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This is an office consolidation of By-Law No. 004-19 and amendments thereto. For accurate
reference you should consult the original by-laws that are retained by the Clerk
BY-LAW NUMBER 004-19
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THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF BRANT (As amended by By-law 48-23, 43-24, 69-24,
64-25, 109-25, 19-26 & 47-26)
To regulate parking
WHEREAS section 10 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides that a
single-tier municipality may pass bylaws with respect to any public assets of the
municipality acquired for the purpose of exercising its authority under this or any other
Act;
AND WHEREAS section 63 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, provides
that if a municipality passes a by-law for prohibiting or regulating the stopping,
standing or parking of a vehicle on or near a highway, it may provide for the removal
and impounding or restraining and immobilizing of any vehicle stopped, standing or
parked on or near a highway in contravention of the by-law, may at any reasonable
time, enter upon land near a highway for that purpose and that subsection 170 (15) of
the Highway Traffic Act applies with necessary modifications;
AND WHEREAS section 100 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides
that a local municipality may, in respect of land not owned or occupied by the
municipality that is used as a parking lot, regulate or prohibit the parking or leaving of
motor vehicles on that land without the consent of the owner of the land if a sign is
erected at each entrance to the land clearly indicating the regulation or prohibition;
AND WHEREAS section 101 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides
that if a municipality passes a by-law regulating or prohibiting the parking or leaving of
a vehicle on land, it may provide for the removal and impounding or restraining and
immobilizing of any vehicle, at the vehicle owner's expense, parked or left in
contravention of the by-law and subsection 170 (15) of the Highway Traffic Act applies
with necessary modifications to the by-law;
AND WHEREAS section 102 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides
that if a municipality passes a by-law for establishing a system of accessible parking,
the sole manner of identifying vehicles shall be an accessible parking permit issued
and displayed in accordance with the Highway Traffic Act and the regulations made
under it and further may require the owners or operators of parking lots or other
parking facilities to which the public has access, whether on payment of a fee or
otherwise, to provide designated parking spaces for vehicles displaying an accessible
parking permit and if it does so, the local municipality shall prescribe the conditions of
use of the accessible parking permit, shall prohibit the improper use of the permit and
may provide for the removal and impounding of any vehicle, at its owner's expense,
parked or left contrary to the by-law;
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AND WHEREAS section 102.1 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended
authorizes a municipality to require a person to pay an administrative penalty for a
contravention of any by-laws respecting the parking, standing or stopping of vehicles.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF BRANT
HEREBY ENACTS as follows:
DEFINITIONS
1.
For the purposes of this bylaw:
(a)
Administrative Penalty System By-law - means any By-law passed by the County to
implement administrative penalties related to parking or stopping of vehicles and general
by-law enforcement as amended from time to time.
(b)
Administrative Penalty - means monetary penalties as defined under the County of
Brant Administrative Penalty System By-law and set out in Schedule "A" of the
Administrative Penalty By-law as amended.
(c)
Apron - means the area of the boulevard in a residential zone consisting of an asphalt,
concrete or gravel surface leading from the travelled portion of the highway to private
property but does not include the portion of the driveway on private property. (By-law 48-
23)
(d)
Boulevard- means that portion of the road allowance lying between the adjacent
property line and the edge of the travelled portion of the highway or the edge of the
shoulder where such exists, furthest from the travelled portion of the highway.
(e)
County - means the Corporation of the County of Brant.
(f)
Council - means the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the County of Brant.
(g)
Crosswalk - means any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
(h)
Curb - means a structure composed of concrete or other suitable material erected to
define the edge of a roadway.
(i)
Director - means the Director of Road Operations for the County and includes
their designate or successor.
(j)
Driveway - means the designated area on private property adjacent to the boulevard
used primarily for vehicular parking.
(k)
Electric Vehicle - a battery electric vehicle that runs only on a battery and electric drive
train, or a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that runs on a battery and an electric drive train,
and also uses an internal combustion engine.
(l)
Electric Vehicle Charging Station - means a publicly or privately-owned parking space
that provides access to equipment that supplies a source of electricity for charging
electric vehicles.
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(m) Entrance - means improved land on a highway which provides vehicular access from
the roadway to a laneway or parking area on adjacent land.
(n)
Heavy Truck - a vehicle or combination of vehicles, having a weight when unloaded of
4.5 metric tonnes (4,500 kilograms or more), but does not include a passenger vehicle,
an ambulance, a transit bus on its assigned route or a vehicle of the Police or Fire
Departments.
(o)
Highway - includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, apron,
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.
(p)
Intersection - means the area embraced within the prolongation or the connection of
the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of two or more highways
that join one another at an angle, whether or not one highway crosses the other.
(q)
Loading Zone - means a part of the highway set apart for the exclusive use of vehicles
to load or unload.
(r)
Motor Vehicle - means a motor vehicle as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O.
1990, as amended, and includes an automobile, 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 road-building machine
(s)
Municipal Law Enforcement Officer - means a person appointed by the County
pursuant to the Police Services Act as amended for the purpose of enforcing the
provisions of this by-law.
(t)
Municipal Parking Lot - means a parking lot owned or operated by the County
and described in Schedule 10.
(u)
Oversized Motor Vehicle - any motor vehicle or connected vehicles regardless of
intended use, which has more than two axles or four tires, but does not include rear-dual
pick-up trucks or a heavy truck.
(v)
Park, Parked 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.
(w) Parking Control Device - means any sign, signal or other roadway, pavement, curb
or sidewalk marking, or any other device erected or placed under the authority of this
by-law for the purpose of warning, regulating, guiding or directing the parking of vehicles.
(x) Person -includes a corporation and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal
representatives of a person to whom the context can apply according to law.
(y) Police Officer - means a Police Officer as defined in the Police Services Act, R.S.O.
1990, as amended.
(z) Residential Area - a geographical zone or district primarily occupied by private homes
and dwellings, rather than commercial or industrial buildings. This includes, (but not limited
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to), suburban neighborhoods with single family homes, urban districts with apartments and
rural villages just to name a few.
(aa) Roadway - means that 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 roadways collectively.
(bb) Shoulder - means that part of the highway immediately adjacent to the travelled portion
of the roadway and having a surface which has been improved for the use of vehicles
with asphalt, concrete or gravel.
(cc) Sidewalk - means that portion of the road allowance between the curb lines or the lateral
lines of the roadway and the adjacent property lines, specifically designed and constructed
for the use of pedestrians.
(dd) Sign - means a sign placed or erected under the authority of this by-law for the purpose
of regulating parking, stopping or standing.
(ee) Significant Weather Event - means an approaching or occurring weather hazard with
the potential to pose a significant danger to users of the highways within a municipality;
(By-law 43-24)
(ff) Traffic Control Signal- means that part of a traffic control signal system that consists
of one set of no less than three coloured lenses, red, amber and green, mounted on a
frame and commonly referred to as a signal head and includes a bicycle traffic control
signal.
(gg) 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.
(hh) 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 Police Officer or traffic control signal or sign.
(ii) Supervisor - means the Supervisor of Enforcement and Regulatory Services and includes
their designate or successor.
(jj)
Trailer - means a vehicle that is designed to be drawn upon a highway by a vehicle.
(kk) Unlicensed Vehicle - means a vehicle that does not have a current validated
permit displayed in the prescribed manner, number plates issued in accordance with
the regulations showing the number of the permit issued for the vehicle and, if required,
does not have displayed evidence of the current validation of the permit affixed in the
prescribed manner, all as required pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990 and
Regulations, as amended. (By-law 48-23)
(ll) Vehicle - means a motor vehicle as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990,
as amended, and includes a 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.
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(mm)
Weather Hazard - means the weather hazards determined by Environment
Canada as meeting the criteria for the issuance of an alert under its Public Weather
Alerting Program. (By-law 43-24)
ENFORCEMENT
2.
Municipal Law Enforcement Officers and Police Officers are authorized to enforce the
provisions of this By-law.
APPOINTMENT OF MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
3.
Council, by by-law, may appoint or employ such persons as may be deemed necessary as
Municipal Law Enforcement Officers for the purpose of enforcing this by-law.
OBEDIENCE TO SIGNS
4.
No person shall park in a manner that fails to comply with any and all parking control devices
erected under the provisions of this bylaw.
EXEMPTION
4.1
Relief from certain provisions of this By-law may be granted for a film project carried on in
accordance with an approved and valid Film Permit or Film Location Agreement issued under the
County of Brant Film Policy
GENERAL PARKING AND STOPPING REGULATIONS
5.
No person shall park or stop any vehicle on any highway except:
(a) on the right-hand side of the highway, having regard to the direction in which the vehicle
was travelling, and
(b) with the right front and rear wheels parallel to, and not more than 0.15 metres from the
curb where there is a raised curb or where there is no curb or a rolled curb, with the right
front and rear wheels parallel to and as near to the right hand limit of the highway as is
practicable without stopping or parking over a sidewalk or footpath or over any part of the
highway where grass has grown or which is not intended for the use of vehicles.
(c) This section shall not apply where angle parking is marked by signs or lines on the pavement,
to indicate that the area may be used for parking vehicles at an angle, nor to prevent the
parking or stopping of a vehicle on the left-hand side of a highway designated for one-way
traffic, where such parking is not otherwise prohibited.
6.
No person shall park a vehicle on a highway marked by signs or lines on the pavement, to
indicate that the area may be used for parking vehicles at an angle to the edge of the roadway
except, between the signs or within the lined area, and on the right hand side of the highway
having reference to the direction in which the vehicle has been travelling and so that:
(a) the travelled portion of the highway is to the rear of the vehicle, and
(b) in the case where the area is not clearly marked into parking spaces, so that the line
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formed to the left hand side of the vehicle intersects the pavement edge line at an angle
of not less than 40 degrees, and not greater than 50 degrees.
7.
In the case of an area on the highway or within a municipal parking lot that is clearly marked
into parking spaces, no person shall park a vehicle except within a parking space, so that no
part of the vehicle encroaches on a contiguous parking space.
8.
No person shall park a vehicle on a highway except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with a traffic control signal, sign or device or the direction of a
Police Officer,
(a)
In such manner as to obstruct;
i. a sidewalk;
ii. a crosswalk;
iii. within one point five (1.5) metres of an entrance on the highway to, or from, a private
road or lane, or land contiguous to the highway; (By-law 48-23)
iv. traffic, road repairs, maintenance or snow removal. (By-law 48-23)
(b)
within three (3) metres of a point in the edge of the roadway and nearest a fire hydrant;
(c) on or within one hundred (100) metres of a bridge over, under or across which the highway
passes;
(d) within six (6) metres of a point at the edge of the roadway and the nearest point of a
public entrance to;
i. a hotel as defined in the Hotel Fire Safety Act, or
ii. a place where film, as defined in the Film Classification Act, 2005, is exhibited and where
the place is open to the public, or
iii. a public hall as defined in the Public Halls Act, while the hall is open to the public;
(e)
subject to clause (f), within nine (9) metres of an intersection on the highway;
(f)
where there is a traffic control signal installed at an intersection on the highway, within
fifteen (15) metres of the intersection;
(g) within fifteen (15) metres of the nearest rail of a level railway crossing;
(h) in a position or place that prevents or is likely to prevent the removal of any vehicle already
parked on the highway;
(i) for a longer period of time than twenty-four hours;
(j) on a boulevard, except where it has been improved under lawful authority with asphalt,
concrete or gravel, for the purpose of accommodating the parking of vehicles and the
vehicle is parked in compliance with this By-law; (By-law 48-23)
(k) if the vehicle is an unlicensed vehicle;
Apron Parking Prohibitions (By-law 48-23)
8.1
No person shall park a vehicle on an apron in such a manner as to:
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(a) have any tire off of the apron or be on the landscaped, hardscaped or grassy portion of the
boulevard;
(b) overhang any part of the sidewalk or roadway or curb line;
(c) not be parallel to the roadway;
(d) be contrary to the direction of traffic.
8.2
No person shall park a vehicle on an apron which is shared or abuts another apron.
8.3
No person shall park a vehicle on an apron without the consent of the owner or occupant.
9. No person shall park any vehicle upon a highway in such a manner or under such conditions as to
leave available less than four (4) metres of the width of the roadway for free movement of
vehicular traffic.
10. No person shall park an oversized motor vehicle on a highway for a period longer than two (2)
consecutive hours.
10.1 No person shall park a heavy truck in a residential area.
11. No person shall park a trailer at any time that is not attached to a motor vehicle on any highway or
within any municipal parking lot.
11.1 No person shall park a vehicle in an electric vehicle charging station that is identified by a sign
unless the vehicle is an electric vehicle and the vehicle is attached to the station's charging
equipment.
STOPPING AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN ROADS
12. Where a sign to that effect is displayed, no person shall stop a vehicle on a highway, near the
entrance way to a fire hall, on the sides and between the limits as set out in Schedule 1 to this by-
law.
13. Where a sign to that effect is displayed, no person shall stop a vehicle on any highway on the side
and between the limits and during the prohibited days and times all as set out in Schedule 2 to this
By-law.
14. Where a sign to that effect is displayed, no person shall park a vehicle on any highway, at any
time, on the side and between the limits as set out in Schedule 3 to this By-law.
15. Where a sign to that effect is displayed no person shall park a vehicle on any highway on the side
and between the limits and during the prohibited days and times all as set out in Schedule 4 and
Schedule 5 to this By-law.
16. Where a sign to that effect is displayed, no person shall park a vehicle on any highway for a longer
period of time on the side, between the limits and during the prohibited days and times all as set
out in Schedule 6 to this By-law. For the purposes this section, where a person permits a vehicle
to remain parked for subsequent increments of the specified time permitted, each increment shall
constitute a separate offence
17. Despite the provisions of Section 16, any person displaying an Accessible Parking Permit in
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accordance with the requirements of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended, is
exempt from the time limited restrictions set out in Schedule 6.
18. Where a sign to that effect is displayed no person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain
stopped, other than a school bus, in an area designated as a school bus loading zone as set out in
Schedule 7.
19. No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on the highways or portions of
the highways, during any significant weather event.
For the purposes of this section, a significant weather event shall commence upon public notice by
the Director that the parking of vehicles on all roads are prohibited to accommodate road
operations and shall remain in effect until public notices is issued by the Director announcing the
end of the significant weather event.
The Director, or his or her designate, shall ensure that public notice of a significant weather event
or an extension or cancellation thereof is given in at least two (2) of the following means:
a) The issuance of a media advisory;
b) Posting on the County internet site;
c) Posting through the County of Brant official social media channels; or
d) Any other means of giving notices that has a reasonable likelihood of coming to the attention
of persons who are affected. (By-law 43-24)
LOADING ZONES
20. Where a sign to that effect is displayed, no person shall stop or park any vehicle other than a
commercial motor vehicle engaged in the loading or unloading of cargo, in any Loading Zone,
during the restricted period or for a longer period of time, as set out in Schedule 9.
MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS
21. Where a sign to that effect is displayed, no person shall park a vehicle within any municipal parking
lot, for a longer period of time than is permitted, during the restricted days and times, all as
indicated in Schedule 11. Despite the provisions of this section, any person displaying an
Accessible Parking Permit in accordance with the requirements of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O.
1990, as amended, is exempt from the time limited restrictions set out in Schedule 11.
22. Despite the provisions of Section 21, no person shall park an oversized motor vehicle within a
municipal parking lot, for a period of time exceeding two (2) consecutive hours. Despite the
provisions of this section, any person displaying an Accessible Parking Permit in accordance with
the requirements of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended, is exempt from the time
limited restrictions in this section.
23. For the purposes of Section 21 and 22, where a person permits a vehicle to remain parked for
subsequent increments of the specified time permitted, each increment shall constitute a separate
offence.
UNAUTHORIZED PARKING ON MUNICIPAL PROPERTY
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24. Municipal Property means any real property owned or leased by the County but does not include a
municipal parking lot.
25. No person shall park a vehicle on municipal property without the consent of the County.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING
26. In this part:
(a) Accessible Parking Space means a parking space signed in accordance with Regulation
581 of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.
(b) Accessible Parking Permit - means an Accessible Parking Permit as described in the
Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990 and the regulations as amended.
27. No person shall park a vehicle in an Accessible Parking Space, unless a valid Accessible Parking
Permit has been displayed in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 581 of the Highway
Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended. For greater certainty, the determination regarding when an
Accessible Parking Permit is not valid will be made in accordance with the requirements of
Regulation 581 of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended.
FIRE ROUTES
28. In this part:
(a) Authorized Emergency Vehicle - means fire department vehicles, police vehicles,
ambulances, and any other vehicles of utility companies that are required for control of any
emergency at the properties designated in Schedule 13 of this By-law.
(b) Fire Route - means a private roadway, lane, ramp or other means of vehicular access to a
building required to be constructed and maintained pursuant to Section 2.5.1.1 (1) of the
Ontario Fire Code, O. Reg 213/07 as amended.
(c) Private Roadway - means any private road, lane, ramp or other means of vehicular access to
or egress from a building or structure and it may include part of a parking lot.
29. For the purpose of this By-law, the private roadways, at the locations as indicated in Schedule 13,
are designated as fire routes by this by-law. All designated fire routes shall be indicated by official
fire route signs erected and maintained by the property owner, consistent with standards
contained within the Ontario Traffic Manual.
30. Where a sign to that effect is posted, no person shall park a vehicle, except an authorized
emergency vehicle, within a fire route, at the locations indicated in Schedule 13.
PARKING PERMITS
31. Relief from certain provisions of this by-law may be granted through the issuance of a County
parking permit by the Supervisor in accordance with the conditions detailed in Schedule 14 parking
permit applications and by submitting the prescribed fees as set out in the County Fees and
Charges By-law. (By-law 48-23)
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32. The areas as set out in Schedule 15 are designated as Municipal Permit Only Parking Areas.
(a) For the purpose of this section a Municipal Permit Only Parking Area is an area where
parking is permitted only under the authority of a parking permit issued by the Supervisor.
(b) Where a sign to that effect is posted, no person shall park a vehicle in a Municipal Permit
Only Parking Area without a County parking permit.
PARKING ON PRIVATE PARKING LOT
33. In this part:
(a) Owner means the registered owner of the property or where the property is included in a
description registered under the Condominium Act, the Board of Managers of the
Condominium Corporation and includes any person authorized in writing by the Owner.
(b) Private Parking Permit - means a permit issued by the Owner of a Private Parking Lot in a
form approved by the Supervisor that identifies a Motor Vehicle which is authorized by said
Owner to park on the Private Parking Lot.
(c) Private Parking Lot - means a parking lot that is listed in Schedule 16, that is not owned or
occupied by the County, where the owner has authorized the County to regulate or prohibit
the parking or leaving of motor vehicles on that land without the consent of the owner of the
land.
(d) Private Permit Parking Lot- means a Private Parking Lot where parking is only permitted for
Motor Vehicles identified on a Private Parking Permit.
(e) Suitable Sign means a sign which complies with such standards respecting size, shape,
colour, content, mounting position and location as are established or approved of from time to
time by the Supervisor.
34. No person shall park a motor vehicle in a Private Permit Parking Lot without a Private Parking
Permit authorizing the parking of the vehicle.
35. Where a Suitable Sign is erected at each entrance to a private parking lot clearly indicating
parking regulations or prohibitions, no person shall park any motor vehicle contrary to the posted
regulation or prohibition.
36. Where a sign is erected on the Private Parking Lot specifying conditions on which a motor vehicle
may be parked or left on the Private Parking Lot or regulating or prohibiting the parking or leaving
of a motor vehicle on the Private Parking Lot, a motor vehicle parked or left on the Private Parking
Lot contrary to the conditions or prohibition shall be deemed to have been parked or left without
consent.
37. If it is alleged in a proceeding that this section of the bylaw has been contravened, the oral or
written evidence of a Police Officer, Police Cadet or Municipal Law Enforcement Officer is
receivable in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated in it
in respect of,
(a) the ownership or occupancy of the land;
(b) the absence of the consent of the owner or occupant; and
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(c) whether any person is an occupant or is an owner.
and written evidence shall be admitted without notice under the Evidence Act.
AUTHORITY TO ERECT TEMPORARY SIGNS
38. The Director is hereby authorized to temporarily prohibit parking or stopping on such highways and
municipal parking lots and during such days and times as deemed necessary in the interest of the
safety or convenience of the public, the proper movement of traffic, or the proper and safe
performance of a County operation and may erect or cause to be erected temporary parking
control devices for that purpose.
39. The Director is hereby authorized to temporarily annul any existing parking or stopping regulation
normally in force and effect under the provisions of this bylaw on such highways and municipal
parking lots and during such days and times as deemed necessary in the interest of the safety or
convenience of the public, the proper movement of traffic, or the proper and safe performance of a
County operation and may erect or cause to be erected any temporary parking control devices or
cover or cause to be removed or covered any parking control device for that purpose .
PENALTY
40. Any person who contravenes a provision of this By-law, is guilty of an offence and when issued a
Penalty Notice in accordance with the Administrative Penalty By-law, is liable to pay the early
payment or penalty amount as set out in Schedule "A" and administrative fees as set out tin
Schedule "C" of the Administrative Penalty System By-law.
41. A Police Officer, Police Cadet, Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, or an Officer appointed for
carrying out the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended, upon discovery
of any vehicle parked or stopped in contravention of the provisions of this by-law, may issue a
Penalty Notice pursuant to the Administrative Penalty System By-law.
42. Where a vehicle has been left parked, stopped or standing in contravention of this by-law, the
owner of the vehicle is guilty of an offence, even though the owner was not the driver of the
vehicle at the time of the contravention of the by-law, and is liable to the applicable fees as set
out in the Administrative Penalty System By-law and Schedules.
43. Where a vehicle has been left parked, stopped or standing on or near a highway in contravention
of this bylaw, it may be removed, impounded, restrained and immobilized at the vehicle owner's
expense and subsection 170 (15) of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended, applies
with necessary modifications. The County may, at any reasonable time, enter upon land for this
purpose.
44. Where a motor vehicle has been parked or left in contravention of this Bylaw, on land not owned
or occupied by the County that is used as a parking lot, it may be removed, impounded, restrained
and immobilized at the vehicle owner's expense, and subsection 170 (15) of the Highway Traffic
Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended, applies with necessary modifications to the by-law. The County
may, at any reasonable time, enter upon land for this purpose.
45. Parking restrictions shall not, if compliance thereof would be impractical, apply to vehicles utilized
by the County or the Brant County O.P.P. while such vehicles are engaged in their official
capacity.
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GENERAL
46. The Schedules referred to in this by-law shall form a part of this by-law and each entry in a column
of such a schedule shall be read in conjunction with all entries across there from, and not
otherwise.
47. In the Schedules referred to in this by-law, the abbreviations contained therein, shall be
interpreted as follows:
N-North
S-South
E-East
W-West
NE- Northeast
NW-Northwest
SE-Southeast
SW-Southwest
#-Number
Hwy-Highway
48. In this by-law:
(a) words importing the singular number or the masculine gender include more persons, parties,
or things of the same kind and females as well as males and the converse.
(b) a word interpreted in the singular number has a corresponding meaning when used in the plural.
(c) "may" shall be construed as permissive.
(d) "shall" shall be construed as imperative.
49. Where a distance is used in the by-law as part of a prohibition of parking or stopping within a
specified distance of an object, structure, land or part of a highway, such distance shall be
measured:
(a) along the curb or edge of the roadway from a point in such curb or edge of roadway opposite
such object, structure, land or part of a highway, unless the context otherwise requires; and
(b) from such object, structure, land or part of a highway in all directions;
(c) when in reference to an intersection or highway, shall mean from the prolongation of the closest
curb line or boundary line of the intersecting highway.
50. Whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean standard time or daylight savings time
whichever is in current use in the County.
51. The various prohibitions of this by-law are cumulative and not mutually self-exclusive.
52. If it is declared that if any section, subsection or part or parts be declared by any Court of Law to be
illegal or ultra vires, such part or parts shall be deemed to be severable and all parts are declared
to be separate and independent and enacted as such.
53. The short title of this Bylaw shall be the "Parking Bylaw".
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54. That County Bylaw 164-01 and any amendments to said Bylaw are repealed upon a resolution of
Council following receipt of Provincial approval of set fines in respect to this by-law.
READ a first and second time, this 22nd day of January, 2019.
READ a third time and finally passed in Council, this 22nd day of January, 2019.
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF BRANT
David Bailey, Mayor
Alysha Dyjach, Clerk