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## THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF BLIND RIVER BY-LAW NO. 21-67
BEING A BY-LAW OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF BLIND RIVER TO REGULATE TRAFFIC AND PARKING IN THE TOWN OF BLIND RIVER.
WHERAS ss. 11. (1) 1. Of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001 c. 25 provides authority for a municipality to pass By-laws respecting parking and traffic on highways, and parking, except on highways;
AND WHEREAS ss. 100-102 of the Municipal Act provide authority for a municipality to regulate parking on land not owned or occupied by the municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Municipal Corporation of the Town of Blind River deems it desirable to enact a By-law to regulate traffic and parking in the Corporation of the Town of Blind River;
NOW THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Town of Blind River ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
## DEFINITIONS:
- "Authorized Emergency Vehicle" Includes fire department vehicles, police vehicles, ambulances, and any other emergency vehicles of federal, provincial, or municipal departments or of public or private facilities;
- "Authorized Sign" means any sign or other device placed or erected on a highway under the authority of this By-law for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic and includes official signs;
- "Bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying ten or more passengers and used for the transportation of persons;
- "Bus Stop" that portion of highway designated by authorized sign to or for the use of buses as space for loading and unloading passengers only;
- "Boulevard" that part of the highway situated between the traveled portion of the highway and the limit of the highway right-of-way but does not include a gravel shoulder;
- "By-Law Enforcement Officer" a Person appointed by By-law by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Blind River to enforce the Corporations By-Laws;
- "Commercial Motor Vehicle" means a motor vehicle having permanently attached thereto a truck or delivery body and included an ambulance, hearses, casket wagons, fire apparatus, buses and tractors used for hauling purposes on the highway;
- "Corner" means the point of intersection of curbs or edge of the portion of the highway used for vehicular traffic;
- "Corporation" means the Corporation of the Town of Blind River;
- "Council" means the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Blind River;
- "Crosswalk" means that part of the highway at an intersection which is included within the connection of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured for the curbs, or in the absence of the curbs from the edges of the roadway or any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines or other markings on the surface;
- "Curb" means the protecting rim of concrete or other material forming the lateral lines of a street or roadway;
- "Designated Disabled Parking Space" means a parking space clearly marked and identified with a sign or symbol and provided for the exclusive use of motor vehicles operated by or used for conveying a disabled person and displaying a permit in accordance with the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act and the regulations made thereunder;
- "Driver" means a person who drives a vehicle on a highway or is in actual physical control of a vehicle;
- "Fire Route" means a private road providing vehicular access to or from a building or structure and designated as a fire route and shall include any part of a parking lot designated by visible markings or markers as a fire route;
- "Gross Weight" means the combined weight of a vehicle and load;
- "Handicapped Permit" means a permit issued by the Ministry of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario R.S.O. 1990;
- "Heavy Vehicle" means a commercial motor vehicle heaving a gross weight of four and one-half metric tonnes (5 tons) or more;
- "Holidays" means New Year's Day, Good Friday, the birthday or the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor General for the celebration of the birthday of the reigning sovereign, Victoria Day, Dominion Day, any day proclaimed by the Mayor as a Civic Holiday, Labour Day, any day appointed by Proclamation of the Governor General or the Lieutenant Governor as a public holiday or for a general fast on Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day;
- "Highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, road, place, crescent, parkway, driveway, square, lane, bridge, viaduct or trestle designated and intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof;
- "Highway Traffic Act" means the Highway Traffic Act R.S.O. 1990, Chapter H.8 as amended and all regulations made thereunder;
"Intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the two or more highways that join one another at an angle whether or not one highway crosses the other;
"Lane" means the entire width of the roadway surface between property lines at the rear or side of places of business or residential properties;
"Minister" means the Minister of Transportation of Ontario;
"Ministry" means the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario;
"Motor Vehicle" includes an automobile, truck, a motorcycle, a motor assisted bicycle 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 roadbuilding machine;
- "Motor Vehicle Owner" means the registered owner of a motor vehicle as registered with the Ministry.
- "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 bicycle;
"Motorized Snow Vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed to be driven primarily on snow;
- "Municipality" means the Corporation of the Town of Blind River;
## "Occupant" means:
- The tenant of the real property or part thereof whose consent shall extent only to the control of the real property of which he is a tenant and any parking spaces allotted to him under his lease or tenancy agreement;
- The spouse of a tenant;
- A Person or a municipality, or a local board thereof, having an interest in the property under an easement or right of way granted to or expropriated by the Person, municipality or local board whose consent shall extend only to the part of the property that is subject to the easement or right of way; and,
- A Person Authorized in writing by an Occupant to act on the Occupant's behalf for requesting the enforcement of this By-law.
"Official Sign" means a sign approved by the Ministry;
- "One-Way Street" means a street upon which vehicular traffic is limited to movement in one direction;
"Owner" when used in relation to real property means:
- The registered owner of the real property;
- The spouse of a Person described in Sub-clause (a);
- A Person Authorized by the Owner to act on the Owner's behalf for requesting the enforcement of this By-law.
- "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;
"Parking Meter" means a device that indicates thereon the length of time during which a vehicle may be parked which has as a part thereof a receptacle for receiving and storing coins, a slot or place in which such coins may be deposited, a timing mechanism to indicate the passage of the interval of time during which the parking is permissible and which displays a signal when said interval of time has elapsed;
- "Parking Meter Zone" means a highway or part of highway or property owned by the Town and established for vehicle parking, on which permitted parking is controlled and regulated by the use of parking meters;
- "Parking Space" means a part of a roadway on which parking use is controlled and regulated by a parking meter;
"Pedestrian" means a Person afoot and invalids and children in wheeled carriages;
- "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;
"Person" means every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation;
- "Physically Disabled Person" means a person who is physically disabled in such a way that his or her mobility is seriously restricted either permanently or temporarily, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a person who uses a wheelchair, crutches, braces or other mobility-assisting devices;
- "Police Department" means Ontario Provincial Police Detachment No. 1411 based and located in the Town of Blind River;
- "Police Officer" means a Constable, Peace Officer of the Town, special Constable or other person duly authorized to regulate or direct traffic within the Town;
- "Private Road or Driveway" means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular traffic by the owner and those having expressed or implied permission given by the owner or his duly authorized agent;
- "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;
- "School Bus Loading Zone" means the part of the highway designated for the use of school buses for loading and unloading school children;
- "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines or lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians;
- "Signal Light Traffic Control System" means a signal light traffic control system as described in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1980, as amended;
- "Snow Removal Contractor" means any person who carries out, by means of motorized vehicle, clearing and snow removal for the owner, occupant or person in charge of a private property of a residential, commercial, industrial or institutional nature;
- "Stand or Standing" when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers;
- "Stop" means a complete cessation of movement;
- "Stop or Stopping" when prohibited, means any stopping of a vehicle even momentarily, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a Police Officer or of a traffic control sign or signal;
- "Times" 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;
- "Town" means the Corporation of the Town of Blind River;
- "Traffic Control Device" means any sign or roadway, curb or sidewalk marking or other device erected or placed under the authority of the Town for the purpose of guiding or directing traffic;
- "Traffic Signal" means any device manually or electrically or mechanically operated for the regulation of traffic;
- "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Corporation of the Town of Blind River;
"U-Turn" means to turn a vehicle within a roadway so as to proceed in the opposite direction;
"Vehicle" includes motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine, bicycle and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power including muscular power, but does not include a motorized snow vehicle or a street car.
## 1. Authorized Signs and Traffic Control Devices
- 1.1 The Public Works Foreman or the By-Law Enforcement Officer of the Corporation is hereby authorized to place or erect, and to maintain such authorized signs and traffic control devices as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this By-law or as are required to warn or guide traffic for the safety or convenience of the public.
- 1.2 Unless otherwise permitted herein, 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 any authorized sign or traffic control device, or which conceals from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any authorized sign or traffic control device.
- 1.3 All traffic control signal devices heretofore or hereafter erected on a highway under the jurisdiction and control of the Town of Blind River shall be erected and operated in the manner prescribed by Section 133 of the Highway Traffic Act.
- 1.4 Traffic control signal system devices shall be erected and used at the intersections and places named and described in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw.
## 2. Power To Direct Traffic
- 2.1 Any person specially appointed by the Council of the Town of Blind River to be a Parking Control Officer shall, within the limits of such appointment, have the powers of a Traffic Control Officer as provided in this section whether or not such a person is a Police Officer.
- 2.2 Where it is necessary for the preservation of public safety, a Traffic Control Officer may direct and control traffic upon any street within the Town and for such purposes may divert, halt and restrain the movement of traffic.
- 2.3 When on duty in answer to a fire alarm, a Fireman shall have the powers of a Traffic Control Officer controlling traffic provided for in this section.
- 2.4 The Lawful directions of a Traffic Control Officer shall be obeyed notwithstanding any provisions of this By-law.
- 2.5 The By-Law Enforcement Officer may, during any period of emergency by the use of appropriate signs of signals, suspend the movement of any or all vehicular traffic on any or all parking thereon by authorizing the affixing of "NO PARKING" signs.
## 3. Parking and Stopping
- 3.1 No person shall park or stop any vehicle on any highway or portion thereof unless that parking or stopping is on the right side of the highway having regard to the direction in which the vehicle has been proceeding;
- (a) With the right front and rear wheels or runner not more than thirty centimeters (30cm) from the curb or edge of the roadway, 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 a vehicle on highways or parts of highway where angle parking is permitted; or
- (b) Where there is no curb with the right front and rear wheels parallel to and as near to the right hand limit of the highway as is practical without stopping or parking on a sidewalk, footpath or on any part of the highway where grass is grown or which is not intended for the use of vehicles.
- 3.2 Where parking is permitted on a one-way street, no person shall park a vehicle facing otherwise than in the direction in which it was proceeding and parallel to and distant not more than thirty centimeters (30cm) from the curb edge of the roadway.
- 3.3 Where angle parking is permitted, no person shall park a vehicle except at an angle with the roadway, indicated by appropriate markings or signs, and no vehicle of an overall length of more than six metres (6m) shall be angle parked.
- 3.4 No person driving any vehicle will enter an angle parking space of fortyfive degrees (45°) or less except from the lane of the highway immediately adjacent to the said angle parking space, having regard for the direction in which the vehicle has been travelling.
- 3.5 When emerging from an angle parking space of forty-five degrees (45°) or less, no person driving any vehicle will proceed in a direction other than the same forward direction used to enter the parking space.
- 3.6 No person shall Park any vehicle on Municipal property without consent of the Municipality.
- 3.7 Where one or more signs have been posted on Private Property or Municipal Property, stating conditions under which a Vehicle may be Parked on the property, or prohibiting the Parking of a Vehicle on the property, a Vehicle Parked on the property contrary to the conditions or the prohibition is deemed to have been Parked without consent.
## 4. Parking Prohibited
- 4.1 No person, at any time, park a vehicle in any of the following places:
- (a) On a sidewalk;
- On a crosswalk;
- In front of a public or private driveway;
- d) Within an intersection;
- (e) Within 3 meters of a fire hydrant;
- (f) Within 9 meters of a crosswalk or intersection;
- (g) In a fire access route, except where authorized signs are erected;
- (i) In such a position as will prevent the convenient removal of any other vehicle previously parked or standing;
- (h) On any street as to obstruct traffic;
- (i) In front of the entrance to a hotel;
- 11) In front of the entrance to a hospital;
- (k) In front of the entrance to any place where goods or merchandises are regularly delivered or removed;
- (m) In front of the entrance to a theatre, auditorium or other building while large assemblies are being held in such theatre, auditorium or other building for a reasonable time immediately proceeding and following such assemblies;
- (n) On any roadway for an unreasonable time having regard for the traffic requirements of such roadway in no case for longer period than three (3) hours between 12:00 am and 7:00 am;
- (0) Not more than thirty centimetres (30cm) out from a sidewalk;
- (p) On any town owned property whereon public parking is not authorized;
- (9) On any bridge or in any subway or the approaches thereto;
- (r) When authorized signs have been erected, parking shall not be permitted in those areas for those specific periods of time and days
as set out in Schedule "B" attached hereto forming part of this Bylaw.
- (t) No person shall park or otherwise stop a vehicle in a "NO STOPPING ZONE" on any highway where authorized signs have been erected, a set out in Schedule "C" attached and forming part
- (s) On a boulevard;
- (4) No person shall park or otherwise stop a vehicle in a "NO PARKING ZONE" on any highway where authorized signs have been erected, a set out in Schedule "D" attached and forming part of this By-law;
- (v) On any of the parts of the highways named and described in Schedule "E" to this By-law;
- 4.2 No person shall park a motor vehicle on a highway without a current valid license plate and sticker attached to the motor vehicle.
- 4.3 No person shall park a trailer on any highway unless it is attached to a motor vehicle.
- 4.4 The provisions of this Section 5 shall not apply to labeled Town vehicles.
## 5. Parking Restricted
- 5.1 Where authorized signs are displayed, no person shall park a vehicle on any of the parts of the highways named and described in Columns 1,2 and 3 of Schedule "F" to this By-law, during the hours set out in Column 4 for a longer period than as set out in Column 5 of the said Schedule.
- 5.2 No person shall park a vehicle on any highway during the hours of 12:00 midnight to 7:00 am from November 1st in one year, to March 31st of the following year, inclusive, except physicians on emergency calls and operators of authorized emergency vehicles
- 5.3 Yellow paint applied to the face of a curb or on the Highway shall be an authorized sign meaning:
- (a) No person shall park a vehicle on or adjacent to the area painted yellow at any time.
## 6. Loading Zones
## Commercial Vehicles
- 6.1 Where authorized signs to that effect are displayed, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm of any day except
Sundays and holidays on any of the parts of the highway named and described in Schedule "G" to this By-law, except for the loading of merchandise by commercial motor vehicles providing that such loading and unloading shall not exceed thirty minutes.
## School Bus
- 6.2 The highway or parts set out in Column 1 of Schedule "H" of this By-law at the school or institution set out in Column 2 of the said Schedule "H" are hereby designated as school bus loading zones as provided in subsection 13 of Section 175 of the Highway Traffic Act.
## 7. Parking Prohibited for Specific Purpose
- 7.1 No person shall stop or park a vehicle upon any highway for the purpose of:
- (a) Displaying it for sale;
- (b) Storing it;
- (c) Washing, servicing, painting or repairing it, except where such repair is necessary for removal of the vehicle from the highway; or
- (d) Advertising.
## 8. Pedestrian Crossovers
- 8.1 Operators of vehicles on or approaching those portions of roadway as set out in Schedule "" attached hereto and forming part of this By-law and designated as pedestrian crossovers shall yield to pedestrians lawfully within the pedestrian crossover.
## 9. Parking Meter Zones
- 9.1 No driver of a vehicle shall park such vehicle in a parking meter zone between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, except when such days are legally and lawfully proclaimed holidays, unless the driver of such vehicle deposits in the parking meter provided for the parking meter space the minimum sum of twenty-five cents for fifteen minutes during which the vehicle is to be parked or one dollar for a period of one hour for each parking space provided or two dollars for a period of two hours for each parking space provided.
- 9.2 No driver of a vehicle shall allow such vehicle to remain parked for a longer period than that for which payment has been made in the form of
coins deposited in the parking meter or meters, provided however that this shall not prevent the driver of the vehicle from using the unexpired time remaining in the meter from its previous use without depositing a coin therein.
- 9.3 No driver of a vehicle shall allow such vehicle to remain in a parking space for longer period than one hundred twenty minutes at any one time.
- 9.4 No driver of a vehicle shall park such a vehicle in a parking space unless the front of such vehicle is alongside or as close as is practical to the parking meter provided for such purpose.
- 9.5 No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug device or other substitute for a coin of the Dominion of Canada or the United States of America.
- 9.6 No driver of a vehicle shall park such vehicle in such a manner that it is not wholly within an area designated as a parking space, and if the vehicle is of such length as to prevent it from being parked within one parking space, then the person parking same shall make the necessary deposit of coins in the parking meter for the adjoining parking space.
- 9.7 It shall be the duty of Police Officers and/ or By-Law Enforcement Officer or Officers assigned to the enforcement of this By-law to report:
- (a) The number and location of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of this By-law;
- (b) The complete permit number or any other identification tag marking, if any, of such vehicle;
- (C) The time during which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this By-law;
- (d) Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary to a of the circumstances attending sucl lorough understance Officer shall also attach to such vehicle a serially-numbered notice to the driver thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this By-law and instructing the driver to report to the office of the Municipal Clerk in regard to such violation.
- 9.8 It shall be the duty of the Police Officer or any By-Law Enforcement Officer appointed by the Town of Blind River, to provide to the Municipal Clerk a duplicate of each serially-numbered notice of violation as attached to any vehicle.
- 9.9 The highways or parts of highways as set out in Schedule "J" attached hereto and forming part of this by-law, are designated as parking meter zones.
## Operation of Vehicles
## 10. Entering Highways and Intersections.
- 10.1 No person shall drive a vehicle 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 construction.
- 10.2 No person shall enter an intersection unless traffic in front of him or her is moving in a manner that would reasonably leave him or her to believe he or she can clear the intersection before the signal indication changes to a circular red indication.
## 11. Emerging from Lane or Driveway
- 11.1 No person shall drive a vehicle emerging from a driveway, lane, public lane, lot or building without yielding the right-of-way to all pedestrians and vehicles prior to driving onto the sidewalk.
- 11.2 No person shall drive a vehicle emerging from a driveway, lane, public lane, lot or building without yielding the right-of-way to all vehicles prior to driving onto a highway.
## 12. Vehicles on Sidewalk
- 12.1 No person shall drive a vehicle on a sidewalk except for the purpose of directly crossing the sidewalk on a permanent or temporary driveway.
- 12.2 No person shall drive a motor vehicle over a raised curb except at a place where there is a ramp.
## 13. Backing
- 13.1 No person shall back a vehicle into an intersection or over a crosswalk.
- 13.2 No person shall back a vehicle, in any event or at any place, unless such movement can be made in safety.
## 14. Funeral and Other Processions
- 14.1 No person shall intersect a funeral or other properly authorized procession while it is in motion, except under the direction of a police officer.
## 15. Excess Loads
- 15.1 No person shall move or cause to be moved on any highway within the municipality any heavy vehicles, loads, objects or structure in excess of the limits prescribed by Part VI or Part VIl of the Highway Traffic Act, unless having first obtained a permit under this section to do so.
## 16. Lines Painted on Roadway
- 16.1 No person shall drive or attempt to drive a vehicle on or over, or tamper with or walk on any newly painted lines or signs on any roadway or crosswalk, when the presence of such is indicated by markers or lighted lanterns.
## 17. Turning Movements
- 17.1 Where a U-turn is not otherwise prohibited, no person operating a vehicle shall make a U-Turn unless the U-turn can be made safely and without interfering with other traffic.
- 17.2 Where official signs to that effect are displayed, no person operating a vehicle shall make a U-turn at any location or intersection named and described in Schedule "K" to this By-law.
## 18. One-Way Streets
- 18.1 The highways set out in Schedule "L" to this By-law are hereby designated for one-way traffic only in the direction set out of the said Schedule.
## 19. Stops at Intersections
- 19.1 The intersections of highways set out in Schedule "M" to this By-law are designated as intersections where stop signs shall be erected facing oncoming traffic travelling in the direction of travel and on the highway shown in said Schedule.
## 20. Yield Right-of-Way Signs
- 20.1 The intersection as set out in Column 1 of Schedule "N" to this By-law are designated as intersections where yield signs shall be erected facing oncoming traffic travelling in the direction of travel and on highways indicated in the said Schedule.
## 21. Truck Routes
- 21.1 The parts of the highways named and described in Schedule "O" to this By-law are hereby designated as "Truck Routes"
- 21.2 No person shall operate a heavy vehicle on any highway within the Town other than on parts of the highways set out in Schedule "O" hereof, provided however, that any commercial motor vehicle may be operated on any highway in the Town for the purpose of delivering or receiving, loading or unloading goods, wares, merchandise or materials or in proceeding to or from a garage or other premises for the housing or repair of such motor vehicle and provided that:
- (a) Such deviation shall be made at a point on one of the said truck routes nearest by road to where the service is preformed, and
- (b) On completion of the conduct of business such vehicle shall return by the shortest route to the nearest truck route.
- 21.3 The provisions of subsection (22.2) of this section shall not apply to vehicles owned by The Town of Blind River, or to emergency vehicles, or to vehicles of a public transit system or to school buses.
## 22. Roundabouts
- 22.1 No person shall drive any vehicle in a roundabout other than in a counter clockwise direction.
## 23. Motorized Vehicles Prohibited
- 24.1 When authorized signs have been erected, no person shall drive a motorized vehicle within any of the areas as set out in Schedule "P" attached hereto and forming part of this by-law.
Higher or Lower Rates of Speed on Certain Highways in the Town as Permitted by the Highway Traffic Act
## 24. Prescribed Rates of Speed
- 24.1 Where authorized signs to that effect are displayed, the maximum rate of speed on any of the highways named and described in Columns 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule "Q" to this By-law shall be the rate of speed prescribed in Column 4 of the said Schedule "Q".
## 25. Handicapped Parking
- 25.1 No person or organization shall park or leave a vehicle in a designated parking space unless a currently valid permit has been issued to that person, organization or to a passenger being picked-up or transported in the vehicle and such permit is displayed on or in the vehicle in accordance with the requirements of the Highway Traffic Act, the regulations made thereunder and this By-law.
- 25.2 A disabled parking permit shall be displayed on the sun visor or on the dashboard of a vehicle in such a manner so that the permit number and expiry date are clearly visible from outside of the vehicle.
- 25.3 The By-Law Enforcement Officer of the Town of Blind River shall cause to be erected signs to this By-law and upon the erection of said signs, the parking space shall be deemed to be designated a Handicap Parking Space.
## Fire Routes
## 26. Fire Routes
- 26.1 The private roadways or portions of the private roadways located on the lands designated on Schedule "R" to this By-law are hereby designated fire routes.
## 27. Parking Restricted
- 27.1 No Person shall park any vehicle on any fire route at any time.
- 27.2 Despite subsection 28.1 a vehicle used by the Fire Services, Emergency Services or Police Services for the Town may be parked on a fire route while providing services.
- 27.3 No owner of designated lands on which a fire route is located shall permit, except in accordance with sub-section 28.2:
- (a) Any vehicle to be parked on that fire route; or
- (b) Any vehicle which is parked on that fire route to remain parked on the said fire route.
## 28. Fire Route Signs
- 28.1 Every owner of designated lands on which a fire route is located shall erect and maintain along such fire route one or more signs in the form set out in Schedule "R", in such a manner and in such number as to reasonably inform the users of such fire route that the lands concerned have been designated as a fire route and that parking is prohibited thereon, but no fewer signs that one per every fifty feet.
## 29. Enforcement
- 29.1 A Police Officer, Municipal By-law Enforcement Officer or other Officer or Constable appointed for the carrying out of the provisions of this By-law, upon observing that a motor vehicle is parked or left in contravention of this By-law, may;
- (a) Provide for the removal and impounding of the motor vehicle; and/or
- (b) Issue a certificate of parking infraction pursuant to the Provincial Offences Act.
- 29.2 Where a Police Officer, Municipal By-law Enforcement Officer or other Officer or Constable appointed for the carrying out of the provisions of this By-law has caused a motor vehicle to be moved or taken to be placed or stored in a suitable place, all costs and charges for removing, care and storage of the motor vehicle shall be paid by the motor vehicle owner and shall be a lien on the motor vehicle which may be enforced in the same manner as provided for in the Repair and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.R.25.
## Penalties
## 30. Parking Infraction Notice
- 30.1 A Police Officer, By-law Enforcement Officer, or any person appointed to carry out the provisions of this By-law, upon discovery of any motor vehicle parked or left in contravention of this By-law may place a parking infraction notice on the motor vehicle.
## 31. Parking Infraction Notice - Payment Procedure
- Where a parking infraction notice is placed on a motor vehicle by a Police Officer, the By-law Enforcement Officer, or any other person appointed to carry out the provisions of this By-law, the owner shall:
- (a) Pay the set fine as indicated on the parking infraction notice; or
- (b) Exercise Option 3 on the reverse of the parking infraction notice.
## 32. Penalties - Driver - Owner Responsible
- 32.1 The driver of a motor vehicle, not being the motor vehicle owner, is liable to any penalty provided under this By-law, and the motor vehicle owner is also liable to such penalties unless, at the time that the offence was committed, such motor vehicle was in possession of a person other than the motor vehicle owner without the motor vehicle owner's consent.
## 33. Vehicle-On Private Property - Removal - Storage
- 33.1 In addition to any other penalty provided in this By-law, a Police Officer or the By-law Enforcement Officer upon written complaint of an owner or occupant of private property, may cause a motor vehicle that is parked in contravention of this By-law to be removed and taken to and stored in a safe place.
## 34. Vehicle - Removal - Storage - Authority
- 34.1 In addition to any other penalty provided under this By-law, an agent of the Town may cause a motor vehicle that is parked on property owned or occupied by the Town in contravention of this By-law to be removed and taken to and stored in a safe place.
## 35. Vehicle - Removal - Storage - Charge To Owner
- 35.1 Where a motor vehicle is removed and stored pursuant to this By-law, all costs and charges for removing, care and storage of the motor vehicle which may be enforced in the same manner as provided for in the Repair and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.R.25.
## 36. Fine - For Contravention
- 36.1 Every person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act R.S.O. 1990, c.P.33.
## 37. Authorized Signs
- 37.1 For the purpose of this By-Law, and in addition to those signs contained in the Canadian Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or in the Ontario Traffic Manual, the authorized signs of this By-Law shall be those illustrated and described in Schedule "S" to this By-law.
## 38. Schedules
- 38.1 Schedules "A" to "S", inclusive, which are attached hereto are hereby made part of this By-law and shall be constructed herewith.
## 39. Repeals
- 39.1 By-law 1514 and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed on the effective date of this By-law.
## 40. Severability
- 40.1 It is hereby declared that each and every of the foregoing provisions of this By-law is severable and that, if any provisions of this By-law should, for any reason, be declared invalid by any Court, it is the intention and desire of this Council that each and every of the then remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
## 41. Municipal Approval And Effective Date
- 41.1 This By-law shall not come into force until approved and passed by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Blind River, nor shall any particular provisions become effective until the sign or signs, if any, applicable to such particular provisions have been erected and are on display.
PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL THIS 15 DAY OF November, 2021.
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CERTIFICATION BY THE CLERK:
I, K. Scott, CAO/Clerk of the Corporation of the Town of Blind River, do hereby certify that the above is a true certified copy of By-Law No. 2021-67 which was passed in Open Council on the 15 Day of November, 2021.
K. SCOTT