Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba
· adopted 2021-05-13
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By-Law No. 2016/09
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF PIPESTONE
By-Law No. 2021/03
Being a By-Law of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone to regulate and travel on
municipal roads.
WHEREAS Section 232 (1) of The Municipal Act, provides, in part
"A Council may pass by-laws for municipal purposes respecting the following matters:
(a) the safety, health, protection and well-being of people, and the safety and protection
of property
AND WHEREAS, Section 90(1) of The Highway Traffic Act provides, in part,
"90(1) A traffic authority may classify vehicles according to dimensions, design, weight,
kind of weight carried or otherwise, for any class or all classes of vehicles and may make
rules or by-laws supplementary to, or in addition to, but not contrary to, any provisions of
this Act or regulations made thereunder and applicable on highways over which the traffic
authority has jurisdiction or within any area over which the traffic authority has
jurisdiction, with respect to
(d) prescribing routes of travel;
and may impose penalties for a violation of any such rule or by-law.";
AND WHEREAS Section 90(2) provides that if the traffic authority is a municipality
any penalties shall be imposed by by-law;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone deems it expedient
and in the best interest of the residents of the Municipality to regulate the routes of truck
traffic;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL
OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF PIPESTONE, IN SESSION DULY
ASSEMBLED, AS FOLLOWS:
1. THAT this By-Law shall be known as the Truck Traffic By-Law
2. DEFINITIONS:
THAT unless otherwise expressly provided, words used in this By-Law have the
same meaning as defined in The Highway Traffic Act of Manitoba unless
otherwise provided.
THAT in this By-Law
By-Law No. 2016/09
a)
"By-Law Enforcement Officer" means the By-Law Enforcement Officer
appointed by the Council of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone.
b)
"Municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Pipestone.
c)
"Not a Truck Route" means a route not to be used as a route of truck travel
as outlined under Section 5 herein.
d)
"Operator" means the driver of a truck.
e)
"Truck" means a motor vehicle or semi-trailer truck that is constructed or
adapted to carry goods, wares and merchandise, freight or commodities, but
not passengers or luggage.
f)
"Designated Officer" means the Chief Administrative Officer or By-Law
Enforcement Officer.
3. ROUTES OF TRUCK TRAVEL:
a)
THAT all trucks, truck tractors or combinations of either one of them with
a trailer or trailers within the Municipality shall be operated only over and
along the roads or sections of roads set forth as Truck Routes hereto, but
any truck or truck tractor or combination of either one of them with trailer
or trailers may operate upon any "Not a Truck Route" road where necessary
to conduct business at a destination point or when attending and leaving the
private residence of a truck operator, provided that Truck Routes are used
until reaching the intersection nearest the destination point or private
residence. Upon leaving the destination point or private residence, a truck
or truck tractor or combination of either one of them with a trailer or trailers
shall return by the shortest route to a Truck Route.
b)
THAT where "Not a Truck Route" signs, of the type approved by The
Highway Traffic Board of the Province of Manitoba for use in and adjacent
to the Municipality, are installed and maintained on a road or section of
road, the road or section of road shall be deemed to be "Not a Truck Route".
c)
THAT all Provincial Trunk Highways, Provincial Roads and Municipal
Roads, excepting those Municipal Roads determined as "Not a Truck
Route" as described in Section 5, within the Municipality shall be deemed
to be designated Truck Routes within the terms of this By-Law.
4. "NOT A TRUCK ROUTE":
THAT the following Municipal Roads shall be deemed as "Not a Truck Route":
Road 53N from Road 154W to Road 158W
Road 40N from Road 154W to Road 156W
Road 156W from Road 40N to Road 54N
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5. That any person or persons found to be in contravention of this by-law shall be
issued by a Designated Officer a Traffic Violation in the form attached as Schedule
"A". Service of such notice shall be deemed to have been completed by personal
service to the operator or owner of the vehicle, by leaving a true copy of the notice
affixed to the vehicle, or by mail to the address noted on the vehicle registration.
6. Any person or persons committing an offence under this by-law shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) plus court costs, as
applicable. Where an offence continues for more than one day, the person is guilty
of
a
separate
offence
for
each
day
that
it
continues.
7. That By-law 2016-09 be and hereby is repealed.
DONE AND PASSED by the Council of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone duly
assembled at Reston, in Manitoba this 13th day of May, A.D., 2021.
__________________________
REEVE
__________________________________
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Given first reading this 8th day of April 2021
Given second reading this 13th day of May, 2021
Given third reading this 13th day of May, 2021
By-Law No. 2016/09
Schedule "A"
TRAFFIC VIOLATION
Under the Authority of By-law 2016-09
Ticket #______________________________
I, ________________________ believe from my personal knowledge and certify that on the date
and time noted, the owner (or operator) of the vehicle which was displayed either the Plate
Number or the Vehicle Identification Number described below committed the following
contravention:
Date: ________________________________ Time: ________________________a.m. / p.m.
Designated Officer: ___________________________________________________________
License Plate: _____________________________Province: __________________________
Expiry Date: ______________________________Vehicle Make: _______________________
Comments: ___________________________________________________________________
Location: ____________________________________________________________________
Violation: ___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Fine: _______________________________________________________________________
First Name: ___________________________________________________________________
Last Name: ___________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
Signature of Designated Officer:__________________________________________________
Pay by Mail in return envelope provided or in person within 15 days at 401 Third Avenue,
Reston.