Traffic Regulations — full text

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TOWN OF BURIN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Pursuant and by virtue to the powers conferred by Section 8 of the Towns and Local Service Districts Act, Chapter T-6.2, the Town of Burin hereby enacts the following Regulations which were adopted at a Public Council Meeting held on May 20, 2026. TITLE These Regulations shall be known and cited as the "Town of Burin Traffic Regulations." 1. INTERPRETATIONS 1. In these Regulations, the following words, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings: (a) "Council" means the Town Council of the Town of Burin. (b) "Town" means the Town of Burin as defined by Paragraph 2 of an Order-in-Council dated the 18th day July A.D., 1950. (c) "Park" means to allow a motor vehicle to remain on a highway in stationary position whether or not the operator remains in control; provided that the vehicle shall not be deemed to be so parked if it is stopped for the immediate taking up or discharging of passengers or for such time as may be actually necessary for the loading or unloading of goods or for repairing such vehicle when repairs thereto on a highway are necessary. (d) "Highway" shall include any way to which the public has access, and bridges over which a highway passes, and shall also include every place to which the public has access as a parking place for motor vehicles, which are under the jurisdiction of the Town. (e) "Commercial Motor Vehicle" means a vehicle designed to carry goods, or to carry more than six passengers in addition to the driver, and includes a truck, delivery wagon, hearse, fire engine, traction engine, and any other motor vehicle designed to commercial, agricultural, or industrial use, but does not include buses or camper type vehicles designed or adapted exclusively for pleasure or recreational purposes TOWN OF BURIN - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 1 (f) "Public Service Vehicle" means a vehicle designed to carry passengers by road for hire and reward (essentially a payment) and must have a valid PSV operator's licence. (g) "Residential Zone"means any area designated as such under the Town of Burin Municipal Plan. 2. No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding thirty kilometers per hour within the limits of the Town of Burin except when otherwise designated by traffic signs. 3. (a) The Council may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed on or near any highway within the limits of the Town of Burin. (b) Traffic signs erected or authorized under Subsection (a) of the Regulations may be signs for any of the following purposes:  To regulate the movement of traffic  To indicate the route to be followed by traffic  To restrict or prohibit the use of any part of any highway other than a main highway designated as such by the Minister of Transportation within the limits of the Town of Burin.  To indicate maximum speed limits in any area or on any part of any highway within the limits of the Town of Burin so that vehicles driven in excess of such speed shall be taken to have failed to conform to the indication given by the sign.  To restrict or prohibit the parking of vehicles in any area or on any part of any highway within the limits of the Town of Burin.  To restrict or prohibit, temporarily, the use of any highway other than a main highway, designated as such by the Minister of Transportation, or any part of any highway within the limits of the Town of Burin whenever owing to the likelihood of danger to the public or serious damage to the highway, it appears to Council to be necessary; and to limit the loads of vehicles owing to condition of any highway; if the Council deems it necessary; provided that the sign shall not apply to any person granted a permit in writing by the Council to use the highway in case of an emergency.  To warn users of the highway of the need for special caution.  To convey information to users of the highway within the limits of the Town of Burin. Any person who fails to comply with the direction or prohibitions given by any such signs shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations. 4. No person shall park any vehicle used as a taxi on the highway for the purpose of soliciting business, except in a place or places designated by the Council for that purpose. TOWN OF BURIN - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 2 5. No public service vehicles operating within the Town of Burin for hire or reward shall stop anywhere on any highway to solicit business except at designated stops and passengers may enter or leave such public service vehicle at the aforementioned stops only. 6. Signs to indicate where public service vehicles may stop but only for the purpose of taking up or setting down passengers shall have inscribed thereon the words "Bus Stop" and no vehicle, other than a public service vehicle shall stop within twenty-five feet of any such sign. 7. No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in the view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purposes to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or sign, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device or sign. 8. No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knockdown or remove any official traffic control device or sign. 9. No person shall park any motor vehicle on the highway at any time in such a way as to interfere with, hinder or obstruct the normal flow of traffic. 10. The driver of a commercial vehicle loading or unloading freight within the Town of Burin shall, if possible, pull such motor vehicle off the highway into some private parking space; where this is not possible, the driver shall, when loading or unloading freight, pull in as near as possible to the curb and load or unload as quickly as possible, but in no case shall a driver place a commercial motor vehicle in such a position as to hinder or obstruct the normal flow of traffic. 11. When a commercial motor vehicle has to cross the sidewalk or highway to load or unload freight, the driver of such vehicle shall, before crossing, stop and give fair warning to pedestrians either by hand or by sounding the horn that he/she is going to cross, and after such sign is given, shall proceed to cross the sidewalk or highway very slowly. 12. The driver of every vehicle shall, on approach of any emergency vehicle, bring his/her vehicle to a stop as near to the right-hand curb or side drain as possible, and shall dim the lights of the vehicle at night. 13. When a fire is in progress in any area within the Town of Burin, no driver of any vehicle shall drive or place any such vehicle within two hundred yards of any such fire or obstruct in any way the free working of the fire apparatus; however, this Regulation shall not apply to fire fighting apparatus, vehicles of police, medical doctors or nurses or ambulances. TOWN OF BURIN - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 3 14. No person shall sound the horn of a motor vehicle except for the purpose of giving a warning of the vehicle's approach and every driver of a motor vehicle shall refrain from excessive or unnecessary sounding of the horn. 15. No person shall park any motor vehicle within one meter of a fire hydrant within the limits of the Town of Burin. 16. No person shall park any motor vehicle so as to obstruct the entrance to any driveway or any road or street within the limits of the Town of Burin. 17. Prosecution under these Regulations may be taken summarily by any Police Constable. 18. Any person who violates any of the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty as per the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act. 19. The registered owner of a motor vehicle shall incur the penalties provided for any violation of these Regulations. 20. All previously adopted Traffic Regulations for the municipality are hereby repealed. 2. REVIEW AND AMENDMENTS All section of these Regulations have been developed in accordance with the Towns and Local Service Districts Act. These Regulations are reviewed as required following new information or knowledge. 3. PUBLICATION These Regulations will be published on the Town of Burin website in 2026. 4. ENACTMENT These Regulations came into effect once adopted by motion of Council (Motion #202605-081), voted on by the majority of Councillors in attendance at the Town Public Council meeting on May 20, 2026. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seal of the Town of Burin has been hereunto affixed, and these Regulations have been signed by the Town Manager and the Mayor on behalf of the Council. Town Manager: ________________________________ Date: _________________________________________ TOWN OF BURIN - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 4 Mayor: ________________________________________ Date: __________________________________________ TOWN OF BURIN - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 5