Street and Traffic with Schedules (consolidated) Bylaw No. 1529

White Rock, British Columbia

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Street-and-Traffic-Bylaw-1999-Number-1529-PDF" municipality_ids: - gx-000158 content_type: "application/pdf" captured_at: "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00" normalize_method: "pdf-pymupdf" normalize_version: "0.2" needs_ocr: false char_count: 60601 --- THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WHITE ROCK BYLAW NO. 1529 A Bylaw to regulate traffic and the use of streets in the City of White Rock. DISCLAIMER: THIS BYLAW IS CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY. THE CITY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CONSOLIDATION IS CURRENT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON USING THIS CONSOLIDATION TO ENSURE THAT IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS CURRENT BYLAW PROVISIONS. Consolidated as of March 2024 TABLE OF CONSOLIDATION BYLAW DATE APPROVED AMENDMENT NO. SUBJECT MATTER 1625 October 16, 2000 1 2. Definitions/Section 51/Adds Schedule D 1768 April 25, 2005 2 Section 93 1830 March 17, 2008 3 Section 93 1833 April 14, 2008 4 Section 27 2142 April 25, 2016 5 Replaces Schedule D 2269 September 17, 2018 6 New Section 52 2331 March 30, 2020 7 Replace Section 94 2374 February 8, 2021 8 Delete Schedule D and Replace Schedule B 2497 March 11, 2024 9 Sections: 2,6,11,13,15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 81, 92 to 94, deletes schedule C 2505 May 13, 2024 10 Housekeeping Amendments, replaces Schedule B, adds schedules C and D 2545 June 9, 2025 11 Amended in regard to truck definition in regional harmonization under the guidance of the regional Commercial Vehicle Working Group (Section 2, 59, 60, 61,63,64 - 71, 74) 2558 N/A 12 Was not put forward for initial readings 2572 February 23, 2026 13 Amended in regard to driveway access. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 2 The CITY COUNCIL of The Corporation of the City of White Rock in open meeting assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. This Bylaw is divided into three parts dealing with the following subjects: PART I - TRAFFIC CONTROL PART II - USE OF STREETS PART III - REGULATING SIZE & WEIGHTS OF VEHICLES 2. DEFINITIONS (1) In this bylaw: "angle parking" means the parking of a vehicle other than parallel to a curb or lateral lines of the roadway. "arterial street" means a street having controlled vehicular crossing and that is indicated as "arterial" on Schedule D of this bylaw ["Updated Street Network Classification" in the Integrated Transportation and Infrastructure Master Plan]. "axle load" means the total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centres are included between two parallel transverse vertical planes 106 centimetres apart extending across the full width of the vehicle. "axle spacing" means the distance between axles, measured to the nearest centimetre, between the centres of the axles. "bicycle" means a device composed of any number of wheels held in a frame propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars, and includes a motorized version. "boulevard" means that portion of a highway between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjoining property or roadway, and includes curbs, sidewalks, ditches and improved and unimproved grounds. (see landscaped boulevard) "bus" means a motor vehicle designed to carry more than ten (10) persons. "City" means the City of White Rock. "City Engineer" means the Director of Engineering and Municipal Operations for the City, or a person designated to act in the place of the Director. "collector street" means a street where traffic movement and access have similar importance, and indicated "collector" on Schedule "D" attached to and forming a part of this bylaw. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 3 "combination of vehicles" means a combination of motor vehicle and trailer, motor vehicle and semi-trailer, or motor vehicle, semi-trailer and trailer. "commercial loading zone" means an area or space on a roadway established for the loading or unloading of materials, to be used exclusively by commercial vehicles. "commercial vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Commercial Transport Act. "crossing" means any crossing of a curb and/or sidewalk provided or to be provided to afford vehicular access from a street to land abutting thereon. "crosswalk" means: a. any portion of the roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines or other markings on the surface or; b. the portion of a highway at an intersection that is included within the connection of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on the opposite sides of the highway, measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway; the portion of a highway at an intersection that is included within the connection of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on the opposite side of the highway, or within the extension of the lateral lines of the sidewalk on one side and the highway, measured from the curbs or, in absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway. "debris" means rubbish, leaves, tree debris, broken glass and other waste. "driveway" means an access for vehicles constructed from the edge of the street pavement or if the street is developed to urban standards, from the back of the curb or sidewalk to the property line of the lot fronting on the street. "emergency vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act. "gross axle weight" or "gross weight carried by a single axle" means the total load transmitted to the road by all axles, the centres of which may be included between two parallel transverse vertical planes, 106 centimetres apart, extending across the entire width of the vehicle. "gross weight of tandem axles" and "gross weight of a group of axles" means the sum of the gross axle weights of all the axles comprising the tandem axles or the group of axles, as the case may be. "gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles" means the sum of the individual gross axle weights of all the axles of the vehicle or combination of vehicles. "highway" means a street, road, lane, bridge, viaduct and any other way open to public use, other than a private right of way on private property. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 4 "heavy truck" is a vehicle or combination of vehicles having a licensed gross vehicle weight in excess of 11,794 kilograms. "intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of the 2 highways that join one another at or approximately at right angles, or the area within which vehicles travelling on different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. "jaywalk" means to cross the roadway at any place which is not within a crosswalk and which is less than one block from an intersection at which traffic control signals are in operation. "lane" means a street intended for the movement of a single file of vehicles with unrestricted crossings, and indicated "lane" on Schedule "D" attached to and forming a part of this bylaw. "loading zone" means the area of space on a roadway established for the loading or unloading of materials or passengers. "local street" means a street indicated "local residential" on Schedule "D" attached to and forming a part of this bylaw. "motor vehicle" means the same as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, C. 318. "one-way street" means a street upon which vehicular traffic shall move only in the direction indicated. "park" when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading. "permit" means a document in writing issued pursuant to this bylaw. "person" includes any corporation, partnership, firm or association. "right-of-way" means the privilege of the immediate use of the roadway. "roadway" means the portion of the highway that is improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder; and where a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of the roadways collectively. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 5 "secondary street" means a street identified in Schedule D [Road Network Classification] as other than an arterial street or lane, and being classified, in order of importance, as primary collector, neighbourhood collector or local residential. "semi-trailer" means a vehicle, other than a trailer, which is drawn by a motor vehicle and which is so constructed that some part of its weight and some part of the weight of its load rests upon, or is carried by the towing vehicle. "sidewalk" means the area between the curb lines or lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines improved for use of pedestrians. "sidewalk crossing" means that portion of a sidewalk permanently improved or designed for the passage of vehicular traffic. "station wagon" means a dual purpose vehicle designed for transporting not more than 9 persons, with a rear seat accessible from a side door, and designed so that the seats may be removed or folded out of the way to increase the property carrying space in the vehicle. "street furniture" shall include waste receptacles, benches, bus shelters, traffic signs or any similar artificial work, structure or equipment and whether or not the same are owned by the City. "property line" when used in this bylaw, or in any resolution passed pursuant thereto, means the dividing line between any private property and the adjoining street. "through street" means any street or portion of street designated by the City Engineer as a through street at which vehicles shall stop before entering thereon. "traffic" includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, bicycles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using a street for purposes of travel. "traffic control device" means a sign, signal, line, meter, marking, space, barrier, or device, not inconsistent with this Part, placed or erected by authority of the Minister of Highways or of the Council of the City or person duly authorized by the Minister of Highways or the Council of the City to exercise such authority. "traffic control signal" means a traffic control device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is directed to stop and to proceed. "trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power designed for carrying person or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. "transit route" means any street which has been designated as a transit route by the Council. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 6 "tree" means a woody perennial plant, usually long-lived with elongated stem or trunk, deciduous or evergreen, and includes all above and below ground living parts. "truck" means a vehicle exceeding 5,500 kg GVW used on a highway which is a commercial vehicle defined as such by and licensed under the Commercial Transport Act, and a vehicle not so licensed but which is used for the collection or delivery, or both, of merchandise or other commodity in the ordinary course of a business undertaking. Excluded from this definition are City of White Rock vehicles. "truck route" means a highway or portion of a highway, or a series of connected highways, designated in Schedule B, on which heavy trucks may be present and travel in accordance with this bylaw. "vehicle" means the same as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, C. 318. (2) Except as otherwise defined herein, words and phrases in this Bylaw are to be construed in accordance with their meanings under the Community Charter, Local Government Act, Motor Vehicle Act, Transportation Act, Commercial Transport Act and the Interpretation Act, as the context and circumstances may require. A reference to an Act refers to a statute of British Columbia unless otherwise indicated, and a reference to any statute, regulation, code, bylaw or other enactment refers to that enactment as it may be amended or replaced from time to time. (3) Schedules A, B, C and D are attached to and form part of this Bylaw. PART I TRAFFIC CONTROL 3. (1) Pursuant to the authority vested in the Council by Section 120 of the "Motor Vehicle Act", R.S.B.C. 1996, C. 318 as amended, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to exercise the following powers of the municipality: (a) by providing for the placing, erection and maintenance of traffic control devices to give effect to the provisions of this bylaw and the "Motor Vehicle Act" and for such purpose to make orders in respect of those matters in this Section contained, and to rescind, revoke, amend, or vary any conditions prescribed by this bylaw; (b) by providing for the regulation, control, or prohibition of pedestrian traffic, ridden or herded animals, vehicular traffic, and traffic by other conveyances, either singly or together, on sidewalks, walkways, or boulevards or in or on lanes or ways separating the rear property lines of parcels of land fronting on highways; (c) by providing for the regulation, control, or prohibition of stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles within the municipality; Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 7 (d) by providing for the setting apart and allotting of portions of highways adjacent to any federal, provincial, or municipal public building for the exclusive use of officials and officers engaged herein for the parking of vehicles, and the regulation of such parking; (e) by providing for the establishment and use of loading, commercial, and passenger zones within the municipality and for the designation thereof; (f) by providing in respect of any highway in a municipality for the regulation of the width, length, and height of vehicles and the width, length, height, fastenings, and distribution of loads on vehicles driven or operated on any such highway; (g) by providing that on any highway where construction, reconstruction, widening, repair, marking, or other work is being carried out, traffic control devices shall be erected or placed indicating that men or equipment are working upon the highway; (h) by providing that on any highway where construction, reconstruction widening, repair, marking, or other work is being carried out, traffic control devices shall be erected or placed to regulate or prohibit traffic in the vicinity of such work; (i) by providing for the regulation, control, and prohibition of erection or maintenance, or both, of signs, advertisements, or guideposts on or over any highway, and for the alteration, repainting, tearing down, or removal of any sign, advertisement, or guide posts erected or maintained on or over any such highway without compensation to any person for loss or damage resulting from the alteration, repainting, tearing down, or removal; (j) by providing for the regulation or prohibition of pedestrian traffic on highways other than at crosswalks; (k) by providing for the prohibition of pedestrian traffic in an unmarked crosswalk designated by a traffic control device; (l) by providing for the establishment of school crossings within the municipality and for the regulation and control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic with respect to such crossings; (m) by providing for the establishment and use of taxi stands within the municipality and the designation thereof; Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 8 (n) by providing for the regulation and control of processions on highways within the municipality. Loading Zones 4. (1) No driver of any vehicle shall stop such vehicle in any loading zone except for the purpose of loading or unloading of passengers or materials. (2) No driver of any vehicle shall stop such vehicle in any loading zone for a period exceeding three minutes for the loading or unloading of passengers or for a period exceeding thirty minutes for the loading or unloading of materials. One Way Streets 5. No driver shall operate a vehicle on a one way street except in the direction indicated by a traffic sign. Funeral and Other Processions 6. (1) No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while it is in motion. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is being controlled by traffic control signals or police officers. (2) Funeral processions shall be identified as such by each vehicle therein having its headlights or hazard lights illuminated. Limitations on "U" or Reverse Turning 7. (1) No driver of any vehicle shall turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction: (a) on any through street; (b) within an intersection at any corner of which a "Stop" sign has been placed, or where a traffic control signal has been installed; (c) at any other intersection unless such movement can be made in safety, without backing, and without interfering with other traffic; (d) on any street between intersecting streets; (e) at any lane intersection. Control of Vehicle in Motion 8. Every driver or other person in charge of any vehicle conveying goods, wares, or merchandise in or through any of the streets of the city shall remain upon such vehicle, or walk beside the horse or animal drawing the same, so as at all times to control the same while such vehicle is in motion. Driver Must Have Hand on Steering Device Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 9 9. No person shall drive a vehicle without having at least one hand on the steering device, and no person shall operate a bicycle without having at least one hand on the handlebars. Driving on Streets Laned for Traffic 10. The City Engineer is hereby authorized to mark distinguishing single or double lines on any street, which lines may or may not be in the center of the travelled portion of the street. 11. (1) A person must not drive a vehicle in any area, zone or place at a greater rate of speed than the rate of speed shown on a traffic sign located in that area, zone or place, whether shown by stating a speed limit as km/h, or as prominently shown by numerals alone. (2) Despite subsection (1), where a traffic sign indicated that the area, zone or place is in the vicinity (a) of a school, the speed limit apples between the hours of 7 am and 10 pm on any regular school day during any season; (b) of a public playground, the speed limit applies between dawn and dusk. (4) Schedule C of this Bylaw identifies 30 km/h zones throughout the City. 12. No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon or along any lane at a rate of speed in excess of twenty kilometres per hour. Stop when Traffic Obstructed 13. No driver of a vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle being operated without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indicating to proceed. Regulating Sirens, Horns, Bells 14. Other Sirens Prohibited No person shall use any siren, horn, exhaust whistle, calliope, loudspeaker or other noise-making device, on any vehicle in any street. 15. Horn for Warning Only No person shall sound the horn of a vehicle except when necessary to warn a person, motor vehicle or animal of danger. 16. Bell Required on Bicycle Every Bicycle shall be equipped with a bell to be used as a warning of danger. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 10 Note: Items 17 to 19 were removed by Bylaw. Firemen May Direct Traffic in Vicinity of Fire 20. Any officer or member of the Fire Department may, while in the course of duty in or about any fire, or in order to expedite traffic and safeguard pedestrians, direct traffic on any street in the vicinity of any fire. No person shall fail to comply with the direction of any such officer or member of such Fire Department. Bicycles 21. No person shall cycle upon any sidewalk. 22. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a street while wearing headphones, or any other manufactured device capable of transmitting sound, over or in close proximity to both ears. Stopping and Parking 23. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle: (a) in a place in contravention of a traffic control device that gives notice that stopping, standing or parking there is prohibited or restricted; (b) within 7.5 meters of a bus stop sign where no other traffic control devices are in place; (c) on any portion of a street for a longer period of time than indicated on any traffic control device: i. on a City block controlled by a parking time limit regulation; ii.on any block at which it was previously parked until the next calendar day since the vehicle last occupied that block; or iii. in a different location on the same block face in the same calendar day; (d) in a manner that obstructs the visibility of a standard traffic sign erected by or with the authority of a municipality; (e) so as to impede or obstruct traffic; (f) other than parallel to a curb or roadway, except where angle parking is expressly permitted; (g) other than facing in the direction of traffic; (h) other than in the manner indicated for angle parking; Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 11 (i) on a boulevard that has been improved with soil, grass, sod, plantings, or any combination of these, authorized by the City ("finished boulevard"); (j) on a crosswalk; (k) in an intersection; (l) and/or trailer over 6 metres in length in an angle-parking zone; (m) in a Fire Lane; (n) within 5 metres of a fire hydrant/fire standpipe; (o) in a lane leaving less than 3 metres clearance; (p) on a street for the principal purpose of greasing, painting, wrecking, storing or repairing a vehicle, except where repairs are necessitated by an emergency; (q) within 6 metres either side of the entrance to or exit from a hotel, theatre, public meeting, place, dance hall, fire hall or police station; (r) within 15 metres of the nearest rail of a railway crossing; (s) on the paved portion of a roadway where the pavement is 6 metres or less in width; (t) in front or within 1.5 metres of a public or private driveway; (u) within 10 metres of an intersection; (v) within 10 metres of the approach side of a crosswalk; (w) within 10 metres on the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway. 24. No person shall park a trailer, semi-trailer or commercial vehicle on any street abutting lands used for business or commercial purposes for more than 3 hours except where such vehicle is parked in front of lands owner or occupied by the driver of such vehicle or his employer. 25. No person shall park a trailer, semi-trailer or commercial vehicle on any street abutting lands used for park, church, school or residential purposes, except with the consent of the owner or occupier of such lands. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 12 26. No person shall park a trailer, semi-trailer or commercial vehicle having a gross vehicle weight exceeding 4,536 kg on any street between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. 27. Within the City's Town Centre, designated for the purposes of this bylaw as the area bounded by North Bluff Road, Martin Street, Thrift Avenue and George Street no person shall park any vehicle between the hours of 8.00 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any street abutting any premises used for residential or commercial purposes for more than 3 hours unless such premises are the property of such person or his employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, no person shall park a vehicle on any highway for more than seventy-two (72) hours continuously. Requests for an extension beyond 72 hours will be considered under the "City Road and Right-of-Way Permit" application process. 28. No person shall park a trailer or semi-trailer with its motive power unattached. 29. No person shall park any bus, motor home, station wagon or other vehicle with a detachable structure designed or used primarily for accommodation during travel or recreation on any street for a period exceeding 72 hours without displaying a permit therefore. 30. The owner of any bus, motor home, station wagon or other vehicle with a detachable structure designed or used primarily for accommodation during travel or recreation may obtain a permit from the City Engineer to allow parking upon any street for a period exceeding 72 hours: (a) where the owner is not a resident of White Rock; (b) where the owner is a disabled person and requires a bus, motor home, station wagon or other vehicle with a detachable structure designed or used primarily for accommodation during travel or recreation as his only mode of transportation, or (c) the owner of the bus, motor home, station wagon or other vehicle with a detachable structure designed or used primarily for accommodation during travel or recreation resides in White Rock and that the vehicle is his only mode of transportation. 31. No person shall stand or park any vehicle on any street for the purpose of washing. 32. No vehicle which is not licensed in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Act and related Provincial legislators and regulators may be parked on a Highway. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 13 PART II - USE OF STREETS 33. No person shall place or permit to be placed any merchandise, chattel, wares or other objects on any street, sidewalk or boulevard for the purpose of sale or display for the purpose of sale of any such merchandise, chattels, wares or other objects. 34. No person shall engage in any sport amusement, exercise or occupation on any street which is likely or calculated to embarrass or delay the passage of vehicles, or to cause any obstruction in or upon such street. 35. Except as a City employee for a purpose authorized by the City, a person must not, without first obtaining a permit from the City Engineer: (a) excavate in, cause a nuisance on, encumber, obstruct, injure, foul, improve or damage any portion of any highway, or other public place, (b) dig up or in any manner alter, prune, trim, remove, disturb or destroy any City tree, or (c) install, add, or plant landscaping elements (or components), including minor low- level plantings on any boulevard or highway. Permits and Agreements 36. The City Engineer may issue a permit to allow those things otherwise prohibited by Section 35 of this bylaw: (a) upon the receipt of a satisfactory plan or specification of the work or obstruction in form satisfactory to the City Engineer; and (b) upon deposit with the City a security deposit in the form of cash or Letter of Credit satisfactory to the City in an amount equal to the estimated cost of repairing any damage to be done to the highway or other public place and to ensure that the work shown in the plan will be completed within the time specified by the permit; and (c) if the applicant does not complete all the work shown in the plan within the time limited by the permit, the City may use the security deposit to complete or remove such work. (d) Boulevard Improvements - Road Alteration Permit (RAP) required. Any person constructing a driveway, walkway, low-level retaining wall or utility upgrades shall submit to the City Engineer an application, together with satisfactory plans and detailed specifications. The applicant shall be responsible Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 14 for all costs including the removal and restoration of any previous boulevard encroachment. (e) Minor Low-Level Plantings - Road Alteration Permit (RAP) required. The City Engineer may permit minor low level plantings that cause minimal loss of public amenity subject to criteria outlined in the permit including plant species, setbacks, heights, maintenance and unilateral termination by the City. Lawn is permitted without permit as are low level plantings less than one metre in height that do not separate public property for private use and are set back from the sidewalk. (f) Minor Parking Pads - Road Alteration Permit (RAP) required. The City Engineer will evaluate traffic safety and other transportation needs before initial consideration of parking pads. Subject to the foregoing, the City Engineer may permit a parking pad as per the criteria outlined in the permit including material type, drainage, maintenance and unilateral termination by the City. Parking pads are available for community use and not exclusive to adjacent property owner. (g) Encroachments-Encroachment Agreement required. Boulevard encroachments not approved through any of the permits described above shall either be removed or the City Engineer may approve an encroachment agreement that includes, but is not limited to, an application fee, annual insurance requirements, maintenance requirements, annual license fees and unilateral termination by the City. (h) Temporary Use - Road Use Permit Required (RUP). The Engineer may approve a temporary use permit for temporary uses including, but not limited to, hoarding, shoring and street rental. (i) Fees for all permits and agreements identified above are as established in the Fees and Charges Bylaw. 37. The City Engineer may direct the removal of any structure, object, substance, vegetation or thing found upon any highway or public place that is in contravention of this bylaw or of a permit or agreement under section 36, the City may recover all costs associated with such removal from the person responsible for the contravention. 38. No person shall walk or remain on a street in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage of pedestrians or vehicles. 39. The owner of every parcel of real property shall remove all snow, ice, or debris from any sidewalk bordering such parcel of land not later than 10:00 a.m. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 15 40. No person shall coast, slide or use roller skates, sleighs, skates, skis or similar means of conveyance on any highway unless such highway has been closed to vehicular traffic. 41. The owner of every parcel of real property is responsible for the control of weeds and the care and maintenance of grass and permitted landscaping elements, or their components, on the boulevard adjacent to their parcel, excluding trees. 42. No person shall ride, drive or propel any vehicle over or across any curb unless such curb has been lowered or otherwise constructed or reconstructed to form a suitable curb crossing, until permission to lower, construct, or reconstruct such curb crossing has been first obtained in writing from the City Engineer. The applicant shall pay the full cost of the construction of a crossing. 43. No person shall operate, stand or park any vehicle upon a highway for the purpose of displaying advertising. 44. No person shall operate, stand or park any vehicle upon a highway for the purpose of displaying it for sale. 45. No person shall skateboard upon any street, boulevard or sidewalk within the area shown on the plan attached to and marked Schedule "A" to this bylaw. 46. No person shall paint, paste, stick or affix or put up any sign, bill, notice, substance or thing located on any street furniture, light standard, electric light, or utility pole located upon any highway. 47. Every person who shall place any object or make any excavation for any purpose adjoining or adjacent to any street within the City, shall build and maintain a good and sufficient fence or other barrier marked with warning lights along the line of such street so as to effectively guard such excavation and to protect and guard persons and vehicles travelling along such street against danger, risk or accident by reason of such excavation. Access to Property from a City Street 48. Access from arterial streets to adjacent properties must be from a lane, or alternatively from a secondary street when no lane is available. Driveway access from the arterial street may be approved by the City Engineer where no other viable options are available. Only one driveway access per lot is permitted. 49 (1) Access from non-arterial streets to adjacent properties shall be from the lowest classification secondary street available as identified in Schedule D. Where hardship can be demonstrated, driveway access from a higher classification street may be approved by the City Engineer. Only one driveway access per lot is permitted. (2) Where a lot fronts a non-arterial street and backs onto a lane, two driveway accesses are permitted, one from the lane and the other from the lowest classification secondary street available as identified in Schedule D. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 16 50. No driveway shall be located within 7.5 m of the corner of a property adjacent to two streets. Where hardship can be demonstrated, this setback may be reduced by the City Engineer to 7.5 m from the edge of pavement. 51. No person shall construct a driveway from private property to the edge of roadway without a permit from the City Engineer. Maximum driveway slope as measured from the property line to the off-street parking space shall be 15%. The slope of the driveway within the boulevard shall slope up from the edge of the street to the property line at a minimum of 2%. No structure such as a retaining wall, planter, plant or other obstacle to traffic or pedestrian movement shall be placed within 2.0m of the edge of pavement. 52. Despite Section 51, in circumstances which the City Engineer considers it is warranted and appropriate, the City Engineer may approve a driveway and boulevard designed by a professional engineer and sloping upward from the road edge or curb edge at a minimum of 2% for a minimum 2 metres and then transitioning to a maximum grade of 20%. 53. Maximum driveway width is 6.0m. This width is measured at the property line. Driveway width within the boulevard may therefore not exceed 6.0m in width. 54. The minimum width of the driveway shall be 4.5m as measured at the property line. 55. Where a residential parcel includes a multi-door garage or where off-street parking has been developed on a lot, if there are no conflicts as determined by City staff upon review, the width of driveway on the private property may transition to the maximum permitted width of 6.0 m at the property line. 56. An exception to Section 54 requirement will be permitted on RS3 lots which back on to a lane in which case the driveway width within the boulevard may match that constructed on private property. 57. Where a street has been developed to the width identified for the street's classification complete with concrete curb and gutter, no parking space construction is permitted between the back of the curb and the property line of the fronting lot except for the driveway. 58. Permitted driveway materials on the boulevard are asphalt and paving stones. Any form of concrete (broom finish, stamped or exposed aggregate, or gravel) is not permitted. Truck Routes 59. Except as provided in section 60, a person must not drive or operate a heavy truck on any highway within the City unless the highway or portion of highway is designated as a Truck Route in Schedule B" Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 17 60. A person driving or operating a heavy truck or combination of vehicles engaged in a local delivery to a location that is off the truck route network must proceed on a truck route until reaching a point closest to the origin of the local delivery and, on reaching that point, must continue along the shortest route possible, by way of a municipal arterial street, where available, and then to a municipal primary collector street". 61. A person driving or operating a heavy truck engaged in a local delivery originating from a location that is off the truck route network must proceed along the shortest route possible to the closest truck route, by way of a municipal collector street and then a municipal arterial street, where available.". 62. The City Engineer may, given certain road or subsurface conditions, further restrict the size, weight and type of vehicles permitted to be on Truck Routes and other highways until such time as those pavement conditions or subsurface conditions are appropriate for resumption of normal operations. Heavy Trucks and Commercial Vehicles Size, Weight and Loading Restrictions 63. (1) Hereby adopted as regulations pursuant to this Bylaw are: (a) the following provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C Reg. 26/58: (i) Section 19.02 including the following subsections: (1) [size and dimensions as quoted in Div 7 Commercial Transport Regulations]; (2) [maximum height, length, width of vehicle or load is that set out on sign]; (3) and (3.1) [limits on combination of vehicles and load without permit]; (4) [must not drive or operate oversize vehicle or load on Sunday or holiday unless expressly permitted by permit]; (ii) Section 19.03 [Prohibitions] including the following subsections: (1) [no operating vehicle (a) equipped with solid tires where less than 32mm thickness between rim and highway surface; or (b) with wheels, tires or tracks with attachments or projections extending beyond tread or traction surface]; (2) [exception to subsection (1)- chains required for safety] (3) [tire studs allowed October 1- April30] (4) [suspension of subsection (3) by order] (iii) the following subsections of Section 19.05 [Weight Scales]: (3) The gross weight of any tandem axles and the gross weight of any group of axles shall be the sum of the gross axle weights of all the Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 18 axles comprising the tandem axles or the group of axles, as the case may be. (4) The gross weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be the sum of the individual gross axle weights of all the axles of the vehicle or combination of vehicles. (iv) all provisions of Division 35 [Cargo Securement]: except subsections (1) and (2) [school bus] of Section 35.09; and (b) the following provisions of the Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78: (i) Division 1[Interpretation]; (ii) Division 7, including the following Sections: 7.05 [vehicle height without permit max 4.15m]; 7.06 [vehicle width without permit max 3.1m]; 7.07 [trailer axle track width restrictions]; 7.08 [vehicle dimension and length restrictions]; 7.09 [load sharing restrictions]; 7.10 [axle unit restrictions]; 7.11 [lift axle restrictions]; 7.12 [self-steering axle restrictions]; 7.13 [maximum licensed gross vehicle weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles must not exceed 63 500 kg]; 7.14 ["overload" restrictions]; 7.15 [maximum gross weight for tires]; 7.16 [maximum gross weight for axles]; 7.17 [maximum gross weight for axle groups]; 7.18 [three-vehicle combination restrictions]; 7.19 [commercial vehicle towing dolly max gross weight]; 7.20 [drive axle weight restrictions]; 7.21 [weight to horsepower relationship]; 7.22 [single axle jeep with lowbed semi-trailer requirements]; 7.23 [truck prohibitions]; 7.24 [spread tandem axle requirements]; 7.25 [wide base single tires restrictions]; and (iii) all provisions of Division 8 [Pilot Cars and Signs]. . (1) For the purposes of this Bylaw, wherever in the regulations adopted by this Section 63, (a) the term "Act" appears, the term "bylaw" is substituted; and (b) the term "Minister" or "Minister of Transportation and Highways" appears, the term "City Engineer" is substituted. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 19 (3) A person must not drive or operate a vehicle on a highway in the City contrary to a regulation adopted by this Section 63. Speeds 72. No person shall drive or operate on any City street: (a) a solid rubber-tired vehicle at a greater speed than 20 kilometres per hour. (b) a vehicle having an axle load, tire load or gross load in excess of the limits prescribed by this bylaw at a greater rate of speed than that set out in the permit authorizing such operation. 73. No person shall drive a vehicle on any City street at such a rate of speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe driving or operation or in compliance with the law. Part III - Permits 74. Permits: (a) no person shall drive or operate a vehicle on any City street either unladen or with load, exceeding any of the limitations contained in this bylaw unless a permit in writing therefore has been issued pursuant to this section by the City Engineer. (b) the owner or operator of any vehicle desiring a permit required pursuant to clause (a) shall make application in writing therefor to the City Engineer giving such particulars therein as the City Engineer may require. (c) The City Engineer may, notwithstanding the provisions of this bylaw, 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 City streets. (d) 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. (e) such permit shall be carried in the vehicle whenever it is being driven on City streets and shall be produced to any police officer for inspection upon request. (f) A permit is not transferable from one vehicle to another. 75. The City Engineer may grant: Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 20 (a) a permit authorizing a single trip for any vehicle, which exceeds the limitations, set out in this bylaw regarding weights, loads and size. 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 weights, loads and size, subject however, to the following conditions: (i) such permit shall be valid for a period not exceeding 12 months and in any event shall expire on the 30th day of April in every year; (ii) if the vehicle or the vehicle and load together do not exceed 3.2 metres in width, 4.5 metres in height, or 23 metres in length there shall be no limitation on the number of trips to be made unless considered necessary by the City Engineer; (iii) if the trips are confined to a route or routes approved by the City Engineer. 76. 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. 77. When a permit is issued for more than one trip with respect to the width of a vehicle, such vehicle shall be equipped with clearance lights as required by the Motor Vehicle Act and the Regulations made hereunder and red flags to indicate to drivers of approaching and following vehicles the width of the vehicle and the load being carried and such clearance lights shall be lighted at all times in accordance with regulations pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act regarding headlights. 78. 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 application. 79. If the vehicle or the vehicle and load together exceed 4.3 metres in width, 24.4 metres in length or 4.5 metres in height the City Engineer may require that such vehicle be preceded and/or followed by a pilot car suitably identified with red flags and/or flashing lights, satisfactory to the City Engineer and Chief of Police. Highway Use Requiring Permit 80. (1) Except as authorized by a permit issued by the Engineer pursuant to this Bylaw, no person shall: (a) place any fuel, lumber, blocks, rock, stone, merchandise, chattel or wares of any nature on any highway; Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 21 (b) deposit, throw, or leave any earth, refuse, debris or other thing on a highway; Highway Use Requiring Permit (Continued) (c) being the owner or occupier of property abutting on a highway, cause or permit any earth, rocks, stones, logs or stumps or other things to cave, fall, crumble, slide or accumulate from any such property upon a highway or, being there, to remain thereon; (d) drag or skid anything along or over a highway; (e) dig up, break up or remove any part of a highway; cut down or remove trees or timber growing on a highway; or excavate in or under a highway; (f) change the level of a highway whatsoever, or stop the flow of water through any drain, sewer or culvert on or through a highway; (g) place, construct or maintain a loading platform, skids, rails, mechanical devices, buildings, signs or any other structures or things on a highway; (h) construct or maintain a ditch, sewer or drain, the effluent from which causes damage, fouling, nuisance or injury to any portion of a highway; (i) mark, imprint or deface in any manner whatsoever a highway or structure thereon; (j) ride, drive, lead, move or propel any animal or vehicle over or across a boulevard, including any curb, sidewalk or ditch therein unless such boulevard has been constructed or improved to form a suitable crossing; (k) construct a boulevard crossing including a curb, ditch or sidewalk crossing; (l) cause damage to, cut down or remove trees, shrubs, plants, bushes and hedges, fences or other things erected or maintained on a boulevard; (m) operate a vehicle while sounding a calliope, loudspeaker or other noise- making device; (n) march, drive or otherwise take part in a parade or procession except a funeral procession; (o) conduct construction on a highway or traffic control relating to such construction; (p) conduct construction on land adjacent to a highway where access from the highway to the land is required for that purpose; Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 22 Highway Use Requiring Permit (Continued) (q) obstruct or interfere with the free flow of traffic or attempt to control or detour traffic on any highway or lane, whether by use of signs or flagmen or by barricades or other physical obstruction on the road, provided that this clause shall not apply to; (i) a Peace Officer, Bylaw Enforcement Officer, Parking Patroller or Fire Fighter acting in the normal course of his or her duties; (ii) a student or adult school patrol acting under the authority of the Public Schools Act or authorized by the chief of Police; (iii) emergency vehicles or public utility or City crews while making emergency repairs within a highway or lane; (iv) vehicles while legally parked on a highway or lane or while obeying the instructions of a traffic control device or Peace Officer. Highway Use Permits 81. (1) The City Engineer may issue permits in accordance with this Bylaw. (2) The City Engineer may issue a permit to do those things otherwise prohibited by Section 79, subject to the payment of the appropriate fee and subject to such other conditions in this Section 81 which may be applicable. (3) In respect of oversize vehicles, an annual permit will not be issued, except in special cases at the discretion of the Engineer, for vehicles or combinations of vehicles or loads which exceed the British Columbia Commercial Transport Act, R.S.B.C. 1996,Chapter 58, standards for width, height and length. (4) In respect of overweight vehicles, an annual permit will not be issued for loads which can be broken down in such a manner that they would not exceed the weight restrictions; and not in any case for loads exceeding 10 percent overload except in special cases at the discretion of the Engineer where, by virtue of the number of trips, or the route, the overload is not expected to have a significant effect on the road system. (5) "Oversized and Overload" permits shall be carried in the vehicle whenever it is being driven on a highway and shall be produced to any Peace Officer or Bylaw Enforcement Officer, for inspection upon request. (6) A permit issued pursuant to this section may, in addition to any other limitations: (a) prohibit the driving or operating of any commercial vehicle on any highway during certain hours. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 23 (b) specify the maximum rate of speed at which any commercial vehicle may travel; (c) require that any commercial vehicle be preceded or followed, or both, by a pilot car in accordance with the Regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act, R.S.B.C. 1997, Chapter 58; (d) require that the commercial vehicle be driven or operated on certain specific highways. 82. As a pre-requisite to the issuance of a permit under Section 80, the Engineer may require the applicant to: (1) Deposit with the City a sum of money: (a) sufficient to pay for the cost of repairing any damage likely to be done to the highway and installation therein or thereon; and (b) as sufficient security to ensure that obligations imposed by the permit shall be fulfilled and completed within the time specified in such permit. (2) Provide satisfactory plans of work to be undertaken and when such plans are supplied and approved by the Engineer and the necessary permit issued, the said work shall conform in every respect to the approved plans, to the current City specifications as approved by the Engineer, and to the minimum general requirements of the Subdivision Bylaw. (3) Where a deposit has been made in accordance with this Section, and upon satisfactory compliance with the permit within the time specified, the deposit will be refunded to the applicant, less the actual cost of administration and inspection. (4) Where completed work is to be taken over by the City the applicant shall maintain such work for a period of one year from the date of expiry of the permit. Sufficient security deposit shall be retained from the deposit provided in Subsection (1) to cover any repair works, which may be required over the maintenance period. (5) Where adjustments to completed works are required due to reconstruction of a highway, the person responsible for the initial construction as shown on the permit shall pay all the cost of such adjustments. (6) The applicant shall indemnify, protect and save harmless the City from and against all claims demands and lien claims of every kind arising out of or in any way connected with the work or other things for which a permit has been issues. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 24 (7) Failure of the permit holder to repair damage and/or fulfil such obligations as are set out in a permit within the specified time shall result in the forfeiture of the deposit to the City as Liquidated damages. (8) At the discretion of the Engineer, the applicant or their contractor may be required to have in effect liability insurance in the amount specified by the Engineer naming the City as an Additional Named Insured. (9) Provide the City with sufficient funds, as determined by the Engineer to complete the works including final restoration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City shall have the right to seek additional compensation from the applicant. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 25 PART III REGULATING THE SIZE, WEIGHT AND USE OF VEHICLES - DIMENSIONS OF VEHICLES AND LOADS 83. Before any permit is issued pursuant to the sections under Part III, Permits, the applicant shall deposit with the City a security deposit in the form of cash or Letter of Credit satisfactory to the City, in an amount equal to the estimated cost of repairing or reconstructing any street or other property of the City damaged by reason of the driving or operating of the vehicle for which the permit is granted. If the applicant does not repair any such damage within the time limited by the permit, the City may use the security deposit to complete such work. Part III - Permit Fees 84. The City Engineer may charge the following fees for any permit issued pursuant to Part III, Permits: For a permit authorizing a single trip ................................................................. $ 10.00 For a permit authorizing more than one trip ...................................................... $100.00 For a permit authorizing a Highway Use Permit.....................................$ 50.00 85. If a permit issued pursuant to Part III, Permits has been lost or destroyed before expiring, the holder thereof shall make application for a duplicate permit to replace that which has been lost, and the City Engineer, upon being satisfied as to the circumstances of such loss or destruction, may issue a duplicate permit upon payment by the applicant of a fee of $5.00. Weighing and Inspection of Vehicles 86. Any person driving or operating a vehicle on any street, when so directed by a police officer or by any person authorized by the City Engineer, 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 or for any other purpose; (b) drive the vehicle to the nearest public scales for the purpose of weighing such vehicle; (c) rearrange 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 provisions of this bylaw before continuing to drive or operate such vehicle. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 26 Spilling of Vehicle Loads on Streets - Securing of Loads 87. It shall be the duty of the driver of any vehicle and also the duty of the owner of any commercial vehicle to ensure that any load or covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent such covering or load from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway. 88. In the event that any article, substance or material shall, due to any cause whatsoever, become loose or detached or blow, drop, spill or fall from any vehicle on to any street, it shall be the duty of the driver of such vehicle forthwith to take all reasonable precautions to safeguard traffic and also to remove such material from such street. 89. No person shall drive, ride, or propel any vehicle containing any sawdust, or garbage on any street in the City unless such vehicle shall be kept tightly and securely covered in such manner as to prevent any of such sawdust or garbage from being flown, dropped or spilled from such vehicle. 90. No person shall drive or operate any vehicle loaded with firewood unless such firewood is contained in a box so designed and constructed that the said firewood does not protrude more than 30 centimetres above the lowest point of the top of such box. 91. The driver or operator of any vehicle carrying loads of lumber or other structural materials shall: (a) securely chain the load using at least two chains for loads not exceeding 3.2 metres in height measured from the ground and at least three chains for loads exceeding 3.2 metres in height, and one additional chain for every 3 metres of deck space in excess of 6 metres. (b) place the load so that not less than two-thirds of the bulk length thereof shall be forward of the rear axle and not more than 4.5 metres thereof shall extend beyond the centre of the last axle of the said vehicle. (c) strip all lumber load in conformity with the stripping regulations contained in the General Accident Prevention Regulations of the Provincial Workers' Compensation Board. (d) not permit such loads to exceed the following height limitations measured from the ground: Vehicle Weighing Maximum Height of Load 2,700 kilograms or less: - 2.7 metres More than 2,700 kilograms but not exceeding 3,600 kilograms: - 3.2 metres Over 3,600 kilograms: - 3.8 metres Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 27 GENERAL VIOLATIONS - PENAL CLAUSE Violations 92. (1) This Bylaw may be enforced by a bylaw enforcement officer or parking patroller employed by the City; a constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; the City Engineer; and any designated member of the City's Departments of Engineering & Operations, Fire Services, or Planning & Development Services. (2) A person must not obstruct or interfere with a person identified in subsection (1) in carrying out their duties and functions under this Bylaw. Penal Clause 93. Every person who (a) contravenes or violates any provision of this Bylaw; (b) suffers, consents to, allows or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention or in violation of any provision of this Bylaw; (c) neglects or fails to do anything required to be done by any provision of this bylaw; or (d) allows a violation of this bylaw to continue, commits an offence, and each day that a contravention or violation of this bylaw continues amounts to a separate offence. 94. Every person who commits an offence against this Bylaw is liable: (a) if proceedings are brought under the Offence Act, to pay a fine of not less than $5,000.00 and not more than $50,000.00; (b) if issued a ticket under the Ticketing for Offences Bylaw, to pay a fine to a maximum established under the Community Charter Bylaw Enforcement Ticket Regulation; or (c) if issued a bylaw notice, to pay a penalty to a maximum established under the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act. BYLAW REPEAL AND CITING 95. Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1987, No. 1063 and Amendment Bylaw Nos. 1150, 1263, 1324 and 1509 are hereby repealed, but every resolution passed pursuant to any of the above bylaws shall remain in force until varied or repealed in accordance with the provisions of this Bylaw. Consolidated Bylaw - Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529 Page | 28 96. This Bylaw may be cited as the "Street and Traffic Bylaw, 1999, No. 1529". RECEIVED FIRST READING on the 25th day of May 1999 RECEIVED SECOND READING on the 25th day of May 1999 RECEIVED THIRD READING on the 25th day of May 1999 RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED on the 14th day of June 1999 ___________________________________ MAYOR ___________________________________ CITY CLERK Added by Bylaw 2572