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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BALDWIN
BY-LAW NO. 2025-010
BEING A BY-LAW PROHIBIT OR REGULATE THE PARKING
OF VEHICLES IN THE CORPORATION OF
THE TOWNSHIP OF BALDWIN
WHEREAS Section 210 (123) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990 as amended, allows for
a bylaw to be passed to prohibit or regulate the parking of vehicles, or any class thereof,
on highways or any part of a highway;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Baldwin deems it
desirable to enact a bylaw for this purpose;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Corporation of the
Township of Baldwin ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
SHORT TITLE This By-law may be cited as the Township of Baldwin Parking By-
law.
2.
DEFINITIONS The definitions contained within the Highway Traffic Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8 shall apply in the interpretation of this By-law.
DEFINITIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS BY-LAW:
"Bylaw Enforcement Officer" means the Bylaw Enforcement Officer for the
Corporation of the Township of Baldwin or other person appointed by Council, to
enforce the whole or part of this By-Law.
"Council" means the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Baldwin;
"Emergency I Health Care Vehicle" includes vehicles of the Fire Department, Police
vehicles, ambulances, Victorian Order of Nurses, and any other emergency vehicles of
Federal, Provincial or Municipal Departments or of public or private utilities;
"Heavy Vehicle" means a transport truck or commercial vehicle having a weight of
three (3) tons or more, but does not include a passenger vehicle, an ambulance or any
vehicle of a police or fire department;
"Highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway,
square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the
general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between the lateral
property lines thereof
"Municipality" means the Corporation of the Township of Baldwin;
"Municipal Roadway" includes privately owned roadways maintained by the
Municipality of the Corporation of the Township of Baldwin;
"Park" or "Parking" when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers;
"Person" includes every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation;
"The Provincial Offences Act" means The Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter
P33 as amended and regulations thereto;
"Vehicle" includes an automobile, a motorcycle, a motor assisted bicycle, ATV Trailers,
Boat Trailers, or any other trailers unless otherwise indicated in this Act, and any other
vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power, but does not include a
street car or other motor vehicle running only upon rails, a power-assisted bicycle, a
motorized snow vehicle, a traction engine, a farm tractor, a self-propelled implement of
husbandry or a road- building machine
3.
GENERAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS:
a)
No person shall obstruct or park on any municipal roadway under the jurisdiction
of the Township, or Provincial highway including roadway turnarounds;
b)
No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a
municipal property where prohibited by signage;
c)
In winter months, no person shall park a vehicle on any highway under the
jurisdiction of the Municipality, between the hours often (10) o'clock in the
evening and ten (10) o'clock in the morning, during the period from the first day of
November in one year until the last day of April in the next year, except
emergency/health care vehicles.
4.
HEAVY VEHICLES -PARKING RESTRICTIONS:
a)
No person shall park a heavy vehicle on any highway, except when
actually engaged in the activity of loading or unloading the vehicle;
b)
The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to vehicles owned or
contracted by the Municipality, or to emergency / health care vehicles.
c)
Heavy vehicle drivers are permitted to use the tractor for travelling to and
from their homes, and to park same in their private driveways.
d)
Heavy vehicle drivers are prohibited from parking on private properties
listed in Schedule "A" and where indicated by signage. Notwithstanding
Section 4 a).
e)
No person shall park in an area designated by the Fire Chief as a fire
route where indicated by signage.
5.
ENFORCEMENT:
1)
The provisions of this bylaw shall be enforced by the Bylaw Enforcement
Officer, upon direction by Council.
6.
REMOVAL OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES:
1)
When any vehicle is parked in contravention of any section of this By-law,
a Bylaw Enforcement Officer may cause same vehicle to be taken to and
stored in a suitable place and all costs and charges for removal, care or
storage thereof, shall be a lien upon such vehicle.
7.
PENALTIES:
1)
Every person who contravenes any provision of this By-Law is guilty of an
offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine as provided for in the
Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 33, as amended.
8.
ONTARIO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT TO GOVERN:
1)
The provisions of this bylaw shall be subject to the provisions of the
Highway Traffic Act as amended and to any regulations made thereunder
and any reference in this bylaw to the said Highway Traffic Act or any
provisions thereof shall be deemed to be a reference to the said Highway
Traffic Act or provisions thereof as amended or re- enacted from time to
time and to all Regulations made under the said Act.
9.
TIMES:
1)
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean Standard
Time or Daylight Savings Time, whichever shall be in official current use in
the Municipality.
10.
JURISDICTION:
1)
The provisions of this bylaw shall only apply to those highways in the
Municipality that are under the jurisdiction of the Municipality, Municipal
Property and private properties listed in Schedule A.
11.
This By-law shall come into force and effect on the day that it receives third and
final reading.
READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINAL PASSED ON THIS 14th DAY
OF OCTOBER 2025.
_____________________________ _______________________________
Mayor
CAO/Clerk
Corporation of the Township of Baldwin
Schedule "A"
By-law #2025-010
Private Property Address
Legal Description
329 Highway 17
McKerrow, ON
P0P 1M0
BALDWIN PT E 1/2 L9 C1
SR1067 PTS 6 TO 13 INCL
53R15690 PTS 2 & 3 PCL 30683
331 Highway 17
McKerrow, ON
P0P 1M0
BALDWIN TWP C1 L9 53R 15690
PT 1 PCL 30692
Corporation of the Township of Baldwin
Part II Provincial Offences Act
By-law #2025-010
ITEM
Short Form Wording
Provision Creating or
Defining Offence
Set Fine
1
Park on or obstruct municipal
roadway
Section 3(a)
$100.00
2
Park Motor Vehicle on municipal
property where prohibited by
signage
Section 3(b)
$150.00
3
Park Motor vehicle on municipal
roadway during winter months
Section 3(c)
$300.00
4
Park a heavy vehicle on any
highway, unless engaged in or
unloading
Section 4(a)
$100.00
5
Parking on private properties listed
and where indicated by signage
Section 4(d)
$150.00
6
Park in an area designated as a
fire route
Section 4(e)
$300.00
NOTE: The penalty provision for the offences indicated above is section 7 of By-law #
2025-010, a certified copy of which has been filed.