Steinbach Traffic By-Law No. 2254

Steinbach, Manitoba · adopted 2025-01-21

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1 TRAFFIC BY-LAW NO. 2254 A By-Law of the City of Steinbach to regulate Traffic, Parking, and the orderly use of public streets. November 5, 2024 - First Reading January 21, 2025 - Second and Third Reading 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1: AUTHORITY, ENACTMENT AND DEFINITIONS ........................................................................... 4 1. Authority ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Enactment ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 3. Title ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Provincial and Federal Legislation ..................................................................................................... 4 5. Definitions ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 PART 2: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ............................................................................................................. 7 6. Traffic Control Standard ........................................................................................................................... 7 7. Installation and Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 7 8. Protection of Traffic Control Devices ................................................................................................ 7 9. Directional Arrows ...................................................................................................................................... 7 10. Temporary Traffic Control Devices .................................................................................................... 7 PART 3: HEAVY/ COMMERCIAL VEHICLES .................................................................................................... 8 11. Designated Routes ....................................................................................................................................... 8 12. Heavy Vehicle Restrictions ...................................................................................................................... 8 13. Spring Weight Restrictions ..................................................................................................................... 8 14. Determination of Weight .......................................................................................................................... 9 PART 4: RESTRICTED USE OF STREETS ......................................................................................................... 9 15. Temporary Street Closure ....................................................................................................................... 9 16. Parades ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 17. Funeral Processions .................................................................................................................................. 10 18. Transporting Material ............................................................................................................................. 10 19. Prohibited Obstructions ......................................................................................................................... 10 PART 5: MOVING VIOLATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 11 20. Hitchhiking ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 21. Engine Retarder Brakes .......................................................................................................................... 11 PART 6: PARKING & STOPPING ..................................................................................................................... 11 22. Stopping and Parking Provisions Not Exclusive ........................................................................ 11 23. Parking at Curb ............................................................................................................................................ 12 24. Parallel Parking ........................................................................................................................................... 12 3 25. Limited Time Street Parking ................................................................................................................ 12 26. No Stopping .................................................................................................................................................... 12 27. Stopping or Parking in Loading Zones ............................................................................................ 13 28. Parking Meters ............................................................................................................................................. 13 29. Parking Stalls Reserved for Physically Disabled Persons .................................................... 13 30. Parking Prohibited .................................................................................................................................... 14 31. Prohibited Vehicles ................................................................................................................................... 14 32. Snow Clearing ............................................................................................................................................... 15 33. Parking Exemptions .................................................................................................................................. 15 PART 8: SPEED LIMITS ...................................................................................................................................... 15 34. Speed in City .................................................................................................................................................. 15 PART 7: ENFORCEMENT ................................................................................................................................... 16 35. Contravention by Owner or Operator ............................................................................................. 16 36. Reference to Time ...................................................................................................................................... 16 37. Marking Tires ............................................................................................................................................... 16 38. Placing and Removal of Tickets .......................................................................................................... 17 39. Removal and Impoundment of Vehicles ........................................................................................ 17 40. Remedies and Penalties .......................................................................................................................... 18 PART 8: SEVERABILITY .................................................................................................................................... 18 PART 9: REPEAL .................................................................................................................................................. 18 Schedule A: Penalty Fines ................................................................................................................................ 19 Schedule B: Speed Limit Zones ...................................................................................................................... 21 Schedule C: Reduced Speed School Zones .................................................................................................. 22 4 PART 1: AUTHORITY, ENACTMENT AND DEFINITIONS 1. AUTHORITY The City of Steinbach is empowered under Part 7 of the Municipal Act S.M. 1996 c.58; Parts III, IV and VI of the Highway Traffic Act RSM 1985/86 c.H60; and the Dangerous Goods Handling and Transportation Act RSM 1987 c.D12 to regulate traffic and parking and the use of Streets and Sidewalks by by-law and to impose penalties for the violation of such by-law. 2. ENACTMENT Now therefore, the Council of the City of Steinbach enacts as By-Law the following: 3. TITLE This By-Law shall be known as and may be cited as the "Steinbach Traffic By-Law" 4. PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION Pedestrians and all Persons driving, operating or using in any way a Vehicle on any Street, Public Walkway, Off Street Parking Area, other public property, or on Private Property (where and to the extent as authorized by this by-law), within the limits of the City must in all respects conform to the provisions of this by-law save and except where provisions of this by-law are inconsistent with provisions of relevant Provincial or Federal Statutes in which case the provisions of such statutes will override the provisions of this by-law. 5. DEFINITIONS In this By-Law, except where otherwise required, words shall be given the same meaning as may be defined by the Manitoba Highway Traffic Act. In this By-Law: 5.1. "Alley" means a Lane as defined hereinafter. 5.2. "Approach" means that portion of a Curb, Sidewalk or Boulevard improved or designed for the passage of vehicular traffic. 5.3. "Block" means the area of a street between one intersection and the next intersection. 5.4. "Boulevard" means the portion of a street, on either side or in the center of the street, that:  is adjacent to the roadway or its shoulder;  is maintained for the purpose of improving the appearance or safety of the street;  is not intended to be used to carry vehicular traffic; and  is not a shoulder. 5.5. "Bus" means a motor vehicle that:  is designed, constructed or modified for the principal purpose of carrying passengers; and  has a seating capacity of at least 11 persons, including the driver. 5.6. "City" means The City of Steinbach or the area contained within the boundaries thereof. 5 5.7. "City Manager Designate" means the person or persons designated by the City Manager of the City who have been given authority over sections of this By-Law. 5.8. "Curb" means the actual curb to a street and where no curb exists, it means the dividing line between that part of a street intended for the use of vehicles and that part of a street intended for use by pedestrians. 5.9. "Disabled person's parking permit" means a parking permit issued under the Manitoba Highway Traffic Act. 5.10. "Driveway" means the same as "Approach". 5.11. "Heavy Vehicle" means:  a motor vehicle with a gross weight registration exceeding 4,536 kilograms (10,000 lbs); or  any vehicle, including any combination of motor vehicle, trailer and load with a weight exceeding 4,536 kilograms (10,000 lbs). 5.12. "Holiday" means New Year's Day, Louis Riel Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Terry Fox Day (Civic Holiday), Labour Day, Truth and Reconciliation Day Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. 5.13. "Industrial Zone" means parcels designated as such by the City of Steinbach Zoning By- Law. 5.14. "Lane" means a street which is not numbered, named or otherwise designated. 5.15. "Motorized Mobility Aid" means a device which is specifically manufactured or modified for operation by a physically disabled person and which has:  a maximum speed capability of not more than 15 kilometers per hour;  a maximum width of not more than 91 centimeters (36 inches), and  a maximum mass of not more than 226 kilograms (500 lbs.), and includes a motorized wheelchair. 5.16. "Parade" means any group of pedestrians marching or walking on any street except members of the Armed Forces and/ or any group of vehicles proceeding on a street under a common leadership (except funeral processions or Armed Forces Vehicles). 5.17. "Parking Meter" means a mechanical device or digital program designed for the purpose of automatically gauging and indicating the time within which a vehicle is, or may be, parked in a metered space and installed thereat pursuant to this By-Law. 5.18. "Pedestrian" means any person on foot, in a wheelchair, in a child's carriage, or a physically disabled person operating a motorized mobility-aid. 5.19. "Penalty Notice" means a penalty notice issued under the Municipal By-Law Enforcement Act in respect of a contravention of this By-Law. 5.20. "Person" means any individual and includes corporation, firm, partnership and association or company and utilities. 5.21. "Provincial Highway" for the purpose of this by-law, means any provincial trunk highway or provincial road or portion thereof within the City for which the Minister of Highways and Transportation of the Province of Manitoba is designated as the Traffic Authority, and for which the provisions of this by-law are applicable. 5.22. "Recreational Vehicle" means a vehicle designed for camping or other recreational purposes. It includes, but is not limited to, a motorhome, a truck on which a camper has 6 been installed, a camping or travel trailer, and any trailer carrying recreational equipment such as a boat or other watercraft, a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle or other off-road vehicle. 5.23. "Reduced Speed School Zone" means a portion of a highway that is designated by a traffic authority under section 98.1 of the Manitoba Highway Traffic Act as a school zone that has a reduced maximum permitted speed at specific times or at all times. 5.24. "Roadway" means the portion of a street that is improved or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder. 5.25. "School" means  a public school or a private school as defined in The Manitoba Education Administration Act, or  an educational institution established under the Indian Act (Canada) or under any other Act of the Parliament of Canada, but does not include a post-secondary educational institution. 5.26. "Speed Limit Zone" means a Street within the City which has a limit on the speed at which a Vehicle may travel other than 50 kilometers per hour. 5.27. "Spring Weight Restrictions" are limits that restrict the weights of vehicles allowed to be operated upon streets that do not have concrete pavements during periods of the year when damage to such streets is reasonably expected to occur by the City Manager Designate. 5.28. "Street" means any public right-of-way, including a road, highway or a Provincial Highway, providing primary access to abutting property, used as a public thoroughfare for Vehicles and Pedestrians including Streets under construction or repair, and where the context so requires, includes the whole of the area between the boundaries of the Streets as recorded in the Land Titles Office and includes all Lanes and Alleys. 5.29. "Traffic Control Device" means a sign, signal, light, pedestrian corridor, school corridor, marking or device, not inconsistent with the Highway Traffic Act, placed or erected by the City Manager Designate for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic, but does not include a parking meter. 5.30. "Traffic lane" means a strip of roadway intended to accommodate a single line of moving vehicles. 5.31. "Trailer" means a vehicle designed for carrying goods or persons and for being towed by a motor vehicle. 5.32. "Vehicle" means a device, in, upon, or by which a person or thing is or may be transported or drawn upon a street but does not include a device designed to be moved solely by human muscular power or a motorized mobility aid. 5.33. "Work of Necessity" means work that is required to repair, replace, maintain or improve infrastructure belonging to the City, the Province of Manitoba, or other public utilities. 7 PART 2: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES 6. TRAFFIC CONTROL STANDARD The Transportation Association of Canada's Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada Manual is hereby adopted as the standard for all traffic control devices within the City. Traffic Control Devices in existence at the time this By-Law is passed may be permitted by City Council or the City Manager Designate. 7. INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE 7.1. The City Manager Designate is hereby authorized to install and maintain traffic control devices for the purpose of control, warning, guidance, information and direction of traffic in conformity with the provisions of this By-Law or any traffic requirements approved by City Council. 7.2. No person may install a traffic control device on public property unless given written approval by the City Manager Designate. The placement of any traffic control device in contravention of this By-Law is an offence and such traffic control device(s) will be removed. 7.3. The City Manager Designate will keep a record of the location of all traffic control devices and zones where parking or stopping is restricted or prohibited by a traffic control device. The record will be available for inspection at the administration office of the City during normal business hours. 7.4. A person may request the City to install or remove a traffic control device. Requests must be made in writing and may be reviewed by City Council in a public meeting. 8. PROTECTION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES No person may damage, deface, remove, obscure, or interfere with any traffic control device placed or maintained by the City for the purpose of traffic or parking control. 9. DIRECTIONAL ARROWS Where a sign indicates parking or stopping restrictions by directional arrow, that restriction will continue in the direction of the arrow to the next street intersection unless interrupted by a similar sign with an opposite facing arrow. 10. TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES 10.1. The City Manager Designate will place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, temporary traffic control devices for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating traffic in conformity with the provisions of this By-Law or any traffic requirements approved by Council. 8 10.2. Any person undertaking work authorized by the City of any form within a street or in any way interfering with or obstructing the normal use of a street must place and maintain a temporary traffic control device as directed by the City Manager Designate. PART 3: HEAVY/ COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 11. DESIGNATED ROUTES A City Manager Designate will determine and keep a record of heavy vehicle routes, road classifications, and spring weight restrictions placed on streets within the City. This record will be available for inspection at the administration office of the City during normal business hours and on the City website. 12. HEAVY VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS No person may operate a heavy vehicle on any street except: 12.1. while such a heavy vehicle is travelling on a designated heavy vehicle route; 12.2. while such a heavy vehicle is making collection or delivery, provided that the operator proceeds by the most direct route to or from the point of collection or delivery, to or from the nearest heavy vehicle route; 12.3. while such a heavy vehicle is proceeding to or from a business premises located in an industrial zone, provided that the operator proceeds by the most direct route to or from the business premises, to or from the nearest heavy vehicle route; 12.4. while such heavy vehicle is being operated in the service of the City. 13. SPRING WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS 13.1. Timing of Spring weight restrictions will be set by a City Manager Designate and will be posted on the City website. 13.2. The City Manager Designate will place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, temporary traffic control devices for the purpose of indicating that spring weight restrictions are in effect. 13.3. Heavy vehicle axle loadings will be restricted to 65% of legal axle loadings or as indicated with a traffic control device when spring weight restrictions are in effect except on specified heavy vehicle routes. 13.4. No person may operate any heavy vehicle that exceeds permitted spring weight restrictions within the City except where a permit has been obtained from the City Manager Designate to allow passage of that heavy vehicle over specified City streets at a specified time. 9 14. DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT Any person operating a vehicle must comply with a request of a Police Officer, Peace Officer, Special Constable or By-Law Enforcement Officer to immediately proceed to a weigh scale and allow the vehicle to be weighed for the purpose of determining: 14.1. if the vehicle exceeds the weight limits allowed for when spring weight restrictions are in effect; or 14.2. if the vehicle exceeds the weight limits allowed for on streets not designated as heavy vehicle routes. PART 4: RESTRICTED USE OF STREETS 15. TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURE 15.1. The City Manager Designate is authorized to temporarily:  Close the whole or any part of a street at any time for any purpose considered necessary;  Prohibit parking on the whole or any part of a street at any time for any purpose considered necessary. 15.2. Where a street is temporarily closed or parking is temporarily prohibited on a street, the street must be signed or barricaded to provide notice of the temporary closing or prohibition. 15.3. No person may drive or park a vehicle on any street which has been temporarily closed, except where permitted by the City Manager Designate who closed the street. 16. PARADES 16.1. A person who desires to hold a parade must apply in writing to the City Manager Designate requesting a letter of authorization at least 21 days before the time set for the commencement of the parade. 16.2. The parade application request must include:  the date and time at which the parade is intended to take place;  the locations of formation and dispersal;  the exact route to be followed;  the estimated length of time for the parade to pass a given point; and  any other provision as may be required by the City Manager Designate. 16.3. No person may hold, take part in, or be a member of a parade unless:  the parade is under the direction or control of a marshal or organizer; and  the parade has been authorized in writing by the City Manager Designate. 10 16.4. The City Manager Designate may issue a letter of authorization for a parade subject to any directions they impose as to time, marshalling and route to be followed. 16.5. Every parade permit is subject to compliance with all By-Laws of the City. 16.6. Any deviation from the terms and directions stated in the Letter of Authorization except as authorized by the City Manager Designate is an offence and will cause authorization of a parade to become void and of no effect. 16.7. The City Manager Designate may require payment of a fee for the purpose of publishing due notice of the parade and for such diversion of traffic as is deemed necessary as a result thereof. 16.8. No person may cross through or in any way obstruct or interfere with a parade or assembly for which a parade has been authorized except:  if directed by a police officer or;  if operating an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance, City Fire Department vehicle, or vehicle belonging to the RCMP. 17. FUNERAL PROCESSIONS The driver of every vehicle in a funeral procession indicated as such by the four-way flashers of all motor vehicles therein being lighted upon approaching a traffic control signal showing a red traffic control light, or a stop sign, shall cause the vehicle to slow down or stop as may be necessary for safety, but may then proceed cautiously past the traffic control signal or stop sign. The driver of each of the other vehicles in the procession shall have the right-of-way over all other vehicles upon the street at the intersection or place where the signal or stop sign is situated. 18. TRANSPORTING MATERIAL 18.1. All material of any kind being transported over any street or lane must be transported in such a manner and in such containers that no part of the material, while in transit may find its way onto the surface of the street or lane. The owner or operator is responsible for the removal of any material or items falling onto the street or lane. 18.2. No person may place any item or material that will obstruct any street, lane, drain, sidewalk, boulevard, or any other public space. Any person who has placed such an item or material is responsible for removing it. 18.3. No person may litter on any street, lane, sidewalk, boulevard or other public property. 19. PROHIBITED OBSTRUCTIONS No person may: 11 19.1. Place or leave any cord or cable across any street, lane, or sidewalk except for the purpose of traffic counts authorized by the City Manager Designate. 19.2. Build or construct any crossing in, on, or across any street, boulevard, sidewalk, drain, gutter, or any other public place in the City without written permission from the City Manager Designate. 19.3. Obstruct or allow bushes, shrubs, plants or trees to obstruct, interfere with or interrupt the free passage of traffic on any street, lane or sidewalk. 19.4. Place or dump snow, earth, gravel, sand or other material on a street, drain, sidewalk, boulevard, or any other public space except where permitted by the City Manager Designate. 19.5. Place, erect or leave any structure, item, sign or signage on a City street, drain, sidewalk, boulevard or any other public space unless:  it is to promote a candidate running in a municipal, provincial or federal government election during an active campaign period; or  it is owned and installed by the City of Steinbach.  permission is granted in writing by the City Manager Designate. City employees may remove and dispose of any structure, item, sign or signage that does not comply with this by-law or any other City By-Law from any street, lane, sidewalk, boulevard, drain, or any other public space and the cost of doing so may be charged to the applicable person or organization. PART 5: MOVING VIOLATIONS 20. HITCHHIKING No person standing or walking on a public street, sidewalk or boulevard may solicit a ride from the operator of a vehicle by word, gesture, or any action whatsoever. 21. ENGINE RETARDER BRAKES No person operating a vehicle may use engine retarder brakes in the City, except to avoid or reduce the impact of a collision or in the case of such other emergency. PART 6: PARKING & STOPPING 22. STOPPING AND PARKING PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE 12 The provisions of this By-Law dealing with restrictions on stopping or parking may not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions, prohibiting or limiting the stopping or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. 23. PARKING AT CURB No person may park a vehicle upon a street except: 23.1. at the right-hand curb on a two-way street; 23.2. at either curb on a one-way street; 23.3. parallel to or alongside the curb unless angle parking is indicated by signs or markings; 23.4. in the direction of traffic on that side of the street; and 23.5. if such parking is not otherwise prohibited by this By-Law. 24. PARALLEL PARKING 24.1. No person may parallel park:  with the front or rear wheel nearest the curb more than 0.45 metres (1.5 feet) from that curb;  within one metre (3.2 feet) of any vehicle previously parked in front of or behind the vehicle. 24.2. The operator of a motorcycle must park the vehicle at an angle of forty-five degrees to the curb and have the rear wheel within 0.3 metres (12 inches) of the curb. 25. LIMITED TIME STREET PARKING Where limited time street parking is established, no person may: 25.1. park any vehicle upon any street for a time that exceeds the limit indicated by parking signage; or 25.2. move any parked vehicle to another spot on the same block at the expiration of the time allowed for by parking signage. 26. NO STOPPING 26.1. No person may stop a vehicle on any street so as to interfere with or interrupt the passage of traffic. 26.2. No person may stop a vehicle on any street in a traffic lane, except where required by traffic, a traffic control device, or as directed by a police officer or peace officer. 13 27. STOPPING OR PARKING IN LOADING ZONES 27.1. No vehicle may be stopped or parked in a loading zone unless it is in the process of being loaded or unloaded. 27.2. No vehicle may remain in a loading zone, even if it is in the process of being loaded or unloaded, for longer than the length of time specified on the signage designating the loading zone. 28. PARKING METERS 28.1. The City Manager Designate may place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained parking meters on or near streets or portions of streets and on City owned properties containing public parking lots. 28.2. The City Manager Designate will keep a record of the location of all parking meters and City owned parking lots that are equipped with parking meters. The record will be available for inspection at the administration office of the City during normal business hours. 28.3. No person may park a vehicle in a parking lot equipped with a parking meter(s) for longer than the period of time for which payment was made. 28.4. No person may deposit in a parking meter any slug or other substitute for a coin of legal tender in Manitoba. 28.5. No person may deface, damage or tamper with the working of any parking meter or parking lot signage. 28.6. Parking meter fees are not required in City owned parking lots:  between the hours of 5:00pm and 8:00am;  on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays;  to service vehicles marked as belonging to the City or the RCMP. 28.7. Each vehicle must be parked entirely within the boundary of a single parking stall as determined by painted lines, poles or signs. 29. PARKING STALLS RESERVED FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS 29.1. No person may park a vehicle in any parking stall marked by signs, painted lines or poles reserving the spot for physically disabled persons unless a valid disabled person's parking permit is displayed. 29.2. The disabled person's parking permit must be used and displayed in the vehicle in accordance with The Highway Traffic Act of Manitoba and the regulations under that Act. 14 30. PARKING PROHIBITED No person may park a vehicle for any period of time: 30.1. where it is double parked; 30.2. on any portion of a boulevard, sidewalk or crosswalk; 30.3. within a street intersection; 30.4. in a traffic lane of any street; 30.5. on any street where parking has been temporarily prohibited; 30.6. on any back lane or alley for more than 15 minutes; 30.7. any place where signage indicates parking is prohibited; 30.8. in any posted fire lane; 30.9. within 3 meters (10 feet) of a fire hydrant; 30.10. within 9 meters (30 feet) of a stop sign or traffic light; 30.11. within 3 meters (10 feet) of the approach side of any sidewalk or crosswalk; 30.12. obstructing any private approach or driveway; 30.13. any place where a curb is painted yellow upon direction of the City Manager Designate; 30.14. in the opposite direction of traffic 31. PROHIBITED VEHICLES The following are prohibited from parking on any street, lane or City owned parking lot at any time: 31.1. any recreational vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or tractor, or heavy vehicle not actively loading or unloading for more than two hours unless parked for use by tradespeople actively working on premises in the immediate area; 31.2. any unlicensed vehicle, or vehicle with expired registration; 31.3. any snowmobile, dirt bike, all-terrain vehicle, golf cart or similar vehicle; 31.4. any bus not actively picking up or dropping off passengers; 15 31.5. any vehicle displaying a sign on which the advertising copy is not fixed and may be changed while the vehicle is in motion or while it is stopped or parked on a street; 31.6. any vehicle displayed for sale; 31.7. any vehicle being used for the purpose of displaying goods for sale; 31.8. any vehicle which is not in running condition or which is under repair. 32. SNOW CLEARING 32.1. No person may park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be parked or stopped on any street or portion of a street during and after snowfall events which will require the removal of accumulated snow. Persons may resume parking on streets after snow removal operations have been completed. 33. PARKING EXEMPTIONS The provisions of this By-Law prohibiting or regulating stopping and parking do not apply to: 33.1. Emergency vehicles such as ambulances, Steinbach Fire Department vehicles or vehicles belonging to the RCMP. 33.2. Vehicles belonging to or employed by the City while in use in connection with work of necessity being done on or near a street. 33.3. Vehicles belonging to the Government of Manitoba, the Government of Canada, or a public utility where they are:  clearly identified as such;  actively engaged in work of necessity that requires them to stop or be parked in contravention of this by-law;  not stopped or parked in a lot equipped with a parking meter(s). PART 8: SPEED LIMITS 34. SPEED IN CITY 34.1. Unless otherwise identified in this By-Law and indicated by an appropriate Traffic Control Device, it shall be an offence for any Person in control of a Vehicle to travel on any Street at a speed greater than 50 kilometers per hour. 34.2. Exceptions to the restriction on Vehicles travelling on any Street at a Speed other than 50 kilometers per hour include: 16  Speed Limit Zones identified in Schedule "B", which shall instead have the speed limits specified therein;  Reduced Speed School Zones identified in Schedule "C", which shall instead have a speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, from September 1 through to and including June 30 of the following year, not including statutory holidays. PART 7: ENFORCEMENT 35. CONTRAVENTION BY OWNER OR OPERATOR 35.1. If a vehicle is in contravention of a provision of this By-Law, the operator of the vehicle is in contravention of that provision and is liable to pay any fine or administrative penalty imposed in respect to that contravention. 35.2. If a vehicle is in contravention of a provision of this By-Law, an owner of the vehicle who was not the operator is also responsible for that contravention and is liable to pay any fine or administrative penalty imposed in respect of that contravention unless the owner establishes that the vehicle was in the possession of the operator without the owner's consent. 35.3. If both the owner of a vehicle and its operator are liable for the same contravention, a penalty notice may be issued to either of them or separate penalty notices may be issued to each of them. If they are each issued a penalty notice, each is liable for the amount payable under the notices issued. 35.4. If a trailer connected to a motor vehicle is in contravention of this By-Law, the operator and the owner of the motor vehicle are liable for that contravention. 36. REFERENCE TO TIME A reference to a time in this By-Law or on any traffic control device that prohibits or regulates stopping or parking on a street or in a City owned parking facility is a reference to the time determined in accordance with The Official Time Act of the Province of Manitoba. 37. MARKING TIRES 37.1. A City Manager Designate or person authorized by the RCMP with the enforcement of this By-Law may place an erasable mark on the tread face or side of any tire of any parked vehicle. 37.2. No person may obstruct justice by physically removing or erasing a mark placed on the tread face or side of a tire of any parked vehicle by a City Manager Designate or person 17 authorized by the RCMP until the vehicle has been moved through the nearest intersection. 37.3. Digital photographs are acceptable evidence for determining whether a vehicle has been parked in contravention to this By-Law. 38. PLACING AND REMOVAL OF TICKETS 38.1. No person, other than a City Manager Designate or person authorized by the RCMP with the enforcement of this By-Law, may place a Penalty Notice ticket, Provincial Offence Ticket, or Warning Notice on any vehicle. 38.2. No person, other than the owner or operator of a vehicle may remove a Penalty Notice ticket, Provincial Offence Ticket, or Warning Notice from a vehicle. 38.3. Penalty Notice Tickets may be delivered by registered or ordinary mail to the address indicated in the records of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles for any contravention of this By-Law.  a notice that is sent by ordinary mail is deemed to have been given to the person seven days after the day it is mailed.  a notice that is sent by registered mail is deemed to have been given to a person on the day that it is delivered to their address. 39. REMOVAL AND IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES 39.1. A Steinbach By-Law enforcement officer, Police Officer or other City Manager Designate may at their discretion immediately remove or cause to be removed and impounded any vehicle that is:  stopped or parked in contravention of a provision of this By-Law;  stopped or parked in a manner that causes it to interfere with removal of snow from a street by an authorized person;  stopped or parked in a position that causes it to interfere with the work of emergency workers such as paramedics, fire fighters or police officers;  determined to be abandoned on or near a street by A Steinbach By-Law enforcement officer, Police Officer or other City Manager Designate. 39.2. Any person requesting the release of an impounded vehicle must:  present appropriate identification which corresponds to the vehicle's ownership and registration;  sign a receipt for its return;  pay the cost of removal;  pay any cost of storage accrued. 18 39.3. Until paid, charges listed in section 39.2 of this By-Law constitute a lien on the vehicle which may be enforced in the same manner as a garage keeper's lien in accordance with the provisions of the Manitoba Garage Keeper's Act. 40. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES 40.1. Subject to the Administrative Penalties By-Law, or a By-Law implemented under the authority of the Provincial Offences Act, any person who contravenes or disobeys, or refuses or neglects to obey any provision(s) of this By-Law is guilty of an offence and is liable to the fines listed in Schedule "A". 40.2. Where a corporation commits an offense against this By-Law, each person who is authorized, or consented to, connived at, or knowingly permitted or acquiesced in, the doing of the act that constitutes offence, is likewise guilty of the offense and liable to the penalty for which provision is made in section 40.1. 40.3. Where the contravention, refusal, neglect, omission, or failure, continues for more than one day, the guilty person is liable to a separate offense for each day it continues. PART 8: SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this By-Law is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any Court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and the holding of the Court shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the By-Law. PART 9: REPEAL The following By-Laws are hereby repealed:  Steinbach Reduced Speed School Zone By-Law No. 2050  Steinbach Speed Limits By-Law No. 2123  Steinbach Traffic By-Law No. 2164 DONE AND PASSED in Council duly assembled, this 21st day of January, 2025. _______________________________ Mayor _______________________________ City Manager 19 SCHEDULE A: PENALTY FINES Steinbach Traffic By-Law No. 2254 Fine Provision Contravention Full Fine ($) Discounted Fine ($) s. 8 Damaging, defacing, removing, obscuring or interfering with a traffic control device 1000 500 s. 12 Contravention of Heavy Vehicle Restrictions 1000 500 s. 13 Contravention of Spring Weight Restrictions $25 for every 50kg overweight, and an additional $200 surcharge if paid later than 15 days after ticket issue date. s. 13.4 Fail to obtain a permit for an over-weight heavy vehicle 500 250 s. 14 Fail to comply with request to stop or weigh a vehicle 500 250 s. 15.3 Driving or parking a vehicle on a temporarily closed street 100 50 s. 16 Failure to obtain a Letter of Authorization for a parade 200 100 s. 16.6 Failure to follow Letter of Authorization for a parade 200 100 s. 18 Failure to adequately cover and or secure a load 80 40 s. 18, 19.4, 19.5 Dumping or placing snow, earth, sand, rock, signage, any items or other material on a street, lane, sidewalk, drain, boulevard or any other public space. 100 50 s. 19.1 Placing or leaving any cord or cable across a street, lane or sidewalk 80 40 s. 19.3, 26 Obstructing traffic on any street, lane or sidewalk 100 50 s. 21 Use of engine retarder Brakes within the City 100 50 s. 23, 24 Improperly parked 80 40 s. 25 Parking beyond time limit (limited time street parking) 80 40 s. 27 Improperly Parked in a loading zone 80 40 s. 28 Parking beyond time limit (paid parking space) 80 40 s. 28.4, 28.5 Damaging, defacing, removing, obscuring or interfering with proper operation of a parking meter 1000 500 s. 28.7 Parking outside the boundaries of a single parking stall 80 40 s. 29 Failure to display a valid disability parking permit 250 250 s. 30, 31 Parking where parking prohibited 80 40 s. 30.1 Double parked 80 40 s. 30.2 Parking on a boulevard, sidewalk or crosswalk 80 40 20 Steinbach Traffic By-Law No. 2254 Fine Provision Contravention Full Fine ($) Discounted Fine ($) s. 30.3 Parking within an intersection 80 40 s. 30.4 Parking in a traffic lane of any street 80 40 s. 30.5 Parking where prohibited by temporary traffic control device 80 40 s. 30.6 Parking in a back lane or alley for more than 15 minutes 80 40 s. 30.8 Parking in a fire lane 80 40 s. 30.9 Parking within 3 metres of a fire hydrant 80 40 s. 30.10 Parking within 9 metres of a stop sign or traffic light 80 40 s. 30.11 Parking on or within 3 metres of the approach side of a side walk or cross walk 80 40 s. 30.12 Parking in front of a driveway or approach 80 40 s. 30.13 Parking in front of a yellow curb 80 40 s. 30.14 Parking in the opposite direction of traffic 80 40 s. 31 Parking a prohibited vehicle other than a heavy vehicle on a street or lane 80 40 s. 31 Parking a Heavy Vehicle on a street or lane 500 250 s. 31.2 Parking an unlicensed vehicle or vehicle with expired registration 80 40 s. 32 Interfering with snow clearing operations 80 40 s. 37.2 Removing chalk marks from tire 100 50 21 SCHEDULE B: SPEED LIMIT ZONES Highway Location From Location To Speed Limit Ebenfeld Road 2 miles north of PTH 52 West 2.5 miles north of PTH 52 West 90 km/h Twin Creek Road PTH 52 West 2.5 miles north of PTH 52 West 70 km/h Keating Road Park Road West 1.5 miles north of Park Road West 70 km/h Keating Road PTH 52 West Park Road West 60 km/h Clear Springs Road West PTH 12 North Keating Road 70 km/h Acres Drive Keating Road PTH 12 North 60 km/h Industrial Road Acres Drive Park Road West 60 km/h Clear Springs Road West Twin Creek Road Ebenfeld Road 70 km/h Park Road West PTH 12 North Keating Road 60 km/h Park Road West Keating Road 1.75 miles west of Keating Road 70 km/h McKenzie Blvd 0.26 miles west of Bush Farm Road PTH 12 North 60 km/h Old Tom Road Loewen Boulevard Park Road East 60 km/h Clear Springs Road East PTH 12 North 0.5 miles east of PTH 12 North 60 km/h Park Road East PTH 12 North Old Tom Road 60 km/h Loewen Boulevard Old Tom Road Hirschfeld Road North 70 km/h Bush Farm Road PTH 52 West 2.5 miles south of PTH 52 West 70 km/h Hanover Road West Brandt Street Bush Farm Road 70 km/h Hespeler Street North Main Street Loewen Boulevard 60 km/h Hespeler Street South Main Street 0.5 miles south of Main Street 60 km/h Hespeler Street South 0.5 miles south of Main Street 1.5 miles south of Main Street 70 km/h Hirschfeld Road North Main Street Loewen Boulevard 60 km/h Hirschfeld Road South Main Street Hanover Road East 70 km/h Hanover Road East Brandt Street Hirschfeld Road South 70 km/h 22 SCHEDULE C: REDUCED SPEED SCHOOL ZONES Name of School Speed Limit Reduced Speed Locations Prescribed Times Woodlawn Elementary School 411 Henry Street 30 km/h Henry Street - where the school property line abuts the street - between the most southeasterly limit of 456 Henry Street and the northwesterly limit of 388 Henry Street. Barkman Avenue - where the school property line abuts the street - between the most easterly limit of 501 Penner Street and the most southwesterly limit of 364 Barkman Avenue. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday September 1 through June 30 of the following year, not including statutory holidays. Southwood Elementary School 155 Barkman Avenue 30 km/h Barkman Avenue - where the school property line abuts the street - between the most southwesterly limit of 175 Barkman Avenue and the most southwesterly limit of 128 Barkman Avenue. Third Street - where the school property line abuts the street - between a point that is 30 meters northwest of the most southeasterly limit of 155 Barkman Avenue and the most northwesterly limit of 392 Third Street. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday September 1 through June 30 of the following year, not including statutory holidays. Stonybrook Middle School 77 Lumber Avenue 30 km/h Lumber Avenue - where the school property line abuts the street - between a point that is 10 meters southwest of the most north-easterly limit of 342 Fourth Street and the most southwesterly limit of 50 Lumber Avenue. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday September 1 through June 30 of the following year, not including statutory holidays. Park Hill Elementary School 91 Parkland Drive 30 km/h Parkland Drive - where the northeast corner of 91 Parkland Drive abuts the street and where Parkland Drive meets the northern side of Rosebrook Trail. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday September 1 through June 30 of the following year, not including statutory holidays.