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Traffic Regulations
Pursuant to the authority conferred by the Minister of Transportation and Works under the
Highway Traffic Act, R.S.N.L, 1990, chapter H.-3, sections 189 and 190 and amendments,
and pursuant to the power delegated in accordance with The Municipalities Act, 1999, chapter
M-24, section 414 and amendments, the Town Council of Deer Lake has made the following
regulations.
Traffic Regulations
1.
These Regulations shall be known and cited as "The Town of Deer Lake Traffic
Regulations, 2015.
2.
In these Regulations, the following words, unless the context otherwise requires, shall
have the following meanings:
(a) "Act" means the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.N., 1990, c.H-3 and
amendments;
(b) "Bicycle" means every device propelled by human power upon which a
person may ride, having two tandem wheels;
(c) "Bus" means a motor vehicle designed or used for the transportation of
passengers with a seating capacity of 10 or more in addition to the driver, but
excluding those motor vehicles when used for personal transportation by the
owner or with the owner's permission.
(d) "Commercial Motor Vehicle" means any vehicle with a registered mass
weight exceeding 5,000 kg., a bus with a seating capacity exceeding ten (10)
passengers heavy equipment eg. loaders, backhoes or a trailer designed to carry
freight or equipment of any description, but shall not mean a vehicle
designed and used for recreation purposes.
(e) "Council" means the Town Council of Deer Lake
(f) "Crosswalk" means;
(i) any part of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines or other
markings on the surface, or
(ii) the part of a roadway at an intersection that is included within the
connection of the lateral lines of the sidewalks of the opposite
sides of a highway, measured from the curbs, or in the absence of
curbs, from the edge of the roadway;
(g) "Driver" means a persons who drives or is in actual physical control of a
vehicle;
(h) "Driver's Licence" means a licence which has been issued under the Act
including a licence issued to a novice driver, authorizing the persons to whom
it is issued to drive a motor vehicle and which has not expired or
been suspended or cancelled;
(i) "Driveway" means a clearly defined private roadway, path or passage or a like
opening or space which is wide enough, but not wider than is necessary for the
passage of a motor vehicle, whereby the owner, occupier or user of property
has vehicular access from the roadway to a point within the property.
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(j) "Emergency Vehicle" means;
(i)
a motor vehicle driven by a Peace Officer or by a member of the
police branch of any of her Majesty's Armed Forces where there is an
urgent emergency justifying a rate of speed in excess of any maximum
rate of speed provided for in these Regulations,
(ii)
a motor vehicle carrying firefighting equipment in responding to an alarm
of fire,
(iii)
an ambulance responding to a call or transporting a patient where there
is an urgent emergency justifying a rate of speed in excess of any
maximum rate of speed provided for in these Regulations, or
(iv) a motor vehicle where there is an urgent emergency;
(k) "Highway" means a place or way, including a structure forming part of the
place or way, designed and intended for, or used by the public for the passage
of traffic and includes all the space between the boundary lines of the place or
way.
(l) "Identification Plate" means an identification plate issued under the Act in
respect of a vehicle;
(m) "Intersection" means the area enclosed within the prolongation or
connection of the lateral curb lines or if there are no curb lines, the lateral
boundary lines of two or more highways that join one another at an angle,
whether or not one of the highways cross the other.
(n) "License" means a license which has been issued under the Act and
which has not expired or been suspended or cancelled;
(o) "Motor Cycle" means a motor vehicle that
(i) has steering handlebars completely constrained from rotating in
relation to the axle of 1 wheel in contact with the ground.
(ii) is designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the
ground.
(p) "Motor Vehicle" means a vehicle propelled, driven or controlled otherwise
than by muscular power, other than a trailer or a vehicle running on fixed rails.
(q) "Municipal Enforcement Officer means a person appointed as a Municipal
Enforcement Officer under section 179(1) of the Municipalities Act,1999,M-
24,RSN1999;"
(r)
"Operator" means a person driving a motor vehicle on a highway or who has
the care or control of the motor vehicle on a highway whether in
motion or not;
(s) "Owner" means;
(i) the person who holds the legal title to a vehicle.
(ii) in the case of a vehicle that is registered, the person in whose
name it is registered.
(t) "Park" means to permit a vehicle whether occupied or not, to stand
otherwise than temporarily for the immediate purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading goods or taking up or setting down
passengers or in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or the
direction of a traffic officer.
(u) "Peace Officer means a member of, the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, and/or a Park Warden
Appointed under the Public Service Employment Act (Canada) who is
Stationed in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador;"
(v) "Pedestrian" means a person on foot, a handicapped person in a
wheelchair, or a child in a carriage or on a sleigh;
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(w) "Persons" means any persons, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or
any organization of any kind;
(x) "Registered" means registered under the Act;
(y) "Regulations" means regulations made under the authority of The
Highway Traffic Act, R.S.N. 1990 and amendments, and The
Municipalities Act, c.M-24 and amendments.
(z) "Roadway" means a portion of a highway that is improved, designed, or
ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder
unless the shoulder is paved, and where a highway includes two or more
separate roadways, the term "roadway" refers to any one roadway
separately and not to all of the roadways collectively;
(aa) "School bus" means a motor vehicle
(i) designed or used to carry 7 or more passengers, in addition to the
driver.
(ii) owned, operated by or contracted to a school board or agent of a
school board, and
(iii) used to transport children to or from school or to and from places other
than school for the purpose of school related activities.
(bb) "Sidewalk" means that portion of a highway between the curb lines or the
lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines set apart for the use
of pedestrians and includes any part of a highway set apart or
marked as being for the exclusive or intended use of pedestrians and is
considered to include an area of a highway lying between the curb lines
or the lateral lines of a roadway and that portion of a highway set apart for the
use of pedestrians.
(cc) "Stop" when required means the complete cessation of movement;
(dd) "Stop" or "Stand" when prohibited means any stopping or standing of a
vehicle whether occupied or not except when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a traffic officer or
traffic control device or signal;
(ee) "Taxi" means a motor vehicle other than a bus or school bus used to
transport passengers for compensation.
(ff) "Town" means the Town of Deer Lake as defined by order-in-council made
pursant to the Municipalities Act or predecessor or successor legislation in
force from time to time
(gg) "Traffic" includes vehicles, pedestrians and animals while using a highway for
the purpose of travel;
(hh) "Traffic Officer" means any person appointed by Council to enforce these
regulations, including a Municipal Enforcement Officer;
(ii) "Traffic Sign" includes all traffic control signals, warning sign posts, direction
posts, signs, lines, marks or other devices for the guidance or persons using
highways;
(jj) "Vehicle" means a device in, upon or by which a person or property may be
transported or driven upon a highway;
(kk) "Vehicle Licence" means a licence which has been issued under the Act in
respect of a vehicle and which has not expired or been suspended or
cancelled.
3.
A vehicle license shall be kept in the vehicle in respect of which it is issued and the
driver of the vehicle shall produce the license whenever a traffic officer or Municipal
Enforcement Officer so requests.
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4.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the holder of a driver's license shall when he/she is
driving a motor vehicle produce that license when a traffic officer requests
him/her to do so for purposes related to these Regulations.
(2) The production of a driver's license within forty-eight (48) hours after a
request is made under subsection (1) is deemed to be sufficient
production of the license for the purpose of this subsection.
5.
If a driver refuses to give his/her name and address or gives a false name or address
to any person having reasonable grounds for requiring the same or if any other driver
refuses to give his/her name or address or gives a false name or address to a traffic
officer or peace officer who asks him/her for his/her name or address, he/she is guilty
of an offence against these regulations.
6.
(a)
Except where a higher or lower speed limit is prescribed by a traffic sign,
no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than 40 kilometers per
hour within the Town.
(b)
Every person commits an offence, who contrary to Section 6. (a):
(i) exceeds the speed limit by between one and ten kilometers per
hour;
(ii) exceeds the speed limit by between eleven and twenty kilometers per
hour;
(iii) exceeds the speed limit by between twenty-one and thirty
kilometers per hour.
(iv) exceeds the speed limit by thirty-one kilometers per hour or over.
7.
(1)
The Council may cause or permit traffic lights or signs to be placed on or
near any highway within the limits of the Town.
(2)
Traffic lights or signs erected or authorized under subsection (1) of these
regulations may be signs for any of the following purposes;
(a) to regulate the movement of traffic;
(b) to indicate the route to be followed by traffic;
(c) to restrict or prohibit the use of any part of any highway, other than a
main highway designed as such by the Minister of
Transportation and Works, within the limits of the Town;
(d) to indicate maximum speed limits in any area or on any part of any
highway within the limits of the Town, so that vehicles driven in excess
of such speed shall be taken to have failed to conform to the indication
given by the sign;
(e) to restrict or prohibit the parking of vehicles in any area or on any part
of any highway within the limits of the Town;
(f) to restrict or prohibit temporarily the use of any highway, other
than a main highway designated as such by the Minister of
Transportation and Works, or any part of any highway within the limits of
the Town, whenever, owing to the likelihood of danger to the public or
serious damage to the highway, it appears to the Council to be
necessary; and to limit the loads of vehicles owing to the condition of
the highway if the Council deems it necessary, provided that the traffic
lights or signs shall not apply to any
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person granted a permit in writing by the Council to use the
highway in case of an emergency;
(g) to warn users of the highway of the need for special caution;
(h) to convey information to users of the highway within the limits of the
Town; and
(i) to set out proper pedestrian crossing on any highway within the
limits of the Town or;
(j) to restrict or reserve specific parking spaces for the sole use of
disabled person.
8.
Any person who fails to comply with the directions, restrictions, prohibitions, or
warnings given by traffic lights or signs erected in accordance with Regulation 7(2)
shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
9.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on a highway so that the vehicle or any
part of it is:
(a) on a sidewalk or an area generally used to intended for use by
pedestrians;
(b) in front of a public or private driveway or in front of an authorized loading door
designated as such;
(c) within 6 meters of an intersection
(d) within 5 meters from any fire hydrant
(e) within a crosswalk;
(f) within 6 meters of the approach side of a crosswalk;
(g) within 8 meters upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or
traffic-control sign or signal located at any side of a roadway;
(h) within 6 meters either side of the entrance to or exit from a hotel, church,
school, public meeting place, theatre, dance hall or playground;
(i) within a distance of 20 meters from a bus stop erected under these
regulations, except where otherwise provided by a sign erected under
these regulations;
(j) within 6 meters of a driveway entrance to a fire station;
(k) alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking obstructs traffic;
(l) on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a
roadway;
(m) in a place in contravention of a traffic control device that gives notice that
stopping, standing or parking is there prohibited or restricted;
(n) parked on the left side of the highway in the direction it ishe/sheading,
excepting where such parking is designated by proper signs erected by
Council;
(o) within 150 meters of any site where a fire is in progress unless permission has
been obtained from a "peace officer", excepting a fire engine,
ambulance, clergy car, police car, medical doctor's car or nurse's car;
(p) parked in such a manner as to interfere with, hinder or obstruct the
normal flow of traffic;
(q) parked on highway property between the curb or edge or the roadway
and the boundary line of the highway;
(r) on any property classified as an easement "or upon which Council grants a
permit;"
(s) "parked for the purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale";
(t) for the purpose of washing, greasing or repairing the vehicle, except for such
repairs as have been necessitated by an emergency;
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(u) parked in an area designated as a parking space for disabled persons
only.
10.
No person shall double park any motor vehicle on any highway within the limits of the
Town.
11.
When a motor vehicle has to cross a sidewalk or highway, the driver of such
vehicle shall, before crossing, stop and proceed with caution when the way is safe
and clear.
12.
No vehicle shall be permitted to make a U turn on any highway that is under the
jurisdiction of the Town.
13.
No person shall travel on a One Way Street so designated by Council, in the
opposite direction indicated by a sign.
14.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon a sidewalk or footpath except for the
purpose of directly crossing the sidewalk or footpath.
15.
No person shall back a vehicle unless the movement can be made with
reasonable safety and without interfering with traffic.
16.
The driver of a commercial vehicle loading or unloading freight within the Town shall,
if possible, place such vehicle off the highway into some private parking space;
where no alternative loading or unloading point exists, place such vehicles as near
as possible to the curb or side of the highway and load or unload as quickly as
possible, but in no case shall a driver place a commercial vehicle in such a position
as to excessively hinder or obstruct the normal flow of traffic either vehicular or
pedestrian.
17.
When a commercial 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 sounding the horn that he/she is going to cross, and
after such sign is given, he/she shall proceed to cross such sidewalk slowly and with
due care and attention, but in no case shall such a vehicle be permitted to remain on
a sidewalk.
18.
(1) Where, in the opinion of the Council or Mayor, an emergency exists
because of;
(a) a disaster of any kind, or
(b) a snowstorm or flood,
(2)
the Council or Mayor may declare a state of emergency in the
Town or part thereof.
Where a state of emergency is declared under subsection (1), the Council
or Mayor may order the restriction or prohibition of the use of vehicles or
any class thereof on the highways within the limits of the Town.
19.
(a)
No person shall park any unattended motor vehicle on any highway or
municipal parking area in such a way as to interfere with, hinder or
obstruct snow clearing operations.
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(b)
During the period from the 1st day of December in each year to the 30th
day of April in the succeeding year, both days inclusive, no person shall
park an unattended vehicle(s), regardless of weather conditions, upon
any highway or municipal parking area within the Town between the
hours of 12 midnight and 8:00 a.m.
(c)
"Any motor vehicle parked contrary to Regulation 14(a) or 19(b) may
be towed away by Council or its duly authorized representative, at the
owners risk and expense, to a place selected by Council or person so
authorized."
20.
The owner or operator "of the same" shall not permit to remain in a stationary position
for any purpose a vehicle or trailer designed and used for the purpose of preparing for
sale or selling any cooked foodstuffs, candy, bottled or other beverages, tobacco,
cigarettes, or other food or goods without obtaining a Temporary Vendors Permit from
the Town.
21.
(1)
No structure, object or vehicle, other than a vehicle licensed under the
Act, shall move over a highway or bridge, within the Town limits, without
the consent, in writing, of the Council.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), no vehicle that is propelled over tracks or
other device, other than tires, shall move over a highway or bridge, within
the Town limits, without the consent, in writing of the Council.
22. (1) When a vehicle
(a) is standing, stopped or parked upon a highway within the Town
limits or bridge in such a position that it may,
(i) interfere with the pedestrian or vehicular traffic,
(ii) constitute a hindrance to the maintenance, repair or
improvement thereof,
(iii) hinder or impede the plowing of or removal of snow or
ice therefrom, or
(iv) hinder or impede the carrying out of any undertaking of the
Council; or
(b) has been apparently abandoned upon a highway within the Town
limits, sidewalk or bridge for longer than twenty-four (24) hours; or
(c) has been left unattended upon any highway, sidewalk or bridge within
the Town limits in contravention of these Regulations, the
Council or any person authorized for the purpose by the Council may
remove that vehicle, at the owner's risk and expense, to a
place selected by the Council or person so authorized.
(2) "Neither the Council nor an authorized person referred to in section 22(4)
shall accept responsibilities for damages caused to any vehicle moved under
that section in accordance with these Regulations"
(3) The Council may dispose of any vehicle removed and stored under these
Regulations, by Public Sale or Auction, if the vehicle is not claimed within
ninety (90) days of removal and storage.
(4) Prior to the return of the vehicle to its owner, the owner shall pay the
costs of its removal and storage as determined by the Council and where
such costs are not paid by the owner, the Council may sell the vehicle on
Public Sale or Auction to satisfy such costs upon notice to the owner,
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including the costs, if any, incidental to the Public Sale or Auction.
23.
"The driver of a vehicle that because of its nature, contents or any trailer
attached is being driven on a roadway or highway within the Town limits at
such a slow rate of speed as to impede or block the normal and
reasonable movement of traffic thereon shall drive the vehicle as near to
the curb or side of the roadway or highway as the circumstances permit."
24.
(1)
The driver of every vehicle shall when safely receiving or discharging
passengers or freight, bring such vehicle to a stop as near as possible to
the curb or edge of the roadway, and no case, shall the distance between
the curb or road edge and the front and rear wheels of the vehicle be
more than thirty (30) centimeters.
(2)
No person shall park or stop any vehicle on any roadway unless on the
right hand side of the roadway having regard to the direction in which the
vehicle was proceeding with the right front and rear wheels parallel to and
not more than thirty (30) centimeters from the curb where there is a raised
curb, or where there is no curb or a rolled curb, with the right front and
rear wheels parallel to and as near the right hand limit of the roadway as
is practicable without stopping or parking over a sidewalk or footpath or
over any part of the road where grass is grown or which is not intended for
the use of vehicles.
25.
(1)
The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction, a
school bus that has stopped on any part of the highway within the Town
limits for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children, shall;
(a) when there is in operation on the school bus a visual sign, stop
the vehicle before reaching the bus, and
(b) not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or is signaled by the
driver of the school bus to proceed, or the visual sign is no
longer activated.
(2) The driver of the school bus shall;
(a) whenever possible, having in mind the safety of his/her passengers,
when stopping for the purposes of receiving or discharging school
children, stop the vehicle off the roadway or highway, and
(b) not for any reason or by any means unnecessarily delay the
passing of other vehicles on the highway.
26.
A person shall not drive a motor vehicle on a highway when the windshield,
sidewings, side or rear windows are so covered, either completely or partially by
snow, ice, mist, dirt or other matter that the vision of the driver is obscured or
obstructed.
27.
A person whether on foot or riding upon a bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, sled, toboggan
or recreational vehicle, or upon skates, roller skates or skis shall not attach it or them
or himself or herself by hand or other means to a vehicle upon a roadway.
28.
Unless he/she has received the consent of the Fire Department official or a peace
officer in command, a person shall not drive a vehicle over an unprotected hose of a
Fire Department when laid down on a highway or private driveway at a fire or an
alarm of fire.
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29.
No person shall injure, deface, remove or in any manner interfere with any traffic sign
or traffic control device lawfully placed on any highway within the limits of the Town.
30.
(1) 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 of a Motor
Vehicle.
(2)
No person shall squeal the tires or brakes or a Motor Vehicle by reason of
unnecessarily rapid braking, turning or setting in motion of such motor vehicle.
(3)
No person shall operate within the Town a Motor Vehicle causing excessive
unusual noise by reason of a faulty exhaust system or an exhaust system
which has been altered in any way.
31. Where a traffic officer or peace officer considers it necessary,
(a) to ensure orderly movement of traffic ,
(b) to prevent injury or damage to persons or property, or
(c) to permit proper action in an emergency,
He/she may direct traffic according to his/her discretion, notwithstanding
anything in these Regulations, and every person shall obey his/her discretion.
32.
No bicycle shall be driven on any highway within the limits of the Town between
sunset and sunrise unless there is affixed to the front part of the bicycle a light
designed to cast a white light on the highway if front of such bicycle, as well as a red
light or red reflector at the rear.
33.
No bicycle shall be driven on any highway in the Town unless such bicycle is
equipped with either a bell or horn.
34. No bicycle shall be permitted to be driven on the left side of the highway in the
direction the bicycle is proceeding.
35.
No bicycle shall be permitted to be driven upon any sidewalk or walkway designed
for the use of pedestrians only, or upon an area generally used by the public, within
the Town limits.
36.
(1) A person shall not throw or deposit or cause to be thrown, deposited or left
on a highway, glass, nails, tacks scraps of metal or other material which
may injure tires of vehicles or rubbish, or refuse or waste.
(2) A person who removes a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall
remove glass or any injurious substance or thing dropped upon the
highway from the vehicle.
(3) No person shall place any object or structure (including objects or structures
used for street sports), on any street, which interferes with the
flow of traffic. Any object or structure so placed may be removed by
any person authorized by Council, at the owner's expense.
37. No person shall stand, stop or park or drive a vehicle upon any highway or public
area within the Town in contravention to any signs that may be posted by Council.
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38.
The driver of every vehicle shall on approach of any emergency vehicle, including
a fire engine, ambulance and police car, that has a flashing red light and siren
activated, bring his/her vehicle to a stop as near the right hand curb as possible,
and at night shall dim the lights of his/her vehicle.
39.
Whenever a traffic officer or peace officer is engaged in control of traffic gives
direction as to parking and movement of traffic, his/her directions shall be followed
irrespective of any traffic sign or signal or any parking signs that may be so placed
in that area.
40.
(1) Where traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation when a
pedestrian is crossing the roadway within a crosswalk and the pedestrian is
upon half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is travelling, or is
approaching so closely from the other half of the roadway that he/she is in
danger, a driver shall yield the right of way to the pedestrian.
(2) A pedestrian shall not leave the curb or other place of safety and walk or run
into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impracticable for the
driver of the vehicle to yield.
(3) Where a vehicle is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross the
roadway, the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake
and pass the stopped vehicle.
41.
Except where a traffic officer or peace officer directs otherwise, where there is a yield
sign at an intersection, the driver of a vehicle approaching the sign shall slow down to
a reasonable speed, or if necessary for safety, stop at a clearly marked line or, if
none, then immediately before entering the crosswalk or intersection and shall yield
right of way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway on which he/she is driving and to
traffic approaching or in the intersecting highway, and having yielded, he/she may
proceed with caution.
42.
(1) Except where a traffic officer directs otherwise, drivers and pedestrians shall
obey the instructions of a traffic control signal or device in accordance with
these Regulations.
(2) When a red light alone or stop signal is shown at an intersection by a traffic
control signal, the driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection facing the
light or signal shall;
(a) stop the vehicle at a clearly marked line, or if none, then immediately
before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
intersection, or if there is no crosswalk, then immediately before
entering the intersection, and
(b) not proceed unless or until a traffic control signal permitting the
movement of the vehicle in the intersection is present or is shown.
(3) When a green arrow or a green arrow in conjunction with a red light is shown
at an intersection by a traffic control signal, the driver of a vehicle
approaching the intersection and facing the arrow may;
(a) cautiously enter the intersection to make only the movement
indicated by the arrow, and
(b) shall yield the right of way to other traffic lawfully within the
intersection or within an adjacent crosswalk.
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(4) When a sign with the word "STOP" inscribed thereon is erected at or near the
intersection of two highways and facing the stream of traffic on one of the
highways, the driver of a vehicle on the highway shall stop his/her vehicle
before entering the other highway, but where there is a crosswalk, then the
driver of a vehicle shall stop his/her vehicle immediately before entering the
crosswalk and may then proceed with the usual caution.
43.
No vehicle shall be permitted to stand, stop, park or drive upon any land when
reserved for a sidewalk within the Town, especially such land when located in front of
or near residential premises.
44.
No person shall walk on a highway within the Town limits if there are sidewalks
provided or other areas intended for use by pedestrians.
45.
No person, whether occupant or owner, agent or employee, when keeping his/her
pathway, driveway, or any other portion of his/her land free of snow or ice, shall throw,
scoop, dump or place any snow or ice onto a highway, roadway or sidewalk within the
limits of the Town such that it interferes with, hinders, impedes or obstructs in any
way, pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
46.
(1)
The occupant, owner, agent or employee of a building used for business
purposes within the limits of the Town shall clear away and remove from
the sidewalks adjoining or adjacent to such building all snow and ice
which may be at any time thereon within twenty-four (24) hours after a fall
of snow or the formation of ice upon such sidewalks.
(2)
When the clearing away and removal of ice from such sidewalks as
referred to in subsection (1) may cause damage thereto, such occupant
or owner shall within eighteen (18) hours of the forming of such ice,
spread sand or salt, or a combination of the two, upon those portions of
the sidewalk where ice has formed.
(3)
The owner of vacant land or premises used or one used for business
purposes within the limits of the Town shall clear away and remove from
the sidewalk adjoining or adjacent to such vacant land or premises all
snow and ice which may be at any time thereon within twenty-four (24)
hours after a fall of snow or the formation of ice upon such sidewalks.
(4)
The Council or any person authorized for the purpose by the Council may
clear away and remove snow and ice from the sidewalks adjoining or
adjacent to a building used for business purposes or adjoining or adjacent
to vacant land or premises used or once used for business purposes at
the expense of the owner of such building, vacant land or premises.
(5) Where the Council or any person authorized for the purpose by the Council
has done the work of clearing away and removing snow or ice under
Subsection (4) and the owner refuses or neglects to pay the expense of such
work within ten (10) days after demand made therefore, the Council may
recover from the owner the expense incurred by action as a civil debt due to
the Council.
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(6) No person shall cause any damage to any sidewalks in clearing away and
removing snow or ice therefrom.
47.
Notwithstanding Section 5 of the Provincial Offences Act, 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 fine or not more than the maximum and not less
than the minimum amount as prescribed for the offence in Schedule "A" to these
Regulations and appearing in that Schedule opposite the number or letter or both of
the regulations, subsection or paragraph.
48.
a) "No Person, other than a peace officer may use emergency lights on his or her
Motor Vehicle to stop a moving Vehicle that is engaged in the commission of an
offence under these regulations to apprehend and offender."
b) "Subject to subsection 48 (a), a peace officer, a municipal enforcement officer or a
traffic officer may enforce these Regulation."
49.
These regulations should come into effect on the 20 day of November
A.D., 2015 and may be cited as the Town of Deer Lake Traffic Regulation, 2015
50.
The Town of Deer Lake Traffic Regulations dated July 17th, 1990, are hereby
repealed
____________________________
D. Ball, Mayor
Approved by Council at Meeting #1298 on
August 10, 2015
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SCHEDULE A
Town of Deer Lake
Schedule of Fines
Fine
Regulation
Maximum
Minimum
3. Failure to produce vehicle license
107.00
32.00
4. (1) Failure to produce driver's license
187.00
52.00
6. (a) Speeding - Except where a higher or lower speed
limit is prescribed by a traffic sign, no person
shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than 40
kilometers per hour within the Town.
First Offence
192.00
107.00
Second Offence
282.00
192.00
Subsequent Offence
417.00
282.00
6.(b) Every person commits an offence, who contrary to
Section 6.(a)
(i)
Exceeds the speed limit by between
one and ten kilometers per hour
192.00
107.00
Second Offence
282.00
192.00
Third and Subsequent Offence
417.00
282.00
(ii)
Exceeds the speed limit by between
eleven and twenty kilometers per hour
192.00
132.00
Second Offence
282.00
192.00
Third and Subsequent Offence
417.00
307.00
(iii)
Exceeds the speed limit by between
twenty-one and thirty kilometers per hour
282.00
207.00
Second Offence
282.00
207.00
Third and Subsequent Offence
417.00
307.00
(iv)
Exceeds the speed limit by between
thirty-one kilometers per hour and over
367.00
307.00
Second Offence
367.00
307.00
Third and Subsequent Offence
417.00
332.00
8. Drive contrary to Signs
187.00
82.00
9. (a) Parked on Sidewalk
187.00
52.00
(b) Parked in front of public or private driveway
187.00
52.00
(c) Parked within 6 meters of intersection
187.00
52.00
(d) Parked within 5 meters of fire hydrant
187.00
52.00
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(e) Parked within a crosswalk
187.00
52.00
(f) Parked within 6 meters of approach side of crosswalk
187.00
52.00
(g) Parked within 8 meters of traffic control device
187.00
52.00
(h) Parked within 6 meters of entrance to school or
other public building or playground
187.00
52.00
(i) Parked within 20 meters of bus stop
187.00
52.00
(j) Parked within 6 meters of entrance to Fire Station
187.00
52.00
(k) Parked opposite or along side street excavation
187.00
52.00
(l) Parked on roadway side of other parked vehicle
187.00
52.00
(m) Parked contrary to signs
187.00
52.00
(n) Parked on left side of highway
187.00
52.00
(o) Parked within 150 meters of site of fire
187.00
52.00
(p) Parked as to obstruct traffic
187.00
52.00
(q) Parked on highway property outside curb
187.00
52.00
(r) Parked on property classified as easement
187.00
52.00
(s) Parked on highway to display for sale
187.00
52.00
(t) Parked on highway for washing or repairing
187.00
52.00
(u) Parked in area for disabled persons
400.00
180.00
10. Double Parking
187.00
82.00
12. Make "U" Turn
187.00
52.00
13. Wrong way on "One Way" street
187.00
52.00
14. Driving motor vehicle on sidewalk or foot path
187.00
52.00
15. Backing vehicle when unsafe
187.00
52.00
19. (a) Parked so as to obstruct snow clearing
187.00
52.00
(b) Parks on a highway or municipal parking area
between 12 midnight to 8:00 a.m.
187.00
52.00
20. Parks on highway for purpose of selling goods
187.00
52.00
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21. (1) Driving or moving vehicle or structure other than
licensed vehicle over highway or bridge 187.00 52.00
(2) Vehicle on tracks or device other than tires not
to drive over highway 187.00 52.00
25.(1) (a) Passing School bus
(b) Passing school bus receiving or
392.00
257.00
discharging passengers
392.00
257.00
(2) (a) Stopping School Bus at improper place
187.00
52.00
(b) School bus delaying other vehicles passing
187.00
52.00
26. Driving vehicle with snow, mud, etc. on windshield
187.00
52.00
27. Person attaching to vehicle on highway 127.00 27.00
28. Driving over unprotected fire hose 187.00 52.00
29. Altering, injuring or removing Traffic Control Device 367.00 107.00
30. (1) Unnecessary use of horn 127.00 27.00
(2) Squealing tires 187.00 52.00
(3) Faulty exhaust system 127.00 32.00
31. Fail to obey directions of Peace Officer or
Traffic Officer 392.00 257.00
32. Driving bicycle during night-time without
proper lights 187.00 52.00
33. Driving a bicycle not equipped with bell or horn
187.00 32.00
34.
Bicycle not driven on right side of highway
187.00
32.00
35.
Driving a bicycle on sidewalk
187.00
32.00
36. (1) Throwing injurious materials or rubbish on highway
342.00
207.00
(2) Person removing wrecked vehicle to clean up
rubbish
187.00
52.00
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(3) Person placing object or structure on a street
187.00
52.00
37.
Stopping, standing or parking in area prohibited by signs
187.00
27.00
40. (1) Driver failing to yield right-of-way to pedestrian
187.00
52.00
(2) Pedestrian failing to yield right-of-way to vehicle
187.00
32.00
(3) Overtaking and passing vehicle stopped at crosswalk
392.00
257.00
42. (1) Failing to obey direction of Traffic Control Device
187.00
52.00
(2) (a) Failing to stop at "Red Light"
242.00
107.00
(b) Proceeding through "Red Light"
242.00
107.00
(3) Failing to obey "Green Arrow" at intersection
187.00
52.00
(4) Failing to stop for "Stop Sign"
242.00
107.00
43.
Stopping, standing or driving a vehicle on land reserved
for sidewalk
187.00
52.00
44.
Walking on highway where sidewalk provided
187.00
52.00
45.
Throwing snow or ice on highway
217.00
82.00