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## THE TOWN OF SNOW LAKE
## BY-LAW NUMBER 940/15
## BEING A BY-LAW TO AMEND THE TOWN OF SNOW LAKE TRAFFIC BY-LAW 460/81
WHEREAS Section 90(1) of The Highway Traffic Act, provides for municipalities the
traffic authority jurisdiction to regulate: (a) parking, stopping and standing of vehicles
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Snow Lake deems it necessary to amend By-Law 460/81, being the Town of Snow Lake Traffic By-Law;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Town of Snow Lake duly assembled enacts that By-Law 460/81 be amended as follows:
## Parking prohibition to accommodate street cleaning, maintenance or snow clearing
- (a) A Designated Officer may, whenever they find that weather conditions are restricting motor vehicle traffic flow, prohibit or restrict parking on any Town streets for snow plowing and other purposes. Such parking restrictions may be put into effect on parts of or all streets other than snow emergency routes as necessary by declaring it in a manner prescribed hereinafter. This restriction shall remain in effect until terminated by announcement of the Designated Officer.
- (b) Except when otherwise directed by an Officer, it shall be an offence for any person to park or leave unattended, a vehicle on any portion of a street during the prohibition period as announced for the purpose of snow removal, street cleaning or maintenance operations.
- (c) (1) The announcement of temporary parking restrictions imposed under subsection (a) shall be printed in the local newspaper and announced over electronic media at least six hours before the parking prohibition comes into effect, if feasible, and/or portable traffic control devices may be placed on affected streets by 1700 hours on the previous day and at least twelve hours prior to the parking prohibition taking effect. Such temporary traffic control devices shall be placed a minimum of four per block (two per side of each block).
- (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, where an emergency situation occurs the immediate placement of portable traffic control devices shall be deemed sufficient notice.
- (d) (1) Where a situation occurs which prevents proper notification and signage of streets as outlined in paragraph c(1) above, the Town may have vehicles which are lawfully parked within the affected area towed to the nearest available parking area. The person responsible for ordering the vehicle to be towed shall immediately notify the RCMP of such action stating where the vehicle was removed from, where it was relocated to, the reason for such relocation, and a description of the vehicle involved. The RCMP shall then take all reasonable steps to notify the owner of such action and advise where the vehicle was relocated to. Under such circumstances, the Town shall be responsible for al. related towing charges and any traffic citations issued as a result of such emergency parking prohibition. Vehicles which are unlawfully parked may be citied and/or towed from the area at the owner's expense.
- (2) Where any temporary parking restriction is announced and the affected streets signed in accordance with paragraph c(1) above, any vehicle which is parked within theaffected area at or following the time such temporary parking restrictions take effect may be cited and/or towed from the area at the owner's expense.
2. (e) However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden by any other provision of law.
DONE, PASSED, AND ENACTED by Council duly assembled at the Council Chambers of the Town of Snow Lake this 1l * day of December AD 2015. NOVEMBER
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Ken steten
Trow hear
ordan Willner, CAO
- Read the First time this 3rd day of November, 2015
Read the Second time this
Read the Third time this | b ' day of/benber, 2015