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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF GREATER MADAWASKA
BY-LAW 71-2020
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Being a By-law to regulate the operation of "off-road vehicles" on municipal roads
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WHEREAS the Highway Traffic Act R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, section 191.8 (3) and (4) as amended and
Ontario Regulation 316/03, s.4 provide that an "off-road vehicle" shall not be driven on a
highway or part of the highway that is under the jurisdiction of a municipality unless a
municipality permits the use by by-law and certain criteria are met as more particularly set out
in s. 4.1;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation of the Township of Greater Madawaska deems it expedient to
exercise the powers vested in it by the said Regulation 316/03;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Greater Madawaska, the
municipality, hereby enacts as follows:
1.
An "off-road vehicle" is as defined by the Off-Road Vehicles Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.O.4 as amended, the Highway Traffic Act R.S.O. 1990 and O.Reg 316/03 and is
permitted on a highway within the municipality's jurisdiction provided that at all
material times:
a) The "off-road vehicle" is compliant with the said Acts and Regulations in all
respects and;
b) shall not be operated on a municipal highway in excess of the "maximum speed"
set out in s.22 of O.Reg 316/03, provided that in the event a municipal by-law
further restricts the speed of any vehicle on a highway within the municipality's
jurisdiction, the lower speed limit shall apply.
2. By-law 38-2015 is hereby repealed.
3. This by-law comes into effect on October 19, 2020
4. Any person who contravenes this by-law is guilty of an offence and upon conviction is liable
for a fine as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 33.
READ a first and second time this 19th of October, 2020
READ a third time and passed this 19th of October, 2020
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Brian Hunt
Allison Holtzhauer
Mayor
CAO/Clerk-Deputy Treasurer