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CITY OF RICHMOND
TRAFFIC BYLAW
BYLAW NO. 5870
EFFECTIVE DATE - NOVEMBER 9, 1992
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
This is a consolidation of the bylaws below. The amendment bylaws have been combined with
the original bylaw for convenience only. This consolidation is not a legal document. Certified
copies of the original bylaws should be consulted for all interpretations and applications of the
bylaws on this subject.
AMENDMENT BYLAW
DATE OF ADOPTION
EFFECTIVE DATE
(If different from Date of Adoption)
Bylaw No. 6001
January 11, 1993
Bylaw No. 6434
March 13, 1995
March 6, 1995
Bylaw No. 6601
September 9, 1996
Bylaw No. 6915
August 24, 1998
Bylaw No. 7058
December 20, 1999
January 1, 2000
Bylaw No. 7130
June 26, 2000
Bylaw No. 7182
November 28, 2000
Bylaw No. 7198
December 18, 2000
Bylaw No. 7404
July 29, 2002
Bylaw No. 7420
September 9, 2002
Bylaw No. 7548
December 9, 2002
Bylaw No. 7482
May 12, 2003
Bylaw No. 7724
June 29, 2004
Bylaw No. 7828
November 1, 2004
Bylaw No. 7848
December 13, 2004
Bylaw No. 7849
December 13, 2004
Bylaw No. 7890
March 14, 2005
Bylaw No. 8119
November 14, 2006
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Bylaw No. 8195
March 12, 2007
April 1, 2007
Bylaw No. 8298
October 9, 2007
Bylaw No. 8341
May 26, 2008
Bylaw No. 8463
September 28, 2009
Bylaw No. 8536
October 13, 2009
Bylaw No. 8555
December 14, 2009
Bylaw No. 8572
February 8, 2010
Bylaw No. 8730
June 13, 2011
Bylaw No. 8829
July 9, 2012
Bylaw No. 8944
October 9, 2012
Bylaw No. 8952
November 13, 2012
Bylaw No. 8955
November 13, 2012
Bylaw No. 9539
November 14, 2016
Bylaw No. 9689
April 10, 2017
Bylaw No. 9718
October 23, 2017
Bylaw No. 9816
April 9, 2018
Bylaw No. 9786
May 28, 2018
Bylaw No. 9957
January 14, 2019
Bylaw No. 10049
September 9, 2019
Bylaw No. 10076
October 15, 2019
Bylaw No. 10023
November 12, 2019
Bylaw No. 9924
January 13, 2020
Bylaw No. 10123
March 9, 2020
Bylaw No. 10184
July 13, 2020
Bylaw No. 10216
February 8, 2021
Bylaw No. 10272
July 26, 2021
Bylaw No. 10301
May 9, 2022
Bylaw No. 10434
February 13, 2023
Bylaw No. 10517
January 15, 2024
Bylaw No. 10543
May 13, 2024
Bylaw No. 10554
May 13, 2024
Bylaw No. 10585
September 9, 2024
Bylaw No. 10607
November 12, 2024
Bylaw No. 10623
February 10, 2025
Bylaw No. 10659
June 23, 2025
Bylaw No. 10703
November 10, 2025
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Bylaw No. 10718
March 9, 2026
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CITY OF RICHMOND
TRAFFIC CONTROL & REGULATION
BYLAW NO. 5870
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
INTERPRETATION OF BYLAW ................................................................................ 1
OBJECTIVES OF BYLAW.......................................................................................... 13
I MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS ................................................................... 14
II PARKING AND LEAVING VEHICLES ............................................................... 18
III EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC ............................................................................. 26
IV TRAFFIC PASSING IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS .................................. 28
V TRAFFIC UNDER SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS ................................. 28
VI SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES .................................................................. 29
VII BICYCLE REGULATIONS ................................................................................. 32
VIII DUTIES OF PEDESTRIANS............................................................................... 33
IX TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS ............................................. 34
X ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING REGULATIONS ............................................ 35
XI GENERAL ................................................................................................................ 36
XII CONSTRUCTION ZONES ................................................................................... 36
SCHEDULE "A" ............................................................................................................ 39
SCHEDULE "B" ............................................................................................................ 40
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SCHEDULE "D" ............................................................................................................ 42
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SCHEDULE "L" ............................................................................................................ 46
SCHEDULE "M" ........................................................................................................... 49
SCHEDULE "N" ............................................................................................................ 51
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CITY OF RICHMOND
TRAFFIC BYLAW NO. 5870
The Council of the City of Richmond, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
1. INTERPRETATION*
1.1
In this Bylaw, subject to Subsection 1.2, and unless the context otherwise
requires, words shall be as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act.
1.2
In this Bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
ACCESSIBLE PARKING PERMIT
means a valid hanger or decal issued:
(a) pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act
& Regulations, by the Social Planning
and
Review
Council
of
British
Columbia (SPARC); or
(b) pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act
& Regulations, by the Richmond
Centre for Disability (RCD); or
(c) by another province or foreign
jurisdiction with respect to the parking
of vehicles owned or operated by
persons with disabilities.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING
VALIDATION DECAL
means a uniquely-coloured decal
issued by the Richmond Centre for
Disability (RCD) only to a resident of
the City who possesses an accessible
parking permit and affixed to the
lower,
passenger
side
of
the
windshield
of
a
motor
vehicle
displaying an accessible parking
permit.
BICYCLE LANE
means a lane reserved for cyclists by
signage, pavement markings or both,
and
includes
a
paved
shoulder
separated from the travel lane by a
white edge line.
BLOCK METER MACHINE
means an automatic, electronic, or
mechanical
device
installed
to
regulate and control the parking of
vehicles in a block meter zone by
accepting payment and issuing a
parking receipt.
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BLOCK METER ZONE
means any street or portion of a street
designated by Council or by a person
duly authorized by Council as an area
in which a block meter or a cellular
payment system will be used to
collect a fee for the use or occupation
of a parking space for vehicles.
BOULEVARD
means:
(a)
where there is no curb and
gutter, the area between the shoulder
of the road and the adjacent property
line;
(b)
where there is curb and gutter,
the area from the back of the curb to
the adjacent property line; and
(c)
where there is curb and gutter
and a sidewalk, the area from the back
of the sidewalk to the adjacent
property line.
BUS STOP
means an area on a street marked for
the stopping or parking of buses and
limited 'to use for vehicles operated
for the public transport by TransLink,
its designate or successor.
BYLAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER
means an employee of the City of
Richmond, appointed to the job
position or title of bylaw enforcement
officer, or acting in another capacity,
on behalf of the City for the purpose
of the enforcement of one or more of
the City bylaws.
CELLULAR ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEM
means
a
cellular
communication
system
for
confirming
that
the
required parking fee has been paid
based on the number plate of a
parked vehicle and confirming that
the period of time purchased has not
expired.
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CELLULAR PAYMENT SYSTEM
means
a
cellular
communication
system for accepting the payment of
the required parking fee for a pre-
determined period of time based on
the number plate of a parked
vehicle.
CENTRE MEDIAN
means an area designed for the
segregation of lanes of traffic on a
roadway, designated either by lines or
by landscaping
CHATTEL
means
personal
items,
objects,
material, fill, refuse, equipment or
machinery.
CHARGING SESSION
means the period of time an electric
vehicle is connected to the EV supply
equipment, commencing once the
owner or occupant of the electric
vehicle has authorized payment of the
City's
applicable
metered
rates
through the EV supply equipment
payment system, and terminating once
the electric vehicle is no longer
connected
to
the
EV
supply
equipment.
CITY
means the City of Richmond.
CITY EV PARKING STALL
means an EV parking stall located on
land owned, leased, or licensed by the
City, including road, and/or fitted
with EV supply equipment owned or
leased by the City.
CITY SOLICITOR
means the Solicitor appointed by
Council for the City.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
means
a
vehicle
used
for
the
transportation of persons, freight or
for artisan use that is:
(a) a truck or truck tractor with a
licensed gross vehicle weight of 5,500
Kg or greater; or
(b) a truck or truck tractor with a
maximum height in excess of 2.25
metres; or
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(c) a vehicle with a seating capacity
greater than nine persons; or
(d) a vehicle as defined in the
Commercial Vehicle Licensing Bylaw
No.4716.
CONSTRUCTION ZONE
means an area or space on a street
specifically established for the loading
or unloading of materials, to be used
exclusively by commercial vehicles
attending to an adjacent construction
site.
CONTAINER
means a receptacle, without a motive
power unit, designed for moving or
storing property, which must be
loaded or unloaded by means of a
winch, lift, tilt deck or rails, not to
exceed 2.6 meters in width nor 6.0
meters in length.
CORNER CLEARANCE PARKING
means an area on a street adjacent to
the curb located between a crosswalk
and the nearest legal parking space
not signed for motorcycle, moped or
bicycle parking, and that the General
Manager , Engineering & Public
Works had marked by traffic control
device(s)
for
corner
clearance
motorcycle, moped and/or bicycle
parking.
COUNCIL
means the Council of the City.
CROSSWALK
means the portion of a street indicated
for pedestrian crossing by lines or
other markings, and at intersections
means the portion of the street
between the extension of the lateral
edge of the street and the adjacent
property line, but does not include
lane intersections.
CURB
means
the
line
of
demarkation
between
the
roadway
and
the
boulevard, or the line of demarkation
between
the
roadway
and
the
sidewalk.
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DESIGNATED SHARED
PATHWAY
means a two-way off-street paved
pathway
designated
by
signage,
pavement markings or both for shared
use by cyclists and pedestrians.
DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION
means the Director of Transportation
in the Planning and Development
Department of the City and includes a
person designated as an alternate.
E-SCOOTER
means an electric kick scooter as set
out in the Electric Kick Scooter Pilot
Project Regulation, as amended or
replaced from time to time.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
means a vehicle that uses electricity
for propulsion, and that can use an
external source of electricity to charge
the vehicle's batteries.
EV PARKING STALL
means a parking stall or portion of a
street marked as "EV Only" and
featuring EV
supply
equipment
capable of providing charging services
to an electric vehicle.
EV SUPPLY EQUIPMENT
means a complete assembly consisting
of conductors, connectors, devices,
apparatus,
and
fittings
installed
specifically for the purpose of power
transfer and information exchange
between a branch electric circuit and
an electric vehicle, including the
ability to collect authorized payments
of the applicable metered rates.
FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR
means the Treasurer appointed by
Council for the City.
FIRE CHIEF
means the Fire Chief of the Richmond
Fire Department.
GENERAL MANAGER,
ENGINEERING & PUBLIC
WORKS
means the person appointed by
Council to the position of General
Manager of Engineering and Public
Works
and
includes
a
person
designated as an alternate.
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IDLE, IDLING
means the operation of the engine of a
vehicle while the vehicle is not in
motion.
INTERSECTION
means the area created by the
extension of the lateral lines of streets
which join one another, whether such
streets at the junction cross each other
or meet at an angle without crossing
each other.
JAYWALK
means to cross a Major or Minor
A1ierial Road. at any place except:
(a) at the intersection of two streets,
whether controlled by a traffic
control device or not;
(b)
within
a
crosswalk
at
an
intersection, whether controlled by a
traffic control device or not; or
(c) within any other crosswalk,
whether cont1:olled by a traffic
control device or not.
LANE
means any highway abutting the rear
or sidelines of parcels of land and
intended primarily to give access to
the rear of residences or business
establishments.
LOCAL STREET
means the roadway, but not the
sidewalk or boulevard portion, of a
street that does not have lane lines or
directional dividing lines.
LOADING ZONE
means the area or space on a roadway
established
for
the
loading
or
unloading of materials or passengers.
MAJOR OR MINOR ARTERIAL
ROAD
means any road identified as Major
Arterial or Minor Arterial on the Road
Classification Map forming part of
Part 8 of Schedule 1 of the City's
Official Community Plan, Bylaw
9000.
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MANAGER, COMMUNITY
BYLAWS
means the Manager of Community
Bylaws in the Community Safety
Division of the City and includes a
person designated as an alternate.
MOBILE WORKSHOP
means a vehicle:
(a) containing workshop equipment
powered by the motor or engine of the
vehicle and that must be operated
inside or in association with the
vehicle; or
(b) serving as a facility for taking
measurements or making observations
or
conducting
maintenance
or
construction and operated by or on
behalf of a municipality, public utility
. or police, fire or emergency service.
MOPED
means a low powered motorcycle that
relies on a small conventional gas
powered motor (50 cc or less) or a
small electric motor (1500 W or less)
capable of travel up to 70 Km/h,
which is registered, licensed and
insured.
MOTOR ASSISTED CYCLE
has the meaning set out in the Motor
Vehicle Act, as amended or replaced
from time to time.
MOTORCYCLE
means a two wheeled self-propelled
gasoline engine vehicle or scooter or a
two wheeled vehicle powered by an
electric motor, which is registered,
licensed and insured.
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NEIGHBOURHOOD ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLE
means a vehicle that travels on four
wheels and is powered by an electric
motor that is designed to allow the
vehicle to attain a speed of 32
kilometers per hour but not more than
40 kilometers per hour in a distance of
1.6 km on a paved level surface, and
(a) meets or exceeds standards of the
Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada)
for a low-speed vehicle and bears a
compliance label for a lowspeed
vehicle in accordance with that Act, or
(b) if imported to Canada, has been
imported as an admissible low-speed
vehicle in accordance with the Motor
Vehicle
Safety
Act
(Canada)
requirements, and
(i) bears a compliance label for a
low-speed vehicle in accordance
with that Act, or
(ii)
meets
applicable
federal
United States laws in accordance
with the Motor Vehicle Safety
Act (Canada).
NUMBER PLATES
means number plates as defined in the
Motor Vehicle Act.
OWNER
as applied to a vehicle, means:
(a) the person who holds the legal title
to the vehicle and in whose name the
vehicle is registered; or
(b) a person who is a lessee or a
mortgagor and is entitled to be, and is,
in possession of a vehicle.
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PARK/PARKED/PARKING
means the standing of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, other than up
to 5 minutes for the purpose of, and
while actually engaged in, loading or
unloading of property, goods, or the
discharging or taking on of
passengers, or in compliance with the
directions of:
(a)
a
police
officer,
a
bylaw
enforcement officer, or a person
contracted by the City for traffic
regulation purposes, or
(b) a traffic control device.
PARKING PERMIT
means a time-limited identification
issued under the direction of the
Manager, Community Bylaws which
authorizes parking within a permit
zone.
PARKING RECEIPT
means a paper receipt issued by a
block meter machine showing the
date and time of purchase, the fee paid
and the date and time when the
purchased period expires.
PARKING SPACE
means a marked or un-marked portion
of a street intended for the purpose of
parking one vehicle of the size and
dimensions referred to in the Manual
of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Canada (as may be amended or
replaced from time to time) as a
standard vehicle length (5.5 m) and
length for manoeuvering (1.5 m),
being a length of 7.0 m.
PERMIT DECAL
means a colour-coded plastic sticker
which is attached to a parking permit
in a designated manner in order to
validate the parking permit and to
indicate the last month for which the
fees have been paid.
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PERMIT ZONE
means any area of the City designated
by Council or by a person duly
authorized by Council as an area in
which the use or occupation of a
parking
space
for
vehicles
is
authorized by the correct use of a
parking permit.
PLACE/PLACED/PLACING
means to stop or stand a container or
chattel on a street or boulevard for
more than 30 minutes.
POLICE OFFICER
means any member of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATION
means a Corporation as defined in the
Interpretation
Act
whose
prime
business activity is the supply and
maintenance of public utilities such as
electricity, communications or natural
gas.
RECREATION VEHICLE
means a vehicle designed to provide
temporary living accommodation for
travel, vacation or recreational use,
and designed to be driven, towed or
transported.
RICHMOND DETACHMENT
means the Richmond Detachment of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RICHMOND OVAL
means the sports and fitness complex
identified as the Richmond Olympic
Oval located at 6111 River Road in
the City.
SHARED VEHICLE
means a vehicle that is owned and
operated
by
a
shared
vehicle
organization.
SHARED VEHICLE DECAL
means a colour-coded plastic sticker
issued by the City to a shared vehicle
organization that is affixed to the
lower, driver side of the windshield of
a shared vehicle.
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SHARED VEHICLE
ORGANIZATION
means an entity approved by the
Director of Transportation that
provides its members, for a fee, a car-
sharing
service
whereby
such
members have access to a fleet of
shared vehicles which they may
reserve for use on an hourly basis.
SHOULDER
means where there is no curb and
gutter, the area between the edge of
the road and a line two metres, fifty
centimetres (2.5 m.) parallel to the
edge of the road.
SIDEWALK CROSSING
means that portion of a sidewalk
permanently improved or designed for
the passage of vehicular traffic.
STALL NUMBER
means the number assigned to a
designated parking stall as identified
by a City sign or marking.
STOP OR STAND
means:
(a)
when
required,
a
complete
cessation from movement, and
(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
directions of:
(i) a police officer, a bylaw
enforcement officer, a traffic
enforcement agent; or
(ii) a traffic-control device.
STOPPING
when prohibited, means the coming to
rest or the state of being at rest of a
vehicle.
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STREET
includes public road, highway, bridge,
viaduct, lane and any other way
normally open to the use of the public
for the passage of vehicles, but does
not include a private right-of-way or
private property.
TAXI
means a vehicle used for the carrying,
transportation
or
conveyance
of
passengers that with its driver is
operated for hire, but does not include
limousines or tour buses.
TAXI ZONE
means an area on any street adjacent
to the curb designated for a maximum
of three minutes for the stopping of
taxis to facilitate the loading and
unloading of passengers only.
TIME PERIOD
means the amount of time purchased
through a block meter machine or
cellular
payment
system,
as
indicated by a purchase time and date
and an expiration time and date.
TOUR BUS
means a bus for hire, not operated by
TransLink, its designate or successor,
used to operate tours to various
locations in the City.
TOUR BUS ZONE
means an area on any street adjacent
to the curb, or edge of the street,
designated for a maximum of 15
minutes for the stopping of tour
buses to facilitate the loading and
unloading of passengers only.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE
means a sign, signal, line, meter,
marking, space, barrier or device
installed by authority of the General
Manager, Engineering & Public
Works.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT means a person employed to enforce
parking regulations by a contractor
with whom the City has contracted to
provide traffic enforcement services.
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TRAILER
means every vehicle without motive
power designed for carrying persons
or property, and for being drawn by a
motor vehicle, and includes a semi-
trailer as defined in the Commercial
Transport Act.
VEHICLE
has the meaning given to the term in
the Motor Vehicle Act, and includes
motor vehicle, neighbourhood zero
emission vehicle and motorcycle.
VETERANS' DECAL
means a uniquely-coloured decal
issued by the City only to a resident of
the City possessing British Columbia
veterans' specialty licence plates and
affixed to the lower, passenger side of
the windshield of a motor vehicle
owned by the same resident and
displaying British Columbia veterans'
specialty licence plates.
VETERANS' SPECIALTY
LICENCE PLATES
means
uniquely-designed
vehicle
licence plates issued under the Motor
Vehicle Act to designated members or
former members of the Canadian
Armed
Forces,
the
RCMP
or
Municipal Police.
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2. OBJECTIVES
2.1
The main objectives of this Bylaw are to regulate:
(a)
traffic on highways;
(b)
parking and leaving vehicles;
(c)
extraordinary traffic;
(d)
traffic passing in the vicinity of schools;
(e)
traffic under special highway conditions;
(f)
size, weight and type of vehicles;
(g)
bicycle traffic;
(h)
pedestrians;
(i)
transportation of dangerous goods
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PART I -MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS
3. ORDERS
3.1
Pursuant to of the Motor Vehicle Act, the General Manager, Engineering &
Public Works is authorized to make orders, and to rescind, revoke, amend or
vary any such order, in respect of the matters set out in Schedule A to this Bylaw,
and thereby to exercise the powers of the City in respect to those matters.
4. FIRE HAZARDS
4.1
Any officer or member of the Richmond Fire Department while in the course of
duty in or about any fire or at the scene of any accident may, in order to expedite
traffic or safeguard pedestrians, direct traffic on any highway in the vicinity; and
every pedestrian and every owner or driver of a vehicle shall comply with the
directions of any such officer or member of the Richmond Fire Department.
4.2
Except with respect to a vehicle conveying authorized persons who may have
duties to perform in connection with a fire, no person shall:
(a)
drive a vehicle so as to follow closer than 150 metres (492.13 feet) from
any vehicle of the Richmond Fire Department travelling in response to any
fire alarm;
(b)
drive or stop any vehicle within a radius of 150 metres (492.13 feet) of
any fire;
(c)
drive a vehicle over or across any fire hose laid on any street, unless
directed so to do by a police officer or a member of the Richmond Fire
Department.
4.3
Where a vehicle is stopped or parked in a position that causes it to interfere with
firefighting, a police officer, Fire Chief, Bylaw Enforcement Officer or their
designates may move or cause the vehicle to be moved or order the owner, driver
or person in charge of the vehicle to move it to a position determined by the
person issuing the order.
5. VISIBILITY CLEARANCE AT INTERSECTIONS
5.1
Visibility clearance at intersections will be in accordance with Schedule L
(Policy 7008 -Sight Line Investigation and Enforcement) which is attached and
forms part of this Bylaw.
6. OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC
6.1
The owner or occupier of any parcel of real property shall remove all snow and
ice from any sidewalk adjacent to such parcel for a distance that coincides with
the property line of their real property, not later than 10:00 a.m. of everyday,
including Sunday.
6.2
Section 6.1 does not apply to the portion of real property that is:
(i)
zoned under section 14 (Agriculture and Golf Zones) of the City of
Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, as amended; or
(ii)
owned by the City and maintained under existing policies or practices.
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6.3
No person shall excavate in, cause a nuisance upon, encumber, obstruct, injure,
foul or otherwise damage any portion of a highway or other public place whether
on, in, over, or under such highway without having a written permit to so do from
the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works, provided that the General
Manager, Engineering & Public Works shall not issue such a permit where the
proposed use involves undue or lengthy public inconvenience.
6.4
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is hereby authorized to
charge a fee for permits issued pursuant to Section 6.2 above in the amount set out
from time to time in the Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
6.5
Subject to Section 7, no person shall do anything which will direct the attention of
persons and cause them to congregate in a group upon any highway in such a
manner as to obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles, or in such a
manner that persons so congregated might thus be in danger of injury, except with
the written permission of Council.
7.
PARADES
7.1
No person shall be a member of, or take part in any parade on any highway
unless:
(a)
such parade is under the direction or control and in the charge of some one
person as marshal or organizer;
(b)
the marshal or organizer has obtained the approval of Council to hold the
parade; and
(c)
flags are carried or displayed according to Subsection 7.5.
7.2
No parade shall be held unless application therefor has been made in writing to
the City and Council has thereafter approved the application. Annual parades
listed in schedule N* of this bylaw may be approved by the Director of
Transportation unless there is a change in any of the criteria listed in subsection
7.3 from the previous years parade format. Any change must be approved by
Council before a permit may be issued.
7.3
An application made pursuant to Subsection 7.2 shall specify the nature of the
parade, the day and hour of which such parade is to be held, the place or places of
formation or the commencement thereof, the route intended to be taken and the
point of disbanding.
7.4
Council approval for a parade application may be given subject to any terms as to
time, route or otherwise, as convenience and safety may dictate. If any deviation
from such terms is made, the permit shall be absolutely void.
7.5
The Canadian flag and the British Columbia flag, each unfurled and measuring
not less than 1.0 metres (3.28 feet) by 2 metres (6.56 feet) in size, shall be
prominently, properly and continuously displayed at the head of a parade. The
Canadian flag shall be in the position of honor at the marching right or at the
centre front. If any flags or emblems of other nations, societies, organizations or
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associations are displayed, the same shall be displayed in a subordinate position,
either in line and on the marching left of, or behind the Canadian flag and the
British Columbia flag, and no flags shall be displayed above the Canadian flag.
8. NOISE
8.1
No person shall operate upon or within a vehicle any loud-speaker, calliope,
noise-making device or any other amplification device the sound from which can
easily be heard outside of the vehicle, upon any street for advertising or any other
purpose, unless approval therefor has been granted by Council, and a written
permit has been issued.
8.2
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet, no person
operating a vehicle within such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device
of the said vehicle, except in an emergency.
8.3
A person must not use or operate a "Jacobs" brake or other type of engine brake
on a motor vehicle for any purpose other than as an emergency braking device
incidental to the safe operation of the motor vehicle.
9. LITTER AND DEBRIS
9.1
No person shall throw, drop, deposit or leave, or let fall from or out of any vehicle
or conveyance, any bottle or bottles, glass, crockery, pails, tacks, wood, sawdust
or refuse or any other objects or materials whatsoever on or upon any street and a
person who has so thrown, dropped, deposited, left or let fall any such objects or
materials shall forthwith remove, or cause to be removed the same from such
street.
9.2
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall
remove all glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from
such vehicle or dropped as a result of any collision involving such vehicle.
9A. CONTAINERS
9A.1 No person shall deliberately or accidentally place, permit or cause to be placed a
container or chattel on a street or boulevard, unless a temporary placement
permit therefore has been issued pursuant to this Section 9A by the General
Manager, Engineering & Public Works.
9A.2 Any owner or operator of a container, who desires a temporary placement permit
required pursuant to subsection 9 A.1 above shall make an application in writing
for such permit to the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works and
shall provide such particulars therein, as the General Manager, Engineering &
Public Works may require.
9A.3 The temporary placement permits for containers shall be in a form attached as
Schedule M to this Bylaw and shall only be issued upon the applicant having
satisfied the following conditions:
(a)
the application form provided by the City being fully complete;
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(b)
if the container is to be placed on a street or boulevard adjacent to a
residence for use by the owners or occupants of said residence, the
General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is satisfied that there is
no practical location on the residences property to place the container;
and
(c)
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is hereby
authorized to charge a fee for permits issued pursuant to Section 9A above
in the amount set out from time to time in the Consolidated Fees Bylaw
No. 8636.
9A.4 The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works may grant a. temporary
placement permit not to exceed:
(a)
forty-eight (48) hours in duration if only inclusive of business days;
(b)
seventy-two (72) hours in duration if inclusive of a Saturday or Sunday; or
(c)
ninety-six (96) hours in duration if inclusive of a Saturday or Sunday, and
a Statutory Holiday,
authorizing the placement of a container on a street or boulevard for the
purpose of loading, unloading or storing chattel.
9A.5 The owner or operator of any container, for which a temporary placement permit
has been issued pursuant to this Section 9A shall at all times be subject to the
conditions stated therein, and shall display such permit on the permitted
container.
9A.6 The owner or operator of any container, for which a temporary placement permit
has been issued pursuant to this Section 9A, must abide by all the terms and
conditions of such permit.
9A.7 Any temporary placement permit issued pursuant to this Section 9A shall be
subject to immediate cancellation without notice, in the event of any condition of
the said permit being violated or in the event of false information being given by
the applicant.
9A.8 Any owner or operator of a container who places a container on a street or
boulevard without displaying a valid temporary placement permit issued
pursuant to this Section 9A, or who has obtained a temporary placement permit by
submitting incomplete, inaccurate or erroneous information, or who fails to abide
by all terms and conditions of the temporary placement permit for their
container, shall be guilty of an offence.
9A.9 The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works may detain, seize, cause
to be removed or impound a container and /or chattel found to be placed on a
street or boulevard without a temporary placement permit issued pursuant to this
Section 9A without notice to the owner and/or operator thereof.
10. SPEED ZONES
10.1
No person shall drive or operate a vehicle at a greater speed than 30 kilometres
(18.64 miles) per hour on any highway set forth in Schedule "B" of this Bylaw.
10.2
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10.3
No person shall drive or operate a vehicle at a greater speed than 15 kilometres
(9.32 miles) per hour on any highway set forth in Schedule "D" of this Bylaw.
10.4
Appropriate signs indicating the lawful speed limit as herein provided shall be
erected or placed on those highways designated in Schedules "B" and "D" of this
Bylaw.
10.5
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle within the City upon a lane at a
greater rate of speed than 20 kilometres (12.42 miles) per hour.
10.6
No person shall drive or operate a vehicle at a greater speed than 30. Kilometres
(18.64 miles) per hour on any highway posted as a school 30 kilometre per hour
zone between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on School Days.
10.7
No person shall drive or operate a neighborhood zero emission vehicle on a street
unless:
(a)
the street has a speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour or less; and
(b)
the person drives or operates the neighbourhood zero emission vehicle in
the lane on the street closest to the right hand curb or shoulder, except to make a
left hand turn or to pass another vehicle.
PART II- PARKING AND LEAVING VEHICLES
11. TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
11.1
The Council, or the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works subject to
Subsection 3.1 herein, may cause traffic control devices to be placed or erected at
such places as the Council or the General Manager, Engineering & Public
Works shall designate for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the
Motor Vehicle Act or of this Bylaw.
11.2
Every person must obey the instructions, regulations or prohibitions contained in
or upon any traffic control device erected or placed under the provisions of the
Motor Vehicle Act, Motor Vehicle Act Regulations and of this Bylaw.
11.3
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any street any
unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be, or is in
imitation of or resembles any traffic control device.
11.4
No person shall move, remove, deface, damage or alter, nor obstruct the view of,
or otherwise interfere with any authorized traffic control device.
12. PARKING AND STOPPING VEHICLES
12.1
The Council, or the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works subject to
Subsection 3.1 herein, may, by appropriate traffic control devices, regulate,
control or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles upon any
highway or part thereof within the City and every driver of a vehicle shall obey
the instructions, regulations or prohibitions contained in or upon such traffic
control devices.
12.2
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works shall cause to be placed
or erected appropriate parking and stopping control devices to give effect to
Subsection 12 .1.
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12.3
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle:
(a)
upon a sidewalk, sidewalk crossing, boulevard, or centre median;
(b)
within an intersection, except as permitted by a sign;
(c)
within 6.0 meters (19.69 feet) of the property line of any intersecting
street, excepting lanes, and excepting that persons may stop or stand a
motorcycle, moped or bicycle within parking spaces signed and marked
as corner clearance parking.
(d)
in front of, or within 1.5 metres (4.92 feet) of the near side of, or 1.5
metres (4.92 feet) of the far side of a private road, or public or private
sidewalk crossing, or the property line of any intersecting lane;
(e)
within 6 metres (19.69 feet) of the approach to any flashing beacon, stop
sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(f)
on any highway so as to obstruct traffic;
(g)
upon a roadway when it is practicable to stop the vehicle off the roadway;
(h)
at a place in contravention of a traffic control device prohibiting stopping;
(i)
in or upon any lane, except:
(i)
for commercial vehicles engaged in loading or unloading of
materials; or
(ii)
where parking is designated by sign or road markings.
(j)
on a crosswalk;
(k)
within 6.0 meters (19.69 feet) of either side of a crosswalk, excepting that
persons may stop or stand a motorcycle, moped or bicycle within
parking spaces signed and marked for the parking of motorcycles,
mopeds or bicycles located within such 6.0 meters.
(1)
on any highway at intersections where buses stop for the purpose of
allowing passengers to enter or alight therefrom, at a lesser distance than
30 metres (98.43 feet) from the near boundary of the intersecting highway,
measured along that side of the highway where such bus stop is situated;
(m)
where a bus stop is situated at other than an intersection, within 16 metres
(52.5 feet) either side of the sign indicating the presence of such bus stop;
(n)
on any bridge, or such structure forming part of the street;
(o)
within 5 metres (16.41 feet) of a fire hydrant measured from a point in the
curb or edge of the roadway which is closest to the fire hydrant;
(p)
[DELETED];
(q)
[DELETED];
(r)
in a manner that obstructs the visibility of a standard traffic sign erected
by the City;
(s)
within 15 metres (49.22 feet) of the nearest rail of a railway crossing;
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(t)
within a construction zone unless approval has been granted by the
Construction Zone Permit holder and such approval shall satisfy and be
consistent with the conditions as specified· in the issued permit;
(u)
on a highway beside a curb painted yellow.
12.4
No person shall park a vehicle:
(a)
in or upon any lane, except:
(i)
for commercial vehicles engaged in loading or unloading of
materials for a period of time not to exceed 30 minutes; or
(ii)
where parking is designated by signage and/or road markings.
(b)
on a roadway when it is practicable to park the vehicle off the roadway;
(c)
at a place in contravention of a traffic control device prohibiting parking;
(d)
at any one place on any street for a period longer than 72 consecutive
hours;
(e)
on the side of any roadway that abuts a centre median;
(f)
[DELETED];
(g)
on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a
roadway;
(h)
on a highway for the principle purpose of:
(i)
displaying a vehicle for sale;
(ii)
advertising, greasing, washing, painting, wrecking, storing, or
repairing any vehicle, except where repairs are necessitated by an
emergency;
(iii)
selling flowers, fruit, vegetables, seafood or other commodities or
articles.
(i)
alongside or opposite a highway excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing, or parking obstructs traffic;
(j)
[DELETED];
(k)
[DELETED];
(l)
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., on any highway abutting
any premises used for residential or commercial purposes for more than 3
hours unless such premises are the property or residence of such person or
the property of his employer;
(m)
on that side and portion of any highway upon which any school or land
thereof abuts, between the hours of 8:00a.m. and 5:00p.m. on any day in
which school is regularly held, provided that this restriction does not apply
to Senior Secondary Schools;
(n)
other than an electric vehicle, in an EV parking stall;
(o)
in a loading zone, when actively loading or unloading passengers, for a
period of time exceeding 5 minutes;
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(p)
in a loading zone, for the purposes of and while actively loading or
unloading materials, for a period of time exceeding 30 minutes;
(q)
in a manner that obstructs the visibility of a standard traffic sign erected
by the City;
(r)
on any portion of a highway for a longer period of time than that indicated
on any traffic sign applicable to that portion of the highway where the
vehicle is parked;
(s)
in any public park or school ground between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 5:00 a.m.;
(t)
on any highway without displaying proper or valid number plates,
including a valid validation decal;
(u)
within a construction zone unless approval has been granted by the
Construction Zone Permit holder and such approval shall satisfy and be
consistent with the conditions as specified in the issued permit;
(v)
other than a taxi, in a taxi zone;
(w)
which is a recreational vehicle on any street between the hours of 8:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for the purposes of living in, sleeping in, or occupying
such recreational vehicle; and
(x)
other than a tour bus, in a tour bus zone.
12.4A A person must not move a vehicle from one location to another in the same block
in order to avoid the posted time limit for parking.
12.5
Subject to Subsection 12.6 no person shall stop or park a vehicle on a highway
other than parallel with the curb or edge of the roadway and headed in the
direction in which traffic travels on that side of the highway and, where there is a
curb, with the curbside wheels within 30 centimetres (11.81 inches) thereof.
12.6
Where parking stalls have been marked on any highway for parallel parking no
driver shall park any vehicle otherwise than between the lines or markings
indicating the limits of a single stall, except in the case of a vehicle being of
greater length than that of a parking stall, in which case such vehicle shall not
occupy nor encroach upon more than two parking stalls.
12.7
Upon those highways which have been marked or signed for angle parking by
traffic control devices, the driver of a vehicle shall park such vehicle at an angle
of 45 degrees to the curb or edge of the roadway, or at such other angle indicated
by such marks or signs, and if marked by lines shall park such vehicle parallel to
and between such lines, and in all events as close to the curb or pavement edge as
practicable. The driver shall park such vehicle in such a manner that the front of
the vehicle is pointed substantially in the general direction of the movement of
traffic on the side of the highway on which such vehicle is parked, and, where
there is a curb, with the nearest front of the vehicle within 30 centimetres (11.81
inches) of the curb. In no event shall such driver park any vehicle so that any part
of the vehicle or any load thereon extends into the travelled portion of the
highway.
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12.8
No person shall park a commercial vehicle, or combination of vehicles, between
the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day on any highway, unless
otherwise permitted by the placement of traffic signs and registration of the
commercial vehicle with the City. Registration of commercial vehicles is
restricted to Richmond based owners or operators.
12.9
No person shall park a commercial vehicle, or combination of vehicles, for a
period longer than 3 hours between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and
7:00 p.m., on
any highway abutting any property used for business
purposes unless the
said property be owned or occupied by such person or his employer.
12.10 No person shall park a commercial vehicle or combination of vehicles on any
portion of any highway abutting any property used for a public park, school,
church or residential purposes unless such vehicle is required for a service call or
is required at a construction site.
12.11 No person shall park a trailer on any highway without the motive power unit
attached.
12.12 The provisions of subsections 12, 12A and 12B shall not apply to the following
vehicles while engaged in the active performance of their duties:
(a)
utility service vehicles contracted or owned by the City or the Province of
British Columbia;
(b)
service vehicles of a public utility corporation;
(c)
tow trucks;
(d)
parking enforcement vehicles contracted or owned by the City; or
(e)
police and emergency vehicles.
12.13 No person shall stop a vehicle in any parking space designated or reserved by a
traffic control device for persons with disabilities unless the vehicle displays an
accessible parking permit indicating that the vehicle is operated by or transporting
a person with disabilities.
12.14 [DELETED]
12.15 Idling
12.15.1 No person shall cause or permit a vehicle to idle at any one time:
(a)
for more than three minutes unless queued with stopped traffic in the
travel portion of the street; or
(b)
while unattended.
12.15.2 Subsection 12.15.1 does not apply to a vehicle:
(a)
in the course of the performance of police, fire, ambulance or other
emergency duties including training activities;
(b)
assisting in an emergency activity;
(c)
contracted or owned by the City or the province of British Columbia while
conducting public utility services;
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(d)
of a public utility corporation while conducting service on related
utilities;
(e)
operating as a tow truck;
(f)
contracted or owned by the City while conducting bylaw enforcement;
(g)
for which idling is required as part of a repair or regular pre-check
maintenance process;
(h)
engaged in a parade or race or other event approved by the City;
(i)
idling while passengers are in the course of embarking or disembarking
where such actions may take more than three minutes;
(g)
used to transport money or valuables in a secure manner and in which a
person remains to guard the contents in the course of the loading or
unloading of the money or valuables;
(k)
required to use heating or refrigeration systems powered by the motor or
engine for the preservation of perishable cargo; or
(1)
while being used as a mobile workshop.
12.16 Where an area is subject to two or more parking limitations, the more restrictive
regulation shall apply.
12A. PARKING IN A BLOCK METER ZONE
12A.1 Certain areas may be designated by Council as block meter zones.
12A.2 A person may only park a vehicle in a block meter zone when:
(a)
(i)
a time period has been selected and payment has been accepted by
the block meter machine and a parking receipt has been
obtained and placed face-up inside the windshield of the vehicle,
with the amount paid, time and date of purchase, and time and date
of expiration clearly visible from outside the vehicle, and the
purchased time period remains valid; or
(ii)
a stall number has been entered and payment has been accepted
by the block meter machine and the purchased time period
remains valid; or
(iii)
a number plate has been entered and payment has been accepted
by the block meter machine and the purchase time period
remains valid.
(b)
(i)
payment for a pre-determined time period has been made through
a designated cellular payment system based on the number plate
of the parked vehicle; and
(ii)
the time period for which payment has been made, as indicated by
the number plate on the cellular enforcement system, has not
expired.
12A.3 The fee payable for parking in block meter zones between the hours of 8:00 am
and 9:00 pm are set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
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12A.4 During any single visit, a person must not park a vehicle in the block meter zone
for any longer than the maximum period of time available for purchase, in any
single transaction, from the relative block meter machine or through the cellular
payment system.
12A.5 A person must not deposit a slug or any object other than an accepted form of
payment in any block meter.
12A.6 The provisions of subsections 12A.2 and 12A.3 do not apply to any vehicle
which:
(a)
displays British Columbia veterans' specialty licence plates together with
a veterans' decal; or
(b)
displays an accessible parking permit together with an accessible
parking validation decal.
12A.7 [DELETED]
12B. PARKING PERMITS
12B.1 Certain areas may be designated by Council as permit zones.
12B.2 The Manager, Community Bylaws is authorized:
(a)
to issue parking permits for permit zones under such conditions as
considered necessary for the proper and orderly administration of
parking;
(b)
to revoke or reinstate parking permits or permit decals issued under this
Part 12.B of this Bylaw.
12B.3 A parking permit issued under subsection 12B.2 is valid for parking within the
portion of the street designated by a traffic control device for permit parking.
12B.4 The fees payable for permit decal to validate a parking permit issued under
subsection 12B.2 are set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
12B.5 The fees charged in subsection 12B.4 are subject to volume discounts at the rate
of:
(a)
10% for groups of 11 to 25 permit decals; or
(b)
15% for groups of 26 to 50 permit decals; or
(c)
25% for groups of 51 or more permit decals.
12B.6 A person may only park a vehicle in a permit zone under the following
conditions:
(a)
payment pursuant to subsection 12B.5 has been made to the City of
Richmond for a permit decal indicating the expiry date of the relative
parking permit; and
(b)
the permit decal has been securely affixed to the face of the parking
permit in the proper location; and
(b)
the parking permit has been placed inside the windshield of the vehicle
pursuant to subsection 12B.6(b) so that both the parking permit and
permit decal are clearly visible from outside the vehicle.
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12B.7 Failure to comply with any conditions established for a parking permit renders
such permit subject to immediate revocation without notice.
12B.8 A person to whom a parking permit has been issued must comply with any
conditions established for that parking permit, and:
(a)
where the parking permit is in the form of an identification card, attach
such card to the rear-view mirror of the vehicle; or
(b)
where the parking permit is in the form of a decal, prominently display
such decal on the dash or front windshield of the vehicle.
12B.9 The City will not issue refunds for any fees paid to the City in respect of parking
permits.
12C. SHARED VEHICLE PARKING
12C.1 The City may designate any street or part of the street for the reserved parking
only of shared vehicles by posting on the street signs indicating a prohibition on
parking except for a shared vehicle owned by the shared vehicle organization
described on the street sign.
12C.2 A person may park a shared vehicle on any such street or part of the street as
designated in 12C.l under the following conditions:
(a)
the shared vehicle has a properly located and current shared vehicle
decal;
(b)
the name of the shared vehicle organization on the shared vehicle decal
corresponds with the name of the shared vehicle organization described
on the street sign; and
(c)
the shared vehicle complies with all other parking restrictions that apply
in that area.
12C.3 The general allocation of shared vehicle parking spaces on the street will be
based on the following:
(a)
on a first-come, first-served basis; and
(b)
at high demand locations, spaces will be allocated to the shared vehicle
organizations by way of a lottery draw on the basis of rules the Director of
Transportation considers just and equitable in the circumstances.
12C.4 The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is hereby authorized to
charge a fee for permits issued pursuant to Section 12C.1 above in the amount set
out from time to time in the Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
12D. ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING
12D.1 The City may designate any street or part of the street for the reserved parking
only of electric vehicles by posting on the street signs indicating a prohibition on
parking except for an electric vehicle in the City EV parking stalls.
12D.2 A person may park an electric vehicle in any City EV parking stall under the
following conditions:
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(a)
a charging session, for which the person pays the applicable metered rates
to the City through EV supply equipment payment system, has been
initiated and is continuing; and
(b)
the electric vehicle complies with all other parking restrictions that apply
in that area.
12D.3 The general allocation of City EV parking stalls on the street will be based on a
first-come, first-served basis.
12D.4 The metered rates for parking in a City EV parking stall during a charging
session are set out are set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
13. IMPOUNDMENT
13.1
Any vehicle unlawfully occupying any portion of highway, City property, or
public place, may upon the order of a Police Officer, General Manager,
Engineering & Public Works, Fire Chief, Bylaw Enforcement Officer or their
designates or a traffic enforcement agent, be removed to an impoundment in
such a place as directed by the person issuing the order.
13.2
A vehicle removed to an impoundment will not be released to its owner until the
cost of its removal and impoundment is paid. If such impounded vehicle is not
claimed by its owner within 14 days of the giving of the notice of the impounding
of the vehicle, such vehicle may be sold at public auction and any monies
received on its sale shall be applied, firstly, to the cost of the sale; secondly, to the
cost of the removal and impoundment of the vehicle; and thirdly, to the recovery
of any monies owed for any outstanding fines levied under this Bylaw. The
surplus, if any, shall be sent by registered mail to the registered owner of the
vehicle at the address shown for such owner in the records of the Superintendent
of Motor Vehicles. Notice shall be given to the owner of every vehicle impounded
under this section of the intention to sell such vehicle on the date set out in the
notice by mailing the notice by registered mail to the owner at the address of such
owner as shown in the records of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles at the date
of impoundment.
13.3
The owner of a vehicle shall incur the penalties provided for any violation of this
Bylaw with respect to any vehicle owned by him unless at the time of such
violation the vehicle was in the possession of some person other than the owner
without the owner's consent; but nothing in this section shall relieve the operator
of a vehicle, not being the owner, from incurring the penalties provided for such
violation.
PART III -EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC
14. DEFINITIONS - PART III
14.1
In this part "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, which taken in conjunction with the
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nature or existing condition of the highway is so extraordinary or improper in the
quality or quantity of the goods or the number of persons carried, or in the mode
of use of the highway, or in the speed at which the vehicles are driven or operated,
as to, in the opinion of the Council, substantially 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.
15. REGULATION OF EXTRAORDINARY USE
15.1
Where, in the opinion of the Council, any highway is liable to damage through
extraordinary traffic thereon, it may by resolution 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.
15.2
Every person driving on or using the highway in contravention of a regulation,
limitation, or prohibition, passed pursuant to Subsection 15.1, shall be guilty of an
offence.
15.3
Any person to whom this section might otherwise apply may, with the approval of
the Council, enter into an agreement for the payment to the City of compensation
in respect of the damage or expense which may, in the opinion of the Council, 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.
15.4
The Council may by resolution close to traffic or use any highway at such time
and for such period of time and in respect of such classes of traffic or use as in its
opinion may be necessary for the construction or protection of any highway.
16. APPLICATION AND POWERS - PART III
16.1
This part shall not apply to arterial or primary highways within the meaning of the
Highway Act.
16.2
The powers in this part exercisable by the said Council in respect of extraordinary
traffic may be exercised by the said Council or by such person as may be
appointed for that purpose by resolution of the said Council.
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PART IV - TRAFFIC PASSING IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS
17. SCHOOL PATROLS
17.1
The principal of any regular day school in the City may appoint from among the
students a School Patrol to assist pedestrians in crossing highways at designated
school crosswalks.
17.2
A member of a School Patrol may control the movement of traffic at such
designated school crosswalks by exhibiting a manual traffic control device of a
design approved by resolution of the Council.
17.3
Drivers of vehicles and pedestrians shall obey the instructions of any approved
traffic control device exhibited by a member of a School Patrol at designated
school crosswalks.
PART V- TRAFFIC UNDER SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS
18. WORK IN PROGRESS
18.1
On any highway in the City where construction, reconstruction, widening, repair,
marking, or other work is being carried out, the General Manager, Engineering
& Public Works shall erect traffic signs indicating that crew and equipment are
working on the highway.
18.2
On any highway in the City where construction, reconstruction, widening, repair,
marking, or other work is being carried out, the General Manager, Engineering
& Public Works may erect traffic signs to limit the rate of speed of vehicles, or
to restrict the manner in which a vehicle shall proceed upon such a highway, or to
prohibit vehicles from proceeding thereon.
18.3
Where traffic signs are erected or placed on a highway pursuant to Subsections
18.1 and 18.2, no person shall drive or operate a vehicle at a speed greater than, or
in a manner different from, that indicated on the signs.
18.4
The Council hereby approves the appropriate designs set out in the "2015 Interim
Traffic Management Manual for Work on Roadways," as published by the
Provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, as signs to be used by
the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works when acting pursuant to
Subsections 18.1 and 18.2 of this Bylaw.
18.5
Where the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works deems it necessary
to close to traffic temporarily any highway in the City, he may, in addition to
erecting signs pursuant to Subsection 18.2, place and maintain or cause to be
placed and maintained a good and sufficient barrier or barriers at all entrances to
the said highway to indicate such closure.
18.6
Where a barrier has been erected by the General Manager, Engineering &
Public Works pursuant to Subsection 18.5, no unauthorized person shall remove,
interfere with, or pass beyond such barrier, or enter such closed area in a vehicle.
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PART VI- SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES
19. SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOADING
19.1
Hereby adopted as regulations pursuant to this Bylaw are:
(a)
Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58:
(i)
Section 19.01;
(ii)
Section 19.02;
(iii)
Section 19.03;
(iv)
Section 19.05; and
(v)
Section 19.06;
all as amended from time to time;
(b)
Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, Division 35 Cargo
Securement, as amended from time to time; and
(c)
Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78:
(i)
Division 1 Interpretation;
(ii)
Division 2 Application;
(iii)
Division 7 commencing at Section 7.05 Size and Weight;
(iv)
Division 8 Pilot Cars and Signs; and
(v)
Division 11 Penalties;
all as amended from time to time.
19.2
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 "General Manager, Engineering & Public Works" shall be
substituted and where the term "Act" appears, the term "Bylaw" shall be
substituted.
19.3
No person shall operate a vehicle on a highway in the City contrary to a
regulation adopted by this section.
20. [DELETED]
21. [DELETED]
22. [DELETED]
23. EXEMPTIONS
23.1
The provisions of this part of the Bylaw governing size, weight, load, speed, or
type of vehicle shall not apply to vehicles operated by the Richmond Fire
Department or other emergency services vehicles, or to vehicles operated by the
City.
24. PERMITS
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24.1
No person shall drive or operate a vehicle on any highway, either unladen or with
load, exceeding any of the limitations contained in this Bylaw unless a permit in
writing therefor has been issued pursuant to this Section by the General
Manager, Engineering & Public Works.
24.2
Any owner or operator of a vehicle, who desires a permit required pursuant to
Subsection 24.1 shall make application in writing therefor to the General
Manager, Engineering & Public Works and shall provide such particulars
therein as the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works may require.
24.3
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Bylaw and subject to the provisions of
Subsection 24.6, the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works may, by
special permit in writing, authorize the operation and driving of vehicles which
are otherwise prohibited by this Bylaw from being operated or driven on
highways.
24.4
The operating and driving of any vehicle for which the permit has been issued
shall at all times be subject to the conditions stated therein.
24.5
A permit shall be carried in the vehicle whenever it is being driven on highways
and shall be produced to any police officer or Bylaw Enforcement Officer for
inspection upon request.
24.6
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works may grant:
(a)
a permit authorizing a single trip for any vehicle which exceeds the
limitations set out in this Bylaw regarding size, weight or load. An
application for such permit shall be made not less than 24 hours in
advance of the time the trip is to be made;
(b)
a permit authorizing more than one trip for any vehicle which exceeds the
limitations of this Bylaw regarding size, weight, or load, subject to the
following conditions:
(i)
such permit shall not be valid for a period exceeding 12 months
and in any event shall terminate on the 31st day of December in
every year;
(ii)
if the vehicle, or the vehicle and load together, do not exceed 3
metres (9. 84 feet) in width, 4.5 metres 14.76 feet) in height, or 23
metres (75.46 feet) in length, there shall be no limitation on the
number of trips to be made unless considered necessary by the
General Manager, Engineering & Public Works;
(iii)
if the vehicle, or the vehicle and load together, exceed 3 metres (9.
84 feet) in width but are not greater than 3.6 metres (11.81 feet) in
width, or exceed 23 metres (75 .46 feet) in length but are not
greater than 24.4 metres (80.05 feet) in length then the holder of
such permit shall apply to the General Manager, Engineering &
Public Works for approval of each trip being made by such
vehicle;
(iv)
all trips are confined to a route or routes approved by the General
Manager, Engineering & Public Works.
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24.7
A permit issued pursuant to this Section may, in addition to any other limitations,
prohibit the operation or driving of the vehicle concerned, on any through
highway during the periods from 7:00a.m. to 9:00a.m. and 3:30p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
24.8
When a permit is issued for more than one trip with respect to the weight, height
or width of a vehicle, such permit may specify the maximum rate of speed at
which such vehicle may travel and no driver or operator of a vehicle under permit
shall drive such vehicle in excess of the speed specified.
24.9
Any permit issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to immediate
cancellation in the event of any condition of the said permit being violated or in
the event of false information being given by the applicant.
24.10 If the vehicle or the vehicle and load together exceed 4.3 metres (14.1 feet) in
width, 24.4 metres (80.05 feet) in length or 4.6 metres (15.09 feet) in height, or a
straddle truck with load exceeds 8.6 metres (28.21 feet) in length, the General
Manager, Engineering & Public Works may require that such vehicle or
straddle truck be preceded and/or followed by a pilot car suitably identified with
red flags and/or flashing lights satisfactory to the General Manager,
Engineering & Public Works and police officer in charge of the Richmond
Detachment.
24.11 Before any permit is issued pursuant to this Section the applicant shall deposit
with the City a bond of indemnity or a copy of an insurance policy to secure
payment to the City of the cost of repairing or reconstructing any highway or
other property of the City damaged by reason of the driving or operating of the
vehicle for which the permit is granted. Such bond or insurance policy shall be in
the amount prescribed by the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works
and shall be in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
25. PERMIT FEES
25.1
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is hereby authorized to
charge a fee for permits issued pursuant to Section 24 above in the amount set out
from time to time in the Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
25.2
Permits granted authorizing one vehicle for more than one trip shall be valid for a
period not exceeding twelve months and in any event shall expire on the last day
of February in every year.
26. WEIGHING AND INSPECTION OF VEHICLES
26.1
Any person driving or operating a vehicle on any highway, when so directed by a
police officer or by any person authorized by the General Manager,
Engineering & Public Works, shall:
(a)
stop such vehicle at such time and place as directed for the purpose of
weighing, measuring, or inspecting the vehicle or load carried;
(b)
drive the vehicle to the nearest public scales for the purpose of weighing
such vehicle;
(c)
re-arrange the load upon the vehicle or remove the whole or any part of
the load from the vehicle as may be necessary to comply with the
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provisions of this Bylaw before continuing to drive or operate such
vehicle.
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PART VII -BICYCLE AND OTHER SIMILAR APPARATUS
REGULATIONS
28. SAFETY EQUIPMENT
28.1
Every bicycle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a brake
adequate to control the movement of and to stop such vehicle whenever
necessary. Such brake shall be maintained in good working order at all times.
28.2
Every bicycle, e-bike or e-scooter when operated upon a street, bicycle lane or
designated shared pathway shall be equipped with reflectors in good condition,
and it shall be unlawful for any bicycle, e-bike or e-scooter to be equipped with a
siren or whistle.
28.3
No person shall ride a bicycle, e-bike or e-scooter upon a street, bicycle lane, or
designated shared pathway unless the bicycle, e-bike or e-scooter is equipped
with a bell, or similar device, capable of being used as a warning.
29. SAFE CONDUCT
29.1
No person riding a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which
prevents him from keeping both hands on the handle bar or obstructs his full
vision.
29.2
No person riding a bicycle shall remove both hands from the handle-bars, or feet
from the pedals, or practice any acrobatic riding on any street.
29.3
No person shall coast or slide with sleds, skis, skates, skateboards or other
apparatus on any street, lane, or other public place.
29.4
Notwithstanding Subsection 29.3, Council may declare any street, lane or other
public place closed to all other traffic for the purpose of permitting coasting with
sleds, skis, skates, skateboards or other apparatus thereon, and the police officer in
charge of the Richmond Detachment may make provision for the prohibition of
such other traffic and with the assistance of the General Manager, Engineering
& Public Works may make provision for the protection of persons using such
streets, lanes, or public places as aforesaid, for the purpose of enabling such
coasting and sledding to be carried on with safety.
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29.5
No person shall ride a bicycle or e-scooter in a marked crosswalk, unless it is
also marked by two lines of intermittent squares (elephant's feet) on one or
both sides of the crosswalk, or it is otherwise signed to permit cycling.
29.6
Any person riding a bicycle or e-scooter in a marked crosswalk also marked by
two lines of intermittent squares (elephant's feet) on one or both sides of the
crosswalk, or otherwise signed to permit cycling, must yield the right-of-way to
any pedestrians in the marked crosswalk.
29.7
A person may not operate a bicycle, motor assisted cycle or e-scooter on a
sidewalk unless otherwise directed by a sign.
29.8 A person may not operate a bicycle or motor assisted cycle on a designated
shared pathway at a speed exceeding 15 km/h.
29.9 A person may operate an e-scooter:
(a) on any bicycle lane, local street and the roadways shown in Schedule B,
which is attached and forms part of this Bylaw, at a speed not to exceed 20
km/h; and
(b) on a designated shared pathway at a speed not to exceed 15 km/h.
PART VIII - DUTIES OF PEDESTRIANS
30. CROSSWALKS
30.1
Pedestrians shall not jaywalk.
30.2
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.
30.3
Pedestrians shall not cross, nor attempt to cross a street in any crosswalk in
contravention of a traffic control device.
30.4
Drivers of vehicles must stop at a crosswalk when a pedestrian is crossing the
street in a crosswalk and the pedestrian is on the half of the street on which the
vehicle is travelling.
31. SAFE CONDUCT OF PEDESTRIANS
31.1
On the approach of an emergency vehicle, pedestrians shall proceed or return to
the nearest sidewalk or untravelled portion of the street and remain there until
such vehicle has passed.
31.2
No person who has alighted from a bus which has stopped at the nearside 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
police officer
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PART IX -TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS
32. DEFINITIONS
32.1
For the purpose of this Part:
"Inner Core Area" means the area bounded by and including Alderbridge Way,
No. 3 Road to Garden City Road; Garden City Road, Alderbridge Way to
Lansdowne Road; Lansdowne Road, Garden City Road to Cooney Road; Cooney
Road, Lansdowne Road to Cook Road; Cook Road, Cooney Road to Buswell
Street; Buswell Street, Cook Road to Granville Avenue; Granville Avenue,
Buswell Street to Minoru Boulevard; Minoru Boulevard, Granville Avenue to
Lansdowne Road (projected); Lansdowne Road (projected), Minoru Boulevard to
No. 3 Road; No. 3 Road, Lansdowne Road to Alderbridge Way, as shown shaded
Gray on Schedule "H" attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw;
"Dangerous Goods" means a product, substance or organism that falls within
any of the classes designated as such in the Transport of Dangerous Goods Act,
but shall not include a quantity of such products, substance or organism that if
accidentally spilled, is insufficient to cause danger to lives or the environment;
"Dangerous Goods Truck Routes" means:
(a)
for the purposes of travelling in either a North or South direction:
(i)
Knight Street from the Knight Street Bridge to Westminster
Highway;
(ii)
Highway 99 from the Oak Street Bridge to the George Massey
Tunnel;
(iii)
No. 3 Road from Bridgeport Road to Westminster Highway;
(iv)
Gilbert Road from the Dinsmore Bridge to Westminster Highway;
(v)
No. 1 Road from Westminster Highway to Steveston Highway.
(b)
for the purposes of travelling in an East or West direction:
(i)
Bridgeport Road from Knight Street to No. 3 Road;
(ii)
Westminster Highway from Boundary Road to No. 1 Road;
(iii)
Steveston Highway from Highway 99 to No. 1 Road.
33. TRUCK ROUTES
33.1
No person shall transport dangerous goods within the City except on designated
dangerous goods truck routes.
33.2
A person may, notwithstanding the previous subsection, transport dangerous
goods to or from a location not on such dangerous goods truck routes provided he
uses the most direct reasonable access to or from such designated dangerous
goods truck routes.
33.3
No person shall transport or deliver dangerous goods in the Inner Core Area
during the following times:
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(a)
January 1st to December 9th, inclusive - Monday to Friday - 7:00 a.m. to
9:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m., and Saturdays - 4:00 p.m. to 6:00
p.m.;
(b)
December l0th to 31st, inclusive- Monday to Friday-7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Saturdays - 9:00a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
PART X - ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING REGULATIONS
34. Liability of Vehicle Owner
34.1
The owner of a vehicle is liable for any violation of the parking regulations in
this bylaw, notwithstanding that at the time of the violation, the vehicle is
unattended or in the possession of another person.
34.2
Upon notification of a violation to the owner of a vehicle, the burden of proving:
(a)
that the person in charge of the vehicle was not a person entrusted with the
possession of that vehicle by the owner; or
(b)
that the registered owner is not the owner;
is on the owner.
35A. Violations and Penalties
35A.1 A violation of any of the provisions identified in this bylaw shall result in liability
for penalties and late payment amounts established in Schedule A of the Notice of
Bylaw Violation Dispute Adjudication Bylaw No. 8122; and
35A.2 A violation of any of the provisions identified in this bylaw shall be subject to the
procedures, restrictions, limits, obligations and rights established in the Notice of
Bylaw Violation Dispute Adjudication Bylaw No. 8122 in accordance with the
Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act, SBC 2003, c. 60.
35B. Prohibitions
35B.1 A person must not remove, obliterate, or otherwise interfere with any markings
made by a police officer, bylaw enforcement officer, or traffic enforcement
agent to determine the length of time a vehicle remains parked in one location.
35B.2 No person other than the owner or operator of a vehicle is permitted to remove
any notice placed on, or affixed to, such vehicle by a bylaw enforcement officer,
police officer, or traffic enforcement agent who is enforcing or administering
this bylaw.
35B.3 Once any notice has been placed on, or affixed to, a vehicle by a bylaw
enforcement officer, police officer, or traffic enforcement agent, it is unlawful
for any person to alter such notice in any manner that it may be used or acted
upon by any person as if the alteration was genuine
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PART XI - GENERAL
36. OFFENCE ACT PROCEDURES
Any person who:
36.1
violates or contravenes any provision of this bylaw, or who causes or allows any
provision of this bylaw to be violated or contravened;
36.2
fails to comply with any of the provisions of this bylaw;
36.3
neglects or refrains from doing anything required under the provisions of this
bylaw; or
36.4
makes a false or misleading statement to a bylaw enforcement officer respecting
compliance with this bylaw,
commits an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not more than Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), in addition to the costs of the prosecution, and where the
offence is a continuing one, each day that the offence is continued shall constitute a
separate offence.
37. SCHEDULES
37.1
Schedules "A", "B", "D", "H", "J", "K.", "L ", "M" and "N"* attached hereto shall
form an integral part of this Bylaw.
38. MEASUREMENTS IN METRIC UNITS
Metric units are used for all measurements and standards in this Bylaw. The approximate
equivalents of the metric standards in the Imperial System of Weights and Measures,
shown in brackets following each metric standard, appear for convenience only and do
not form part of this Bylaw.
39. SEVERABILITY
39.1
If any Section, Subsection, Paragraph, Clause or Phrase of this bylaw is for any
reason held to be invalid by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Bylaw.
40. BYLAWS REPEALED
40.1
"Traffic Bylaw No. 1491" and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
40.2
"Sexsmith Loop Parking Lot Establishment Bylaw, 1973" (Bylaw No. 2948) is
hereby repealed.
41. CITATION
41.1
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "TRAFFIC BYLAW NO. 5870".
PART XII - Construction Zones
42. CONSTRUCTION ZONES
42.1
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works or his designate, may
upon application, grant to a person the ability to use a portion of a Street for the
purpose of providing a loading zone for the delivery of supplies or equipment
during the period of time in which construction is taking place on the parcel of
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land immediately adjacent to the said portion of street and may in addition or
separately grant to a person the ability to use a portion of a street for the purpose
of providing a location for the placement of a. bulk container for the disposal of
material from the construction activities on the parcel of land immediately
adjacent the said portion of street.
42.2
Permits shall be in the form attached as Schedule J to Bylaw 5870 and shall be
only issued upon the applicant having satisfied all of the following conditions:
(a)
the application form provided by the City being fully completed;
(b)
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is hereby
authorized to charge a fee for permits issued pursuant to Section 42.1
above in the amount set out from time to time in the Consolidated Fees
Bylaw No. 8636.
(c)
public liability insurance in the amount of $5,000,000 and satisfactory to
the City be lodged with the City, naming the City as an additional insured;
42.2A In addition to the fees payable pursuant to subsection 42.2 above, the applicant
for a construction zone permit must pay the following fees, if applicable:
(a)
if the use by the applicant of the portion of the street to which the permit
applies obstructs the use and/or maintenance of a block meter machine,
the fees as set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636;
(b)
if the use by the applicant of the portion of the street to which the permit
applies requires the removal and storage of a block meter machine, the
fees as set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636 and the
City's cost of such removal and storage; and
(c)
if the use by the applicant of the portion of the street to which the permit
applies obstructs the use one or more metered parking spaces, the fees as
set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
42.3
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works, or delegate, may only
issue a permit under this part if the granting of the permit will not unduly
inconvenience the general public.
42.4
The permit shall be generally in the form set out in Schedule J to this bylaw and
will include the following matters:
(a)
The location of the street that can be used, complete with a sketch
showing the area;
(b)
The length of time the permit is valid; and,
(c)
any restrictions on the use imposed by the General Manager,
Engineering & Public Works or delegate.
42.5
A holder of a permit may not use the portion of the street for any permanent
storage of materials or equipment, and must ensure that all vehicles are not
permitted to stay in the area after they have been unloaded.
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42.6
Any permit issued hereunder shall be cancelled if the permit holder fails to
comply with any conditions set out in the permit.
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SCHEDULE A to BYLAW NO. 5870
POWERS DELEGATED TO
THE GENERAL MANAGER, ENGINEERING & PUBLIC WORKS
Traffic Control Devices
(a)
the placing or erecting of traffic control devices to give effect to the provisions of the
Motor Vehicle Act or the provisions of this Bylaw, or the provisions of any order made by
the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works pursuant to this Bylaw;
Parking Regulations
(b)
the regulation, control or prohibition of the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles
within the City;
(c)
the establishment and use of loading, commercial and passenger zones and the
designation thereof;
(d)
the establishment and use of taxi stands and the designation thereof.
Weight Limits
(e)
the establishment of weight limits for vehicles operating on streets within the City;
School Crossings
(f)
the establishment of school crossings within the City and/or the regulation and control of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic with respect to such crossings; and
(g)
the regulation of traffic passing by or in the vicinity of schools through the use of traffic
patrols, and for such purpose may vest in the school children or other persons employed
in traffic patrols, the power to require the stopping of vehicles at school crossings or other
designated places on any street.
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SCHEDULE B to BYLAW NO. 5870
SPEED ZONES
Highways On Which Traffic Is Limited To
30 Kilometres (18.64 Miles) Per Hour
1. River Road between No. 7 Road and a point one half mile east of the centre line of Nelson Road and
measured at right angles to the said Nelson Road.
2. River Road from a point 198 metres (649.61 feet) east of the northerly projection of the centre line of
Queen Road, measured at right angles to the said northerly projection of Queen Road, to Boundary
Road.
3. Finn Road and No. 4 Road, from a point 244 metres (800.52 feet) east of the intersection of Garden
City Road to the junction of No. 4 Road, from this point north on No. 4 Road to 30.5 metres (100.06
feet) north of the bridge over Green Slough.
4. Dyke Road from Boundary Road to Hamilton Road.
5. Ryan Road from the west boundary line of Lot 137, Section 33, Block 4 North, Range 6 West, being
the South Arm Park to a point 15 metres (49.21 feet) north of the north boundary line of Ryan Place.
6. All roads within the Burkeville area subdivision bounded by the south property line of Miller Road,
the west property line of Russ Baker Way, and the Vancouver International Airport on the west.
7. All roads within the Steveston Village Core bounded by the north property line of Chatham Street, the
east property line of No.1 Road, the south property line of Bayview Street and the west property line
of Third Avenue.
8. All roads within Steveston Village bounded by the north property line of Chatham Street, the west
property line of Third Avenue, the south property line of Moncton Street, and the west property line
of Seventh Avenue.
9. All roads bounded by the north property line of Moncton Street, the east and south property lines of
Bayview Street, and the east property line of No. 1 Road.
10. Moncton Street from Bayview Street to the east property line of Steveston Park.
11. Ferguson Road from McDonald Road to Shannon Road.
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12. Barnes Drive and Flury Drive.
13. Second Avenue from Steveston Highway to Chatham Street.
14. All roads within the Hamilton area, including:
(a) Roads bound by and including Oliver Drive to the west, River Road to the north and
Highway 91A to the south and east, excluding River Road, Highway 91A and
Westminster Highway.
(b) Westminster Highway between Oliver Drive and Westminster Highway
approximately 75 m south of Windsor Court.
(c) Roads bounded by and including Thompson Road to the west, Thompson Gate to the
north, Boundary Road to the east and bound by but excluding Highway 91A to the
south.
(d) Boundary Road between Tanaka Court and Dyke Road, Dyke Road between
Boundary Road and Fraserwood Way, Fraserwood Way north of Dyke Road, and
Hamilton Road.
15. All roads within the Steveston neighbourhood area, including roads bounded by and
including Seventh Avenue to the east and bounded by but excluding Steveston Highway to
the south, No. 1 Road to the west, and Chatham Street to the north.
16. London Road, Princess Street, and Princess Lane
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SCHEDULE D to BYLAW NO. 5870
SPEED ZONES
Highways On Which Traffic Is Limited To
15 Kilometres (9.32 MILES) Per Hour
1.
Every highway, and every private place or passage way to which the public, for the
purpose of the parking, or servicing of vehicles has access or is invited within lands
dedicated, designated, set aside, designed or intended for or used by the City of
Richmond as a park or recreation ground.
2.
Every highway, and every private place or passage way to which the public, for the
purpose of the parking, or servicing of vehicles has access or is invited within lands
dedicated, designated, set aside, designed or intended for or used by School District No.
38 (Richmond) as a school ground or school playing field.
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SCHEDULE H to BYLAW NO. 5870
TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS - INNER CORE
AREA
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SCHEDULE "J" TO BYLAW NO. 5870
Construction Zone Permit
Traffic Operations Section
6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1
Email: [email protected]
www.richmond.ca
Contact 604-204-8707
Temporary Occupancy of City Street
Applicant:
Permit No.:
Contact Person:
Building Permit No.:
Business Phone:
Fax No.:
Cellular No.:
Job Site Phone:
Are Block Meter Machines Located at this location: Yes No
Location of Occupancy:
Area of Street to be Occupied:
Site Plan Attached:
Yes
No
Bulk Container Required on Street:
Yes
No
Location of Bulk Container:
Purpose:
Effective Date:
For the Period of:
Between the Hours of:
Failure to comply with the conditions set out in this permit, on the reverse side of this
application, may result in its immediate cancellation.
Applicant's Signature
Date
Title
Pursuant to application a Construction Zone Permit is hereby granted in accordance with the provisions
of Traffic Bylaw No. 5870 and amendments thereto.
For City
Date
Distribution:
Supervisor - Property Use Inspectors
Supervisor - Building Inspectors
Supervisor - Parking & Animal Control - Community Bylaws
Richmond RCMP - NCO i/c Traffic Section
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It is agreed that:
1. The applicant at all times accepts full responsibility for any incident that may occur or damage
that may be done to any person or property whatsoever, caused directly or indirectly as a
result of the street occupancy.
2. Construction Zones are for the sole use of the applicant, any unauthorized use of the
Construction Zone is to be reported to the City Parking Enforcement Officers for bylaw
enforcement. Violator's vehicles may be ticketed and towed at owner's expense.
3. The Construction Zone is to be used only by commercially licensed vehicles for the purpose of
loading or off loading of construction material and\or construction equipment between the
street and adjacent site and not for the storage of material, equipment or parking of the
workers vehicles.
4. Pedestrian safety must be safeguarded at all times and the City streets and sidewalks adjacent
to the construction site shall be kept open and in clean condition, free of all materials, mud
and debris during construction. The applicant may be required to install a covered walkway
over the City sidewalk in accordance with the BC Building Code to ensure that pedestrian
safety is not compromised.
5. Where there is on street parking adjacent to the construction site, parking may be prohibited.
The City will install, remove, or alter existing signage and/or road markings at the applicant's
expense. Any signs damaged, lost or stolen will be charged to the applicant.
6. Where there are block meter machines located on the street that will result in an interruption of
service, fees set out in the Consolidated Fee Bylaw No. 8636 will be applicable and charged to
the applicant. Any construction activity that results in the damage of block meter machines
located in the construction zone will be charged to the applicant.
7. If requested by the applicant, the City will remove and store any block meter machines at the
applicant's expense. .
8. A bulk container may be placed on the street in the Construction Zone only if it is determined
by the City that there is no practical location on the building site for the container.
9. Only one bulk container will be allowed on the street per development site. The container
must have identification of ownership clearly marked on it.
10. The container will be used for industrial and building waste only.
11. The container will be equipped with reflective devices mounted so as to be clearly visible to
approaching motorists. Flasher barricades may also be required and will be at the sole
discretion of the City.
12. The applicant will provide proof of General Liability Insurance of not less than $5 Million with
the City of Richmond named as additional insured.
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SIGHTLINE INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT POLICY NO. 7008
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Diagram 1
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Diagram 2
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FEE: $________
TEMPORARY PLACEMENT PERMIT
CONTAINER PLACEMENT ON STREET OR BOULEVARD
Applicant:
_________________________
Permit No.
__________
Address:
_________________________
Phone No.
__________
Owner of Container: ____________________________________________________
Business Address:
___________________________________________________
Business Phone: __________________
email:_____________________________
Temporary Placement Location: ___________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Effective Dates:
_______________ to _______________
Failure to comply with the conditions set out in this permit may result in its immediate
cancellation.
____________________
_________________
Applicants Signature
Date
___________________________
________________________
For City
Date
Distribution:
Supervisor, Parking Enforcement
Supervisor, Property Use Inspectors
NCO i/c Traffic Section - RCMP
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Temporary Placement Permit
Container Placement on Street or Boulevard
The owner or operator of a container must abide by all terms and conditions listed below.
Failure to do so will immediately render the permit null and void and subject to fine.
The owner or operator of the container must:
1. Have a valid City of Richmond Business Licence
2. Ensure that General Liability Insurance is in place in the minimum amount of
$5,000,000.00 satisfactory to the City, with the City of Richmond named as
additional insured
3. That the temporary placement permit is affixed to the container
4. That the temporary placement permit clearly shows the street address of placement
and effective dates
5. The container must be clearly marked with the owners name, business address and
phone number
6. The container must be sufficiently marked with high visibility reflective material or
devices
7. The container must be placed with the longest side parallel to the curb
8. Must ensure four (4.0) meters of unobstructed road clearance after the container
has been placed
9. The container must not be placed within six (6.0) meters of an intersecting street
10. The container must not be placed within one and one half (1.5) meters of a private
road, driveway or sidewalk crossing
11. The container must not be placed within six (6.0) meters of a crosswalk, fire hydrant
or other traffic control device
12. A container may be placed on the street fronting a residence, only if it is determined
by the City that there is no practical location on the site for the container.
13. Only one container will be allowed on the street or boulevard per site.
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Annual Parades
The following annual parades may be authorized by the Director of Transportation, subject to
section 7.2:
- The Steveston Salmon Festival Parade;
- The Remembrance Day Parade; and
- The Steveston Santa Claus Parade.