City of Corner Brook Recreational Vehicles Regulation (2025)
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
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CITY OF CORNER BROOK
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES REGULATION
Pursuant to the provisions of section 15 of the Off-Road Vehicles Act, R.S.N.L 1990 c. M-20 and
sections 44, 188, 201, 202, & 271 of the City of Corner Brook Act/ R.S.N.L. 1990 c. C-15 and all other
powers it enabling the Corner Brook City Council in a session convened on the 12th day of May/ 2025,
hereby passes and enacts the following regulations:
Title
1. These Regulations may be cited as the City of Corner Brook Recreational Vehicles Regulation.
Definitions
2. In these Regulations:
a. Ail-terrain vehicle means a side by side and any other 3 or more wheeled motorized
vehicle/ designed or adapted for off-road use;
b. //Clty" means City of Corner Brook;
c. Council means Corner Brook City Council;
d. "Designated route" means any highway or public pathway approved by Council for ail-terrain
vehicle use and set out in Schedule A;
e. "Director" means the Director of Protective Services;
f. "Enforcement officer" means a municipal enforcement officer as defined by the City of
Comer Brook Act R.S.N.L 1990 ch.C-15 as amended or a peace officer as defined by the
Highway Traffic Act and the Off-Road Vehicles Act;
g. "Highway" means any public highways, streets, roads or roadways, assumed and maintained
under the ownership and jurisdiction of the City of Corner Brook;
h. "Highway Traffic Act" means the Newfoundland and Labrador Highway Traffic Act RSNL 1990
Chapter H-3 as amended;
i. "Motorized snow vehicle" means a tracked vehicle/ commonly known as a snowmobile,
where the driver sits astride a seat and which is designed for operation over snow covered
land and ice; such a vehicle is not permitted to be operated on City highways;
j. "Off-Road Vehicles Act" means the Newfoundland and Labrador Off-Road Vehicles Act/ RSNL
1990 Chapter M"20;
k. "Public pathway" means any pathway or trail assumed under the ownership of the City of
Corner Brook or maintained under the jurisdiction of the City of Comer Brook;
i. "Trailheacf" means the point where an AII-Terrain trail begins.
Designated Routes
3. All-terrain vehicles/ as defined by these regulations/ are permitted to be used on any highway or
pathway set out in Schedule A provided that they are operated In the manner as set forth in
these Regulations.
4. Operation on provincial roadways within the City's municipal boundaries shall be in the manner
described by Section 14 of the Off-Road Vehicles Act and only to access the designated routes or
trailheads as set forth in Schedule A.
Prohibited Routes
5. No person shall operate, use or permit to be used/ an all-terrain vehicle on a highway or public
pathway within the City that is not on a designated route prescribed in Schedule "A" unless they
have a valid permit from the City issued in accordance with section 6 herein and the all-terram
vehicle is operated in compliance with all conditions, specifications, and restrictions prescribed
by that permit or for a special event as defined in Section 7.
Permit to Deviate from the Designated Routes
6. Persons who otherwise qualify to operate an all-terrain vehicle in accordance with these
Regulations and in accordance with ail other laws applicable to operation of an ali-terrain
vehicle within the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador may make application to the City to
obtain a permit:
a. to operate, use or permit to be used/ an all-terrain vehicle on a highway or
public pathway within the City that is not on a designated route prescribed
in Schedule //A" for the sole purpose of travelling to or from a designated
route or trailhead;
b. to operate atour/s, as a registered tour operator, using all-terrain
vehicle on a highway or public pathway within the City that is not on a
designated route prescribed in Schedule//A" for the purpose of travelling
to or from a designated route/ a trailhead, a tourist site/ or
other City amenity for the purposes of tourism;
c. and such permit application shall be made only by the owner of the ail-
terrain vehicle and every appiication shall be in the form prescribed by the
City and shall include such documents or other information as the City
may require and shall be accompanied by the permit fee set forth by the
City in Schedule "B".
d. and persons who receive such permit to deviate from a designated route
must keep their permit posted on their all-terrain vehicle at all times
ensuring it is cleariy visibie to an enforcement officer during operation on the non-
designated route.
e. and persons who are operating an a!l"terrain vehicle pursuant to a permit
to operate on an undesignated route must abide by a!! conditions and
restrictions set out in their permit, including but not limited to the following
of the route prescribed in their permit.
Special Events
7. For a special event to be held within the city/ Council may grant permission to allow all-terrain
vehicies operate on all or specific highways temporarily to support the event. All other
prescriptions of these regulations shall apply.
Snowmobiles
8. No person shall use or permit to be used a motorized snow vehicle on any highway within the
City.
Rules of Operation
9. No person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle upon a City highway unless:
a. that person travels upon the designated route as outlined En Section 3 of these
regulations or the route prescribed by a permit issued pursuant to Section 6 of these
Regulations;
b, the vehicle and its driver operate in accordance to the Off-Road Vehicles Act;
c. that person is at ieast 16 years of age and the holder of a class of driver's licence issued
under the Highway Traffic Act;
d. that person or the vehicle being driven carries a liability insurance policy and proof
thereof can be readily produced when requested by an enforcement officer;
e, the ail-terrain vehicle is equipped with an exhaust system that is of the original
equipment manufacturer and has not been modified to increase sound. The exhaust
system must be in working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or
unusual noise;
f, the ail-terrain vehicle must not ever exceed any posted speed limit and further shall be
operated at a rate of speed not greater than 40 kilometres per hour on highways and
not greater than 20 kilometres per hour on trails or pathways;
the driver of an all-terrain vehicle at all times yields the right of way to drivers of al
other classes of motor vehicles on a highway.
Rules of the Road
10. Unless otherwise stated in these regulations, the driver of an all-terrain vehicle shall adhere to
the "rules of the road" as described in Part V of the Newfoundland Highway Traffic Act or any
similar or successor legislation.
Times of Operation
11. No person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle on a Highway located within the City outside of the
season prescribed annually by Council resolution for operation of AII-Terrain vehicles within the
City. In the event that Council does not resolve to prescribe a season under these Regulations in
any given year, the season shall commence on the 15th day of May and end on the 15th day of
November.
12. No person shall operate an ail-terrain vehicle within the City and upon its highways eariier than
7 A.M. and no later 10 P.M.
Signage
13. Council may erect Warning, Cautionary/ Directional, Limiting or Prohibiting signs as to the
operation of all-terrain vehicles and any operator who fails to obey such signs is guilty of an
offence under these regulations and or the Off-Road Vehicles Act.
Penalty
14. A person who contravenes or fails to comply with these regulations is guilty of an offence and
where no penalty is otherwise prescribed for such offence in the Off-Road Vehicles Act RSNL
Ch.M-20 as amended, the Off-Road Vehicles Regulations NL 1163/96 as amended, Highway
Traffic Act RSNL 1990 ch. H-3 as amended, or any other Provincial Statutes or Regulations or
similar or successor legislation, is liable on summary conviction to a fine or to a period of
imprisonment or both En accordance with section 438 of the City of Corner Brook Act RSNL 1990
Ch. C-15/as amended.
Exemption
15. These regulations do not apply to vehicles owned and operated on behalf of the Council or those
operated by Emergency and or Enforcement Services and other persons who are exempt by the
provisions of the Off-Road Vehicles Act.
Coming into Force and Repeal
16. These regulations shall come into force as of the date enacted by Council and the City of Corner
Brook Recreational Vehicles Regulations 2022 are hereby repealed upon the coming into force of
these Regulations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Reguiation is sealed with the Common Seal of The Corner Brook City Council
and subscribed by and on behalf of Council by Jim Parsons, Mayor and Jessica Smith, City Clerk, at the
City of Corner Brook, this 12th day of May/ 2025.
Published by The Gazette -
First Reading "April 14, 2025
Second Reading-
References:
Previous Versions/Amendments
September 9, 2024
June 12, 2023
June 20, 2022
April 26, 2021
June 22, 2020
May 27,2019
April 21, 2008
Schedule //AM (2025)
Permitted AII-Terrain Vehicle Routes
Ail-terrain vehicles are permitted to travel on or along the following highways:
- Riverside Drive, west from intersection of the Northshore Highway;
- Main Street;
- Heraid Avenue;
- Broadway;
- Pier Road;
- Griffin Drive;
- PetrEes Street (from the intersection of Curling Street to the intersection of McLeod's Lane);
- McLeod's Lane;
- Park Street;
- West Street;
- Todd Street;
* Chestnut Street;
* Confederation Drive;
- Massey Drive;
- Lundrigan Drive;
- Sunnyslope Drive;
» Country Road;
- Poplar Road;
- Caribou Road (from intersection of Poplar to Broadway);
* West Valley Road;
- Corporal Pinksen Memorial Drive;
- University Avenue (from intersection of Corporal Pinken iVlemorial Drive south to O'Connell
Drive);
* Mt. Bernard Avenue;
- Pikes Avenue to the Bay of Islands Yacht Cfub
- Connor's Road to Bartlett's Avenue to the Bay of islands Yacht Club
All-terrain vehicies are permitted to travel on or along the following public pathways:
- Trail between the end of Pier.Road and Griffin Drive.
All-terrain vehicles can travel the designated one-kilometer zone/s on the provincially owned highways
as follows:
- Lewin Parkway to access the designated route of Lundrigan Drive;
- O'Connell Drive extension to access the designated route of MceiocTs Lane;
- North Shore Highway (Route 440) to access the Hughes Brook trailhead.
Schedule/'B"
Fees for Permit to Deviate from the Designated Routes
Permit Fee/s:
AII-Terrain Vehicie and up to 4 drivers $25,00
Tour Operator per Ali-Terrain Vehicle $10.00
Replacement of a lost permit $15.00