By-law No. 16-05 Minimum Maintenance Standards for municipal highways (as amended by 21-15 & 70-15)
Hearst, Ontario
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF HEARST
BY-LAW NO. 16-05
fas amended by By-laws 21-15 & 70-15)
Being a by-law for minimum mainte-
nance standards for municipal
highways
WHEREAS it is deemed advisable to establish minimum maintenance standards for
winter and summer conditions for all municipal highways under the jurisdiction of the
Town of Hearst,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED as follows:
1,
THAT:
Class 3: means a public highway classified in Class 3 in Ontario Regulation
239/02 as described in Appendix A attached hereto;
Class 4: means a public highway classified in Class 4 in Ontario Regulation
239/02 as described in Appendix A attached hereto:
Class 5: means a public highway classified in Class 5 in Ontario Regulation
239/02 as described in Appendix A attached hereto:
Class 6: means a public highway with no standard included in Ontario
Regulation 239/02;
Class-6A: means a public highway maintained on a year-round basis,
considered the same as a Class 5 highway as per Appendix A attached hereto;
Class 6-B: means a road allowance or portion thereof, that is NOT maintained
during months with snow. These road allowances are classified as “Summer
Road” and are maintained by the Town during summer months only:
Class 6-C: means an unopened road allowance or portion thereof that is not
maintained by the Town. These Unopened road allowances are ciassified as
“Unopened Road Allowance".
Highway: means a common and public highway and includes any bridge,
trestle, viaduct or other structure forming part of the highway and, except as
otherwise provided, includes a portion of a highway;
Summer Road: means a road aliowance not designated for winter
maintenance {summer/seasonal upkeep is performed June 1! to October 15»
only) and is maintained with limited standards, consisting of:
a) minimal gravelling, grading, brush cutting and ditching sufficient to permit
passage during the months without snow;
b) patrolling at the discretion of the Public Works Foreman, as needed, and not
less than once a month;
c) no major repairs to culverts. If such repairs are required for public safety,
Council may eliminate all or a portion of the road allowance from its
summer maintenance schedule;
d) aservice standard below that which is provided for a year-round
maintained highway.
Unopened Road Allowance: means a road allowance that is not open or
assumed by the Town of Hearst for maintenance purposes and is used at the
user's risk.
2. THAT Council adopts the minimum maintenance standards for public highways
under the jurisdiction of the Town of Hearst as per:
e Appendix “A” entitled “Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal
Highways”, and
© Appendix “B” entitled “Town of Hearst Road Maintenance Minimum
Standards Classification”
e Appendix “C” listing all Summer Roads and Unopened Road Allowances,
including details on the signs that need to be posted at the enirance of
each Summer Road and Unopened Road Allowance,
3. THAT Council and hereby authorizes administrative personnel to establish
procedures for patrolling and record-keeping.
READ AND PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL
THIS 12% DAY OF APRIL, 2005.
(siqned Roger Siqouin)
MAYOR
{signed Claude Laflamme)}
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/CLERK
Appendix A to By-law No. 16-05
MINIMUM MAINTENANCE STANDARDS
FOR MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS
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ALL OTHER
REGULATORY OR
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BRIDGE DECK
SPALLS
SURFACE
DISCONTINUITIES
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BRIDGE DECK
BRIDGE DECKS
CLASSIFICATION OF HIGHWAYS
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CLASS 1
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“Depth: 2.5 cm
‘Time: 4 hours
Time: 3 hours
Surface Area: 600.cm?
‘Depth: 8 em
Time: 4 days
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Surface Area: 1500 em
Depth: 8 em
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‘Time: 30 days
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Depth: 8 em
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Surface Area: 13000em
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Width: 5em +304
Depth: 5 em é
Time: 60 days
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Surface area: 1500 em
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Depth: 8 em
Time: 16 hours
Viewe: 12 leetes
Surface Area: 1000 cm’
Depth: & em
Time: 14 days
Sariace Area: [AG0 cm
Depth: 10 cn
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Surface Area: 1500 em*
Depth: 10 cm
Time: 30 days
Dapothe: 8 cen
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Width: 5 cm
Depth: § cm
Tune: 180 days
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Depth: 10 cm
Time: 24 hours
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Surface Area: 10G0 cmé
Depth: 8 gm
Time: 30 days
Surtace Area: ot) ent
Peepth: 12 ens
Viere: 50 shay
Surface, Area: 1500 em’
Depth; 12 em
Time: 60 days
Depab. & em
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Width: § em
Depth: 5 em
Time: 180. days
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Hepth: Bem
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Height: 5 cm
Time: T days
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30 days
Surtace \reu: TMH om
Depth Kem
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Height:.5 cm
Time; 21 days
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Height: 5 cm
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Appendix B to By-law 16-05
as amended by By-law 70-15
Town of Hearst Road Maintenance Minimum Standards Classification
Class 3 Highway
9th Street — from Front Street to the Mattawishkwia River
George Street — from 8 Street to 10" Street
Highway 11 (Front Street) - from é'* Street to 15" Street
Highway 583 North ~ from Highway 11 to northern limit of Town
Highway 583 South - from the Mattawishkwia River to the southern limit of Town
Class 4 Highway
10'h Street - Front Street to Edward Streei
11' Street — Front Street to Prince Street
12! Street - Front Street to Edward Street
15" Street — from Front Street to the Mattawishkwia River
é'» Street — Front Street to Boulley Street
7*h Street — Front Street to the Mattawishkwia River
8th Street - Front Street to the Mattawishkwia River
Alexandra Street — 9» Street to 4 Street
Blanchard Street - Highway 11 to Tremblay Street
Brisson Boulevard — Highway 583 North to Quirion Street
Edward Sireet — 9! Street to 5!" Street
Edward Street - from 9 Street to 15'" Street
Fontaine Drive - from Highway 11 to Highway 11
Front Street —- Highway 11 to Highway 1)
Gaspesie Road — from Highway 583 South to Highway 11
George Street -— 10 Street to 12 Street
George Street — 8" Street to 3 Street
Houle Street — West Street to 15t Stree
Kitchener Street - 9'h Street to 5t" Street
Labelle Boulevard — Highway 1] to the Mattawishkwia River
Prince Street — 9 Street to 15 Street
Prince Street — 9" Street to 3 Sireet
Quirion Street — Highway 11 to Brisson Boulevard
Rousse Street - Fontaine Drive tio NORTH END
St-Laurent Street - West Street to NORTH END
Tremblay Street West — Highway 583 South to Mailloux Street
West Street — 15th Street to McNee Street
Class 5
“Dump Road” - Highway 583 NORTH to waste disposal site
13! Street — Prince Street to South End of 13! Street
14'h Street — Prince Street to Edward Street
3° Street — Front Street to Prince Street
5th Street — Front Street to Kitchener Street
Airport Road — Johnson Lake Road to the Rene Fontaine Municipal Airport
Alary Drive - Highway 11 to Despres Road
Alexandra Street — 11' Street to 15" Street
Alexandra Street — 9 Street to 10" Street
Algoma Street - McNeée Street to South End of Algoma Street
Allen Street - Fontaine Drive to East End of Allen Street
Aubin Street - Houle Street to Mongeon Sireet
Barrette Street - Highway 11 to Dead End
Bergeron Street — Riverside Drive to West End of Bergeron Street
Berville Street — Brisson Boulevard to Chalykoff Street
Blais Road — Highway 583 South to Cloutier Road South
Boucher Crescent — Houle Street to McManus Street
Boulley Street — 7'> Street to the Mattawishkwia River
Cemetery Lane — Highway 583 South to Girard Road
Cessna Street — Highway 583 South to Dead End
Cloutier Road North - Highway 11] to North End
Page 2 of Appendix B
to By-law 16-05
as amended by By-law 70-15
Class 5 continued...
Cloutier Road South — Highway 11 to Blais Road
Collin Road — Highway 11 to Bosnick Road
Doucet Place — Chalykoff Street to East End of Doucet Place
Gilles Street — Lecours Street to Maurice Street
Halle Street — Highway 583 South to Dead End
Johnson Lake Road — Fontaine Drive to Proulx Road
Jolin Street — Fontaine Drive to East End of Jolin Street
Lecours Street — Rose Street to Gilles Street
Mailloux Street —- Highway 11 fo Veilleux Street
McManus Street —- West Street to Aubin Street
McNee Street - Algoma Road to West Street
McNee Street — Algoma Street to St-Laurent Street
Mongeon Street — St-Laurent Street to St-Laurent Street
Morin Road —- East of Ryland Road to Morin Farm
Pearson Drive — West Street to St-Laurent Street
Petite Gaspesie Road — Gaspesie Road to North End of Petite Gaspesie Road
Picard Street - Tremblay Street to Brisson Boulevard
Piper Street — Highway 583 South to Dead End
Powell Place - Aubin Sireet to Aubin Street
Riverside Drive — Bergeron Street to Samson Road
Rose Street - Lecours Street to Maurice Street
Tremblay Street East — Highway 583 North to East end of Tremblay Street
Veilleux Street - Highway 583 North to Rouse Street
Class 6A
Begin Road — Bosnick Road to Gaspesie Road
Bryant Street — Labelle Street to Algoma Street
Despres Road — Alary Drive to East end
Flood Place ~ St-Laurent Street to St-Laurent Street
Frost Place — West Street to West Street
Garnet Street - Fontaine Drive to Allen Street
Girard Road - Morin to North End
irvin Street - Labelle Street to west end
Lafond Road - Highway 11 to Despres Road
Laurier Place - West Street to West Street
Pellow Street - Cloutier Road North to East end
Proulx Road — Johnson Lake Road to Highway 583 North
Roy Road - Blais Road to South end
Samson Road — 300 metres West of the river to the Mattawishkwia River
Tremblay Street — Fontaine Drive to Dead End
Vanier Place — West Street to West Street
Villeneuve Street - Bryant Street to Bryant Street
Wyborn Street — Algoma Street to Bryant Street
travelled road on Part 2 on 6R-8781 {Msgr. Grenier Cemetery) — from Girard Road
westward to west lot line Part 1 on CR-316.
Class 6B
Collin Road — Bosnick Road to South limit
Dillon Road — Blais Road to South limit of
Road allowance between Lot 18 and 19, Casgrain
Rosevear Road — Despres Road to North end
Class 6C
Bosnick Road — Begin Road to East end
Camire Road - Highway 583 South to East end
Despres Road - Despres Road to East limit
McNee Street - McNee Street to West limit
Samson Road - Samson Road to Highway 583 North
Appendix C to By-law 16-05
as amended by By-law 70-15
Summer Road Allowances
1. Dillon Road - Plan 6R-3762, Pt 1, Cloutier Rd. S$. to ACR
(from Blais Road, south to the southerly limit of the Town)
2. Collin Road
(from Bosnick Road, south to the southerly limit of the Town)
3. Road allowance between Lots 18 and 19, Casgrain Township - to Con. |
{from Samson Road up to the northerly limit of the Town)
4. Rosevear Road — Pian 6R-3380, Pts 1 fo 5, Després Rd to Con. 1, Casgrain Twp
(from 100 Rosevear Road, up to the northerly limit of Concession XII, Kendall Twp)
Signage for summer roads, to be installed at the entrance of each summer road:
Summer Road Allowance (June I* fo October 15" only)
Use at your own risk
Allocation pour route d'été (ler juin au 15 ocfobre seulement)
Utilisez @ vos propres risques
Unopened Road Allowances
1. Camiré Road -
from 299 Highway 583 South, up to a distance of 300 metres in the easterly direction
2. Bosnick Road
from 1 Bosnick Road, up to the easterly limit of the Town
3. Després Road — Plan 6R-8123, Pt 3, Després Rd to the easierly limit of Town
from 2 Després Road, up to the easterly limit of the Town
4. Samson Road
from 72 Samson Road, up to Highway 583 North
5. McNee Street
from 261 McNee Street, up to the westerly limit of the Town
Signage for unopened road allowances, to be installed at the entrance of all
unopened road allowances:
Unopened Road Allowance - Use at your own tisk
Allocation pour route non-entretenue - Ufilisez d vos propres risques