Regulation of Traffic and Vehicle Parking - By-Law No. 1536-15
Larder Lake, Ontario
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Schedule A: Definitions, Rules and Regulations
DEFINITIONS
The meaning ascribed to any term defined in subsection 1 of section 1 of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O.
1990, as amended from time to time, are the meanings of that term as used in this by-law, unless that
term is otherwise defined in subsection 2 of this section.
1.2 For the purpose of this by-law:
1.2.1 "Adjacent" means near, nearby or bordering;
1.2.2 "authorized sign" means a sign or other device placed or erected on a highway or elsewhere
pursuant to the provisions of this by-law and approved by the Ministry;
1.2.3 "boulevard" means all parts of the highway save and except any roadway, shoulder or sidewalk;
1.2.4 "outer boulevard" means that part of the highway save and except any roadway, shoulder or
sidewalk;
1.2.5 "inner boulevard" means that part of the highway lying between the property line and the edge
of the sidewalk nearest to the property line and where there is no sidewalk, it means that part of the
highway lying between the property line and the edge of the shoulder furthest from the roadway or
where a shoulder does not exist from the edge of the roadway shoulder, where such exists, furthest
from the traveled portion of the road;
1.2.6 "bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying ten or more passengers and used for the
transportation of persons;
1.2.7 "bus stop" means that part of a highway designated by a sign where buses will stop to take on
or let off passengers;
1.2.8 "bus terminal" means the curb space assigned for the sole use of buses in front of or adjacent
to any lands or buildings occupied or operated by a bus line;
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1.2.9 "Chief of Police" means the Staff Sergeant of the Ontario Provincial Police Kirkland Lake
Detachment;
1.2.10 "By-law Enforcement Officer" means a person appointed by the Township of Larder Lake
pursuant to the Police Services Act, and authorized to carry out the enforcement of this by-law or a duly
appointed By-law Enforcement Officer;
1.2.11 "commercial motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle having permanently attached thereto a
truck or delivery body licensed as such by the Ministry of Transportation and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, includes ambulance, hearses, casket wagons, fire apparatus, police patrols,
motor buses and tractors used for hauling purposes on the highways;
1.2.12 "community safety zone" means a highway or part of a highway where public safety is a
special concern, fines have been increased for certain traffic violations and that is identified by
"community safety zone" signs as prescribed in regulations under the Highway Traffic Act; and sections
of highways named and described in Column 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule "B" to this bylaw are designated as
community safety zones.
1.2.13 "corner" means the point of intersection of curbs or edges of the portion of the highway used
for vehicular traffic;
1.2.14 "crosswalk" means 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, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traveled portion of the roadway; or any portion of
a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines
or other marking on the surface;
1.2.15 "cul-de-sac" means a street or passage closed at one end;
1.2.16 "curb" shall include the edge of the roadway and gutters;
1.2.17 "driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle;
1.2.18 "driveway" means improved land on a highway, which provides vehicular access from the
roadway to a laneway or a parking area on adjacent land;
1.2.19 "emergency vehicle" includes vehicles of the Ontario Provincial Police, Fire Services Division,
ambulance and any other emergency vehicle of Federal, Provincial or Municipal Departments or of
public or private utilities;
1.2.20 "firefighter" means member of the Fire Services Dapartment of the Township;
1.2.21 "fire route" means a private roadway designated as a fire route by one or more signs erected
by or on behalf of the owner or occupant of the private roadway;
1.2.22 "gross weight" means the combined weight of vehicle and load;
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1.2.23 "highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, square, place,
bridge, viaduct or trestle, designed and intended for, or used by the general public for the passage of
vehicles, including unopened and un-assumed highways;
1.2.24 "highway maintenance" includes snow plowing, snow removal, highway sweeping, grading,
sanding and any other such maintenance as required to maintain proper highway conditions;
1.2.25 "improved land" means land which has been constructed in such a manner using asphalt,
concrete, gravel, or any suitable material, so as to permit its use by normal vehicular traffic;
1.2.26 "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;
1.2.27 "laneway" means improved land adjacent to the highway, which provides access from the
highway to a parking area on adjacent land;
1.2.28 "leave or left when prohibited" means the parking of a motor vehicle:
1.2.28.1 in excess of any time limit so posted, or,
1.2.28.2 where a time limit is not posted in excess of two hours, or
1.2.28.3 for any use other than the normal use intended for the property;
1.2.29 "loading zone" means the space designated by the Corporation for the regular delivery or
removal by commercial motor vehicles of goods or merchandise.
1.2.30 "motor vehicle" includes an automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle 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;
1.2.31 "municipality" means the Corporation of the Township of Larder Lake;
1.2.32 "offence" shall mean an offence under the Act of the Legislature or under a regulation or by-
law made under the authority of an Act of the Legislature
1.2.33 "official sign" means a sign or other device placed or erected on a highway or elsewhere
pursuant to the provisions of this by-law and approved by the Ministry of Transportation;
1.2.34 "one way highway" means a highway upon which the movement of vehicular traffic is limited
to one direction;
1.2.35 "owner" when used in relation to property means the registered owner of the property;
1.2.36 "owner" when used with relation to a vehicle means the last registered name on file with the
Ministry of Transportation;
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1.2.37 "park" or "parking", when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or
unloading;
1.2.38 "parking space" means that part of the surface of a roadway designated for the purpose of
parking a vehicle;
1.2.39 "pedestrian" means a person on foot or an invalid, child or other person in a wheeled chair or
baby carriage;
1.2.40 "pedestrian crossover" means any portion of a roadway, designated by by-law of the
municipality, at an intersection or elsewhere, distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs on the
highway and lines or other markings on the surface of the roadway as prescribed by the regulations
under the Highway Traffic Act;
1.2.41 "person" means any human being, firm, association, partnership, private club, incorporated
company, corporation, tenants in common, joint tenants, agent or trustee and the heirs, executors or
other legal representatives of a person to whom the context can apply according to law and for the
purpose of this by-law includes the owner or driver of a vehicle;
1.2.42 "Police Officer" means a sworn member of the Ontario Provincial Police;
1.2.43 "private roadway" means a roadway or laneway on private property;
1.2.44 "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;
1.2.45 "school bus" means a bus that:
1.2.45.1 is painted chrome yellow; and
1.2.45.2 displays on the front and rear thereof the words "school bus" and on the rear thereof the
words "do not pass when signals are flashing";
1.2.46 "school bus loading zone" means an area designated for the loading and unloading of
passengers from an authorized school bus;
1.2.47 "shoulder" means that part of the highway immediately adjacent to the roadway and having a
surface which has been improved with asphalt, concrete or gravel for the use of vehicles;
1.2.48 "set fine" shall mean the amount of fine set by the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice
for an offence.
1.2.49 "sidewalk/footpaths" means that portion of a highway as is set aside by the Township for the
use of pedestrians;
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1.2.50 "sign" means any sign, or any marking placed or made on any roadway, curb, sidewalk or public
place, which is authorized by Council and, when required approved by the Ministry;
1.2.51 "signal light traffic control system" means a signal light traffic control system as described in the
Highway Traffic Act;
1.2.52 "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 the receiving or discharging of passengers or,
when in obedience to a Police Officer, signal or sign;
1.2.53 "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 By-law Enforcement Officer or of a traffic
control sign or signal;
1.2.54 "taxicab stand" means the space for exclusive use by a taxicab owner;
1.2.55 "through highway" means a highway or part of a highway designated as such by the Minister or
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 Ministry;
1.2.56 "traffic" includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, buses and other
conveyances, either singly or together while using any street for the purpose of travel;
1.2.57 "traffic control device" means any sign or, roadway, curb or sidewalk marking or, other device
erected or placed under the authority of Council for the purpose of guiding or directing traffic;
1.2.58 "traffic signal" means any device manually, electrically or mechanically operated for the
regulation of traffic;
1.2.59 "trailer" means a vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a highway by a motor vehicle, except
an implement of husbandry mobile home, another motor vehicle or any device or apparatus not
designated to transport persons or property, temporarily drawn, propelled or moved upon such
highway, and except a side car attached to a motorcycle, and shall be considered a separate vehicle and
not part of the motor vehicle by which it is drawn;
1.2.60 "U-turn" means the turning of a vehicle within a highway so as to proceed in the opposite
direction;
1.2.61 "vehicle" includes a motor vehicle, a motorized snow vehicle, an all terrain vehicle, traction
engine, farm tractor, road building machine, bicycle, and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any
kind of power including muscular power.
1.2.62 "wheelchair" means a chair mounted on wheels driven by muscular or any other kind of power
and used for the carriage of a person who has a physical defect or disability;
1.2.63 "zone" means an area of land designated for a specific use.
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2. GENERAL REGULATIONS
2.1 Where any expression of time occurs or where any hour or other periods of time is stated, the
time referred to shall be standard time, provided however, if what is known as "daylight saving time"
has been generally adopted in the Regional Area for any period of the year, under any statute, order-in-
council, by-law, resolution or proclamation, whether the same is effective in law or not, such time shall
be the time referred to during such period in any reference to time in this by-law.
2.2 The CAO for the Township of Larder Lake or his designate shall have authority to:
2.2.1 place or erect and to maintain such authorized signs as are required to give effect to the
provisions of this by-law;
2.2.2 no person shall place, maintain or display on any highway, any sign, marking or device which
purports to be, or is an imitation of, or resembles an authorized sign or which conceals from view or
interferes with the effectiveness of an authorized sign.
2.3 The Chief of Police and the CAO of the Township of Larder Lake are authorized to place or erect
and to maintain temporary "No Parking" signs and "No Stopping" signs on any highway.
2.4 "Severability" should any section, subsection, clause, paragraph or provision of this by-law,
including any part of schedules be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be ultra vires, invalid
or illegal for any reason, the same shall not affect the validity of the by-law as a whole.
2.5 A word interpreted in the singular number has a corresponding meaning when used in the
plural.
2.6 "May" shall be construed as permissive.
2.7 "Shall" shall be construed as imperative.
2.8 Any reference in this by-law to "he" and "she" or "his" or her" shall be interpreted to be gender
neutral and the provisions of this by-law shall be interpreted to apply equally to both male and female
persons.
2.9 No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon a sidewalk or footpath of a highway except for the
purpose of directly crossing the sidewalk or footpath.
2.10 No person shall drive a motor vehicle over a raised curb except at a place where there is a
ramp.
2.11 "Distances" where a distance is used in this 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:
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2.11.1 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
2.11.2 from such object, structure, land, or part of a highway in all directions.
2.12 No person shall make a U-turn on any highway in the Township of Larder Lake:
2.12.1 when upon a curve where traffic approaching the vehicle from either direction cannot be
seen by the driver of the vehicle within a distance of 150 metres (150m)/492.0 feet;
2.12.2 when upon an approach to or near the crest of a grade where the vehicle cannot be seen by
the driver of another vehicle approaching from either direction within 150 metres (150m)/492.0 feet;
2.12.3 when within 150 metres (150m)/492.0 feet of a bridge, viaduct or tunnel where the driver's
view is obstructed within such distance; and
2.12.4 having regard for subsection 2.13, unless it can be made safely and without interfering with
other traffic and provided there are no official signs so erected and displayed which indicates that the
making of a U-turn on such highway is prohibited.
2.13 This by-law applies only to highways forming part of the road system under the jurisdiction of
the municipality.
2.14 If compliance therewith be impractical, the provisions of this by-law shall not apply to:
2.14.1 ambulances, police, fire department, or public utility emergency vehicles, or
2.14.2 vehicles actually engaged in works undertaken for, or on behalf of the municipality.
3. POWERS TO ENFORCE BY-LAW
3.1 A Police Officer and/or By-law Enforcement officer shall enforce the provisions of this By-law.
3.2 Where it is necessary for the preservation of public safety, a Police Officer and/or By-law
Enforcement officer may direct and control traffic upon any street within the Township and for such
purposes may divert, halt or restrain the movement of such traffic.
3.3 When on duty in answer to a fire alarm, a Firefighter shall have the powers to direct and control
traffic upon any street with in the Town.
3.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Chief of Police or the CAO of
the municipality during any emergency or special circumstances deemed sufficient therefore, may
suspend any or all parking on any highway within the area affected by these special circumstances, by
authorizing the erection of "No Parking " signs, and the Chief of Police or the CAO, as the case may be
during such emergency, may declare that any vehicle already parked is being parked illegally regardless
of the time permitted for parking such vehicle under the provisions of this By-law provided, that in the
event the owner or driver of such vehicle is personally notified by a Police Officer that parking at such
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place has been suspended, and further, that the owner or driver of such vehicles is allowed a reasonable
period of time to remove the said vehicle.
3.5 Every person shall promptly obey all signals given either by a Police Officer, a By-law
Enforcement officer or a Firefighter, by a traffic control device or a traffic signal.
4. GENERAL STOPPING OR PARKING REGULATIONS
4.1 No person shall park or stop any vehicle on any highway or portion thereof except as follows:
4.1.1 where there is a raised curb on the right side of the roadway having regard to the direction
such vehicle was proceeding, with its right front and rear wheels parallel to and not more than fifteen
centimetres (15 cm) (5.9 inches) from such curb; or
4.1.2 where there is no curb or a rolled curb, with the right front and rear wheels parallel to and as
near the right-hand limit of the highway as is practical without parking or stopping over a sidewalk or
footpath or over any part of a highway where grass is grown or which is not intended for use of vehicles.
4.1.3 the driver of a taxicab shall not stop, stand or park upon any street at any place other than at
an appropriately signed taxicab stand except that this provision shall not prevent the driver of a taxicab
from temporarily stopping in accordance with the stopping or parking regulations at any place for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
4.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 4.1 on designated one-way highways where
parking or stopping is permitted on the left side of a highway, no person shall park or stop any vehicle
on any highway or portion thereof except as follows:
4.2.1 where there is a raised curb on the left side of the roadway having regard to the direction in
which the vehicle was traveling, with its left front and rear wheels parallel to, and not more than fifteen
centimetres (15 cm) (5.9 inches) away from such curb.
4.2.2 where there is no curb or rolled curb, on the left side of the roadway having regard to the
direction in which the vehicle was traveling with the left front and rear wheels parallel to and as near to
the left hand limit of the highway as is practical without parking or stopping over a sidewalk or footpath
or over any part of a highway where grass is grown or which is not intended for use of vehicles.
4.3 Where parallel parking spaces are designated by lines painted on the roadway, no person shall
park or stop any vehicle except within the designated space.
ANGLE PARKING
4.4 When angle parking is permitted with signs, no person shall:
4.4.1 when parking spaces are designed by painted lines on the roadway, park any vehicle other than
within the designated spaces, or
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4.4.2 where parking spaces are not designated by lines painted on the roadway, park or stop any
vehicle except at an angle of 45 degrees to the curb or boundary of the roadway.
4.5 The provisions of subsection 4.1 and 4.2 do not apply on highways where angle parking is
permitted.
4.6 No person shall abandon a vehicle on a highway or on land owned by The Corporation of The
Township of Larder Lake.
4.6.1 A Police Officer and/or By-law Enforcement Officer, upon the discovery of a motor vehicle
apparently abandoned on or near a highway or on lands owned by the Corporation of the Township of
Larder Lake may take or cause such vehicle to be taken to and stored in a suitable place and all costs and
charges for removal, care and storage thereof shall be a lien upon such vehicle and be payable before
the surrender of such vehicle, as provided in the Repair and Storage Liens Act.
5. PARKING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
When authorized signs have been erected, no person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain
parked on any highway:
5.1 in front of, or within nine metres (9m) (29.5 feet) of a lot on which there is a fire hall on the side
of the highway on which the firewall is located;
5.2 on the opposite side of a highway from that on which a firewall is located and within thirty
metres (30m) (98.4 feet) of the projected lot lines of the lot on which such firewall is located;
5.3 within twenty metres (20m) (65.6 feet) of an intersection;
5.4 within thirty metres (30m) (98.4 feet) of an intersection controlled by traffic signals;
5.5 in front of the main entrance to, or any emergency exit from any church, hotel, hospital,
nursing home, theatre, auditorium or other building or enclosed space in which persons may be
expected to congregate in large numbers;
5.6 within thirty metres (30m) (98.4 feet) of the approach side of a cross walk that is not located at
an intersection;
5.7 within fifteen metres (15m) (49.2 feet) of the departure side of a cross walk that is not located
at an intersection;
5.8 so as to interfere with the formation of a funeral procession;
5.9 park a vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle on pick-up or delivery, in a loading zone.
6. PARKING PROHIBITED WITHOUT SIGNS
No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any highway:
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6.1 within nine metres (9m) (29.5 feet) of an intersection;
6.2 within three metres (3m) (9.8 feet) of a fire hydrant;
6.3 in front of or within one and one half metres (1.5m) (4.9 feet) of a laneway or driveway;
6.4 so as to obstruct a vehicle in the use of any laneway or driveway;
6.5 in such a position that will prevent the convenient removal of any other vehicle previously
parked;
6.6 for the purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale;
6.7 for the purpose of greasing, or repairing the vehicle except for such repairs as have been
necessitated by an emergency;
6.8 on the roadway where the width of the roadway is six metres (6m) (19.6 feet) or less;
6.9 on a driveway within one metre (1m) (3.2 feet) of a sidewalk or footpath, or if there is no
sidewalk or footpath within three metres (3m) (9.8 feet) of the roadway;
6.10 so as to impede or obstruct the flow of other traffic during their lawful use of the highway.
6.11 on a boulevard.
7. STOPPING PROHIBITED - SPECIFIED PLACES NO SIGNS
No person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain stopped on any highway:
7.1 on, or partly on, or over a sidewalk or footpath;
7.2 within an intersection or crosswalk;
7.3 within thirty metres (30m) (98.4 feet) of the approach side of a crosswalk that is not located at
an intersection;
7.4 within fifteen metres (15m) (49.2 feet) of a departure side of a crosswalk that is not located at
an intersection;
7.5 adjacent to, or across from an excavation or obstruction in the roadway, when the free flow
of traffic would thereby be obstructed;
7.6 on the roadway side of any stopped or parked vehicle;
7.7 upon any bridge or elevated structure except where parking is otherwise permitted in this by-
law;
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7.8 within thirty metres (30m) (98.4 feet) of either end of a bridge or elevated structure;
7.9 within thirty metres (30m) (98.4 feet) of the approach side of the nearest rail of any level
crossing of a railway;
7.10 within fifteen metres (15m) (49.2 feet) of the departure side of the nearest rail of any level
crossing of a railway.
8. PARKING OR STOPPING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
When authorized signs have been erected, no person shall stop or park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to
remain stopped or parked:
8.1 on either side of a highway adjacent to a school, park or playground between the hours of 7:30
a.m. and 7:00 p.m.;
8.2 within the turning basin of a cul-de-sac.
9. PARKING REGULATIONS - HIGHWAY CLEARING, CLEANING, SNOW REMOVAL AND SNOW
PLOWING.
When authorized signs have been erected, no person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain
parked on a highway:
9.1 so as to interfere, in any manner, with the work of clearing and/or removing snow or ice
therefrom, or
9.2 in such a manner so as to interfere with highway cleaning operations, or
9.3 between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:30 a.m. from the first day of November to the
fifteenth day of April in any calendar year (for the purposes of snow removal).
9.4 In the event that a vehicle is found in contravention of this section, a Police Officer and/or By-
law Enforcement Officer may take or cause such vehicle to be taken to and stored in a suitable place and
all costs and charges for removal, care and storage thereof shall be a lien upon such vehicle and be
payable before the surrender of such vehicle, as provided in the Repair and Storage Liens Act.
10. PARKING PROHIBITED - SPECIFIED TIMES AND PLACES
When authorized signs have been erected, no person shall park a vehicle, or permit a vehicle to remain
parked on any highway at the side and between the limits set out.
10.1 In the event that a vehicle is found in contravention, a Police Officer and/or By-law
Enforcement Officer may take or cause such vehicle to be taken to and stored in a suitable place and all
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costs and charges for removal, care and storage thereof shall be a lien upon such vehicle and be payable
before the surrender of such vehicle, as provided in the Mechanics Liens Act.
11. PARKING OR STOPPING PROHIBITED - VENDING VEHICLES
No person shall:
11.1 who is selling or offering for sale goods or produce from a stationary vehicle on a highway, park
the vehicle or permit the vehicle to remain parked in such a manner as to obstruct traffic;
11.2 offer for sale or sell goods or produce from a vehicle on a highway, except from the side of such
vehicle facing an inner or outer boulevard;
11.3 who is selling or offering for sale goods or produce from a vehicle, for the purpose of carrying
on his business, stop the vehicle on any part of the highway for a period of time in excess of ten (10)
minutes at any one location.
12. PARKING PROHIBITED - PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PROPERTY OF THE MUNICIPALITY
DEFINITIONS
12.1 For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply:
12.1.1 "occupant" when used in relation to property means:
12.1.1.1 the lawful tenant or lessee of the property;
12.1.1.2 the registered tenant or lessee of a condominium unit, whose consent shall extend only to the
control of the unit of which he is tenant or lessee and any parking spaces allotted to him by the
condominium corporation or reserved for his exclusive use in the declaration or description of the
property;
12.1.1.3 the spouse of a person described in the sub-sub-clause 12.1.1.1 or 12.1.1.2;
12.1.1.4 the board of directors of the condominium corporation;
12.1.1.5 a person authorized, in writing, by the property owner as defined in sub-sub-clause 12.1.1.1,
12.1.1.2, 12.1.1.3, or 12.1.1.4 to act on the owner's behalf for requesting the enforcement of a by-law
passed under this paragraph.
12.1.2 "owner" when used in relation to property means:
12.1.2.1 the registered owner of the property;
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12.1.2.2. the registered owner of a condominium unit, whose consent shall extend only to the
control of the unit of which he is owner and any parking spaces allotted to him by the condominium
corporation or reserved for his exclusive use in the declaration or description of the property;
12.1.2.3 the spouse of a person described in sub-sub-clause 12.1.2.1 or 12.1.2.2;
12.1.2.4 where the property is included in a description registered under the Condominium Act, the
board of directors of the condominium corporation.
12.1.3 "private property" means all property except the property described in Section 1.2.37 of this
by-law;
12.1.4 "municipal property" means all property owned or occupied by the Township of Larder
Lake except municipal roads controlled under the Highway Traffic Act or a municipal traffic control by-
law;
12.2 Where an owner or occupant of property has posted signs:
12.2.1 stating conditions on which a vehicle may be parked or left on the property, or
12.2.2 prohibiting the parking or leaving of a vehicle on the property; the vehicle shall be deemed to
be left without consent.
12.3 No person shall park or leave a vehicle on:
12.3.1 private property without first having obtained written permission from the owner or occupant
of the property;
12.3.2 property owned or occupied by the Town without first having obtained written consent from
the Town.
12.4 No person shall be charged under Section 12.3.1 of this by-law except where a signed request
from the property owner or occupant has been received by the designated person enforcing this By-
Law.
12.5 Where a driver of a vehicle, not being the owner, has been charged under Section 12.3 of this
by-law and is liable to a penalty, the owner of the vehicle is also liable to such penalty unless, at the time
of the offence, the vehicle was being used without the owner's consent.
12.6 No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on property owned by the
Town or where:
12.6.1 an area that is designated by sign as reserved, unless the area is reserved for such person, and
12.6.2 an area designated by sign as an area where parked is prohibited.
12.7 The provisions of 12.3.2 shall not apply where authorized signs have been posed indicating
parking is permitted
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13. DISABLED PARKING SPACES - PROHIBITED PARKING WITH SIGNS
DEFINITIONS
13.1 For the purpose of this Section:
13.1.1 "authorized sign" means a sign thirty centimetres (30 cm) (11.8 inches) in width and forty-five
centimetres (45 cm) (17.7 inches) in height displaying the symbols and colours but one (1) or both of the
arrows may be deleted.
13.2 When authorized signs have been erected, no person shall:
13.2.1 park or stop a vehicle or allow a vehicle to remain parked or stopped in a public parking area in
a parking space reserved for the disabled unless a valid disabled permit is openly displayed on the
dashboard of the vehicle or license plates issued for the disabled are properly attached to the front and
rear of the vehicle.
13.3 Enforcement of this Section on property other than property owned by the municipality will
only be carried out upon written request by the owner.
14. HEAVY MOTOR VEHICLE - PARKING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
DEFINITIONS
14.1 For the purposes of this Section, the following definition shall apply;
14.1.1 "heavy motor vehicle" means a commercial vehicle having a weight when unloaded of three
tons (2.7 tonnes) or more, or when loaded 5 tons (4.5 tonnes), but does not include an ambulance,
police, fire, or emergency utility vehicle.
14.2 Except as provided in Section 14.3 of this Section, when authorized signs to that effect are
displayed, no person shall park or stop a heavy motor vehicle or permit a heavy motor vehicle to remain
parked or stopped on any highway or parts of highways within the limits of the Township of Larder Lake.
14.3 Section 14.2 shall not apply to any vehicle actually engaged in making a delivery to, or
collection from, premises which cannot be reached except by way of a highway or a portion of a
highway referred to in the said section, or to prohibit the use of such vehicles for such purpose,
provided that in making such delivery or collection, the said highway or portion of a highway is traveled
only insofar as is unavoidable in getting to and from such premises.
15. DEFACING SIGNS - TRAFFIC SIGNALS
No person shall move, remove, deface or in any manner interfere with any sign, traffic control signal,
marking, or other traffic control device placed, erected or maintained under this by-law.
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16. FRESHLY PAINTED LINES ON ROADWAY
No person shall:
16.1 drive any vehicle over any marking of the roadway where markers are in place to indicate that
the marking material has been freshly applied.
17. PARKING AND STOPPING PROHIBITED - FIRE ROUTE WITH SIGNS
17.1 When authorized signs have been erected, no person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a
vehicle to be stopped or parked in a designated fire route.
17.2 Where a fire route has been designated as such by this by-law, the owner of the land shall erect
along such fire routes one or more authorized signs in such manner and such a number as required by
the Township of Larder Lake as to reasonably inform the users of such fire route that the lands
concerned have been designated a fire route and parking is prohibited thereon.
18. THROUGH HIGHWAYS, STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS
18.1 STOP SIGNS
18.1.1 The intersections set out hereto and forming part of this by-law are designated as intersections
where stop signs shall be erected.
18.1.2 Each designation made by subsection 18.1.1 shall not become effective until stop signs have
been erected in accordance with the regulations of the Highway Traffic Act.
18.3 YIELD SIGNS
18.3.1 The intersections on highways set out hereto and forming intersections where yield right-of-
way signs shall be erected .
18.3.2 Each designation made by subsection 18.3.1 shall not become effective until yield right-of-way
signs have been erected in accordance with the regulations of the Highway Traffic Act.
19. DESIGNATED ONE-WAY HIGHWAYS
19.1 The highways set out and forming part of this by-law, are hereby designated for one-way traffic
only in the direction set out.
19.2 Each designation made by subsection 19.1 shall be effective upon the erection of official signs.
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20. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
This By-Law shall be enforced and administered by:
20.1 The Township of Larder Lake By-law Enforcement Officer, and
20.2 Ontario Provincial Police
21. PENALTIES
Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offence and on conviction is
liable to a fine as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O, c. P.33
22. VOLUNTARY PAYMENT
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21, Schedule A, of this by-law, any person may, upon
presentation of Parking Infraction Notice:
22.1 issued by a Police Officer or By-law Enforcement Officer;
22.2 indicating the commission of an offence as set out in Sections 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 and 17
of this by-law;
22.3
Showing a set fine as set in Schedule "B", attached hereto and forming part of this by-law;
22.4
pay early payment in the manner shown in option 1 or 2 on the reverse side of the certificate of
parking infraction.
23. Notwithstanding any other penalty imposed by this by-law, the Police Officer or By-law
Enforcement Officer so appointed by the Township of Larder Lake may have the vehicle towed away and
impounded at the owner's expense.
24. All towing and impounding charges incurred under Section 25 shall become a lien against the
vehicle and are collectable under the Mechanics Lien Act, R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 261 as amended.
25. The Corporation of the Township of Larder Lake will not be liable for any damage done by
highway maintenance equipment to vehicles parked on Town highways or for any damage caused to
vehicles due to Towing away and impounding of same.
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Schedule B: Violation Fine Schedule
Part I Provincial Offences Act
By-Law 1536-15 - Being a By-law for regulating of Traffic and Vehicle Parking
Within the Township of Larder Lake
Item
#
Short Form Wording
Provision
creating or
defining
offence
Set Fine
1
Placement of marking/device which purports to be, or is an
imitation of, or resembles an authorized sign or which
conceals from view or interferes with the effectiveness of
an authorized sign
Sch. A, s.2.2.2
$25.00
2
Drive a motor vehicle on a sidewalk or footpath when not
directly crossing the sidewalk or footpath
Sch. A, s.2.10
$25.00
3
Drive a motor vehicle over a raised curb
Sch. A, s.2.11
$25.00
4
Make a U-turn on a highway where it is not safe to do so or
signs are erected prohibiting U-turns
Sch. A, s.2.13.4
$25.00
5
Abandon a vehicle on a highway or on land owned by The
Corporation of The Township of Larder Lake
Sch. A, s.4.6
$25.00
6
Move, remove, deface or interfere with any sign, control
signal, marking, or other traffic control device
Sch. A, s.15
$25.00
7
Drive any vehicle over any marking of the roadway where
markers are in place to indicate that the marking material
has been freshly applied
Sch. A, s.16.1
$25.00
Note: the general penalty provision for the offences listed above is Schedule A section 21 of by-law
1536-15, a certified copy of which has been filed and s. 61 of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O., 1990,
c. P. 33.
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Part II Provincial Offences Act
By-law 1536-15 - Being a By-law for the regulating of Traffic and Vehicle Parking
Within the Township of Larder Lake
Item
#
Short Form Wording
Provision
creating or
defining
offence
Voluntary
payment
payable
within 7
days
Set Fine
1
Park or stop on the right side of the highway
more than 15 cm (5.9") from such curb
Sch. A,
s.4.1.1
$15.00
$25.00
2
Park or stop on the right side of a highway over a
sidewalk or footpath or over any part of a
highway where grass is grown or which is not
intended for use of vehicles
Sch. A,
s.4.1.2
$15.00
$25.00
3
Driver of a taxicab stops, stands or parks upon
any street at any place other than at an
appropriately signed taxicab stand, except when
engaging in receiving or discharging of passengers
Sch. A,
s.4.1.3
$15.00
$25.00
4
Park or stop on the left side of a one-way highway
where there is not a raised curb, or more than 15
cm (5.9") from such curb
Sch. A,
s.4.2.1
$15.00
$25.00
5
Park or stop on the left side of a one-way highway
over a sidewalk or footpath or over any part of a
highway where grass is grown or which is not
intended for use of vehicles
Sch. A,
s.4.2.2
$15.00
$25.00
6
Where parallel parking spaces are designated by
lines painted on the roadway, parking or stopping
a vehicle outside the designated space
Sch. A, s.4.3
$15.00
$25.00
7
Where angled parking spaces are designated by
painted lines on the roadway, park any vehicle
other than within the designated space
Sch. A,
s.4.4.1
$15.00
$25.00
8
Park or stop any vehicle at an angle other than 45
degrees to the curb or boundary of the roadway,
where there are no designated spaces
Sch. A,
s.4.4.2
$15.00
$25.00
9
Park a vehicle in front of, or within 9m/29.5 feet
of a lot on which there is a fire hall and on the
side of the highway
Sch. A, s.5.1
$15.00
$25.00
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10
Park a vehicle on the opposite side of a highway
and within 30m/98.4 feet from the lot lines of a
fire hall
Sch. A, s.5.2
$15.00
$25.00
11
Park a vehicle within 20m/65.6 feet of an
intersection where authorized signs have been
erected
Sch. A, s.5.3
$15.00
$25.00
12
Park a vehicle within 30m/98.4 feet of an
intersection controlled by traffic signals
Sch. A, s.5.4
$15.00
$25.00
13
Park a vehicle in front of the main entrance to, or
any emergency exit from any building where large
numbers of people could be expected to
congregate
Sch. A, s.5.5
$15.00
$25.00
14
Park a vehicle so as to interfere with a funeral
procession
Sch. A, s.5.8
$15.00
$25.00
15
Park a non-commercial vehicle in a loading zone
Sch. A, s.5.9
$15.00
$25.00
16
Park a vehicle within 9m/29.5 feet of an
intersection
Sch. A, s.6.1
$15.00
$25.00
17
Park a vehicle within 3m/9.8 feet of a fire hydrant
Sch. A, s.6.2
$15.00
$25.00
18
Park a vehicle in front of or within 1.5,/4.9 feet of
a laneway or driveway
Sch. A, s.6.3
$15.00
$25.00
19
Park a vehicle so as to obstruct a vehicle in the
use of a laneway or driveway
Sch. A, s.6.4
$15.00
$25.00
20
Park a vehicle in such a position that will prevent
the removal of any vehicle previously parked
Sch. A, s.6.5
$15.00
$25.00
21
Park a vehicle on a highway for the purpose of
displaying the vehicle for sale
Sch. A, s.6.6
$15.00
$25.00
22
Park a vehicle on a highway to repair the vehicle,
except in an emergency
Sch. A, s.6.7
$15.00
$25.00
23
Park a vehicle on a roadway 6m/19.6 feet or less
in width
Sch. A, s.6.8
$15.00
$25.00
24
Park a vehicle so as to obstruct the flow of traffic
Sch. A,
s.6.10
$15.00
$25.00
25
Park a vehicle on a boulevard
Sch. A,
s.6.11
$15.00
$25.00
26
Stop a vehicle partly on, or over a sidewalk or
footpath
Sch. A, s.7.1
$15.00
$25.00
27
Stop a vehicle within an intersection or crosswalk
Sch. A, s.7.2
$15.00
$25.00
28
Stop a vehicle within 30m/98.4 feet of the
approach side of a crosswalk not at an
intersection
Sch. A, s.7.3
$15.00
$25.00
29
Stop a vehicle within 15m/49.2 feet of the
departure side of a crosswalk not located at an
intersection
Sch. A, s.7.4
$15.00
$25.00
30
Stop a vehicle adjacent to or across from an
excavation or obstruction in the road, so as to
disrupt traffic
Sch. A, s.7.5
$15.00
$25.00
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31
Stop a vehicle on the roadway side of any
stopped or parked vehicle
Sch. A, s.7.6
$15.00
$25.00
32
Stop a vehicle upon any bridge or elevated
structure
Sch. A, s.7.7
$15.00
$25.00
33
Stop a vehicle within 30m/98.4 feet of either end
of a bridge or elevated structure
Sch. A, s.7.8
$15.00
$25.00
34
Stop a vehicle within 30m/98.4 feet of the
approach side of a railway crossing
Sch. A, s.7.9
$15.00
$25.00
35
Stop a vehicle within 15m/49.2 feet of the
departure side of a railway crossing
Sch. A,
s.7.10
$15.00
$25.00
36
Park a vehicle adjacent to a school, park or
playground between 7:30am and 7:00pm
Sch. A, s.8.1
$15.00
$25.00
37
Stop a vehicle within the turning basin of a cul-de-
sac
Sch. A, s.8.2
$15.00
$25.00
38
Park a vehicle so as to interfere with snow
removal/clearing
Sch. A, s.9.1
$30.00
$40.00 t0
$100.00
39
Park a vehicle so as to interfere with highway
cleaning operations
Sch. A, s.9.2
$30.00
$40.00 to
$100.00
40
Park a vehicle between midnight and 7:30am
from November 01 to April 15
Sch. A, s.9.3
$30.00
$40.00 to
$ 100.00
41
Park a vehicle on the side of the highway between
the limits where there are signs prohibiting doing
so
Sch. A, s.10
$15.00
$25.00
42
Park a vehicle that is offering goods or produce
for sale so as to obstruct traffic
Sch. A,
s.11.1
$15.00
$25.00
43
A parked vehicle offering goods or produce for
sale on the highway, except from the side of such
vehicle facing an inner or outer boulevard
Sch. A,
s.11.2
$15.00
$25.00
44
Park a vehicle that is offering goods or produce
for sale on any part of the highway for more than
10 minutes at any one location
Sch. A,
s.11.3
$15.00
$25.00
45
Park a vehicle on private property without written
consent from the owner
Sch. A,
s.12.3.1
$15.00
$25.00
46
Park a vehicle on Township property without
written consent from the Council
Sch. A,
s.12.3.2
$15.00
$25.00 to
$100.00
47
Park a vehicle on Township property in an area
designated by sign as reserved
Sch. A,
s.12.6.1
$15.00
$25.00
48
Park a vehicle on Township property in an area
designated by sign as parking prohibited
Sch. A,
s.12.6.2
$15.00
$25.00
49
Park a vehicle in a disabled parking space unless a
valid disabled permit is displayed on the
dashboard or license plates issued for the
disabled are properly attached to the front and
rear of the vehicle
Sch. A,
s.13.2.1
n/a
$300.00
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50
Stop or park a heavy vehicle on any highway or
parts of highway where authorized signs are
displayed unless making a delivery
Sch. A,
s.14.2
$15.00
$25.00
51
Park or stop a vehicle in a designated fire route
when authorized signs have been erected
Sch. A,
s.17.1
$15.00
$25.00
Note: the general penalty provision for the offences listed above is Schedule A section 21 of by-law
1536-15, a certified copy of which has been filed and s. 61 of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O., 1990,
c. P. 33.