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## BYLAW NO. 8
## A BYLAW RESPECTING PARKING LOTS
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Region of Queens Municipality, under the authority of the Municipal Government Act, S.N.S. 1998, Chapter 18, as follows:
- This Bylaw shall be known as Bylaw Number 8 and may be cited as "The Parking Lots Bylaw".
## APPLICATION
- This bylaw shall apply to all non-metered parking spaces within any parking lot owned, leased or otherwise under the control of the Region of Queens Municipality.
## DEFINITIONS
3. Words in this bylaw shall have their normal dictionary and contextual meanings, except as follows:
2. (a) 'motor vehicle" shall have the meaning assigned to that phrase by the definitions in the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.N.S., 1989, ch. 293.
3. (b) "parking space" means that area of any parking lot to which this bylaw applies, which lies between two lines intended to identify the parking spaces, so long as that space is no wider than 10 feet, unless the parking space is designated as an accessible-parking space in which case the space is no wider than 15 feet.
## PROHIBITIONS
4. No person shall park a motor vehicle except in accordance with the following requirements unless otherwise authorized in this bylaw or the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, Chapter 293:
2. (a) no more than one motor vehicle shall be parked in a parking space;
3. (b) each motor vehicle shall be parked entirely within a parking space;
4. (c) no motor vehicle shall be parked in parking space for a period of time exceeding three (3) consecutive hours, with the exception of those parking spaces specifically posted as "All Day" parking spaces;
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- (d) no motor vehicle, unless specifically authorized to do so, shall be parked in a parking space marked, by the Region of Queens Municipality as a reserved parking space;
- (e) no motor vehicle shall be parked in an area other than a parking space.
5. Notwithstanding the preceding section, no person shall park a motor vehicle for a period of time exceeding one (1) hour in a parking space specifically posted as a "One Hour" or "1 Hour" parking space.
## PENALTIES
- Any person found to be in violation of this bylaw shall be liable, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and, in default of payment, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed Three (3) days.
## VOLUNTARY PAYMENT
7. Any person who is given Notice of an alleged violation of this bylaw may elect to pay - in the manner as directed in the Notice - a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each violation provided also that if payment is made within seven (7) days following the date of the alleged violation, the said voluntary payment shall be reduced to fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each violation and in either case the said voluntary payment shall be in full satisfaction and shall discharge all penalties incurred by the person for such violation.
## REPEAL
- The Bylaw Respecting Parking Lots approved by the Council of the Region of Queens Municipality on the 17th day of November, 1997, and by the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs on the 17th day of December, 1997, is hereby repealed.
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT this bylaw was passed by the Council of the Region of Queens Municipality at a duly constituted meeting of said Council held the 17th day of May, 2004.
SIGNED by the Mayor and Regional Clerk this 26th day of May, 2004.
REGIONAL CLERK
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READINGS: First:
April 19, 2004
Second:
Date of Publication:
Newspaper:
May 17, 2004
April 28, 2004
May 26, 2004
Office of the Minister of Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations
Filed / Approved:
May 26, 2004