway or any portion of a highway for a purpose other than
a general public use; or
f)
conduct or hold an organized sport, organized activity, special
event, or any other activity on a highway.
5.5
In making an order granting a permit for the regulation and control of a
procession on a highway, the Director will set out:
a) the date and times at which the procession is authorized;
b) the place of formation or commencement of the procession;
c) the route which may be followed by the procession; and
d) the point of conclusion of the procession.
5.6
Not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the intended date of the
procession, the Director will advise Council of the proposed procession.
5.7
The Director may rescind or amend an order made with respect to a
permit in the event that the safety or convenience of the public may be
affected by conditions arising after issuance of the permit.
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5.8
Where a procession is lawfully in progress, or where a funeral procession
is in progress, a pedestrian or driver of a vehicle may not cross or
interfere with the procession.
5.9
The Council or Director may grant to any organization the privilege of
using any highway, or portion, or portions thereof, on certain specified
dates for the purpose of soliciting aid; a person must not solicit aid
without such permission having been granted.
5.10 A person may not, in any public park:
a) ride, drive or lead any horse or other animal or operate any vehicle
except on a lane, trail, walkway or portion of a highway designated
and posted for such purpose and except in conformance with the
directions posted and any traffic control device;
b) ride, drive or lead any horse or other animal or operate any vehicle
without reasonable consideration for other people using the park;
c) operate any vehicle at a speed greater than twenty-five kilometres
per hour (25 km/h) or such other speed as may be directed by
traffic control devices;
d) operate any vehicle having a licensed gross weight of more than
four thousand six hundred (4 600) kilograms, or deposit or remove
any material; or
e) operate, stop or park any vehicle except where authorized by
traffic control devices.
5.11 Subsection 5.10 does not apply to City staff while engaged in the
performance of their duties, with the exception of subsection 5.10(c).
5.12 Except as authorized by a permit issued by the Director or Council, a
person may not, upon any highway:
a) operate a vehicle while sounding a calliope, loudspeaker or other
noise making device;
b) march, drive or otherwise take part in a parade or procession,
except a funeral procession;
c) solicit for donations of money or other material assistance;
d) sell or display for the purposes of selling any article or thing; or
e) install or erect any sign or banner.
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5.13 A person may not:
a) throw, cause to be deposited, or flow upon a highway:
(i) any noxious, offensive or filthy water;
(ii) oil, gasoline or grease, soil;
(iii) sand, gravel or rock; or
(iv) any other substance, article or thing, whether broken or
intact;
b) coast, slide or use roller skates, skateboards, sleighs, ice skates,
skis or other similar means of conveyance on a highway;
c) leave any excavation or other obstruction on a highway without
placing barricades and warning lights for the protection of the
public;
d) interfere with any barricade, sign, warning lamp or other device
which is lawfully occupying any highway at or near any excavation,
obstruction or work being performed thereon;
e) engage in any sport, amusement, exercise or occupation on a
highway or stand or loiter in such a manner as to obstruct, impede
or interfere with the passage of vehicles on a highway;
f)
drive or operate a vehicle on a highway between the persons or
vehicles comprising a parade or funeral procession;
g) occupy a trailer as living quarters while it is parked upon any
highway;
h) make any repairs to a vehicle while it is upon any highway, other
than such temporary repairs as is necessary for the removal of such
vehicle from the highway;
i)
leave any horse or other animal which is attached to any vehicle
intended to be drawn by such horse, or other animal, on any
highway or public park without such horse or other animal being
tethered in such a manner as to prevent the horse or other animal
from running away or from moving on the highway or public park
in any way as to obstruct or impede other traffic;
j)
tie or fasten any horse or other animal to any traffic control device,
utility pole or lamp standard;
k) except with lawful authority, drive or operate a motor vehicle so as
to leave a highway and enter a place where a sign indicates that
motorized vehicle are prohibited;
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l)
except with lawful authority, drive or operate on a highway so as to
leave a highway and enter a place where a sign indicates that
vehicles are prohibited; or
m) jaywalk on any highway within the City, with the exception of lanes.
5.14 A person who removes a wrecked or damaged vehicle from the scene of
an accident on a highway will remove all glass and other debris caused by
the accident from the highway.
5.15 A person will adhere to the following parameters pertaining to tire chains:
a) motor vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of four thousand six
hundred (4 600) kilograms or less will have no more than a total of
one hundred thirty (130) studs;
b) motor vehicles having a gross vehicle weight greater than four
thousand six hundred (4 600) kilograms will have no more than one
hundred seventy-five (175) studs; and
c) no studs will be used on a tire on a non-drive wheel unless each
drive wheel has at least one studded tire.
5.16 A person may not drive or operate on a highway:
a) a solid-rubber-tired vehicle at a rate of speed greater than twenty
(20) kilometres per hour;
b) an unloaded vehicle towing an unloaded pole trailer at a rate of
speed greater than thirty (30) kilometres per hour;
c) a vehicle with any load, unless the construction and equipment of
the vehicle and the manner in which the load is distributed and
secured are such as to prevent any of the load from shifting or
swaying in such a manner as to affect the safe operation of the
vehicle from dropping, shifting, leaking or otherwise escaping from
the vehicle, provided that sand may be dropped for the purpose of
securing traction;
d) a vehicle with any load, unless the load and any covering thereon
is securely fastened so as to prevent any part of the load or the
covering from becoming loose, detached or in any manner
hazardous to other users of the highway;
e) a vehicle containing any sawdust, solid waste, liquid waste, dirt,
gravel, rocks or other loose material, on any street in the City
unless such vehicle will be kept tightly and securely covered in
such manner as to prevent any of such sawdust, solid waste, liquid
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waste, dirt, gravel, rocks or other loose material from being blown,
dropped or spilled from such vehicle; or
f)
a vehicle with a load, unless the load is restrained in compliance
with the National Safety Code Standard 10 or equivalent.
5.17 A person may not drive or operate any motor vehicle or motorcycle on
any graveled or grassed area on any dike or designated trail within City
boundaries.
6. Uses Requiring Permit
6.1
Except as authorized by a permit issued by the Director pursuant to this
Bylaw, a person may not:
a) place any fuel, lumber, merchandise, chattel or ware of any nature,
which is in transit to or from the adjoining property, on any
highway;
b) deposit, throw, or leave any earth, refuse, debris or any other thing
on a highway;
c) cause or permit any earth, rocks, stones, logs or stumps or other
things to cave, fall, crumble, slide or accumulate from the property
abutting on a highway and on which is the owner or occupier of
such property;
d) drag or skid anything along or over a highway;
e) dig up, break up or remove any part of a highway;
f)
cut down or remove trees or timber growing on a highway or
excavate in or under a highway;
g) change the level of a highway whatsoever or stop the flow of water
through any drain, sewer or culvert on or through the highway;
h) place, construct, install, maintain, demolish, remove or alter any
works, structures or things of any kind, or perform any work of any
kind on a highway;
i)
construct or maintain a ditch, sewer or drain, the effluent from
which causes damage, fouling, nuisance or injury to any portion of
a highway;
j)
mark or imprint or deface in any manner whatsoever a highway or
structure thereon;
k) ride, drive, lead, move or propel any animal or vehicle over or
across a boulevard, including any curb, sidewalk or ditch therein
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unless such boulevard has been constructed or improved to form a
suitable crossing;
l)
construct a boulevard crossing, including a curb, ditch or sidewalk
crossing; or
m) plant trees, shrubs, plants, bushes, hedges, fences or erect any
other structure, hard surface or pavers in the boulevard.
7. Size, Weight and Loading Regulations by Reference
7.1
The provisions of this Part apply in respect of all highways.
7.2
Size, weight and load regulations for vehicles, trucks, and commercial
vehicles are established by the following legislation, as amended from
time to time:
a) Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C Reg. 26/58, in particular:
(i) Section 19.01;
(ii) Section 19.02;
(iii) Section 19.03;
(iv) Section 19.05;
(v) Section 19.06;
(vi) Division 35 - Cargo Securement;
b) Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78, in particular:
(i) Division 1 - Interpretation;
(ii) Division 2 - Application;
(iii) Division 7 - Size and Weight, commencing at Section 7.05;
(iv) Division 8 - Pilot Cars and Signs; and
(v) Division 11 - Penalties.
7.3
For the purposes of this Bylaw, wherever in these regulations adopted by
this Bylaw, the term "Minister" or "Minister of Transportation and
Highways" appears, the term "Director" will be substituted and where
the term "Act" appears, the term "Bylaw" will be substituted.
7.4
A person may not park, drive or operate a vehicle, or combination of
vehicles, which is overloaded or oversized within the definition in
subsection 7.2, on a highway within the City unless:
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a) a permit has been issued under Section 7 by the Director, setting
out
(i) the route which the overloaded or oversized vehicle is to
take; and
(ii) the dates and hours or permitted operation and use of the
overloaded or oversized vehicle.
7.5
The provisions of Section 7 do not apply to buses, custom transit
vehicles, or emergency vehicles.
7.6
Despite any other provisions of this Bylaw, the Director is authorized to
make orders establishing the maximum permitted gross weight of a
vehicle or combination of vehicles permitted on any highway or portion of
a highway, for the protection of the highway.
7.7
Any order under Section 7:
a) will be made in writing;
b) will take effect upon the posting of such sign on the affected
highway or portion; and
c) may be revoked, amended, or varied by the Director.
8. Vehicle Weighing & Inspection Regulations
8.1
The driver of a vehicle on a highway, when so required by a Peace Officer
or a Bylaw Enforcement Officer, will:
a) stop the vehicle at the time and place specified by such Peace
Officer or Bylaw Enforcement Officer for the purpose of:
(i) weighing the whole or part thereof by means of stationary or
portable scales;
(ii) measuring the dimensions of the vehicle and load;
(iii) measuring and inspecting the tires thereon;
(iv) inspecting the load carried; or
(v) for any other purpose under this Bylaw;
b) drive the vehicle to the nearest public stationary or portable scales
for the purpose of weighing the vehicle and load; and
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c) re-arrange the load upon the vehicle or remove the whole or part
of the load from the vehicle in order to comply with the provisions
of this Bylaw before continuing to drive or operate the vehicle.
8.2
The driver of a vehicle on a highway, when directed by a traffic sign on
the highway to report to scales, will drive the vehicle onto the scales for
the purpose of:
a) weighing the whole or part thereof by means of stationary or
portable scales;
b) measuring the dimensions of the vehicle and load;
c) measuring and inspecting the tires thereon;
d) inspecting the load carried; or
e) for any purpose under this Bylaw.
9. Permit Regulations
9.1
The Director may issue a permit to do those things otherwise prohibited
by this Bylaw, subject to payment of the application fee set out in
Schedule A and subject to such other conditions contained in Section 9,
as may be applicable for the purpose of:
a)
avoiding undue damage to a highway;
b)
protecting persons or property;
c)
avoiding undue interference with traffic;
d)
ensuring that damage done to a highway in connection with an
activity undertaken pursuant to a permit is adequately repaired;
e)
avoiding nuisances or other disturbances; or
f)
otherwise protecting the public interest.
9.2
Where a permit for an oversize or overweight vehicle has been issued
pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act or the Motor Vehicle Act and
Regulations made pursuant thereto, a permit will still be required to do
those things otherwise prohibited by this Bylaw.
9.3
As a prerequisite to the issuance of a permit under Section 9, the
applicant will:
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a) deposit with the City a sum of money, which is, in the opinion of
the Director, sufficient:
(i) to pay the cost of repairing any damage likely to be done to
the highway and installations therein or thereon by reason of
the things to be done pursuant to the permit;
(ii) as security that any obligation imposed by the permit will be
fulfilled and completed within the time specified in such
permit and shall not be less than $5,000;
b) provide satisfactory plans and specifications of any work to be
undertaken and, when same are approved by the Director and the
necessary permit issued, the said work will conform in every
respect to the approved plans and specifications and to the
minimum general requirements of the City's Subdivision and
Development Servicing Bylaw No. 2589, 2013 for the zone in
which such highway is situated; and
c) provide travel route parameters of any work to be undertaken.
9.4
Where a deposit has been made in accordance with Section 9, and upon
satisfactory compliance with the permit within the time specified, the
deposit will be refunded to the applicant, less, where applicable, an
inspection fee as per Schedule A.
9.5
Where completed work is to be taken over by the City, the applicant will
maintain such work for a period of one year from the date of completion
of the work, as certified by the Director. A new permit and applicable
security deposit will be required for the maintenance period.
9.6
Where alterations to completed works are required due to the
reconstruction of a highway, the permit holder will pay all the costs of
such alterations.
9.7
The permit applicant will hold and save harmless the City of Pitt Meadows
from and against all claims, damages, and lien claims of every kind,
arising out of or in any way connected with any works or other things for
which this permit is issued.
9.8
In the event that the permit holder fails to repair any damage and/or fulfill
any obligations set out in a permit, the City may repair the damage or
fulfill the obligations and deduct the costs of doing so from the deposit.
If there are not sufficient funds on deposit to cover the costs, the City will
recover any shortfall from the permit holder.
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9.9
The permit applicant will obtain and maintain during the term of the
permit a comprehensive general liability insurance policy providing
coverage of not less than five million (5,000,000) dollars or a value set at
the discretion of the Director, naming the City as an additional insured
and providing that the said policy will not be canceled, lapsed or
materially altered without thirty (30) days' notice in writing to the City. A
copy of such policy will be delivered to the City prior to issuance of the
permit.
10. Stopping & Parking Regulations
10.1 A person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a) at an intersection:
(i) within 6.00 metres of the approach side of a traffic control
device; or
(ii) within 6.00 metres of the curb return; or
b) in front of, or within 1.50 metres of, the nearest side of a private
road or sidewalk crossing;
c) within 5.00 metres of a fire hydrant, measured either side from the
point at the curb or edge of the roadway which is closest to the
hydrant to the nearest wheel of the vehicle;
d) within 6.00 metres of the nearest side of the driveway entrance to,
or exit from, a fire hall on that side of the highway on which the fire
hall is located, within 23.00 metres of the nearest side of the
driveway entrance to, or exit from, such fire hall on the opposite
side of such highway, or within such other distances as may be
indicated by traffic control devices;
e) within any fire zone provided that this restriction will not apply to
prohibit the turning movement of traffic while legally entering or
leaving the fire hall or fire station or any privately owned lands
within such fire zone;
f)
alongside or opposite any highway excavation or obstruction when
such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
g) in any manner so as to hinder or obstruct a bus loading or
unloading;
h) on a bicycle lane, bicycle path or pedestrian walkway;
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i)
at any place where traffic control devices prohibit stopping or
parking;
j)
upon or in any highway in such a manner or under such conditions
as to leave available less than 3.00 metres of the useable traveled
portion of such highway for the free movement of vehicular traffic;
k) upon or in any highway opposite to or in such close proximity to
another vehicle already stopped in such highway, as to obstruct
the free movement of traffic in such highway; or
l)
upon or in any highway in such a position or manner as to obstruct
the free movement of traffic into or out of any driveway or private
road or garage adjoining such highway.
10.2 A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
a) on the paved portion of any highway without curbs, unless the
pavement thereof is at least 7.30 metres in width;
b) on the side of any highway which abuts a median, traffic circle or
traffic island;
c) on the side of any portion of a highway upon which any school or
school property abuts, on any school day between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., provided that this provision will not apply
where traffic control devices indicate that such parking is
permitted;
d) on any portion of a highway for a longer period of time than that
indicated on any traffic control device applicable to that portion of
the highway;
e) upon those highways or municipal property where parking stalls
have been marked or signed for parallel parking parallel to any
highway, at any place other than between the lines or markings
indicating the limits of a single stall, provided that in the case of a
vehicle being of greater length than that of a parking stall, such
vehicle will not occupy or encroach upon more than two (2) parking
stalls. The driver of a vehicle will park such vehicle parallel to the
curb indicated by such marks or signs and parallel to and between
such marks and as close to the curb as practicable;
f)
upon those highways or municipal property where parking stalls
have been marked or signed for angle parking, at any place other
than between the lines or markings indicating the limits of a single
stall. The drive of a vehicle shall park vehicle at the angle to then
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curb indicated by such marks or signs and parallel to and between
such marks and as close to the curb as practicable;
g) upon any highway or municipal property for any continuous period
exceeding seventy-two (72) hours without movement;
h) upon any highway where the vehicle or combination of attached
vehicles is in excess of 15.00 metres in length, between the hours
of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.;
i)
either partially or completely upon any sidewalk, sidewalk crossing
or boulevard where the boulevard is bounded by a curb;
j)
within 5.00 metres either side of the entrance to, or exit from, any
hotel, theater, public meeting place, dance hall, industrial area,
playground, or multi-family or apartment complex with more than
twenty (20) dwelling units, except where a traffic control device
otherwise permits;
k) at any place marked as "accessible parking" in the City, unless the
vehicle displays an identification permit issued by the Social
Planning and Research Council of British Columbia ("S.P.A.R.C.), or
the vehicle is stopped for the purpose of transporting a person
with a disability;
l)
upon any highway or municipal property where the vehicle does
not clearly display current and valid number plates, numbered
decal and/or insurance permit as required by the Motor Vehicle
Act;
m) upon a two-way highway, other than on the right side of the
highway and with the right-hand wheels parallel to the side unless
otherwise permitted by a traffic control device;
n) in a manner that obstructs the visibility of a traffic control device;
o) upon or within 15.00 metres of a railway crossing;
p) against a yellow curb;
q) double parked on the highway side of a vehicle stopped or parked
at the edge or curb of such highway;
r)
on a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway except as
permitted by traffic control devices;
s)
more than 0.30 metres from the curb of any highway if a curb has
been constructed;
t)
on or within 6.00 metres of the approach side of a crosswalk;
u) other than parallel with the outside curb of any cul-de-sac;
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v) within 1.5 metres of a public or private driveway;
w) at any place where a traffic control device prohibits stopping;
x) so as to impede or restrict the passage of any vehicle beyond a
highway end or through any gate or barrier erected at a highway
end or other location, irrespective of whether or not the passage of
vehicles beyond the highway end or through the gate or barrier is
possible or is restricted or prohibited by this Bylaw;
y) upon any highway or municipal property for the principal purpose
of:
(i) displaying a vehicle for sale;
(ii) advertising, greasing, painting, washing, wrecking, storing, or
repairing any vehicle except where repairs are necessitated
by an emergency;
(iii) displaying signs; or
(iv) displaying or selling flowers, vegetables, fruit, seafood, or
other commodities or articles;
z)
upon or in any highway unless the vehicle is being continuously
and expeditiously loaded and unloaded and then only for a period
of fifteen (15) minutes;
aa) on the paved portion of any highway where the pavement thereof
is 6.00 metres or less in width; or
bb) having a length in excess of 6.00 metres including a load or trailer,
upon any portion of the highway reserved for angle parking.
10.3 A person may not stand, stop, or park a vehicle having a gross vehicle
weight exceeding four thousand six hundred (4,600) kilograms on
highways contiguous to properties that lie within the City except in the
Industrial Zones as designated and described in the City's Zoning Bylaw.
10.4 Where any area or portion of highway is subject to a parking time limit or
a restrictive requirement, but within such area or portion of highway a
smaller area or portion of highway is made subject to a lesser parking
time limit or a more restrictive or different restrictive requirement than the
larger area:
a) the lesser parking time limit, will be applicable, and
b) the more restrictive or different restrictive requirement will be
applicable.
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10.5 Where a highway or a portion of a highway is subject to a parking
regulation with a time limit, a person may not move a vehicle from one
location to another location that is within one block of the initial location
in an attempt to avoid the time limit.
10.6 Where traffic control devices are displayed on any parking lot indicating
that the length of time allowed for parking such vehicle thereon is limited,
a person who has parked such vehicle on such lot may not park such
vehicle on such lot again during the next sixty (60) minutes following such
limited time.
10.7 Where in any location traffic control devices display the length of time
allowed for parking, a person may not park on the applicable portion of
the highway or municipal property for a longer period of time than
indicated.
10.8 Where in any location traffic control devices are displayed indicating that
parking or stopping is prohibited, a person may not stop or park a vehicle
in such location.
10.9 A person may not stand, stop, or park a vehicle having a gross vehicle
weight exceeding four thousand six hundred (4,600) kilograms on
highways between the hours of nine 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the
following day.
10.10 Despite any other provisions of this Bylaw, stopping is permitted only by
buses and custom transit vehicles in the locations which have been
marked or signed for buses and custom transit vehicles.
10.11 A person may not park on any highway a trailer designed for occupancy
by individuals or for the carriage of goods and merchandise unless it is
attached to a motor vehicle mechanically capable of towing such trailer.
11. Speeding Regulations
11.1 A person may not drive or operate a motor vehicle on any highway within
the City at a rate of speed greater than 50 kilometres per hour, unless
otherwise posted.
11.2 A person may not drive or operate a motor vehicle upon a lane at a
greater rate of speed than twenty (20) kilometres per hour, unless
otherwise posted.
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11.3 Traffic control devices will be placed or erected where required to instruct
drivers as to the rate of speed that they may drive or operate vehicles
upon any particular section of the highway.
12. Loading Zone Regulations
12.1 A person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle:
a) in any commercial vehicle loading zone
(i) unless the vehicle bears a commercial license issued pursuant
to the Municipal Act; or
(ii) the name and phone number of its operator or owner
displayed on the vehicle;
and then only for a period not longer than thirty (30) minutes while
actually engaged in the loading or unloading of goods and
merchandise;
b) in any passenger zone for a period longer than three (3) minutes
(i) except for armored vehicles used for the purpose of
conveying cash or other securities, which may stop in a
passenger zone for the period required to pick up, or make a
delivery of, cash or other securities;
c) in a passenger zone except for the purpose of loading or
unloading passengers or materials and for a period not exceeding
three minutes, in the case of passengers, and 30 minutes, in the
case of materials.
12.2 Despite subsection 12.1, a driver of a custom transit vehicle or a vehicle
bearing an identification permit issued by the Social Planning and
Research Council of British Columbia ("S.P.A.R.C."), may stop in a loading
zone for a period not exceeding 20 minutes.
13. Impounding Regulations
13.1 Any vehicle or obstruction that is unlawfully occupying any portion of a
highway or public space, or is apparently abandoned on or near any
highway, upon order of a Bylaw Enforcement Officer, Peace Officer, or by
any person acting under their direction, may be removed to, and
impounded in, such place as directed by the Bylaw Enforcement Officer
or Peace Officer.
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13.2 The Director of Finance of the City may commence action in a court of
competent jurisdiction to recover unpaid costs in lieu of an action or for
any costs in excess of public auction proceeds.
13.3 Any proceeds received on the sale of the impounded vehicle or
obstruction will be applied firstly to the costs of the sale or court action,
secondly to the costs of the removal and impoundment, and thirdly the
surplus if any will be paid to the owner of the vehicle or obstruction.
13.4 Any vehicle:
a) occupying any portion of a highway or public space;
b) which has six (6) or more Bylaw Offence Notices issued with
penalties outstanding; and
c) is parked or stopped on any highway or in any public space,
will be deemed to be unlawfully occupying the highway or public space
and may, upon order under Section 13, be impounded, regardless of
whether the vehicle is parked or stopped in compliance with the other
provisions of this Bylaw.
13.5 The City may release a vehicle or obstruction taken into custody under
section 13 to the owner provided that the owner provides proof of
ownership, satisfactory to the City, and pays any applicable impounding
fees and charges;
13.6 If such impounded vehicle or obstruction is not claimed by the owner
within fourteen (14) days of the giving of notice of the impounding of the
vehicle or obstruction, such vehicle or obstruction may be sold at Public
Auction by the City.
13.7 Notice will be given to the owner of every vehicle or obstruction
impounded under Section 13, of the intention to sell such vehicle or
obstruction on the date set out in the notice by mailing the notice by
registered mail to the owner.
14. Bicycles & Motorcycles Regulations
14.1 A person may not operate a bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle, moped or
autocycle:
a) upon any sidewalk;
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b) upon any highway without having at least one hand on the steering
device;
c) more than two abreast on any highway; or
d) on any highway unless it is equipped with a bell, horn, whistle or
similar device, to be used as a warning signal in case of danger.
15. Other Regulations
15.1 As per Section 6.1 of the City's Zoning Bylaw, a person, being the owner,
occupier or lessee of any property adjacent to the intersection of two
highways, may not place or permit to be placed, or grow, any tree, shrub,
plant, fence, or other structure with a height exceeding 0.90 metres, from
the top of the curb within the triangular area bounded by the property
lines adjoining the highway and a line drawn to connect the property lines
at a distance of 7.00 metres from the point of intersection. See Schedule
C - Figure 1: Corner Lot.
16. Truck Routes
16.1 Subject to subsection 16.6, a person may not operate a Truck on any
Highway in the City, other than on a Truck Route, as set out in Schedule B
of this Bylaw, unless it is:
a) an emergency vehicle;
b) a bus;
c) a vehicle owned or operated on behalf of a public utility company;
d) in accordance with sections 16.5, 16.6 or 16.7; or
e) in accordance with a permit issued by the Director.
16.2 Limited Use Truck Route designation is limited to a maximum weight of
26,100 kilograms.
16.3 The use of a Truck Route may be further restricted by written order of the
Director if, in their opinion, it is necessary for safe passage or for the
protection of that road, or other roads or property, having regard to
conditions such as road capacity, visibility, damage, maintenance, repair
or construction, obstructions, flooding, snow, ice, or other compromised
traffic or safety conditions, in relation to the following:
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a) the gross weight of any vehicle or load;
b) the weight on an axle, tire or wheel or the number of axles or
wheels;
c) the wheel base, width, length and height of vehicles;
d) the width, length, height and distribution of loads;
e) the speed at which vehicles may travel;
f)
the hours when vehicles may use a Truck Route; and
g) an order or orders will be effective when the Director has signed
and dated the order and caused a notice or sign to be placed of a
type and at locations that the Director considers relevant to
persons subject to the restrictions.
16.4 Despite any of the provisions of this Bylaw or of a permit issued by the
Director, where a bridge or Highway is expressly limited as to the
maximum weight, height, length, or width by a Traffic Control Device, a
person may not operate a Truck or load which exceeds these maximum
limits.
16.5 The Director may, under circumstances which they consider warrant a
permit, issue a permit authorizing the movement or parking of a Truck on
certain Highways other than a Truck Route.
16.6 Despite Section 16.1, a person driving a Truck may drive on a Highway
other than a Truck Route:
a) to obtain fuel, repairs, accommodation or food at commercial
premises;
b) to collect or deliver cargo; or
c) to supply a service;
provided that the person takes the shortest direct accessible connection
between the nearest Truck Route and the destination and then returns to
the Truck Route using the same connection as outlined on the approved
route map attached to the permit.
16.7 In the event that a person driving a Truck has a subsequent delivery or
service call to make in the same area, the driver may proceed to this next
destination, along Highways other than a Truck Route and then, when
finished, proceed by the most direct accessible route to the nearest Truck
Route.
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16.8 If any Truck is permitted to be stored or parked in accordance with the
City's Zoning Bylaw, or any other applicable Bylaw, at a location off a
Truck Route, and the truck conforms with all other Highway use
regulations but is not engaged in the transport of materials or any other
things to or from the premises, a person may drive the truck to and from
the place where it is stored or parked and, in doing so, will drive it on the
Highways forming the most direct accessible connection between the
location where the truck is housed and the nearest Truck Route.
16.9 The provisions of this section will not relieve a person in charge or control
of a Truck from compliance with other parking and traffic regulations.
17. Fees
17.1 Permit fees associated with the regulations of this Bylaw are outlined in
Schedule A.
18. Offence and Penalty
18.1 A person:
a) who contravenes or violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw or
any permit issued pursuant to this Bylaw;
b) who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention
to any of the provisions of this Bylaw or any permit issued pursuant
to this Bylaw; or
c)
who neglects to do, or refrains from doing, anything required to
be done by any of the provisions of this Bylaw or any permit issued
pursuant to this Bylaw;
commits an offence and, upon conviction,
a) will be liable to a penalty of not less than two hundred ($200)
dollars and not more than the maximum penalty provided by the
Offence Act; and
b) where the offence is a continuing one, each day that the offence is
continued, will constitute a separate offence.
18.2 Refer to Bylaw Enforcement Notice Bylaw No. 2439 for associated
enforcement and penalties.
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19. Severability
19.1 If a section, subsection or clause in this Bylaw is held to be invalid by a
court of competent jurisdiction, then that invalid portion will be severed
and the remainder of this Bylaw will be deemed to have been adopted
without the invalid and severed section, subsection or clause.
20. Repeal
20.1 Pitt Meadows Highway and Traffic Bylaw No. 2260, 2006, and its
amendments, are repealed.
21. Schedules
21.1 The following Schedules are attached to, and form part of, this Bylaw:
a) Schedule A - Permit Fees
b) Schedule B - Truck Route
c) Schedule C - Figure 1: Corner Lot
READ a FIRST and SECOND time on December 1, 2020.
READ a THIRD time on December 1, 2020.
ADOPTED on December 8, 2020.
"Bill Dingwall"
"Kate Barchard"
Bill Dingwall
Mayor
Kate Barchard
Corporate Officer
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Schedule A - Permit Fees
Permit Type
Fee
Permit Application
$100
Permit Renewal
$100
Municipal Right of Way and Dike Usage
$150/block or parking lot/day
Inspection
$75 per inspection (+GST)
Security Deposit
Various, not less than $5,000
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Schedule B - Truck Route
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Schedule B Continued
The following truck routes are in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week:
o Kennedy Road from Lougheed Highway to Woolridge Road
o Woolridge Road from Kennedy Road to Ford Road Detour
o Ford Road Detour from Woolridge Road to Ford Road
o Ford Road from Ford Road Detour to Baynes Road
o *Harris Road from Lougheed Highway to Ford Road
o *Ford Road from Harris Road to Baynes Road
o Baynes Road from Ford Road to Airport Way
o Airport Way from Baynes Road to Golden Ears Way
o Old Dewdney Trunk Road from Lougheed Highway to Harris Road
o Old Dewdney Trunk Road from Harris Road to Neaves Road
o Neaves Road from Old Dewdney Trunk Road to McNeil Road
o Rannie Road from McNeil Road to Sturgeon Slough
o Harris Road from Old Dewdney Trunk Road (north leg) to Lougheed
Highway
o 176th Street from Ford Road Detour to Fraser Dyke Road
o Fraser Dyke Road from 176th Street to east limit
*Limited Use Truck Route (maximum 26,100 kg) only.
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Schedule C