By-law No. 01-215, Being a By-law to Regulate Traffic (Office Consolidation)
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Bill No. 215
CITY OF HAMILTON
BY-LAW NO. 01-215
BEING A BY-LAW TO REGULATE TRAFFIC
WHEREAS Section 210(123) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as
amended, confers upon the councils of all municipalities the power to enact by-laws for
regulating traffic on highways subject to the Highway Traffic Act;
AND WHEREAS Section 314(7) of the Municipal Act confers upon councils of all
municipalities the power to enact by-laws to provide for placing, regulating and maintaining
upon the public highways traffic signs for the purpose of guiding and directing traffic;
AND WHEREAS the City of Hamilton Act, 1999, Statutes of Ontario, 1999 Chapter
14, Schedule C did incorporate, as of January 1st, 2001, the municipality "City of
Hamilton";
AND WHEREAS the City of Hamilton is the successor to the following former area
municipalities: The Corporation of the Town of Ancaster; The Corporation of the Town of
Dundas; The Corporation of the Town of Flamborough; The Corporation of the Township of
Glanbrook; The Corporation of the City of Hamilton; and, The Corporation of the City of
Stoney Creek; (hereinafter referred to as the "former area municipalities");
AND WHEREAS the City of Hamilton Act, 1999 provides that the By-laws of the
former area municipalities continue in force in the City of Hamilton until subsequently
amended or repealed by the Council of the City of Hamilton;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Hamilton deems it expedient to provide
for a single by-law to regulate traffic within the limits of the City;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Hamilton enacts as follows:
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PART 1
DEFINITIONS & INTERPRETATIONS
DEFINITIONS
1.
(a)
"Authorized Emergency Vehicle" means:
(i)
any vehicle owned or operated by the City of Hamilton while the
operator is engaged in the performance of his or her duties;
(ii)
any vehicle owned or operated by a Police Service, a Fire Department
or a Ministry of the Province;
(iii)
any vehicle owned or operated by an ambulance service, a mortuary
or a funeral home while the operator is engaged in the performance of
his or her duties;
(iv)
any vehicle owned or operated by a public utility including but not
limited to vehicles owned or operated by Canada Post, a telephone
company, a natural gas utility, a hydro electric power provider, and
any other public utility, telegraph or telecommunications company,
provided that such vehicles are each clearly identified by a crest or
other marking and provided the operator is actively engaged in the
provision of the services offered by the utility;
(v)
any armoured vehicle, while the operator is actively engaged in the
performance of their duties, and any escort vehicle providing security
services for an armoured vehicle, while the operator is actively
engaged in the performance of his or her duties; and,
(vi)
any service vehicle owned or operated by the Hamilton Automobile
Club or a licensed towing agency while the operator is providing a
towing or other road side service;
(b)
"bicycle" includes a tricycle and unicycle but does not include a motor
assisted bicycle;
(c)
"boulevard" means all parts of the highway save and except any roadway,
shoulder, driveway, or sidewalk; and, for greater precision portions may be
described as:
(i)
a "central boulevard" being a median or that part of the highway lying
between the roadways of a divided highway;
(ii)
an "outer boulevard" being such part of the highway lying between
any sidewalk and the roadway or the shoulder where such exists;
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(iii)
an "inner boulevard" being such part of the highway lying between the
property line and the sidewalk, and where there is no sidewalk it
means that part of the highway lying between the property line and
the roadway or the shoulder where such exists; and,
(iv)
a "side boulevard" means such part of the highway lying between the
roadway and the adjoining property line and includes the inner and
outer boulevard, if any;
(d)
"bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying ten or more passengers
and used for the transportation of persons;
(e)
"Chief of Police" means the Chief of Police for the City of Hamilton;
(f)
"City" means The City of Hamilton;
(g)
"Council" means the Council of the City of Hamilton;
(h)
"crosswalk" means:
(i)
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,
(ii)
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;
(i)
"driveway" means the improved land on a highway which provides vehicular
access from the roadway to a laneway or parking area on adjacent land;
(j)
"farm tractor" means a self-propelled vehicle designed and used primarily as
a farm implement for drawing ploughs, mowing machines, and other
implements of husbandry and not designed or used for carrying a load;
(k)
"General Manager" means the General Manager of Public Works for the City
of Hamilton and includes his designate and successor;
(l)
"Gross Weight" or "Gross Vehicle Weight" means the combined weight of
vehicle and load;
(m)
"heavy vehicle" means a vehicle having a registered gross weight in excess
of 4.5 tonnes, but does not include a bus travelling on a designated bus
route, an ambulance, a school vehicle, or vehicles operated by the City of
Hamilton;
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(n)
"highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway,
driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct, or trestle, any part of which is
intended for, or used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles and
includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof;
(o)
"holiday" means New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day,
Dominion Day, the day proclaimed as a Civic Holiday, Labour Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, the day proclaimed as the
Birthday or day fixed by proclamation of the Governor General for the
celebration of the birthday of the reigning sovereign, and any day appointed
by proclamation of the Governor General or Lieutenant Governor-in-Council
as a public holiday or for a general feast or thanksgiving;
(p)
"horse" includes mare, gelding, mule, pony, and donkey;
(q)
"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;
(r)
"King's Highway" includes secondary highways and tertiary roads designated
under the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act, R.S.O.
1990, c. P.50 as amended;
(s)
"Municipal Law Enforcement Officer" means any person so designated by a
by-law of the City of Hamilton or appointed for the purpose of enforcing this
By-law;
(t)
"motor vehicle" includes an automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle
unless otherwise indicated in this By-law and any other vehicle propelled or
driven otherwise than by muscular power; but does not include a street car or
other motor vehicles running only upon rails, or a motorized snow vehicle,
traction engine, farm tractor, self- propelled implement of husbandry or
road-building machine within the meaning of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O.
1990, c.H8, as amended;
(u)
"pedestrian" means a person on foot, and includes a person in a wheelchair
or on a motorized scooter designed for use on a sidewalk, and a child in a
baby carriage or on toy vehicle;
(v)
"Police Force" and "Police Department" mean the Hamilton Police Service;
(w)
"Police Officer" means an Officer of the Hamilton Police Service and includes
the Chief of Police, but does not include a Special Constable, a First Nations
Constable, a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer or an Auxiliary member of a
police force;
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(x)
"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 of the
roadways collectively;
(y)
"School Zone" means an area through which a highway or part highway
passes, which is in proximity to a school where the speed limit on said
highway or part highway is reduced;
(z)
"Serviced Roadway" means the part of the highway which is improved,
designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic and includes the ploughed
portion of the shoulder;
(aa)
"shoulder" means that portion of the highway lying adjacent to the roadway
where there is no barrier curb, and which is improved to support a stopped
vehicle;
(ab)
"sidewalk" includes all such parts of a highway as are set aside and
improved for the exclusive use of pedestrians;
(ac)
"sign, authorized" or "authorized sign" means any sign placed or erected on
a highway under the authority of this By-law for the purpose of regulating,
warning or guiding traffic;
(ad)
"sign, official" or "official sign" means a sign approved by the Ministry of
Transportation Ontario or a sign set out in Schedule 1 to this By-law;
(ae)
"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;
(af)
"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;
(ag)
"through highway" means a highway or part of a highway designated as such
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
Highway Traffic Act.
(ah)
"traffic" includes pedestrians, animals which are lead, ridden or herded,
vehicles, motorized snow vehicles and other conveyances, either singly or
together while using any portion of a highway for the purposes of travel;
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(ai)
"traffic control device" means any sign, signal or other roadway, curb or
sidewalk marking, or any other device erected or placed under the authority
of this By-law for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic;
(aj)
"traffic signal" means any device operated manually, electrically or
mechanically for the regulation or control of traffic;
(ak)
"traffic, one-way" or "one-way traffic" means traffic, not including pedestrians,
moving upon a highway in one direction only;
(al)
"trailer" means any vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a highway by a
motor vehicle, except an implement of husbandry, a side car attached to a
motorcycle, 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 shall be considered a separate
vehicle and not part of the motor vehicle by which it is drawn;
(am) "unassumed lane" and "unassumed alley" each mean a lane or alley that has
not been assumed by the City;
(an)
"vehicle" includes a motor vehicle, 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 the cars of electric or
steam railways running only upon rails, a wheelchair whether powered or not,
or a powered scooter designed for use on a sidewalk;
INTERPRETATIONS
2.
In this By-law:
(a)
Words imparting the singular number or the masculine gender, are deemed
to include more than one person, party or thing of the same kind, and
females as well as males, and the converse.
(b)
A word use in the singular tense has a corresponding meaning when used in
the plural tense.
(c)
the following abbreviations and symbols stand for the words respectively
shown next to them:
Ave.
-
Avenue
Blvd.
-
Boulevard
Pl.
-
Place
St.
-
Street
Sq.
-
Square
Cres.
-
Crescent
Ct.
-
Court
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Rd.
-
Road
Dr.
-
Drive
No. or #
-
Number
Hwy.
-
Highway
Pkwy.
-
Parkway
ft. or '
-
Feet
in. or "
-
Inches
M.P.H.
-
Miles Per Hour
N.
-
North
S.
-
South
E.
-
East
W.
-
West
a.m. or am
-
ante meridian
p.m. or pm
-
post meridian
Km/H or kph -
Kilometres per hour
m
-
metres
cm
-
centimetres
Sat.
-
Saturday
Sun.
-
Sunday
Mon.
-
Monday
Tue.
-
Tuesday
Wed.
-
Wednesday
Thu. or Thur. -
Thursday
Fri.
-
Friday
Jan.
-
January
Feb.
-
February
Mar.
-
March
Apr.
-
April
May.
-
May
Jun.
-
June
Jul.
-
July
Aug.
-
August
Sep. or Sept. -
September
Oct.
-
October
Nov.
-
November
Dec.
-
December
(d)
Where a distance is used in this By-law as within a specified distance of an
object, structure, corner, land, or part of a highway, such distance shall be
measured:
(i)
Along the curb or edge of the roadway, from a point in such curb or
edge or roadway opposite such object, structure, land, corner, or part
of a highway, unless the context otherwise requires, and
(ii)
From such object, structure, land or part of a highway in all directions.
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(e)
During any period of the year when what is commonly known as Daylight
Saving Time has been generally adopted in The City of Hamilton under any
Act, By-law, resolution or proclamation, whether the same is effective in law
or not, all references to time in this by-law shall be deemed to be references
to such Daylight Saving Time.
(f)
For the purposes of this By-law, the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway may also
be referred to as the "Linc" or the "Lincoln Alexander Pkwy." and the Red Hill
Valley Parkway may also be referred to as "RHVP".
APPLICATION OF BY-LAW
3.
Save where otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this By-law shall apply
to:
(a)
all highways and parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the City of
Hamilton;
(b)
all public lanes or alleys that have been established by a by-law of the
Council; and,
(c)
all unassumed lanes or alleys in respect of the parking of vehicles.
ENFORCEMENT
4.
(1)
It shall be the duty of the members of the City of Hamilton Police Service,
generally to control and direct traffic, give such directions and do such things
as may be necessary for that purpose.
(2)
It shall be the duty of the members of the Hamilton Police Service and those
duly appointed Municipal Law Enforcement Officers to enforce the provisions
of this By-law.
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A police officer or Municipal Law Enforcement Officer appointed to
enforce the provisions of this By-law, upon observing an object or vehicle
on or near a highway in contravention of this By-law, may cause such
object or vehicle to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in a
suitable place and all costs and charges for the removal, care and storage
of a vehicle, if any, are a lien upon the vehicle, which may be enforced in
the manner provided by the Repair and Storage Liens Act.
SEVERABILITY
5.
Should a court of competent jurisdiction declare a part or the whole of any provision
of this By-law to be invalid or of no force or effect, the provision or part is deemed
severable from this By-law, and it is the intention of Council that the remainder
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survive and be applied and enforced in accordance with its terms and to the extent
possible under the law.
SCHEDULES
6.
The Schedules attached to this By-law, numbered 1 to 33 both inclusive, are
included in and form part of this By-law.
PART 2 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
SPECIFIED SPEED LIMITS
7.
(1)
The rates of speed for vehicles shown in Schedule 2 are hereby respectively
prescribed as the speed limits for those highways and parts of highways
listed in that schedule.
(2)
Schedule 2 describes the following:
(a)
in column one thereof, the name of the highway or part highway upon
which the subject speed limit is in force and effect;
(b)
in column two thereof, the point at which the subject speed limit
commences;
(c)
in column three thereof, the point at which the subject speed limit
concludes; and,
(d)
in column four thereof, the speed limit which is in force and effect.
SCHOOL ZONES - REDUCED SPEED LIMITS
8.
(1)
A reduced speed limit for motor vehicles is hereby prescribed for those
highways or parts of highways which are listed in Schedule 3.
(2)
Schedule 3 describes the following:
(a)
in column one thereof, the name of the highway or part highway
designated as a School Zone and upon which the reduced speed limit
is in force and effect;
(b)
in column two thereof, the limits between which the reduced speed is
in force and effect;
(c)
in column three thereof, the reduced speed limit in km/h which is in
force and effect;
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(d)
In column four thereof, the times and days in which the reduced
speed limit is in force and effect.
YIELD SIGNS - LOCATIONS
9.
(1)
Those highways or part highways listed in Schedule 4 are hereby designated
for the placement of yield signs as described in that Schedule.
(2)
Schedule 4 describes the following:
(a)
in column 1 thereof the municipal name of the highway or part
highway upon which traffic must yield right-of-way to traffic on an
intersecting highway;
(b)
in column 2 thereof the direction of travel of traffic yielding
right-of-way
(c)
in column 3 thereof, the municipal name of the intersecting highway.
STOP SIGNS - LOCATIONS
10.
(1)
Those highways or part highways listed in Schedule 5 are hereby designated
for the placement of stop signs as described in that Schedule.
(2)
Schedule 5 describes the following:
(a)
in column 1 thereof the municipal name of the highway or part
highway upon which traffic stop and yield right-of-way to traffic on an
intersecting highway;
(b)
in column 2 thereof the direction of travel of traffic stopping and
yielding right-of-way
(c)
in column 3 thereof, the municipal name of the intersecting highway.
ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
11.
(1)
Those highways and parts of highways listed Schedule 6 are hereby
designated for the use of one-way traffic only.
(2)
Schedule 6 describes the following:
(a)
in column 1 thereof the municipal name of the highway upon which
two way traffic is prohibited;
(b)
in column 2 thereof, the direction in which traffic must travel;
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(c)
in column 3 thereof, the point upon the highway where the regulation
commences; and,
(d)
in column 4 thereof, the point upon the highway where the regulation
concludes;
(e)
in column 5 thereof, the periods during which the regulation is in force
and effect.
(3)
Those alleys and parts of alleys listed in Schedule 7 are hereby designated
for the use of one-way traffic only.
(4)
Schedule 7 describes the following:
(a)
in column 1 thereof the description of the alley highway upon which
two way traffic is prohibited;
(b)
in column 2 thereof, the direction in which traffic must travel;
(c)
in column 3 thereof, the point upon the alley where the regulation
commences;
(d)
in column 4 thereof, the point upon the alley where the regulation
concludes; and,
(e)
in column 5 thereof, the periods during which the regulation is in force
and effect.
NO RIGHT TURNS
12.
No person driving any animal or vehicle upon any highway, alleyway, driveway or
laneway set out in Column 1 of Schedule 8 in the direction set out opposite thereto
in Column 2, shall turn right into any highway set out opposite thereto on Column 3
during any times set out opposite thereto in Column 4, excepting buses of the
Hamilton Street Railway Company and interurban buses regularly carrying
passengers for hire, provided suitable signs exempting buses are erected and
maintained, and excepting a motor vehicle while employed in removing snow from
the highway, and excepting also a vehicle of any police force, fire department,
ambulance or emergency medical service, in any emergency.
NO RIGHT TURN ON RED LIGHT
13.
No person driving any animal or vehicle while facing a red signal light upon any
highway set out in Column 1 of Schedule 9 in the direction set out opposite thereto
in Column 2, shall turn right into any highway set out opposite thereto in Column 3,
during the times, if any, set out under Column 4 excepting a vehicle of any police
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force, fire department, ambulance or emergency medical service, in any emergency,
subject to the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act.
NO LEFT TURNS
14.
No person driving any animal or vehicle upon any highway, alleyway, driveway or
laneway set out in Column 1 of Schedule 10 in the direction set out opposite thereto
in Column 2, shall turn left into any highway set out opposite thereto in Column 3
during the times set out opposite thereto in Column 4, excepting buses of the
Hamilton Street Railway Company and interurban buses regularly carrying
passengers for hire, and bicycles, provided suitable signs exempting buses and/or
bicycles are erected and maintained, and excepting a motor vehicle while employed
in removing snow from the highway, and excepting also a vehicle of any police
force, fire department, ambulance or emergency medical service, in any emergency.
NO LEFT TURN ON RED LIGHT
15.
No person driving any animal or vehicle while facing a red signal light upon any
highway set out in Column 1 of Schedule 11 in the direction set out opposite thereto
in Column 2, shall turn left into any highway set out opposite thereto in Column 3,
during the times set out under Column 4 excepting a vehicle of any police force, fire
department, ambulance or emergency medical service, in any emergency, subject
to the Highway Traffic Act.
U-TURNS
16.
No driver or operator of a vehicle upon a highway shall turn the vehicle so as to
proceed in the opposite direction,
(a)
Unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with
other traffic;
(b)
On a divided highway at any turning slot for the use of authorized emergency
vehicles only and clearly marked with a suitable sign;
provided that this prohibition shall not apply to vehicle of a police service, fire
department, ambulance or emergency medical service, in any emergency.
17.
(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16, no driver of a vehicle moving
upon a highway or part highway listed in Schedule 12 shall make a U-Turn
between the limits shown in that Schedule.
(2)
Schedule 12 describes the following:
(a)
in column 1 thereof the municipal name of the highway upon which
U-turns are prohibited;
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(b)
in column 2 thereof, the direction of travel which may not be reversed;
(c)
in column 3 thereof, the point upon the highway where the prohibition
commences;
(d)
in column 4 thereof, the point upon the highway where the prohibition
concludes; and,
(e)
in column 5 thereof, the times and days during which the prohibition is
in force and effect
DESIGNATED TRAFFIC LANES
18.
(1)
No person shall proceed contrary to the direction of travel in a lane of a
highway or part of a highway marked for the direction of travel and listed in
Schedule 13.
(2)
Schedule 13 describes the following:
(a)
in column 1 thereof the municipal name of the highway upon which
the designated traffic lane is situated;
(b)
in column 2 thereof, the limits between which the designated traffic
lane is located;
(c)
in column 3 thereof, the specific lane which has been designated;
(d)
in column 4 thereof, the times and days when the regulation is in force
and effect; and,
(e)
in column 5 thereof, the mandatory direction or directions of travel
permitted respecting the designated lane.
(3)
No person operating a vehicle, except a bus or an authorized emergency
vehicle or a specialized transit vehicle, shall use a transit only lane unless the
person is:
(i)
immediately turning right at a designated intersection;
(ii)
immediately entering or exiting a driveway;
(iii)
immediately entering or exiting a parking space; or
(iv)
operating a taxicab and immediately entering or exiting for the
purpose of receiving or discharging passengers.
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EMERGENCY ACCESS LANES
19.
(1)
The specified lanes on the highways and parts of highways listed in
Schedule 14 are hereby designated as Emergency Hospital Access Lanes.
(2)
Schedule 14 describes the following:
(a)
in column 1 thereof the highways and part highways whereupon
Emergency Hospital Access Lanes shall be situated;
(b)
in column 2 thereof the points upon the highway or part highway
where the regulation commences and concludes;
(c)
in column 3 thereof the lane designated as an Emergency Hospital
Access Lane; and,
(d)
in column 4 thereof the days and times when such designation is in
force and effect.
VEHICLES ON SIDEWALKS
20.
No person shall drive any animal or vehicle over or upon a sidewalk save at a
properly constructed crossing
21.
(1)
No person shall ride on a bicycle, skateboard, skis, coaster, or similar
devices, over or upon a sidewalk save at a properly constructed crossing, but
this provision shall not apply to baby carriages, roller skates, children's
tricycles or other such conveyances appropriate to sidewalks, or to
authorized users of Segway Personal Transporters who operate the Segway
in compliance with Ontario Regulation 488/06.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection 21(1) authorized users are a member of the
Hamilton Police Service, or a person who is 14 years or older whose mobility
is limited by one or more disabilities, conditions or functional impairments.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection 21(1) a Segway Personal Transporter is a
device manufactured by Segway Inc. and called a Segway Personal
Transporter or a Segway Human Transporter, which device has not been
modified after its manufacture other than the addition of a basket, bag, bell,
horn or lamp or other accessory customarily attached to a bicycle, and which
does not increase the speed capability of the device.
GAMES OR SPORTS ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
22.
No person shall play or take part in any game or sport upon a roadway, and no
person shall ride on a roadway in or on a skateboard, roller skates, a coaster, skiis,
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a toy vehicle or similar devices, except for the purpose of crossing the road, and
when so crossing such person shall have the rights and be subject to the obligations
of a pedestrian.
YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO PEDESTRIANS
23.
The driver of any animal or vehicle, about to enter or leave any alley, driveway, lot
or building shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian on any sidewalk, footpath or
side boulevard, approaching the alley, driveway, lot or building.
BACKING UP
24.
No person shall drive any animal or vehicle backwards, except when necessary and
having proper regard for the safety and convenience of other traffic.
TRAFFIC CIRCLE / ROUNDABOUT
25.
No person shall drive any animal or vehicle in any but a counter-clockwise direction
in any traffic circle or roundabout.
ACCESS TO AND EGRESS FROM PRIVATE DRIVE
26.
No person shall,
(a)
drive a vehicle from a public highway onto a private driveway; or
(b)
drive a vehicle from a private driveway onto a public highway, contrary to the
direction of operation of the driveway clearly indicated by suitable signs.
OVERCROWDED MOTORCYCLE
27.
No person operating a motorcycle on a highway shall carry more persons thereon
than it is designed and properly equipped to carry.
RIDE UPON VEHICLE EXTERIOR
28.
No person shall ride upon the exterior of a vehicle or any part of said vehicle not
designed or intended for that purpose, provided this shall not be deemed to prohibit
adult persons riding within truck bodies in such a way as not to be in danger of
being dislodged from the vehicle, or to any employee reasonably engaged in the
necessary discharge of a duty.
INTERRUPTING PROCESSION
29.
No pedestrian or person riding or driving any animal or vehicle, shall intersect,
interrupt or otherwise interfere with any funeral cortege or any other procession
lawfully using the highway, except under the direction of a Police Officer.
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NO TRAFFIC ON CLOSED STREETS
30.
No person shall drive any animal or vehicle upon any highway or part of a highway
which is temporarily closed save where local traffic is permitted by sign, and in any
case upon any highway or part of a highway which is temporarily closed by the fire
service or police service in the course of their respective duties.
31.
Section 30 shall not apply to vehicles authorized by the General Manager travelling
upon roadways that have been temporarily closed for an approved special event.
STOP BEFORE ENTERING ROADWAY
32.
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road or
driveway shall stop immediately before entering the roadway of same, or the
sidewalk if any.
MOTOR VEHICLES TO BE LOCKED
33.
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall allow the same to stand
unattended unless it is locked in such a manner as to prevent its operation by any
person not authorized by the owner or person in charge.
BLOCKING OF SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
34.
No person shall enter a signalized intersection, except to turn left or right onto an
intersecting highway, unless traffic ahead is moving in a manner that would lead him
or her to believe that he or she can proceed through the intersection before the
signal light turns red.
PART 3 - MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLES
35.
No person shall drive a Motorized Snow Vehicle along or across any Serviced
Roadway upon any of the highways or parts of highways indicated in Schedule 15
during any of the times specified therein.
36.
No person shall drive a Motorized Snow Vehicle across any Serviced Roadway
upon any of the highways or parts of highways indicated in Schedule 16 during any
of the times specified therein.
37.
No person shall drive a Motorized Snow Vehicle on any highway or part of any
highway indicated in Schedule 17 at a greater rate of speed that is specified therein
provided signs are erected in accordance with the regulations made under the
Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.44.
PART 4 - PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, AND ANIMALS
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PEDESTRIANS
38.
Where there is a sidewalk on either side of the roadway, no pedestrian shall walk
along the roadway.
39.
Where sidewalks are not provided on a highway, a pedestrian walking along the
highway shall walk on the left side thereof facing oncoming traffic and, when walking
along the roadway, shall walk as close to the left edge thereof as possible.
40.
A pedestrian shall not cross a roadway by other than by the shortest route, except
within a crosswalk.
41.
No pedestrian shall proceed over or under a railing or other such barrier
permanently installed along the edge of a sidewalk.
42.
Where suitably worded signs are displayed, no pedestrian shall cross or enter any
highway named in Column 1 of Schedule 24, in the direction or directions set out
opposite thereto in Column 2, at that side of the intersection shown opposite thereto
in Column 3.
43.
No person shall walk or stand together with one or more other persons in such a
manner as to impede pedestrians or vehicular traffic.
44.
No person shall play or take part in any game or sport upon a roadway, and, where
there is a sidewalk, no person upon roller skates, roller blades, inline skates or
riding in or upon any coaster, scooter, skate board, toy vehicle or similar device,
shall go upon a roadway except for the purpose of crossing the road, and when so
crossing such person shall have the rights and be subject to the obligations of a
pedestrian.
45.
(1)
Notwithstanding the other provisions of Part 4 of this By-law, no pedestrian,
cyclist or person riding upon, leading or driving an animal, shall travel upon
or along or cross any highway or part of a highway set out in Schedule 25,
save and except that this prohibition shall not apply to:
(a)
Police Officers, Fire Fighters, Ambulance Drivers/Attendants,
Municipal Law Enforcement Officers, Tow Truck Operators or other
emergency workers, in the performance of their duty; or
(b)
Employees of The City of Hamilton in the performance of their duties;
or,
(c)
Persons making use of the highway where such use is necessary
because of an emergency or vehicle breakdown.
(2)
Schedule 25 describes the following:
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(a)
in column 1 thereof, the name of the highway or part of a highway;
(b)
in column 2 thereof, the point at which the prohibition commences;
and,
(c)
in column 3 thereof, the point at which the prohibition terminates.
BICYCLISTS
46.
(1)
For the purpose of this section, "bicycle" shall include motor assisted bicycle.
(2)
(a)
No person shall ride a bicycle on a roadway unless the bicycle is in a
bicycle lane or is ridden as close as practicable to the right hand curb
or edge of the roadway, except while overtaking and passing another
vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or while preparing for a left
turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.
(b)
No person shall ride or push a bicycle along a roadway abreast of
another bicycle.
(3)
No person riding a bicycle on a roadway shall carry any package or article or
act in such a way as to prevent that person from maintaining one hand on
the handlebars at all times, including while signalling for a turn or stop and in
any case, no person shall fail to maintain control of a bicycle.
(4)
No person shall park a bicycle on a roadway or sidewalk except in such a
way as to cause the least possible obstruction to pedestrian and vehicular
traffic.
BICYCLE LANES
47.
(1)
Those lanes upon highways or part highways listed in Schedule 18 are
hereby designated as bicycle lanes.
(2)
For the purpose of this Section, "bicycle lane" means a portion of the
roadway abutting the curb or edge of the roadway that has been set aside for
the exclusive use of cyclists, and so indicated by pavement markings.
(3)
Schedule 18 describes the following:
(a)
in column one thereof, the name of the highway or part highway upon
which a designated bicycle lane has been established;
(b)
in column two thereof, the point were the bicycle lane commences
and the point where the bicycle lane concludes;
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(c)
in column three thereof, the lane, by compass direction, upon the
subject highway that has been designated as the bicycle lane;
(d)
in column four thereof, the periods during which the bicycle lane
designation is in force and effect; and,
(e)
in column five thereof, the direction that vehicles must travel when
using the bicycle lane, by compass direction.
(4)
Those highways or parts of highways, or other land under jurisdiction of the
City, listed in Schedule 19 are hereby established, laid out and designated as
bicycle paths.
(5)
For the purpose of this Section, "bicycle path" means land that is off the
roadway that has been set aside and improved for the exclusive use of
cyclists.
(6)
Schedule 19 describes the following:
a)
in Column 1 thereof, the name of the highway whereupon the bicycle
path is situated or the name of the highway immediately adjacent to
the bicycle path or, otherwise, a description of the lands upon which
said bicycle path is situate;
b)
in Column 2 thereof, the side of the highway, by compass direction,
occupied by the bicycle path, or the direction, by compass, from the
adjacent roadway where the bicycle path is established or the location
of the bicycle path with relation to an existing land mark;
c)
in Column 3 thereof, the limits to which and from which the bicycle
path extends; and
d)
in Column 4 thereof, in cases of unidirectional paths, the lawful
direction of travel, by compass direction, upon the bicycle path.
(7)
Those highways or parts of highways, or other land under jurisdiction of the
City, listed in Schedule 20 are hereby established, laid out and designated as
combined foot and bicycle paths.
(8)
For the purpose of this Section, "combined foot bicycle path" means land
that is off the roadway that has been set aside and improved for the
exclusive use of pedestrians and cyclists.
(9)
Schedule 20 describes the following:
a)
in Column 1 thereof, the name of the highway whereupon the
combined foot and bicycle path is situate or the name of the highway
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immediately adjacent to the combined foot and bicycle path or,
otherwise, a description of the lands upon which said combined foot
and bicycle path is situate;
b)
in Column 2 thereof, the side of the highway, by compass direction,
occupied by the combined foot and bicycle path, or the direction, by
compass, from the adjacent roadway where the combined foot and
bicycle path is established or the location of the combined foot and
bicycle path with relation to an existing land mark;
c)
in Column 3 thereof, the limits to which and from which the combined
foot and bicycle path extends; and
d)
in Column 4 thereof, in cases of unidirectional paths, the lawful
direction of travel, by compass direction, upon the combined foot and
bicycle path.
48.
(1)
No person shall drive a Motor Vehicle, except for Authorized Emergency
Vehicles and motor assisted bicycles, upon any bicycle lane designated in
Schedule 18, or upon any bicycle path designated in Schedule 19 or
combined foot and bicycle path designated in Schedule 20.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), no person shall travel upon a bicycle path or a
combined foot and bicycle path, except to the right side of the centre of the
path.
(3)
No person shall overtake and pass another person on a bicycle path or a
combined foot and bicycle path except:
(a)
when it is safe to do so;
(b)
to the left hand side of the person being overtaken and passed;
(c)
on the right side of the centre of the path but if it is not safe to do so,
then on the left side of the centre of the path; and
(d)
when a cyclist is overtaking and passing another person, subsequent
to the sounding of an audible signal or warning by the cyclist.
49.
(1)
No person, while travelling upon a designated bicycle path, or a designated
combined foot and bicycle path, shall cross an intersecting public roadway or
public sidewalk without stopping and yielding the right of way to vehicular or
pedestrian traffic travelling upon the intersection roadway or sidewalk, except
at such intersections as are listed in Schedule 21 as being specifically
exempt from this general provision.
(2)
Schedule 21 describes the following:
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(a)
in column one thereof, the name of the roadway occupied by the
combined foot and bicycle path, or the name of the roadway
immediately adjacent to the combined foot and bicycle path;
(b)
in column two thereof, the direction of travel, by compass direction,
upon the combined foot and bicycle path; and,
(c)
in column three thereof, the name of the intersecting roadway over
which the combined foot and bicycle path has the right of way.
50.
(1)
No person, while travelling upon a designated bicycle path or a designated
combined foot and bicycle path, shall fail to stop and yield the right of way to
vehicular or pedestrian traffic travelling upon any intersecting route of travel,
other than a public roadway or sidewalk listed in Schedule 22.
(2)
Schedule 22 describes the following:
(a)
in column one thereof, the name of the roadway occupied by the
combined foot and bicycle path, or the name of the roadway
immediately adjacent to the combined foot and bicycle path;
(b)
in column two thereof, the direction of travel, by compass direction,
upon the combined foot and bicycle path which is required to stop and
yield; and,
(c)
in column three thereof, a description of the intersecting route of
travel.
51.
(1)
No person, while travelling upon a designated bicycle path listed in Schedule
19 or a designated combined foot and bicycle path listed in Schedule 20
shall fail to yield the right of way to vehicular or pedestrian traffic travelling
upon any intersecting route of travel, other than a public roadway or sidewalk
listed in Schedule 23.
(2)
Schedule 23 describes the following:
(a)
in column one thereof, the location of the bicycle path or the
combined foot and bicycle path;
(b)
in column two thereof, the direction of travel, by compass direction,
upon the bicycle path or combined foot and bicycle path which is
required to yield; and
(c)
in column three thereof, a description of the intersecting route of
travel.
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52.
No pedestrian shall travel upon a designated bicycle path or within a
designated bicycle lane where an adjacent sidewalk exists.
53.
(1)
Notwithstanding any other provisions this By-law, no person shall ride a
bicycle upon, along or across any highway or part of a highway described in
Schedule 26.
(2)
Schedule 26 describes the following:
(a)
in column one thereof, the municipal name of the highway or part of a
highway where cyclists are prohibited;
(b)
in column two thereof, the point at which the prohibition commences;
and,
(c)
in column three thereof, the point at which the prohibition concludes.
ANIMALS
54.
(1)
Save as otherwise permitted by law, no owner or other person shall drive or
permit any horse, cow, sheep, pig, or other animal to be in any highway or
other public place unless under proper control of a competent person.
(2)
Horseback riders and other persons in charge of animals shall obey the
provisions of the Highway Traffic Act and of this By-law which govern drivers
of vehicles, and shall obey the directions of any police constable directing
traffic.
(3)
No person shall drive any animal without due care and attention or without
reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway.
PART 5 - LOAD RELATED RESTRICTIONS
OVERSIZED LOAD PERMITS
55.
(1)
For the purposes of this section,
(a)
A combination of vehicles consisting of a motor vehicle and semi-
trailer shall be deemed to be one vehicle; and
(b)
"Semi-Trailer" means any trailer that is so designed that, when
operated, the forward part of its body or chassis rests upon the body
or chassis of the towing vehicle.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of Sections 57 and 58 and notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 56, any vehicle, load, object or structure in excess of
the weight or dimensions prescribed by the Highway Traffic Act may be
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moved over or upon a highway upon wheels, rollers, or otherwise, in
accordance with a permit in writing which has been first obtained from the
General Manager of Public Works which shall specify the excess weight or
dimensions to be permitted, the highways and parts of highways to be so
used, and the days and times when they may be so used.
(3)
No such permit shall be issued by the General Manager of Public Works
except to a person who has filed with the City Clerk a bond or irrevocable
letter of credit in a form satisfactory to the General Manager and in an
amount sufficient to cover the cost of repairing possible injury to the highway,
as determined by the General Manager, and indemnifying the City of
Hamilton from all actions, claims, damages, and losses, costs and expenses
whatsoever which may result from the moving of any such vehicle, load,
object or structure into, along or across a highway, and from the issue of the
permit.
(4)
Every such permit shall be carried by the person in charge of any such
vehicle, load, object or structure while same is on the highway, or be placed
in some accessible position and produced on demand of a police officer.
(5)
No person shall move upon any highway, a load in excess of the weight or
dimensions specified in the permit or at any time not authorized by such
permit, nor shall any load in excess of the weight or dimensions prescribed
by the Highway Traffic Act be moved upon any highway or part of a highway
not authorized by the permit.
(5.1) No person shall move upon a highway a vehicle, load, object or structure in
excess of the weight or dimensions prescribed by the Highway Traffic Act
without an authorizing permit.
(6)
Where the application for a permit is with respect to a motor vehicle or trailer,
no permit shall be issued, nor the application received, unless:
(a)
There is, with respect to the same, a provincial licence for the vehicle
and a current permit setting out the maximum weight or size of the
vehicle, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of the
Highway Traffic Act;
(b)
The unit weight per inch of tire width within the meaning of the
Highway Traffic Act is within the limits prescribed by the Highway
Traffic Act.
(7)
(a)
Upon receipt of an application, the General Manager of Public Works
may issue a permit to the applicant for the moving of an overweight
truck or trailer over or along specified highways or parts of highways,
on specified days and within specified hours (all of which, together
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with the authorized overweight shall be shown on the permit) for a
calendar year, or part thereof provided:
(i)
That payment has been made to the General Manger of
Finance and Corporate Services of an administrative fee of
$47.00 for a single unit truck, and an additional fee in the sum
of $234.00 for each tonne in excess of the registered gross
weight of the truck, and, in the case of a tractor trailer an
administrative fee of $49.00, and an additional fee of $140.00
for each tonne in excess of the registered gross weight of the
tractor trailer.
(b)
Where the General Manager of Public Works proposes to deny an
application for an annual permit under subsection (a) herein, the
application must first be considered by the Council of The City of
Hamilton.
(8)
The owner, driver, operator or mover of any such vehicle, object or
contrivance who has obtained the permit is nevertheless responsible for all
damages that may be caused to the highway by reason of the driving,
operating or moving of any such vehicle, object or contrivance, and the City
may claim or call upon the bond or letter of credit without notice to the permit
holder in the event of such damage.
HEAVY TRAFFIC
56.
(1)
For the purpose of this section "heavy traffic" means and includes any
vehicle or trailer for which the permit fee under the Highway Traffic Act is
based upon a weight of vehicle and load in excess of 4500 kilograms,
excepting however buses, fire fighting equipment, public utility vehicles and
authorized emergency vehicles; and
(1a)
The intent of this section is to protect highways under the jurisdiction
of the City from the potential for damage from heavy traffic and also to
limit such traffic as much as possible on such highways, for the
purposes of maintaining the condition of the highways, limiting
municipal repair and maintenance costs and for the control of traffic,
unless the highway or part has specifically been designated for heavy
traffic use by this by-law and its schedules, being a "designated
highway" as referred to in this section, and the Council for the City
intends that interpretation of this section and the relevant schedules
of the by-law should recognize and conform to this intent and
purpose.
(2)
No person shall drive or permit to be driven any vehicle included in the
definition of heavy traffic on any highway except a highway listed in Schedule
27 hereof and except during the times shown in the said Schedule 27,
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provided that this provision shall not apply to any vehicle operating under the
authority of a permit issued pursuant to Section 55.
(3)
Section 56(2) shall not apply where heavy traffic is required to travel on City
highways which are not designated for heavy traffic in order to reach a
property for such purposes as are provided in this subsection, provided that
the vehicle takes the shortest route possible from the designated highway on
non-designated City highways both to the property at which said purposes
are carried out and in returning from such property to a designated highway,
and said purposes shall be as follows:
(a)
for the purpose of garaging or storing the vehicle where it is normally
stored by the operator or owner when not in use;
(b)
for the purpose of having the vehicle maintained or repaired at the
premises of the operator or owner, or at a commercial motor vehicle
repair facility;
(c)
for the purpose of delivery or receipt of goods to a property or for a
similar commercial or other purpose requiring the heavy traffic at the
property; or
(d)
when attending multiple properties for the purposes of (c) which
properties are not reachable from designated highways and where the
travel between such properties involves less use of non-designated
City highways than if the vehicle were required to return from each
property to designated highways, provided further that the route taken
by the vehicle between such properties is the shortest possible in
terms of use of non-designated City highways.
(3a)
Subsection 56(3) does not apply to any property where the property
can be accessed by the use of a designated highway and without use
of highways under the jurisdiction of the City which are not designated
for heavy traffic other than crossing a non-designated highway, except
a non-designated City highway may still be used for the purpose of
access to a building, loading or work area on the property which can
only be reached by the heavy traffic from a non-designated City
highway provided that the heavy traffic takes the shortest route
possible on non-designated City highways between the property and
a designated highway.
(3b)
Subsection 56(2) shall not apply where vehicles included in the
definition of heavy traffic are operated in compliance with the
requirements of subsection 56(7).
(4)
Section 56(2) shall not apply to heavy traffic on any highway or part of
highway which has been properly authorized as a temporary detour route.
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(5)
(a)
No person shall drive any vehicle included in the definition of heavy
traffic on any highway set out in Column 1 of Schedule 30 between
the limits set out in Column 2 when proceeding in the direction set out
in Column 3 except in the traffic lane nearest to the right hand curb.
(b)
Clause (a) of Section 56(5) shall not apply to prohibit the driving of
any vehicle in a traffic lane other than the lane nearest to the right
hand curb in preparation for a left turn or when overtaking and
passing another vehicle or an obstruction.
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(6)
Section 56(2) shall not apply to vehicles bearing a registered Farm
Licence Plate under the Highway Traffic Act, Reg. 628.
(7)
No person shall drive any vehicle included in the definition of heavy traffic on
any highway set out in Column 1 of Schedule 33, between the limits set out
in Column 2 thereof, except in the lane or lanes and in the direction set out in
Column 3 thereof and only during the times and days set out in Column 4
thereof. Further where a destination or limit on a category of heavy traffic or
number of such vehicles is provided respectively in columns 5 or 6 of
Schedule 33, no person shall drive any vehicle included in the definition of
heavy traffic on any highway set out in set out in Column 1 thereof, between
the limits of Column 2 thereof, in the direction set out in Column 3 thereof,
during the times and days set out in column 4 thereof, unless such vehicle
has a destination as provided for in Column 5 thereof and is of a purpose
provided for in Column 6 thereof if any, and further is within the number of
such vehicles per day if any, as specified in column 6.
WEIGHT ON CERTAIN BRIDGES
57.
(1)
No person shall drive, on any bridge listed in Schedule 29, any vehicle
having a gross weight greater than that indicated for such bridge in said
Schedule, provided that suitable signs are erected and maintained.
(2)
Schedule 29 describes the following:
(a)
in column one thereof the bridge by street name and, if applicable,
type of bridge;
(b)
in column two thereof the name of the thing that the subject bridge
crosses over; and,
(c)
in column three thereof Maximum weight permitted on the subject
bridge.
REDUCED LOAD PERIOD
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58.
Those highways or parts of highways indicated in Column 1 of Schedule 28, are
hereby designated as highways to which the restrictions of Section 122 of the
Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8 apply, commencing on the date indicated
in Column 2 of the said Schedule and ending on the date indicated in Column 3
thereof in each calendar year provided that suitable signs are erected and
maintained.
BUS STOPS
59.
Those highways or parts of highways indicated in Column 1 of Schedule 32, on the
side of said highways set out opposite thereto in Column 2 thereof and at such
locations as are set out opposite thereto in Column 3 thereof, are hereby
designated as Hamilton Street Railway Bus Stops.
PART 6 - TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
POLICE "NO PARKING" AND "NO STOPPING" SIGNS
60.
(1)
In the exercise of the power to direct traffic, a Police Officer may erect or
cause to be erected "No Parking" and "No Stopping" signs in such places
and for such temporary periods as may be reasonably necessary or
advisable.
(2)
Subject to Section 60 no unauthorized person may erect, install, place or
otherwise use a "No Parking" or a "No Stopping" sign which is, or which
appears to be, a Police "No Parking" or "No Stopping" sign.
SIGNS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
61.
(1)
The General Manager may erect and maintain or cause to be erected and
maintained all traffic signs and other traffic control devices as may be
required or authorized by statute or by this By-law, or otherwise as may, in
his or her opinion, be necessary or helpful.
(2)
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Manager is
further authorized to erect or cause to be erected "No Parking" and "No
Stopping" signs in such places and for such temporary periods as may be, in
his opinion, reasonably necessary or advisable.
(3)
Notwithstanding Section 62(5), the General Manager is authorized to
temporarily remove or cause to be removed or otherwise annul such traffic
signs and other traffic control devices as may be necessary to accommodate
the interests of the City.
(4)
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Manager is
further authorized to remove or cause to be removed "No Parking" and "No
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Stopping" signs in such places and for such temporary periods as may be, in
his opinion, reasonably necessary or advisable.
OFFICIAL SIGNS
62.
(1)
Where under the Highway Traffic Act or this By-law an official sign is
required to be erected and no official sign for the purpose has been
designated under the Highway Traffic Act or the regulations made
thereunder, each such sign shall correspond with one of the illustrations in
Schedule 1, notwithstanding that a sign illustrated is identical with an official
sign that has been designated.
(2)
Every sign illustrated in Schedule 1 may be varied by supplementary
information as may be necessary or appropriate to indicate the conditions
under which the sign applies including the following and any combination
thereof:
(a)
time or times of the day;
(b)
day or days of the week;
(c)
month or months of the year;
(d)
use by specific types or classes of vehicles;
(e)
number of hours or minutes;
(f)
directional symbols;
(g)
length or weight of vehicle or vehicle combination; and,
(h)
any other information that serves to indicate conditions under which
the sign applies.
62.1 (a)
No person shall display above, on or under a City bridge over a highway any
sign or similar device.
(b)
Subsection 62.1 does not apply to an authorized sign or an official sign.
UNLAWFUL SIGNS
63.
(1)
No person, unless so authorized by this By-law, shall place, maintain or
display upon or in view of any highway any sign, marking or device which is
or which resembles an official sign or traffic control device, to such a degree
that it may be mistaken for an official sign or traffic control device, or which is
so located as to interfere with the effectiveness of an official sign or traffic
control device.
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(2)
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway
any sign, advertising device or apparatus which in any way emits:
(a)
Intermittent or non-intermittent light;
(b)
An intensity of light;
(c)
A beam of light; or,
(d)
which displays any manner of animated message;
on, along, towards or across any highway, which interferes or is designed or
placed to so interfere with the safe operation of a motor vehicle, or to take
the attention of a driver away from the operation of the vehicle.
(3)
Every sign, advertising device, or other device referred to in Section 62(2)
shall be removed within 7 days of a request, or such earlier period as may be
specified for removal, by the General Manager of Public Works or a member
of the Police Force.
(4)
For the purpose of Sections 62(2) and 62(3) a "sign, advertising device, or
other device or apparatus" includes a signalling device that indicates the
location of the sign, advertising device, marking or other device or apparatus
to a driver or operator of a motor vehicle on the Highway.
(5)
No person shall without lawful authority move from its proper position or
otherwise interfere with any traffic sign or other traffic control device.
PAINTED PAVEMENT MARKINGS
64.
No person shall drive any vehicle over any painted markings that have been freshly
applied, nor shall any person drive over, through or around any marker, traffic cone,
sign or other device, if any, so placed as to warn of freshly applied painted
markings.
COMPLY WITH SIGNS AND DEVICES
65.
Save as may be otherwise more specifically provided in this By-law or the Highway
Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. H.8, it shall be an offence against the provisions of this
By-law for any person to fail to comply with the directions of any official traffic sign
or traffic control device regulating traffic on a highway.
PART 8 - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
OFFENCES PUNISHABLE BY THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT
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66.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this By-law for which a penalty
is provided by the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. H.8, is subject to the
penalties provided therefore in the Highway Traffic Act.
OFFENCES PUNISHABLE BY THE MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLES ACT
67.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this By-law for which a penalty
is provided by the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.44, is subject to
the penalties provided therefore in the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act.
OFFENCE AND PENALTIES
68.
Any person who violates any provision of this By-law to which sections 66 and 67 do
not apply, is guilty of an offence and is liable to such penalties as are provided for
by the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.33, as amended.
PART 10 - REPEALS AND ENACTMENT
69.
(1)
By-law 82-23 of the Corporation of the Town of Ancaster, passed and
enacted on the 8th day of March, 1982; By-law 89-60 of the Corporation of
the Town of Ancaster, passed and enacted on the 24th day of April, 1989;
By-law 79-101 of the Corporation of the Town of Ancaster, passed and
enacted on the 10th day of October, 1979; By-law 542-97 of the Corporation
of the Township of Glanbrook, passed and enacted on the 17th day of
February 1997; By-law 486-93 of the Corporation of the Township of
Glanbrook, passed and enacted on the 16th day of August, 1993; By-law
239-82 of the Corporation of the Township of Glanbrook, passed and
enacted on the 1st day of March, 1982; By-law 346-87 of the Corporation of
the Township of Glanbrook, passed and enacted on the 17th day of August,
1987; By-law 233-81 of the Corporation of the Township of Glanbrook,
passed and enacted on the 16th day of November, 1981; and By-law 134-77
of the Corporation of the Township of Glanbrook, passed and enacted on the
14th day of November, 1977; each as amended and including all
amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.
(2)
Every Reference to the aforesaid By-laws and every reference to By-law
R89-038 of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, passed and
enacted on the 21st day of March, 1989; By-law 76-46 of the Corporation of
the Town of Ancaster, passed and enacted on the 28th day of June, 1976;
By-law 3366-82 of the Corporation of the Town of Dundas, passed and
enacted on the 18th day of October, 1982; By-law 90-31-T of the Corporation
of the Town of Flamborough, passed and enacted on the 18th day of April,
1990; By-law 515-95 of the Corporation of the Township of Glanbrook,
passed and enacted on the 16th Day of January, 1995; By-law 89-72, of the
Corporation of the City of Hamilton, passed and enacted on the 28th day of
February, 1989; and By-law 4818-98 of the Corporation of the City of Stoney
Creek, passed and enacted on the 22nd day of September, 1998; where
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said reference refers to a matter other than parking or stopping and where
said reference antedates the passing of this By-law shall be deemed to be a
reference to this By-law
ENACTMENT
70.
The short title of this By-law shall be "The City of Hamilton Traffic By-law"
71.
This By-law shall come into force and effect upon the date of the issue of an order
by the Regional Senior Justice establishing set fines for this by-law.
PASSED AND ENACTED on this
day of
, A.D. 2001.
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Mayor
City Clerk