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By-law 2020-107 TRAFFIC BY-LAW (As
Amended)
A By-law of the Corporation of the City of Barrie to regulate traffic on
highways in the City of Barrie and to repeal By-law 80-138 and all
amendments thereto.
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This By-law printed under and by the
authority of the Council of the City of
Barrie
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BY-LAW NUMBER 2020-107
A By-law of the Corporation of the City of Barrie
to regulate traffic on highways in the City of
Barrie and to repeal By-law 80-138 and all
amendments thereto.
WHEREAS Section 8 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, ("the Municipal Act, 2001")
provides that the powers of a municipality under this or any other Act shall be interpreted broadly so
as to confer broad authority on the municipality to enable the municipality to govern its affairs as it
considers appropriate and to enhance the municipality's ability to respond to municipal issues;
AND WHEREAS Section 9 of the Municipal Act, 2001, provides that a municipality has the
capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person for the purpose of exercising its authority
under the Act;
AND WHEREAS Section 10 of the Municipal Act, 2001, provides that a single-tier municipality
may provide any service or thing that the municipality considers necessary or desirable for the public,
inter alia highways;
AND WHEREAS as approved by motion 20-G-168, the Council of The Corporation of the City of
Barrie deems it expedient to pass such by-law;
AND WHEREAS that this By-law shall apply to those highways under the jurisdiction of the
Corporation of the City of Barrie.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of Barrie hereby enacts as
following
1.
INTERPRETATION
For the purpose of this By-law:
1.1. "Appropriate Sign" shall mean a "sign to obeyed" as defined under the Highway Traffic
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter H.8, section 182, paragraph 2 of said Highway Traffic Act.
1.2.
"Boulevard" means all parts of streets, except the part thereof used for vehicular traffic
and lying between a cement curb or ditch purporting to mark the limit of the travelled
portion of such street and the street line nearest thereto.
1.3.
"Commercial motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle having permanently attached
thereto a truck or delivery body and includes ambulances, hearses, casket wagons, fire
apparatus, police patrols, motor buses and tractors used for hauling purposes on the
highways.
1.4.
"Corner" means the point of intersection of curbs or edges of the portion of the highway
used for vehicular traffic.
1.5.
"Crosswalk" means,
1.5.1. that part of a highway at an intersection that is included within the connections of
the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from
the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway, or
1.5.2. any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for
pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines of other markings on the surface.
1.6.
"Curb" shall include the edge of the travelled portion of the highway.
1.7.
"Curve" means changes in a roadway alignment which changes the road direction, within
the plane of the road surface. The beginning point of this alignment is known as the point
of curve, and the end point is known as the point of tangent. The size of the curve is
defined by the radius.
1.8.
"Ditch" shall mean the lowest point on the surface of the road allowance between the
crown of the travelled portion of the highway and the limit of the road allowance nearest
thereto.
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1.9.
"Downtown Parking Area" shall mean paid parking that falls within the area depicted in
Schedule 28 bounded by Parkside Dr, Ross St, Sophia St W, McDonald St, Codrington
St, Berczy St, Dunlop St E, Mulcaster St, Simcoe St inclusive of Heritage Park,
Bradford St and Dunlop St W.
1.10. "Driveway" means the improved land on a highway which provides vehicular access
from a roadway to a laneway or parking area on adjacent land.
1.11. "Electric Vehicle" shall mean:
1.11.1. A vehicle that runs only on a battery and an electric drive train, or;
1.11.2. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that runs on a battery and an electric drive
train, and also uses an internal combustion engine.
1.12. "Electric Vehicle Charging Station" shall mean any facility or equipment that is used to
charge a battery or other energy storage device of an Electric Vehicle.
1.13. "Electric Vehicle Parking Stall" shall mean a parking space designated for the use of
charging Electric Vehicles as indicated by a sign in the form set out in Schedule 27 to
this By-law.
1.14. "Emergency Vehicle" means a vehicle while used by a person in the lawful performance
of his or her duties as a police officer, a fire department vehicle or an ambulance.
1.15. "Garage" means every place or premise where motor vehicles are received for housing,
storage or repairs for compensation.
1.16. "Gross Weight" means the combined weight of vehicle and load.
1.17. "Heavy Traffic" means a commercial vehicle, having a weight when unloaded of three
tonnes or more, or when loaded of five tonnes or more, but does not include a
passenger vehicle, an ambulance, a vehicle of the Police or Fire Departments, or a
commercial vehicle making a delivery to or a collection from a bona fide destination
which cannot be reached via a highway or highways upon which heavy traffic is not
prohibited by this By-law, and taking the most direct route to such a destination from a
highway or part of a highway upon which heavy traffic is not prohibited by this By-law.
1.18. "Highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway,
square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle or any location designed and intended for, or
used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles.
1.19. "Hospital Parking Area" shall mean paid parking that falls within the area listed in
Schedule 29.
1.20. "Intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral curb lines, or, if none, then of the lateral boundary lines of two or more highways
that join one another at an angle, whether or not one highway crosses the other.
1.21. "Large Motor Vehicle" means any motor vehicle having a registered gross vehicle weight
greater than 4,500 kilograms.
1.22. "Marina and Hybrid Parking Area" shall mean paid parking lots that fall within the area
listed in Schedule 31.
1.23. "Ministry" means the Ministry of Transportation. "Minister" means the Minister of
Transportation.
1.24. "Motorcycle" means a self-propelled vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the
driver and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground,
and includes a motor scooter, but does not include a motor assisted bicycle or electric
bicycle.
1.25. "Motor Vehicle" includes an automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle, electric
bicycle and any other vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power; but
does not include the cars of electric or steam railways, or other motor vehicle running
only upon rails, or a motorized snow vehicle, traction engine, farm tractor, self-propelled
implement of husbandry or road-building machine.
1.26. "Municipal Parking Lot" means any parking lot owned or operated by the City of Barrie.
1.27. "No Standing" - The prohibition of the halting of a vehicle whether occupied or not,
except for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the receiving or discharging of
passengers.
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1.28. "Officer" means Police Officer, Municipal Law Enforcement Officer or other duly
appointed individual for which they are tasked to regulate, direct or enforce the
provisions of this By-law and or the Highway Traffic Act.
1.29. "One-Way Street" means a street upon which vehicular traffic is limited to movement in
one direction.
1.30. "Paid Parking Zone" - means those streets or parts of streets, sides of streets and
municipal parking lots on which parking is controlled and regulated by the use of Parking
Meters, Pay Stations and Parking App or a combination thereof.
1.30.1
"Parking Meter" means a mechanical or electronic device, which is designed
to received coin or other payment, and which shall register an amount of
time for which a vehicle may remain parked in a designated parking
space immediately adjacent to such Parking Meter.
1.30.2
"Pay Station" means a mechanical or electronic device which is designed to
receive coin or other payment, and which may produce a receipt authorizing a
vehicle to remain parked in a designated parking space for a period of time not
to exceed the expiration time specified on the receipt.
1.30.3
"Parking App" means a City approved mobile application that allows the user
to pay for a parking session on a mobile device or through an online process
for a period of time for which a vehicle may be parked in a designated parking
space or location.
1.31.
"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.
1.32.
"Pedestrian" means a person afoot and invalids and children in wheeled carriages.
1.33.
"Pedestrian Crossover" means any portion of a roadway, designated by by-law of a
municipality, at an intersection or elsewhere, distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing
by signs on the highway and lines or other markings on the surface of the roadway as
prescribed by the regulations under the Highway Traffic Act.
1.34.
"Person" shall mean and include an individual firm, partnership, corporation or limited
company.
1.35.
"Roadway" means the part of the highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used
for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder, 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.
1.36.
"Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of
a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
1.37.
"Solid Tires" means all tires other than pneumatic tires.
1.38.
"Stop", when required, means a complete cessation of movement.
1.39.
"Stop" or "Stopping", when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, even momentarily,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the directions of a constable or other police officer or of a traffic
control sign or signal.
1.40.
"Street" shall include a common and public highway, avenue, parkway, driveway,
square, place, bridge, viaduct, trestle or any location designed and intended for, or used
by the general public for the passage of vehicles.
1.41.
"Taxicab" means a motor vehicle as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c H.8, other than a car pool vehicle, having a seating capacity of not more than six
persons, exclusive of the driver, hired for one specific trip for the transportation
exclusively of one person or group of persons, one fare or charge only being collected
or made for the trip. Shall include but is not limited to physically disabled taxicabs.
1.42.
"Through Highway" means a highway or part of a highway designated as such by the
Minister or by by-law of a municipality, and every such highway shall be marked by a
stop sign or yield right-of-way sign in compliance with the regulations of the Ministry.
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1.43. "Traffic" includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, trolley buses, and
other conveyances whether singly or together while using any street for purposes of
travel.
1.44.
"Traffic Control Device" means any sign, or roadway, curb or sidewalk marking, or other
device erected or placed under the authority of the City Council for the purpose of
guiding or directing traffic.
1.45.
"Traffic Control Signal" means any device manually, electrically or mechanically
operated for the regulation or control of traffic.
1.46.
"Trailer" means a vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a highway by a motor vehicle,
except an implement of husbandry, a mobile home, another motor vehicle or any device
or apparatus not designed to transport persons or property, temporarily drawn, propelled
or moved upon such highway, and except a side car attached to a motorcycle, and shall
be considered a separate vehicle and not part of the motor vehicle by which it is drawn.
1.47. "U-Turn" means to turn a vehicle within a roadway so as to proceed in the opposite
direction.
1.48.
"Vehicle" includes a motor vehicle, motor assisted bicycle, electric bicycle, trailer,
traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine and any vehicle drawn, propelled or
driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but does not include a motorized
snow vehicle, or the cars of electric or steam railways running only upon rails.
1.49.
"Vehicle with a Trailer" means "Trailer which is drawn by a motor vehicle designed with
cradle-type mountings to transport a boat and configured to permit launching of the boat
from the rear of the trailer.
1.50
"Waterfront Parking Area" shall mean:
150.1 Paid and permit-controlled parking, including on-street and off-street locations,
as described in Schedule 30, including areas at municipal parks and beaches
with waterfront access to Kempenfelt Bay (e.g., Tyndale Park and Johnson's
Beach).
150.2 Parking controlled by permit under sections 4.7 and 4.19 near municipal parks
and beaches with waterfront access to Kempenfelt Bay.
2.
OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
2.1.
Obedience to Traffic Signs and Signals: Every person on any highway shall promptly
obey all signals given either by a police officer or by a traffic control device or a traffic
control signal and shall where applicable comply with the requirements of every traffic
sign.
2.2.
Blocking a Signalization Intersection: No driver shall approach, at an intersection, a
traffic control signal showing a circular green or green arrow indication from entering
the intersection unless traffic in front of him or her is moving in a manner that would
reasonably lead him or her to believe he or she can clear the intersection before the
signal indication changes to a circular red indication.
2.2.1. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a driver who enters an
intersection for the purpose of turning to the right or left into an intersecting
highway and signals his or her intention to make the turn prior to entering the
intersection.
2.2.2. The provisions of this section shall apply to all signalized intersections of
highways under the jurisdiction of the municipality.
3.
PARKING
3.1. Method of Parking: No vehicle shall be parked or stopped on any street unless on the
right side of the street, having regard to the direction in which the vehicle had been
proceeding, with the right front and right rear wheels and runners not more than 0.15
metres from the curb or boundary of the roadway as near this as the condition of the
streets permit, but this provision shall not apply to prevent the parking of a vehicle on
the left side of a one-way street, nor to prevent the angle parking of vehicles on streets
or sections of streets where angle parking is permitted.
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3.2 Angle Parking; On streets or parts of streets where angle parking is permitted, no
person shall park a vehicle except at the angle indicated by authorized markings or
signs and so the front end of the vehicle is nearest the edge of the roadway except
where the angled parking is 90 degrees/perpendicular to the roadway.
3.3 One-Way Streets: Where parking is permitted on a one-way street, a person may park
a vehicle facing only in the direction in which it was proceeding and parallel to and with
the wheels distance not more than 0.15 metres from either edge of the roadway or
where curbs exist from either curb.
4.
PARKING PROHIBITED
In Specified Place:
4.1
No person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places:
4.1.1. on or over a sidewalk
4.1.2. on a boulevard
4.1.3. within an intersection
4.1.4.
within a designated pedestrian crossover
4.1.5.
within 3 metres of a fire hydrant
4.1.6.
within 15 metres of any railway track which is on or adjacent to a roadway
4.1.7.
within 9 metres of an intersection unless otherwise indicated by sign
4.1.8.
in front of or within 1.5 metres of the entrance to a public lane or private
driveway or so as to prevent ingress or egress to or from such lane or driveway
4.1.9.
on any bridge or in any subway or within 100 metres of a bridge over, under or
across which the highway passes
4.1.10 on any street in such a manner as to obstruct traffic
4.1.11 in such a position as will prevent the convenient removal of any other vehicle
previously parked
4.1.12 in front of the main entrance to or any emergency exit from any theatre, hotel,
auditorium or other building
4.1.13 in front of any hotel
4.1.14 on or over a curb within a driveway
In Specified Places Where Signs on Display:
4.2.
Where appropriate signs have been erected and are on display, no person shall at any
time park a vehicle in any of the following places:
4.2.1 within 3 metres of a lane or driveway 4.2.2. within 30 metres of any intersection
or any through highway
4.2.2 within 9 metres of a pedestrian crossover
4.2.4 on any of the streets, parts of streets or sides of streets named or described in
Schedule "1" to this By-law
4.2.5 within 30 metres of an intersection controlled by traffic control signals
4.2.6 15 metres before the point of curve and 15 metres past the point of tangent for
curves with a radius less than 50 metres.
4.2.7
within 20 metres of a bus stop, as measured from the post for the bus stop sign.
In Specified Places Where Signs on Display, at Stated Times:
4.3.
Where appropriate signs have been erected and are on display, no person shall park a
vehicle on any of the streets, parts of streets or sides of streets, named or described in
Schedule "2" to this By-law, and as set out in Column 1 of the said Schedule, on the
side or sides of such streets, or parts of streets set out in Column 2, during the period set
out in Column 3 of the said Schedule.
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4.4.
Restricted Parking for a Limited Time During Stated Hours
4.4.1. Hours: Where appropriate signs have been erected and are on display, no person
shall park a vehicle on any streets, part of streets, or sides of street, named or
described in Schedule "3" to this By-law as set out in Column 1 of the said
schedule, on the side or sides of such streets or parts of streets as set out in
Column 2 for a longer period than set out in Column 3 between the hours as
specified on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
4.5.
Temporary "No Parking" Signs: The City or Chief of Police is hereby authorized and
directed to erect or place at his discretion temporary "No Parking" signs on any common
or public highway, roadway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge,
viaduct, trestle or any location designed and intended for, or used by the general public
for the passage of vehicles. Temporary changes indicated by the erection of such signs
shall not be effective after the next Council meeting, unless confirmed by resolution of
Council at such meeting, which resolution shall stipulate the length of time such changes
shall be in effect.
4.6.
Without limiting the generality of section 4.5 such signs shall be erected in the event of
fires, or parades or while large assemblies be in an auditorium or otherwise, for a
reasonable period of time immediately preceding and following such assemblies,
provided, however, that such "No Parking" signs shall be erected no later than one hour
before such parades or assemblies.
4.7.
Notwithstanding sections 4.5 or 4.6, temporary "No Parking" signs may be erected from
time to time if the safe passage of vehicles is interrupted, disturbed or altered due to
unforeseen circumstances including but not limited to inclement weather, road integrity
is reduced, emergency work is required or as deemed necessary by the City to ensure
safe passage of vehicles. Such signs shall not be required to obtain a resolution of
Council unless the duration for which the signs are erected will exceed thirty (30) days.
4.8.
Boulevard Parking: Parking may be permitted upon a boulevard providing a resolution
is passed by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Barrie permitting such parking.
4.9.
No Stopping: Where appropriate signs are erected and are on display, no person shall
stop a vehicle on any highway at the side and between the limits set out respectively in
Columns 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule "4" to this By-law during the prohibited times or days
set out in Column 4 of the said Schedule.
4.10. No person shall stop a vehicle within 30 metres of a designated school crosswalk. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to:
4.10.1. a public conveyance while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers
4.10.2. a postal vehicle while actually engaged in loading mail from a postal box
4.10.3. a money truck while actually engaged in delivering or picking up money or other
valuables
4.10.4. a vehicle, the crew of which is engaged in making emergency repairs to a public
utility or service
4.10.5. a vehicle, engaged by a person in the lawful execution of his duty as a police
officer, municipal law enforcement officer or by a person in the lawful
performance of his duty on behalf of a road authority
4.11. Taxicab Stands: Where appropriate signs have been erected and are on display, no
person shall stop or park a vehicle, other than a taxicab, in a taxicab stand named or
described in Schedule "5" to this By-law, provided that the driver of a passenger vehicle
may temporarily stop in a taxicab stand for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any
taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such taxicab stand.
4.12. Angle Parking Permitted on Specified Streets: Where appropriate signs have been
erected and are on display, no person shall park a vehicle on any of the streets, parts
of streets, or sides of streets named or described in Schedule "6" to this By-law except
at the angle indicated by markings or signs and so that the front portion of the vehicle
shall be nearest to the edge of the roadway except where the angled parking is 90
degrees/perpendicular to the roadway.
4.13. Repairing or Storing of Vehicles: No person shall use any street for repairing, servicing
or painting of vehicles.
4.14. Inoperable Vehicles: No person shall park a vehicle on any highway where such vehicle
is inoperable, derelict, unplated or where the vehicle validation sticker issued by the
Ministry has expired.
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4.15. Parking of Bicycles: No person shall park a bicycle along the curb of any street, or on
any sidewalk unless the same stand upright, and no bicycle shall be laid on its side along
any curb, or on any sidewalk.
4.16. Community Safety Zones
4.16.1.
No person shall park a vehicle in a Community Safety Zone as designated
by the City of Barrie as follows:
4.16.1.1.
where prohibited by sign
4.16.1.2.
on or over a sidewalk
4.16.1.3.
on or over a boulevard
4.16.1.4.
within an intersection
4.16.1.5.
during hours prohibited by sign
4.16.1.6.
during days prohibited by sign
4.16.1.7.
on street so as to obstruct traffic
4.16.1.8.
on two way street - facing wrong direction
4.16.1.9.
within 1.5 metres of a private driveway
4.16.1.10. within 1.5 metres of entrance to public lane
4.16.1.11. in front of private driveway
4.16.1.12. in front of entrance to public lane
4.16.1.13. within a designated pedestrian crossover
4.16.1.14. within 9 metres of pedestrian crossover prohibited by sign
4.16.1.15. on street exceeding time limit posted by sign
4.16.1.16. where prohibited by temporary No Parking sign
4.16.2.
No person shall stop a vehicle in a Community Safety Zone as designated
by the City of Barrie from time to time:
4.16.2.1.
during hours prohibited by sign
4.16.2.2.
during days prohibited by sign
4.17. Large Motor Vehicle: No person shall stop, stand or park a large motor vehicle or a
trailer on any street in any residential zone unless it is at the time being used to make a
delivery or to provide a service.
4.18. Electric Vehicles
4.18.1. No person shall park a vehicle or any part of a vehicle in an Electric Vehicle
Parking Space where such vehicle is not an Electric Vehicle.
4.18.2. No person shall park a vehicle or any part of a vehicle in an Electric Vehicle
Parking Space where such vehicle is not connected to an Electric Vehicle
Charging Station and charging.
4.19. No Parking Except by Permit: Where appropriate signs have been erected, no person
shall at any time park a vehicle on any highway, excepting vehicles that display a valid
City of Barrie Parking Permit. This provision also applies to "Permit Parking Only"
signage.
5.
PAID PARKING
5.1.
The provisions of this section shall apply to the Paid Parking Zones described in
Schedule "7" to this by-law and shall apply only during such hours as parking or stopping
are not prohibited; all provisions of the By-law prohibiting or restricting parking or
stopping on portions of such highways, or otherwise, shall remain in full force and effect.
5.2.
Parking Meters and Pay Stations shall be erected, maintained and operated in Paid
Parking Zones, in addition to the Parking App, for the purpose of controlling and
regulating the parking of any vehicle in such zone and measuring and recording the
duration of such parking; on those streets, parts of streets and sides of streets and
parking lots, named or described in Schedule "7", parking shall be allowed for the time
indicated on the receipt from the Pay Station and such receipt shall be displayed in or
on the vehicle, or for the time indicated on the Parking App, or for the time indicated on
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the Parking Meters erected therein.
5.3.
No driver of a vehicle shall park in a Paid Parking Zone, as defined in Schedule "7" to
this By-law, during the hours set out in Schedule "8" to this By-law unless the driver
holds a valid parking permit, makes use of the Parking App, Pay Station designated for
such municipally owned or operated parking lot, or the Parking Meter immediately
adjacent to the parking space within which such vehicle is parked, and pay for parking
such a fee as set out in the City of Barrie's Fee's By-law.
5.4.
The driver of a vehicle who commits a breach of the provisions of Section 5 of this By-
law and the owner of the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to the
penalty in Section 8.1 of this By-law or on conviction thereof shall be liable to the penalty
provided for in Section 8.2 of this By-law.
5.5 Every driver of a vehicle shall ensure that his vehicle, when parked adjacent to or next
to any Parking Meter or in a municipally owned or operated parking lot is parked within
the parking space designated by the markings in 5.6. If a vehicle exceeds the length of
a single designated space, it may use a maximum of two spaces, provided that payment
is made for both occupied spaces via the Pay Station, Parking Meter or Digital App. No
vehicle shall occupy more than two parking spaces under any circumstances. Such
vehicle shall be parked wholly within the limits of the said two parking spaces. No vehicle
of greater than 6.5 meters shall be parked in any Paid Parking Zone designated for
parking of vehicles at an angle to the sidewalk, curb or boulevard.
5.6
The parking spaces for which each Pay Station and each Parking Meter is to be used,
shall be designated by lines or marks made on pavement or other surface of the Paid
Parking Zone and every vehicle parking in such a space shall at all time, without
limitation to the days and hours specified in Schedule "8" of this By-law be parked within
the lines or marks so made and shall be parked in accordance with the provisions of
this By-law. Notwithstanding the above, should the parking surface not allow for the
application of dedicated marks or lines, the user will park in a manner that minimizes
the amount of space used while allowing for other users entry and egress from the
parking location and the above shall not apply.
5.7
Nothing herein shall prevent the driver of a vehicle from using the unexpired time
remaining on a Parking Meter for its previous use without depositing a coin therein.
5.8
On the days and between the hours specified in Schedule "8" of this By-law, no driver
shall permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking space in the paid parking zone while
displaying an expired Pay Station receipt, expired permit or while the Parking Meter for
said space indicates that such vehicle is unlawfully parked, whether said indication is
the result of failure to deposit a coin or the result of the mechanical operation of the
Parking Meter following the expiration of the authorized parking time subsequent to the
depositing of a coin therein at the time such vehicle was parked. The fact that a vehicle
is parked in a metered parking space, on the days and between the hours specified in
Schedule "8" of this section, without the Parking Meter adjacent to such space showing
that such parking is in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be prime facie
evidence that such vehicle is unlawfully parked, and no person shall cause or permit
any vehicle to be so unlawfully parked.
5.9 No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any Parking Meter or Pay Station
any slug, device or other substitute for a coin.
5.9.1
No person shall damage, deface, injure, tamper with, break or destroy a Parking
Meter or Pay Station or part thereof or otherwise to impair its full usefulness,
and no unauthorized person shall open any meter or Pay Station to remove any
coins from same, whether such act is done by the insertion of a key or by any
other means, nor shall any person aid, abet or counsel any person to do any of
the foregoing.
5.9.2 That in lieu of the foregoing, any such person may be charged under the Criminal
Code for such unlawful act or acts.
5.9.3 This Subsection shall not apply where a Parking Meter or Pay Station is
accidentally damaged, and the extent and details of such damage are forthwith
reported to the Police or City and reimbursement for such damage is made to
the City of Barrie or arrangement satisfactory to the City are made for
reimbursement for such damage.
5.10
Any person who in consequence of his business delivers goods, wares or merchandise
to any location in the City of Barrie, and the driver of such commercial delivery vehicle
engaged therein may occupy any of the individual parking spaces within said Paid
Parking Zones with the exception of municipally owned or operated parking lots without
using said Parking Meters provided that in parking the said commercial vehicle in any of
the said areas, the driver does not use the said area for a period longer than is
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merchandise, and in no case for a period exceeding ten minutes, and provided further
that if there is a lane at the rear or side of the premises to which the goods, wares or
merchandise may be delivered, delivery shall be made from such lane and no Parking
Meter space shall be occupied.
5.11
Any person may make a request to the Corporation of the City of Barrie to purchase a
permit granting him permission to park in a Paid Parking Zone and, if the prescribed
fee in accordance with the City of Barrie's Fee's By-law is paid and such a permit is
issued, the vehicle of the permit holder may occupy a single designated parking space
within the Paid Parking Zone without using a Parking Meter, Pay Station or Digital App;
provided that the said vehicle does not remain in the said individual Paid Parking Zone
for a period longer than the maximum time permitted by the meter for that individual
Paid Parking Zone. That sticker, card or plate in a form approved by the Corporation
of the City of Barrie shall be affixed on the front windshield of the vehicle on the
passenger's side and shall be displayed in such a manner as to be readily visible and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing shall not be obscured by tinting glass or
any other visual obstruction. Where the sticker, card or plate aforesaid is not displayed
in accordance with the provisions of this section, the licence granted herein shall be
rendered invalid.
5.12
In addition to the penalties provided herein, a Police Officer or Municipal Law
Enforcement Officer may order the removal of any unlawfully parked vehicle to a
suitable place of storage and all costs and charges for the removal, care and storage
thereof shall be a lien on such vehicle.
5.13
Churches, funeral parlours and business establishments within a Paid Parking Zone
may, on application to the City, request that certain meters be hooded or signed, to
indicate no parking, for a certain time and for a specific purpose. Upon the approval, the
City shall cause the necessary signs or hoods to be placed and removed at the
appropriate time, and any person, except those covered by the application, disobeying
the instruction of such signs shall be considered as violating the provisions of this
section relating to parking. It shall not be necessary for the driver of a vehicle parked for
the specific purpose of the request to deposit any coin in the hooded or signed meters.
The charge for installing and removing the hood or sign shall be in accordance with the
City of Barrie's Fee's By-law plus the charge for the metered time had the meter been in
operation, which is to be paid by the applicant
5.14
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the City, during any
emergency or special circumstances deemed sufficient therefore, may by the use of
appropriate signs or signals suspend the movement of any or all vehicular traffic on any
street or portion thereof in the Paid Parking Zone and/or may suspend any or all parking
thereon by authorizing the affixing of "No Parking" signs meter, and the City or
designate during such emergency may declare that any vehicle already parked is being
parked illegally regardless of the time permitted for parking such vehicle under the
provisions of this section and notwithstanding that the period allowed to the owner or
driver under this section has not expired; provided however, that in this event the owner
or driver of such vehicle is notified by a Police Officer or Municipal Law Enforcement
Officer that parking at such place has been suspended, and further that the owner or
driver of such vehicle is allowed a reasonable period of time to remove said vehicle.
5.15
On the days and between the hours specified in section 5.3, it shall be unlawful to permit
a vehicle to remain parked in a parking space in the Paid Parking Zone for a period of
time in excess of the time indicated as allowed by the Parking Meter immediately
adjacent to the parking space within which such vehicle is parked whether or not a coin
or coins in excess of the prescribed fee is or are deposited in the Parking Meter
immediately adjacent to such parking space.
5.16 Ontario Accessible Parking: No person except a person operating a vehicle bearing
a provincially issued accessible parking permit under the Highway Traffic Act as
amended shall park or cause to be parked a vehicle on a parking space designated as
an Accessible Parking Space, as described in Schedule "20".
5.17 Ontario Accessible Parking Permit: Motorists displaying an Ontario Accessible
Parking Permit shall be exempt from paying parking rates for parking at any permitted
parking location.
5.18
Exemption for Veterans: Motorists displaying an Ontario issued veteran's licence
plate shall be exempt from paying for on-street parking for a maximum of two hours.
5.19
Grace Period: Motorists parked in a Paid Parking Zone as defined in Schedule "7" to
this by-law after the time indicated on the meter and/or receipt, shall not be subject to
the penalty provided for in Section 8.1 and 8.2 of this By-law, for a period of 15
minutes following the expiration of the time indicated on the meter, time indicated on
the Parking App and/or receipt for which parking was otherwise permitted.
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5.20
Taxicab Prohibited Parking: Where appropriate signs are erected and are on display
no person shall park any taxicab in a Paid Parking Zone as described in Schedule "23"
to this By-law whether the prescribed fee for the use is paid or not, for the purpose of
soliciting business. It shall be lawful for the driver of a taxicab to stop his taxicab in any
unoccupied parking space while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers.
5.21
Remembrance Day: Motorists parked in a Paid Parking Zone, as defined in
Schedule "24", to this by-law, annually on November 11th, Remembrance Day are not
required to pay the prescribed fee between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and
shall not be subject to the penalty.
5.22
Exemption for Emergency or Enforcement Vehicles: Emergency Vehicles including
police, fire and ambulance as well as Enforcement Vehicles shall be exempt from
paying parking rates at City Parking Meters, Pay Stations and all other provisions of this
By-law while in the lawful execution of their duties.
5.23 Certain Parking Provisions Not to Apply on Certain Days: The requirement to pay
for parking set out in Section 5 of this By-law shall not be effective on statutory holidays
declared by Civic proclamation in the Downtown Parking Area only.
6.
OPERATION OF VEHICLES
6.1.
No vehicle shall be driven through or enter upon any highway roped or barricaded or
marked by words or writing prohibiting its use for the time being owing to repairs or for
any other reasons.
6.2.
Coasting, whether on sleighs, carts or express wagons, and tobogganing are prohibited
on highways. No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of a coaster, toy
vehicle or similar device shall go upon a roadway except while crossing a street on a
crosswalk.
6.3.
Turns
6.3.1. No driver of a vehicle shall make a U-turn upon any street unless it can be made
in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
6.3.2. When appropriate signs have been erected and are on display, no driver of a
vehicle shall at any time make a U-turn upon any of the highways or parts of
highways named or described in Schedule "9" to this By-law.
6.3.3. When appropriate signs have been erected and are on display, no person
operating a vehicle shall make a left turn from one highway into an intersecting
highway at the intersections and in the directions named or described in Schedule
"10" to this By-law.
6.3.4. When appropriate signs are on display, no person operating a vehicle shall turn
such vehicle either to the right or left as described in Schedule "11" to this By-law.
6.3.5. When appropriate signs have been erected and are on display, no person
operating a vehicle shall make a right turn from a designated highway into an
intersecting highway at the intersections and the directions named or described in
Schedule "21" to this By-law.
6.4.
Identification of Commercial Delivery Vehicles: Vehicles used for delivery purposes
shall have painted or otherwise shown thereon the owner's name and address for
purpose of identification.
6.5.
Obstructing Traffic: No person shall drive any vehicle upon or along any highway so
as to obstruct traffic unreasonably or when the vehicle is so overloaded that the horse or
motor power is unable to move such vehicle at a reasonable rate of speed
6.6.
Entering Highway: The driver of a vehicle emerging from a driveway, lane, lot or
building shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto the sidewalk and shall not
enter the roadway until he can do so in safety.
6.7.
Funeral and Other Processions
6.7.1. No person shall intersect a funeral or other properly authorized procession while
it is in motion except under the direction of a Police Officer.
6.7.2. The driver of a vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near the right-
hand edge of the roadway as practicable and follow the vehicle ahead as close
as is practicable and safe.
6.8.
One-Way Streets: Upon those streets, parts of streets and places named or described
in Schedule "12" to this By-law, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction
when appropriate signs indicating the direction of traffic have been erected and are on
display at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited.
6.8.1. The City has the authority to temporarily convert one-way streets to two-way
streets during construction activities or emergencies that would otherwise not allow
access to the properties adjacent to the construction or emergency.
6.9.
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6.10. Limited Loads on Highways: Where appropriate signs have been erected and are on
display, Section 122 of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H8 shall apply to
highways within the City of Barrie.
6.11. Through Highways
6.11.1. The highways and parts of highways in the City of Barrie named or described
in Schedule "13" to this By-law are designated "through highways".
6.11.2. The designation in paragraph 6.10.1. of this subsection, of a highway or part of
a highway as a through highway shall not include any intersection thereon where
the road intersected is a King's Highway or where traffic control signals are
installed.
6.11.3. The City of Barrie may provide for the erection of stop signs at intersections set
out in Column of Schedule "19" to this By-law in the locations as set forth in
Column 2 of the said Schedule. Each designation made by Column l of Schedule
"19" shall not become effective until stop signs have been erected in
accordance with the Regulations of the Highway Traffic Act.
6.12. Defacing Lines Painted on Roadway: No person shall drive or attempt to drive on or
over, or tamper with or walk on any newly painted line or series of lines, or any newly
painted sign, on any roadway or crosswalk, when presence of such is indicated by
markers or lighted lanterns.
6.13. Lanes Serving Dunlop Street Properties: When appropriate signs have been erected
and are on display in lanes serving Dunlop Street properties, stopping of vehicles shall
be restricted to fifteen minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and such
stopping shall be for the purpose of loading and unloading only.
6.14. Willful Damage to Signs or Signals
6.14.1. No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure,
knock down, or remove any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or
signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or any part thereof.
6.14.2. No person shall erect any traffic sign or signal in the City of Barrie, except on
the authority of Council.
6.14.3. No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway, any
sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or
resembles a prescribed sign or signal, or which conceals from view or interferes
with the effectiveness of a prescribed sign or signal.
6.15. Heavy Traffic Prohibited
6.15.1. No person shall drive, move or operate "Heavy Traffic" upon or over any streets
or parts of streets in the City of Barrie, with the exception of those streets
identified in Schedule "14" of this By-law.
6.15.2. The provisions of this subsection shall not extend to the use of the said
highways or parts of highways for deliveries to or removals from any premises
abutting thereon.
6.15.3. That the City of Barrie and City of Barrie Contractors be exempted from this
section.
6.16. Driving and Parking Prohibited on Sidewalks or Boulevards: No person shall drive
or operate a vehicle, except a vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by muscular power or
any automobile wheelchair, within any sidewalk area or boulevard at any time, except
at a permanent or temporary driveway, nor shall any person park a vehicle within any
sidewalk area or boulevard except as provided in section 4.8.
6.17. Yield Right of Way Signs: When appropriate signs have been erected and are on
display, the operator or driver of every vehicle moving upon any highway or part thereof
named or described in Schedule "15" to this By-law, and as set out in Column 1 of the
said Schedule, in the direction or directions set out opposite thereto in Column 2 of the
said schedule, upon approaching a yield right of way sign at the entrance to an
intersection of such highway with the highway set out opposite thereto in Column 3 of
the said Schedule, shall not enter or cross the intersection at a greater rate of speed
than that authorized by the Highway Traffic Act, and shall yield the right of way to other
vehicles which have entered the intersection or which are approaching so closely from
an intersecting highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, and after so yielding the
right of way may proceed and the driver or operator of all other vehicles approaching
the intersection shall yield the right of way to the vehicle so proceeding across the
intersection.
6.18. School Bus Loading Zone: When appropriate signs have been erected and are on
display the portions of roadways set out in Column l of Schedule "18" to this by-law at
the locations named in Column 2 of the said Schedule are designated as "School Bus
Loading Zones" subject to the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act.
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6.19. Straight Through Movement: When appropriate signs are on display, no person
operating a vehicle shall make a straight through movement from a designated highway
into an intersecting highway at the intersections or in the directions named or described
in Schedule "22" to this By-law.
6.20. Designated Pedestrian Crossovers: The portions of roadways set out in Column 1 of
Schedule "16" to this By-law at the locations named in Column 2 of the said Schedule
are designated as pedestrian crossovers.
7.
ENFORCEMENT
7.1.
A Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, Provincial Offences Officer, Police Officer or other
duly appointed individual appointed under the Police Services Act for such purpose shall
enforce the provisions of this By-law.
7.2.
No person shall obstruct, hinder, or otherwise interfere with a Municipal Law Enforcement
Officer, Provincial Offences Officer, Police Officer or other duly appointed individual in
the lawful carrying out of their duties and responsibilities under the provisions of this by-
law.
8.
PENALTIES
8.1.
Any person who contravenes any provision of this by-law shall be guilty of an offence and
upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5,000.00, exclusive of costs,
and the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33, as amended,
shall apply.
8.2.
Where a vehicle is parked or found parked or left in contravention of any provision of this
by-law, a Law Enforcement Officer so finding the vehicle may issue a Parking Infraction
Notice in accordance with the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.
P.33, as amended.
8.2.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.2, any person may, upon presentation
of a Parking Infraction Notice indicating the commission of an offence under any
provision of this by-law, make voluntary payment to the City of Barrie in the amount
as set out in "Schedule 25" to this by-law.
8.2.2. Notwithstanding any other penalty imposed by this by-law, a Law Enforcement
Officer may cause any vehicle found parked or left in contravention of the
provisions of this by-law to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in a suitable
place. Removal of the vehicle shall be at the owner's risk and expense and all
such costs and charges for removing, care and storage, if any, shall be collectable
pursuant to the provisions of the Repair and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.R.25.
8.3.
Ontario Highway Traffic Act to Govern: The provisions of this By-law shall be subject
to the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act and amendments thereto.
9.
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1.
Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time: Whenever in this By-law a time of day or
hour is referred to, the same shall be construed in accordance with Standard Time or
Daylight Saving Time, as may be in current official use in the City of Barrie.
10.
TRANSITION
10.1.
THAT this By-law shall come into force and effect on January 1, 2021. Until such time,
all provisions set out in By-law 80-138 as amended shall remain in force and effect.
READ a first and second time this 9th day of November, 2020.
READ a third time and finally passed this 9th day of November, 2020.
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BARRIE
"ORIGINAL SIGNED'
________________________________________
MAYOR - J.R. LEHMAN
"ORIGINAL SIGNED"
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CITY CLERK - WENDY COOKE
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TRAFFIC BY-LAW SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
No Parking Any Time
SCHEDULE 2
No Parking in Specified Places Where Signs on Display at Stated Times
SCHEDULE 3
Restricted Parking between the hours as specified on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, for a Limited Time,
During Stated Hours except Statutory Holidays
SCHEDULE 4
Stopping Prohibited
SCHEDULE 5
Taxicab Stands
SCHEDULE 6
Angle Parking
SCHEDULE 7
Paid Parking
SCHEDULE 8
Hours of Enforcement for Parking Meter Zones and Parking Lots
SCHEDULE 9
No U-Turns
SCHEDULE 10
No Left Turns
SCHEDULE 11
No Turns
SCHEDULE 12
One-Way Streets
SCHEDULE 13
Through Highways and Through Streets
SCHEDULE 14
Permissive Truck Route
SCHEDULE 15
Yield Right of Way
SCHEDULE 16
Pedestrian Crossovers
SCHEDULE 17
Centre Lane Designated for Left Turns Only
SCHEDULE 18
School Bus Loading Zones
SCHEDULE 19
Providing for the Erection of Stop Signs at Intersections
SCHEDULE 20
On-Street Accessible Parking
SCHEDULE 21
Right Turn Only
SCHEDULE 22
Straight Through Movement
SCHEDULE 23
Taxicab Prohibited Parking
SCHEDULE 24
Remembrance Day
SCHEDULE 25
Voluntary Payment
SCHEDULE 26
Permissive Parking in Specified Places Where Signs on Display at Stated
Times
SCHEDULE 27
Electric Vehicle Parking Stall Sign
SCHEDULE 28
Downtown Parking Area
SCHEDULE 29
Hospital Parking Area
SCHEDULE 30
Waterfront Parking Area
SCHEDULE 31
Marina and Hybrid Parking Area
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AMENDMENTS TO TRAFFIC BY-LAW 2020-107
By-law 2021-006
Schedules 1, 2
and 14
20-G-240
20-G-249
- Dunlop Street
- Johnson Street and Little Avenue
January 11, 2021
By-law 2021-019
Schedule 1
21-G-023
- Stanley Street
March 1, 2021
By-law 2021-064
Schedules 1
and 2
21-G-155
- Hanmer Street East and Bayview
Drive
June 28, 2021
By-law 2021-070
Schedule 19
21-G-099
- Sproule and Miller Drive
- Dock Road and Coxmill Road
August 9, 2021
By-law 2021-091
Schedule 19
21-G-232
- Innisfil Street and Brock Street
October 25, 2021
By-law 2022-018
Schedule 1, 2
and 4
22-G-038
and 22-G-
043
- Pepin Court and Davidson Street
March 28, 2022
By-law 2022-029
Schedule 2
22-G-053
- Tomlin Court
April 11, 2022
By-law 2022-075
Schedules, 1, 5,
6, 7, 8, 19, 20,
23, 26, 28, 29
and 30
22-G-127,
22-G-130
and 22-G-
138
- Harvie Road/Big Bay Point Road
- Overnight Waterfront Parking and
Traffic By-law Updates
- Reid Drive and King Street
June 27, 2022
By-law 2022-095
Section 3.2,
4.12, 5.16 and
5.17 and
Schedule 1 and
19
22-G-130,
22-G-148
and 22-G-
152
- Text Amendments
- Thrushwood Drive, Elmbrook
Drive and Megan Crescent
- Cuthbert Street
September 21,
2022
By-law 2023-031
Schedule 4
23-G-037
- Mapleton Avenue
March 29, 2023
By-law 2023-071
23-G-076,
23-A-054,
23-G-097
23-G-144
- Golfdale Road, Mapleview Drive
East and Rodney Street
- Cycling Lane Implementation -
Grove
Street
and
Dunlop
Street/Blake Street
June 21, 2023
By-law 2023-137
Schedule 1, 2
and 4
23-G-202
23-G-203
23-G-211
23-G-230
23-G-255
- Stopping Prohibited Summerset
Dr and Wright Drive
- No Parking Stanley Street,
Quance Street, Mapleton Avenue
and Geddes Crescent
November 8,
2023
By-law 2024-026
Schedule 19
24-G-039
24-G-040
- Innisfil Street and Marshall Street
- Cardinal Street and Hadden
Crescent (Easterly Intersection
March 27, 2024
By-law 2024-108
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
24-G-055
24-G-109
24-G-117
24-G-134
- Sherwood Court
- Albert Street
- Mabern Street
- Franklin Trail
- Paddington Grove
- Polar Mews
- Alaskan Heights
- Koda Street
- Kodiak Terrace
- Andean Lane
- Brown Bear Street
- Pentanguishene Road
June 19, 2024
By-law 2024-108
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
24-G-190
24-G-195
- Veterans Drive and McKay Road
- Two Hour Parking Limit Davidson
St
October 2, 2024
By-law 2024-117
Schedules 2
and 26
24-G-217
- Parking on Coronation Parkway
and Prince William Way
October 30, 2024
By-law 2025-075
Schedules 1, 2
and 19
25-G-114
25-G-146
25-G-168
- St Vincent St Road Diet - Blake
St to Codrington St
- 4 Way Stop at King St
- Stopping Prohibited - Innisfil St -
St John Vianney Catholic School
June 18, 2025
By-law 2025-109
Schedule 19
25-G-187
- Grove Street East and Johnson
Street Signalization
October 1, 2025
By-law 2026-016
Text
Amendments
Schedules 1, 2,
3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10,
19, 20, 24, 28,
30 and 31
25-G-262,
25-G-264
and 25-G-
269
- Traffic By-law Updates and
Schedules andText Amendments
February 4,2026