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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH GRENVILLE
BY-LAW NO. 76-24
A by-law to Regulate <& Control the Parking of Vehicles in the Municipality of North GrenvHle
WHEREAS the legislative authority referenced in Schedule "A" to this by-law exists;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Municipality of North Grenvilie enacts as follows:
PART 1 - INTERPRETATION
DEFINITIONS
1. In this by-law:
"accessible parking permit" means,
(a) an accessible parking permit issued under the Highway Traffic Act; or
(b) a permit, number plate or other number or device issued by another
jurisdiction and recognized under the Highway Traffic Act;
"Administrative Penalty By-law" means the Administrative Penalty By-law of
the municipality, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereof;
"authorized sign" means any sign, or roadway, curb or sidewalk marking, or
other device, placed or erected on a highway or public property under the
authority of this by-law for the purpose or regulating, warning or guiding traffic
of the parking of vehicles;
"bicycle" includes a tricycte, unicycle and a power-assisted bicyde but does
not include a motor-assisted bicycle, as these terms are defined under the
Highway Traffic Act;
"bicycle parking facilities" include ring and post racks, ring racks, and bicycle
corrals that support bicycles in an upright position and enables the bicycle
frame and one or both wheels to be secured and which facilities are
predominantly located within the road right-of-way and may be located in
select designated and delineated on-street parking spaces, but do not
include light standards, utility po!es, sign posts, fences, street furniture, or
similar infrastructure within the road right-of-way;
"boulevard" means all parts of the highway save and except any roadway,
shoulder or sidewalk, and
(a) "central boulevard" means that part of the boulevard lying between the
roadways of a divided highway and includes channelizing islands;
(b) "outer boulevard" means that part of the boulevard lying between any
sidewalk and the roadway or the near edge of the shoulder where
such exists; and
(c) "inner boulevard" means that part of the boulevard lying between the
property line and the edge of the sidewalk nearest to the property line,
and where there Is no sidewalk that part of the boulevard lying
between the property line and the roadway or the edge of the
shoulder, where such exists, furthest from the roadway;
"crosswalk" means,
(a) 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
(b) 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;
"designated" means designated by Municipal by-law;
"designated provision" means any section of this by-law designated in
accordance with section 62 of this By-law;
"driver" means a person who drives a vehicle on a highway;
"driveway" means a part of a highway improved to provide vehicular access
from the roadway to a laneway or a parking area on adjacent land;
"electric vehicle" Includes any vehicle that is partially or entirely propelled by
electricity and p!ugs in to recharge;
"electric vehicle charging station" means any facility or equipment that is
used to charge a battery or other energy storage device of an electric vehicle;
"electric vehicle parking space" means a parking space, the use of which is
charging a battery or other storage device of an electric vehicle;
"farm tractor" means a seif-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;
"fire route" means any highway, private road, driveway, lane, ramp or other
means of vehicular access or egress that have been designated as such by
the erection of official or authorized signs.
"front yard" means a yard extending across a full width of a lot between the
front lot line and the nearest main wall of the main building on the lot but
does not include a legal driveway and/or a legal parking area unless that
driveway and/or parking area Is made of organic matter;
"front lot !ine" means the lot !ine that divides a lot from the street provided
that, in the case of a corner !ot, the shorter lot line that abuts the street shal!
be deemed to be the front lot lines and the longer line that abuts a street
shal! be deemed the flankage;
"Director of Public Works" means the Director of the Public Works
Department of the Municipality or an authorized representative;
"gross weight" means the combined weight of vehide and load;
"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 iateral property lines thereof;
"Highway Traffic Act" means the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990.
c.H.8 as amended;
"holiday" includes Sunday, New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Easter
Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, the Day proclaimed as a Civic Holiday
by the Municipality, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day,
Christmas Day, Boxing Day and any day fixed as a holiday by proclamation
of the Governor-General or the Lieutenant-Governor and the next following
day when any such holiday, except Remembrance Day, falls on a Sunday;
"intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection
of the lateralcurb lines or. if none, then of the lateral boundary !ines of two or
more highways which join one another at an angle, whether or not one
highway crosses the other;
"laneway" means Improved land adjacent to the highway which provides
access from the highway to a parking area on adjacent land;
"loading zone" means the part of a highway, private property or Municipal
property set apart for the exclusive purpose of parking a vehicle to load or
unload the same;
"lot" means a parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by one main building,
structure, or use, with any accessory buildings or uses, and includes all yards
and open spaces;
"lot !ine" means any boundary of a lot;
"median strip" means the portion of a highway so constructed as to separate
traffic travelling in one direction from traffic travelling in the opposite direction
by a physical barrier or a raised or depressed paved or unpaved separation
area that is not intended to allow crossing vehicular movement;
"mobile home" means a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, that is designed
and used as a residence or working accommodation unit and exceeds 2.6
metres in width or eleven metres in length;
"motor assisted bicycle" means a bicycle,
(a) that is fitted with pedals, which are operable at all times, to propel the
bicycle;
(b) that weighs not more than fifty-five (55) kHograms;
(c) that has no hand or foot operated clutch or gearbox driven by the
motor and transferring power to the driven wheel;
(d) that has an attached motor driven by electricity or having a piston
displacement of not more than fifty (50) cubic centimetres; and
(e) that does not have sufficient power to enable the bicycle to attain a
speed greater than fifty (50) kilometres per hour on level ground within
a distance of two (2) kilometres from a standing start;
"motorcycle" means a self-propelied vehicle having a seat or saddle for the
use of the driver and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in
contact with the ground, and includes a motor scooter but does not include a
motor assisted bicycle;
"motor vehicle" includes an automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle
unless otherwise indicated in the Highway Traffic Act, and any other vehicle
propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power, but does not include a
streetcar, or other motor vehicles running only upon rails, or a motorized
snow vehicle, traction engine, farm tractor, self-propelied implement of
husbandry or road-building machine within the meaning of the Highway
Traffic Act;
"municipal by-law officer" or "municipal law enforcement officer" means an
officer appointed by the Municipality to enforce Municipal by-laws;
"municipality" means the municipal corporation of the Municipality of North
Grenville or the geographic area as the context requires;
"NGtransit bus stop" means a part of a highway designated as a point at
which public transit motor vehicles may stop to take on or let off passengers;
"occupant of property" means:
i. the tenant of the property or part thereof whose consent shall
extend only to the control of the land of which he or she is tenant
and any parking spaces allotted to him or her under his or her lease
or tenancy agreement;
ii. the spouse of a tenant;
iii. a person, the municipality, or a local board thereof, having an
interest in the property under an easement or right of way granted
to or expropriated by the person, the municipality or loca! board
whose consent shall extend only to the part of the property that is
subject to the easement or right of way; and
iv. a person authorized in writing by an occupant as defined in
subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) hereof to act on the occupant's behalf
for requesting the enforcement of this part of the by-iaw.
"official sign" means a sign on the highway approved by the Ministry of
Transportation of Ontario;
"overnight winter storm event" refers to an event declared by the Director of
Public Works or their designate upon receiving a forecast predicting an
accumuiation of snow of seven (7) centimetres or more, or, in the Director of
Public Works' opinion, when extreme, inclement, or unusual weather, or
other conditions warrant it, based on information available to the Director;
"owner of property" when used in relation to property, means:
v. the registered owner of the property;
vi. the registered owner of a condominium unit whose consent shall
extend oniy to the control of the unit of which he or she is owner
and any parking spaces allotted to him or her by the condominium
corporation or reserved for his or her exclusive use in the
declaration or description of the property;
vii. the spouse of a person described in subparagraph (i) or (ii), hereof;
viii. where the property is included in a description registered under The
Condominium Act, S.O. 1998, c. 19 as amended, the board of
directors of the condominium corporation; and
ix. a person authorized in writing by the property owner as defined in
subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) hereof to act on the owner's behalf
for requesting the enforcement of this part of the by-law;
"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 actively engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers;
"parking permit" means a current permit issued by the Municipality
authorizing a permit holder to park a vehicle in a specific designated parking
area or space;
"parking space" means that part of the surface of the roadway, private
property or Municipal property designated for the purpose of vehicle parking;
"pedestrian" means,
(a) a person on foot;
(b) a person in a wheelchair; or
(c) a child in a carriage, stroller or play vehicle;
"pedestrian crossover" means any portion of a roadway, designated by this
by-!aw, 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 regulations made under the Highway Traffic
Act.
"person with a disability" means an Individual who has been issued and holds
a valid accessible parking permit under the Highway Traffic Act;
"police officer", "constable" or "special constable" means a person so
appointed by the Ontario Provincial Police and "constable" includes a
municipal by-law enforcement officer appointed pursuant to subsection 15(1)
of the Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 15 as amended;
"public parking area" means an open area or structure, other than a street,
used by the public at the invitation of the owner for the temporary parking of
more than four (4) passenger vehicles whether free, for compensation, or as
an accommodation for clients, customers or visitors;
"public transit motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is either directly
owned and operated by the Municipality or operated by a company under a
contractual agreement with the Municipality, specifically for the purpose of
providing regular passenger transport services within the municipality's
jurisdiction;
"residential property" means any property zoned primarily for residential use
in the Municipality's Comprehensive Zoning By-Law;
"road-buiiding machine" means a self-propelled vehicle of a design
commonly used in the construction or maintenance of highways that:
(a) belongs to a class of vehicle prescribed in the HTA regulations,
(b) has the features or equipment prescribed in the HTA regulations, or
(c) is being used as prescribed in the HTA regulations;
"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;
"roundabout" is an intersection with one-way circulation counter-clockwise
around a central island where entering traffic must yield the right-of-way to
the traffic circulating within the intersection;
"school bus" means a bus that,
(a) is a motor vehicle designed for carrying ten (10) or more
passengers;
(b) has a gross weight in excess of four and one-half (4.5) tonnes;
(c) is painted chrome yellow; and
(d) displays on the front and rear thereof the words "school bus" and on
the rear thereof the words "do not pass when signals flashing";
"shoulder" means that part of the highway immediately adjacent to the
roadway and having a surface which has been improved for the use of
vehicles with asphalt, concrete or gravel;
"sidewalk" means those parts of a highway set aside by the Municipality or the
United Counties of Leeds and Grenvllle for the use of pedestrians;
"side yard" means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard
between the side lot line and the nearest main wall of the main building,
excluding any chimney breast but does not include a legal driveway and/or a
legal parking area unless that driveway and/or parking area is made of organic
matter;
"special event" includes a demonstration, parade, sports event, festival,
carnival, donation station, street dance, residential block party, sidewalk
sale, outdoor mass and other like events;
"stand" or "standing", when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except for the purpose of and while actually actively
engaged in receiving or discharging passengers;
"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;
"taxicab" means a motor vehicle with seating capacity of a maximum of six
(6) passengers, plus the driver, that has a validly issued taxi license and that
is intended to be used or is actually used for hire for the purpose of
transporting a person for compensation and includes an accessible taxicab
and a standard taxicab, but does not include a limousine or a Private
Transportation Company (PTC) Vehicle, as defined by the Vehide-for-Hire
By-law;
"taxi zone" means a part of a highway designated as an exclusive stopping
area for taxicabs at which passengers board or exit taxicabs;
"traffic" includes pedestrians, animals which are ridden, led or herded,
vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using a
highway for the purposes of travel;
"traffic contra! 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 warning, regulating, guiding or directing
traffic;
"traffic control signal" means any device operated manually, electricaily,
mechanically or electronically for the regulation or control of traffic;
"trailer" means a vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a highway by a motor
vehicle, except an implement of husbandry, 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
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;
"vehicle" includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-
building machine, bicycle and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any
kind of power, including muscular power, but does not include a motorized
snow vehicle or a street car;
"wheeichair" means a chair mounted on wheels or other remedial appliance
or device, driven by muscular or any other kind of power that is designed for
and used by a person whose mobility is limited by one or more conditions or
functional impairments, but does not include a motor vehicle;
"yard" means a space, adjacent to a building or structure on the same lot
which is open to the sky, inclusive of any awning or umbrella or other
covering but exclusive of eaves on the same lot with a building unoccupied
except for such accessory buildings as are specialty permitted.
INTERPRETATION
2. (1) In this by-law:
(a) words importing the singular number or the masculine gender only,
include more persons, parties or things of the same kind than one and
females as well as males and the converse;
(b) a word interpreted in the singular number has a corresponding
meaning when used in the plural;
(c) "may" shall be construed as permissive;
(d) "shall" shall be construed as imperative;
(e) "vehicle", when used as part of a prohibition of parking or stopping,
includes any part thereof; and
(2) "subsection" when used without reference to another section, refers to a
subsection contained in the same section in which the phrase is used. 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 a part of a highway,
such distance shall be measured:
(a) along the curb or edge of the roadway from a point in such curb or
edge of roadway opposite such object, structure, land or part of a
highway, unless the context otherwise requires; and
(b) from such point in the curb or edge of roadway in all directions.
(3) The various prohibitions of this by-law are cumulative and not mutually self-
exclusive.
(4) It is declared that if any section, subsection or part or parts thereof be
declared by any court of law to be bad, illegal or ultra vires, such section,
subsection or part or parts shall be deemed to be severable and all parts
hereof are declared to be separate and independent and enacted as such.
(5) Municipal law enforcement officer and municipal by-law enforcement officer
have similar meanings.
(6) The provisions of this by-iaw shall be subject to the provisions of the Highway
Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.8 and any amendments thereto. The definitions
contained within the Highway Traffic Act shall apply in the interpretation of
this by-law except where Inconsistent or defined herein, in which case the
definition under this by-law shall apply.
ERECTION OF SIGNS, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ETC. - REGULATIONS
3. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to erect,
install and maintain official signs. authorized signs, traffic control signals,
markings, barricades, traffic control devices and other structures, plants and
equipment as are required to give effect to this by- law and as are required
to regulate, direct, warn or guide pedestrian and vehicular traffic and parking
for the safety and convenience of the public.
4. When officia! signs, authorized signs, traffic control signals, markings,
barricades, or traffic control devices have been erected, every person shall
obey the instruction of or directions on such sign, traffic contro! signal,
marking, barricade, so erected or installed and the sign, traffic control signal,
marking, traffic control devices or other structures, plants and equipment are
deemed to have been erected pursuant to the section that normally regulates
or prohibits the matter.
5. All regulations identified through this by-law are in effect at all times, including
on holidays, except when the effective times and days are specified and
identified on officia! or authorized signs.
ENFORCEMENT
6. This by-law shall be enforced by Ontario Provincial Police Officers and the
Municipal By-Law Enforcement Officers of the Municipality of North
Grenville.
7. Subject to section 20, this by-law applies to alt highways under the jurisdiction
of the Municipaiity and the United Counties of Leeds ofGrenville.
PART li - GENERAL REGULATIONS
8. (1) Subject to subsections (2), no person shall park or stop any vehicle or permit
a vehicle to remain parked or stopped on any highway except as follows:
(a) where there is a raised curb, on the right side of the roadway, having
regard to the direction in which the vehicle was travelling, with its right
front and rear wheels parallel to and not more than fifteen (15)
centimetres away from such curb; or
(b) where there is no curb or a rolled curb, on the right side of the highway
having regard to the direction in which the vehicle was travelling, with
the right front and rear wheeis parallel to and as near to the right hand
limit of the highway as is practicable without stopping over any part of
a highway which Is landscaped or which is not intended for the use of
vehicles.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where angle parking is permitted under this by-
law, or for bicycles where bicycle parking facilities are provided by the
Municipality.
PARKING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
9. When official or authorized signs have been erected, no person sha!! park a
vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any highway:
(a) in front of or within eight (8) metres of a lot on which there is a fire hall,
on the side of the highway on which the fire hall is located;
(b) on the opposite side of a highway from that on which a fire hall is
located and within thirty (30) metres of the projected lot lines of the lot
on which such fireha!! is located;
(c) within fifteen (15) metres of an intersection;
(d) within thirty (30) metres of an intersection controlled by a traffic control
signal;
(e) in front of the main entrance to, or any emergency exit from, any hotel,
hospital, nursing home, theatre, auditorium or other building or
enclosed space in which persons may be expected to congregate in
large numbers;
(f) within thirty (30) metres of the approach side of a crosswalk that is
controlled by a traffic control signal and not located at an intersection;
(g) within fifteen (15) metres of the leaving side of a crosswalk that is
controlled by a traffic control signal and not located at an intersection;
(h) so as to interfere with the formation of a funeral procession; or
(i) within fifteen (15) metres of the end of the roadway on a dead end
highway.
PARKING PROHIBITED WITHOUT SIGNS
10. No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any
highway:
(a) within nine (9) metres of an intersection;
(b) within three (3) metres of a fire hydrant, whether on the same side of
the roadway or on the curb or edge of the roadway opposite the fire
hyd rant;
(c) in front of or within one and one-half (1.5) metres of a laneway or
driveway;
(d) in such a position that will prevent the convenient removal of any other
vehicle previously parked or standing;
(e) for the purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale;
(f) for the purpose of greasing, or repairing the vehicle except for such
repairs as have been necessitated by an emergency;
(g) for the purpose of stripping or partially stripping the vehicle except for
such stripping as has been necessitated by an emergency;
(h) subject to paragraph (j) hereof, on an inner boulevard;
(i) on a driveway within one half (0.5) metre of a sidewalk or a roadway.
(j) in such a manner as to obstruct traffic.
PARKING REGULATIONS - HIGHWAY CLEARING, SNOW REMOVAL AND HIGHWAY
CLEANING
11. When official or authorized signs have been erected no person shall park a
vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any highway so as to interfere
in any manner with the work of:
(a) removing snow or ice;
(b) clearing of snow; or
(c) cleaning operations, including sweeping.
PARKING PROHIBITED" SPECIFIED TIMES AND PLACES - SIGNS
12. No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any
highway contrary to official or authorized signs.
STOPPING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - NO SIGNS
13. (1) The parts of the highway,
(a) that are within thirty (30) metres of the approach side of a school
crosswalk designated by markings and authorized school crosswalk
signs; and
(b) that are within ten (10) metres of the leaving side of a school
crosswalk designated by markings and authorized school crosswalk
signs,
are hereby established as a school crosswalk zone.
(2) No person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain stopped on any
highway:
(a) on or partly on or over a sidewalk, except for a bicycle where bicycle
facilities are provided by the Municipality;
(b) within an intersection or crosswalk;
(c) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. within a school
crosswalk zone;
(d) adjacent to or across from any excavation or obstruction in the
roadway when the free flow of traffic would thereby be impeded;
(e) on the roadway side of any stopped or parked vehicle;
(f) upon any bridge or elevated structure or within thirty (30) metres of
either end of any such structure;
(g) on any central boulevard or on any outer boulevard or adjacent to
either side or the ends of any central boulevard or median strip, except
when parking in these locations is otherwise permitted by this by-iaw;
(h) within thirty (30) metres of the approach side of the nearest rail of any
level crossing of a railway; or
(i) within fifteen (15) metres of the leaving side of the nearest rai! of any
level crossing of a railway.
STOPPING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
14. (1) The parts of the highway,
(a) that are within thirty (30 m) metres of the approach side of a
pedestrian crossover, and
(b) that are within fifteen (15 m) metres of the leaving side of a pedestrian
crossover,
are hereby established as a pedestrian crossover zone.
(2) When official or authorized signs have been erected, no person shal! stop a
vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain stopped on any highway:
(a) on either side of a highway adjacent to a school, park or playground
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; or
(b) within a pedestrian crossover, or
(c) within a pedestrian crossover zone, or
(d) within the turning basin ofacul-de-sac, or
(e) within thirty (30 m) metres of the approach or leaving side of a
roundabout.
STOPPING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - SIGNS
15. (1) No person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain stopped on any
highway at the side and in between the limits contrary to official or authorized
signs.
(2) The provisions of paragraphs 14(2)(a) and 14(2)(d), and of subsection 15(1)
of this by-law do not apply to prevent the stopping of a taxicab provided:
(a) it is operated under a valid taxi license;
(b) it is stopped only while actively engaged in the process of receiving or
discharging passengers, including the processing of fare payment,
(3) The provisions of paragraphs 14(2)(a) and 14(2)(d), and of subsection 15(1)
of this by-law do not apply to prevent the stopping of a motor vehicle for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging a person
with a disability provided that such motor vehicle has a valid accessible
parking permit displayed upon its dashboard or on the sun visor in
accordance with the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act.
STOPPING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - SIGNS - SPECIAL EVENTS
16. No person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain stopped on any
highway at the side and in between the limits contrary to officia! or authorized
signs erected for the purposes and duration of a special event.
PARKING, STANDING AND STOPPING EXEMPTIONS - FUNERAL CORTEGES AND
BUSES
17. The provisions of this by-law relating to parking, standing and stopping do
not apply to prevent the parking, standing or stopping:
(a) of passenger motor vehicles forming part of any funeral cortege,
provided that all such vehicles are parked or stopped on only one side
of a highway at one time; or
(b) of public transit motor vehicles at a NGtransit bus stop.
MAXIMUIVI PARKING LIMIT
18. (1) No person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a highway
contrary to the permitted maximum duration during the times and days
identified on official or authorized signs.
(2) Subject of having a valid parking permit, no person shall park a vehicle or
permit a vehicle to remain parked on a highway within the urban and hamlet
areas as designated in the Official Plan, fora period of time longer than three
(3) hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. of the same day.
(3) No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a
highway within one (1) hour from the time of its removal from a part of
highway referred to in subsections (1) and (2) within three hundred (300)
metres of such part of highway.
(4) No person shall park or permit the parking of a school bus or a vehicle over
6.5 metres in length, on a highway from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. the next day.
(5) The time limit parking provisions of subsections (1) shall not apply to a
vehicle when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actively
engaged in loading or unloading, subject to the other provisions of this by-
law.
WINTER OVERNIGHT PARKING RESTRICTIONS
19. The Municipality authorizes on-street parking at night during the winter months,
except as restricted under Sections 20 and 21, and in accordance with all other
applicable provisions of this By-law.
20. No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a highway
under the jurisdiction of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville at any time
between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. from November 15 to April 15, inclusive.
21. No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a highway at
any time between 11 :00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. during a declared overnight winter storm
event.
LOADING ZONES
22. No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked or
stopped in a loading zone for a period of time longer than fifteen (15) minutes or the
permitted maximum duration during the times and days identified on official or
authorized signs.
NGTRANSIT BUS STOPS
23. The Municipality hereby authorizes the establishment of NGtransit bus stops on
highways. A NGtransit bus stop shall be deemed to have been established when an
authorized sign or marker has been erected.
24. No person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle other than a public transit motor
vehicle to remain stopped in a NGtranslt bus stop.
TAXI ZONES
25. No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked or
stopped in a taxi zone contrary to official or authorized signs, other than a taxicab
licensed by the municipality waiting for hire or engagement.
26. No person shall park or stop a taxicab in a taxi zone unless the taxicab is occupied
by the driver and waiting for hire.
CONFLICTING PRIVATE SIGNS
27. No person shall place, maintain or display upon any highway an unauthorized
or unofficial sign, signal, marking or device.
DEFACING SIGNS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS
28. No person shall move, remove, deface or in any manner interfere with any
authorized or official sign, traffic control signal, marking or other traffic control
device placed, erected or maintained under this by-law.
FRESHLY PAINTED LINES ON ROADWAY
29. No person shall drive any vehicle over any marking on the roadway where markers
are in place to indicate that the marking material has been freshly applied.
PART III ~ PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
PRIVATE PROPERTY
30. Where an owner or occupant of property has posted signs stating conditions on
which a motor vehicle may be parked or left on the property or prohibiting the parking
or leaving of a motor vehicle on the property, a motor vehide parked or left on the
property contrary to such conditions or prohibition shall be deemed to have been
parked or left without consent.
31. No person sha!l park or leave any motor vehicle on private property without the
consent of the owner or occupant of the property.
PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL PROPERTY
32. No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked at
a parking space on a municipal parking lot unless such motor vehicle is parked
entirely within an area designated as a parking space.
a. Despite section 32, where the motor vehicle is of such a length as to render it
impossible to park it in one space, the adjoining parking space or spaces may
be used.
33. No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked on
a municipal parking lot in an area that is not designated as a parking space.
34. No person shall park a motor vehicie or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked on
a municipal parking lot:
a. so as to obstruct a motor vehicle in the use of any aisle or laneway,
b. in such a position that will prevent the convenient removal of any other motor
vehicle previously parked or standing,
c. so as to prevent or impede the ingress to or egress from a parking space.or
d. in an area that is a pedestrian walkway.
35. No person shall park a vehicle on a municipal park or permit a vehicle to remain
parked on the portion of the municipal park specified as a parking area between
the hours of 11 :00 p.m. of one day and 6:00 a.m. of the next following day except
under the authority of permit issued under this by-law.
36. Where the Municipality has posted signs indicating the conditions for parking or
leaving a vehicle on municipal property, including parks, or prohibiting such
actions, any vehicle parked or left contrary to these conditions or prohibitions shall
be considered parked or left without consent.
37. No person shall park or allow a vehicle to be parked in designated parking areas
on municipal property, including parks, in violation of any conditions or
prohibitions specified on posted signs.
38. No person shall park or leave any motor vehicle on municipal property where an
area is by sign designated as reserved unless the area is reserved for such person
or class of persons.
39. No person shall park or leave any motor vehicle on municipal property where
parking is regulated by time limits, for any period longer than that specified on the
parking sign.
40. No person shall park or stop a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain
parked or stopped on municipa! property in an area designated by sign as a
loading zone except for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
thereon or unloading therefrom passengers, freight or merchandise.
41. Where an electric vehicle parking space has been identified on municipal or public
parking area, no person sha!l park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to
remain parked that does not conform to the following:
(a) the electric vehicle charging station has been activated for its intended purpose;
(b) any required fee is deposited therein in accordance with the rate displayed on
each electric vehicle charging station;
(c) any other posted electric vehicle parking space restrictions
PARKING REQUIRED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
42. An Obligated organization as defined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with
Disabilities Act, 2005 shall ensure when constructing a new or redeveloping an off-
street parking facility that it intends to maintain, that the off-street parking facility
meets the requirements of Ontario Regulation 191/11, as amended and passed
under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, as pertaining to the
"Integrated Accessibility Standards", or any successor Regulation thereto.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING - AUTHORIZED SIGNS
43. Authorized signs for parking spaces for persons with disabilities shall comply with
the signs described under Section 11 of Ontario Regulation 581 made under the
Highway Traffic Act.
44. The public parking area owner and operator shall be jointly responsible for the
procurement and installation of the authorized signs.
45. The public parking area owner and operator shall be jointly responsible:
(a) for the maintenance of the authorized signs; and
(b) for ensuring that the shape, symbols and colours of the authorized signs
conform to the provisions of section 43.
PROHIBITED PARKING -ACCESSIBLE PARKING
46. No person shal! park or leave a motor vehicle in a public parking area in a parking
space reserved for persons with disabilities and identified by authorized signs as
prescribed by section 43 of this by-law, unless a valid accessible parking permit Is
displayed on its dashboard or on the sun visor in accordance with the provisions of
the Highway Traffic Act.
47. No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked In
a public parking area so as to obstruct a motor vehicle in the use of any accessible
aisle or laneway.
48. No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked in
a public parking area so as to prevent or impede the ingress to or egress from a
parking space reserved for persons with disabilities and identified by authorized
signs as prescribed by section 43,
49. The provisions respecting the placement of a valid accessible parking permit
referred to in section 46 shall be deemed to be satisfied if a valid accessible parking
permit is placed on the dashboard or on the sun visor of the motor vehicle at the
request of a constable, a municipal by-law enforcement officer or a public parking
area owner or operator.
50. No public parking area owner or operator shall authorize any person to park or leave
a motor vehicle in a space reserved for persons with disabiiities and identified by
authorized signs as prescribed by section 43 of this by- law unless,
(a) the driver is a person with a disability, or a person conveying a disability; and
(b) a valid accessible parking permit is displayed on the dashboard or on the sun
visor of said vehicle in accordance with the provisions of the Highway Traffic
Act.
51. Despite the other provisions of this by-law, a municipal by-law enforcement officer
and a police officer do not require a complaint of the public parking area owner or
operator to enforce the provisions of section 46, 47 and 48.
52. A displayed accessible parking permit shall not be valid when the motor vehicle in
or on which it is displayed is not actually being used for the purposes of picking up
or transporting a person with a disability.
53. No person other than the person to whom it was issued, or a person conveying the
person to whom it was issued, or a person conveying a person with a disability for
a corporation or organization that provides transportation services primarily to
persons with disabilities and has been issued a permit, shall use or display an
accessible parking permit.
54. Any person who is issued a parking penalty notice for alleged violation of section 46
hereof because a valid accessible parking permit was not displayed and who within
five (5) days from the date of issue of the parking penalty notice, presents a valid
accessible parking permit, a vehicle registration showing the person is the registered
owner, shall not be required to pay the penalty for the alleged violation of the
provisions of the said notice.
FREE ACCESS
55. Public parking area owners and operators shall maintain unobstructed access to
each parking space identified by authorized signs as prescribed by subsection 43
of this by-law and each space shall be kept free of snow or otherwise maintained
to the same standards as all other parking spaces in the same parking facility.
PART IV ~ PARKING PERMITS
56. The Municipality hereby authorizes the establishment of paid parking zones or
spaces by means of the installation of official or authorized signs and pavement
markings.
57. No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a paid parking
zone or space, on any public or municipal property identified by official or
authorized signs, unless;
a. such vehicle is parked entirely within a paid parking space;and
b. such vehicle has a parking permit.
PARTY-FIRE ROUTES
58. The Municipality hereby designates the locations as described in Schedule "B"
and any location of a property indicated as a fire route on the corresponding site
plan for that property, as a Fire Route.
59. No person shall park or leave a vehicle or trailer in a designated fire route where
official or authorized fire route signs are displayed, nor shall any person obstruct
a fire route with a parked vehicle or trailer.
PART VI - YARD PARKING
60. A police officer, Municipal By-Law Enforcement Officer or Municipal Law
Enforcement Officer may enter on land at any reasonable time for the purpose
of carrying out an inspection relating to section 61.
61. No person shall, on a residential property, park, stand or stop or permit the
parking, standing or stopping of a motor vehicle in a front or side yard.
PART VII - PENALTIES
62. All penalties listed in the by-law, including but not limited to, Sections 8, 9, 10,
11,12,13.14, 15. 16,18,20,21,22. 24, 25,26,27, 28. 29, 31,32,33, 34, 35.
37,38,39,40, 41 ,46,47,48,50, 53,55,57. 59, and 61, inclusive of all
subsections thereunder, of this By-law are hereby designated as parts of this
by-law to which the Administrative Penalty By-law applies.
63. Any person who contravenes any Designated Provision of this by-law sha!l,
upon issuance of a penalty notice in accordance with the Administrative
Penalty By-iaw, be liable to pay an administrative penalty and any
administrative fees.
EXEMPTIONS
64. The provisions of this by-law shall not, if compliance therewith would be
impractical, apply to the operator of an emergency vehicle which includes but is
not limited to an ambulance, police or fire department vehicle, or any vehicle
owned or operated by the Ontario Provincial Police whether or not licenced or
permitted to be in the roadway, engaged in their duties, or any vehicles engaged
in works undertaken for or on behalf of the Municipality of North Grenville or the
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
65. A police officer, Municipal By-Law Enforcement Officer or Municipal Law
Enforcement Officer actively engaged in enforcing the provisions of this or other
municipal by-laws, or laws is exempt from such provisions of this by-law as
reasonably necessary for the performance of such enforcement.
TOWING AUTHORITIES
66. In addition to any other penalties provided for in this by-law, a police officer,
Municipal By-Law Enforcement Officer or Municipal Law Enforcement Officer
may, where a vehicle is parked or stopped in contravention of any section of this
by-law, cause it to be moved or taken to and place or stored in a suitable place.
67. A!) costs and charges incurred for removing, caring for and storing a vehicle
pursuant to section 66, shall be a lien upon the vehicle, which lien may be
enforced in the manner provided for the Repair and Storage Liens Act, R.8.0.
1990, Chapter R. 25, as amended.
PART VII -ADMINISTRATIVE
68. The Clerk of the Municipality of North Grenville is hereby authorized to make
any minor modifications or corrections of an administrative, numerical,
grammatical, semantic or descriptive nature or kind to this by-law and schedules
as may be deemed necessary after passage of this By-Law, where such
modifications or corrections do not alter the intent of the By-Law.
69. This by-law shall be known as the Parking By-Law.
70. This by-law shall come into force and take effect on January 2,2025.
71. By-Law 14-12 as amended, is hereby repealed as of January 2,2025.
PASSED AND ENACTED
THIS 11th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024
^ANCY PECKf^R
Schedule "A" to By-Law No. 76-24
Legislative Authorities
WHEREAS sections 10 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended (the
"Act"), authorizes a municipality to pass a by-law respecting the health, safety and well-
being of persons;
AND WHEREAS section 11 (3) of the Act, provides that Council may pass byiaws
respecting matters within the sphere of jurisdiction of parking on and off highways;
AND WHEREAS section 100 of the Act, authorizes a municipality, in respect of land not
owned or occupied by the municipality that is used as a parking lot, to regulate or prohibit
the parking or leaving of motor vehicles on that iand without the consent of the owner of
the land;
AND WHEREAS section 101(1) of the Act, authorizes a municipality to pass a by-law
regulating or prohibiting the parking or leaving of a motor vehicle on land, and it may
provide for the removal and impounding of any vehicle parked or left in contravention of the
by-law;
AND WHEREAS section 101(2) of the Act, authorizes a municipaiity to enter on land at
reasonable times for the purposes described in the foregoing;
AND WHEREAS section 102(2) of the Act, provides that a municipality may pass by-laws
requiring the owners or operators of parking lots or other parking facilities to provide
designated parking spaces for vehicles displaying an accessible parking permit;
AND WHEREAS section 102(3) of the Act, authorizes a municipality which passes a by-
law establishing a system of accessible parking with the authority to remove and impound
any vehicle, at its owner's expense, parked or left contrary to the by-law;
AND WHEREAS section 102.1 of the Act, requires a person to pay an administrative
penalty if the munidpaiity is satisfied that the person has failed to comply with any by-laws
respecting the parking, standing or stopping of vehicles;
AND WHEREAS section 128 of the Act, provides that a local municipality may prohibit and
regulate with respect to public nuisances, including matters that, in the opinion of Council
are or could become public nuisances;
AND WHEREAS in the opinion of Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of North
Grenviile, the act of parking, standing or stopping a vehicle on a front yard or side yard is,
or could become, a public nuisance;
AND WHEREAS section 425 of the Act, provides that a municipality may pass by-laws
providing that a person who contravenes a bylaw of the municipality is guilty of an offence;
AND WHEREAS section 428 of the Act, provides that, where a vehicle has been left
parked, stopped or standing in contravention of a by-law passed under this Act, the owner
of the vehicle is guilty of an offence, even though the owner was not the driver of the
vehicle at the time of the contravention of the by-law, and is liable to the applicable fine
unless, at the time of the offence, the vehicle was in the possession of another person
without the owner's consent;
AND WHEREAS section 429 of the Act, provides that a municipality may establish a
system of fines for offences under a by-iaw of the municipality passed under that Act;
AND WHEREAS section 434.1(1) of the Act, provides that a municipality may require a
person, subject to such conditions as the municipality considers appropriate, to pay an
administrative penalty if the municipality is satisfied that the person has failed to comply
with a by-law of the municipality passed under this Act;
AND WHEREAS section 436 of the Act provides that a municipality has the power to pass
bylaws providing that the municipality may enter on land at any reasonable time for the
purpose of carrying out an inspection to determine whether or not a bylaw of the
municipality is being compiled with;
AND WHEREAS section 3 of 0.Reg. 333/07 requires a municipality to pass a by-law
establishing a system of administrative penalties that meets the requirements of the
regulation and designates the by-laws respecting parking, standing or stopping of vehicles,
or the parts of such by-laws, to which the system of administrative penalties applies;
AND WHEREAS section 170(7) of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, as
amended, provides a police officer, police cadet, municipal law enforcement officer or an
officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act who finds a
vehicle on a highway in contravention of section 170 or the regulations, he or she may
move the vehicle or require the driver or operator or other person in charge of the vehicle
to move it.
AND WHEREAS section 170(15) of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, provides
a police officer and a municipa! law enforcement officer, upon discovery of any vehicle
parked or standing in contravention of a municipal by-law, may cause it 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 the vehicle, if any, are a lien upon the vehicle, which may be enforced
in the manner provided by the Repair and Storage Liens Act.
AND WHEREAS section 11 of R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 581 requires that a parking space
designated under a municipal by-law for the use of persons with a disability shall be
distinctly indicated by erecting an accessible parking permit sign as described therein;
AND WHEREAS Section 7.1 of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, S.O. 1997,
Chapter 4, ("the Act") authorizes the designation of private roads as fire routes and the
prohibition of parking thereon;
AND WHEREAS the Repair and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. R.25, provides the
enforcement of certain liens.
Schedule "B" to By-Law No. 76-24
Fire Routes ~ No Parking/Stopping -Anytime
STREET
Academic Crescent
Beattie Lane
Bowen Crescent
Clothier Street
Colonnade Drive
Cofonnade Drive
Coionnade Drive
Colonnade Drive
Colonnade Drive
Colonnade Drive
Colonnade Drive
Concession Road
Concession Road
Concession Road
Concession Road
Concession Road
Concession Road
County Road 43
County Road 43
County Road 43
County Road 43
County Road 43
County Road 43
County Road 43
County Road 44
County Road 44
East Street
Eivira Street West
Elvira Street West
Equlnelle Drive
Fir Lane
Heritage Drive
Industrial Park
Road
Jack Street
Liette Court
Maley Street
Maplewood
Avenue
Prescott Street
Royal Landing
Gate
Ryan's Well Drive
Ryan's Weli Drive
Sanders Street
Water Street,
Oxford Mills
Van Buren Street
FROM
Academic Crescent
Beattie Lane
Maley Street
521 Clothier Street West
340 Colonnade Drive
324 Colonnade Drive
309 Colonnade Drive
315 Colonnade Drive
325 Colonnade Drive
330 Colonnade Drive
300 Colonnade Drive
Prescott Street
Dr. Gordon Crescent
2649 Concession Road
2675 Concession Road
2605 Concession Road
2659 Concession Road
2600 County Road 43
3000 County Road 43
2970 County Road 43
2727 County Road 43
2755 County Road 43
2950 County Road 43
2540 County Road 43
224 County Road 44
285 County Road 44
Centre Street
Rideau Street
100 Elvira Street West
140 Equinelle Drive
2660 Fir Lane
Heritage Drive
4 Industrial Park Road
224 Jack Street
Maley Street
Anniversary Way
92, 96, lOOMaplewood
Ave
148-160 Prescott Street
90 Royal Landing Gate
311 Ryan's Well Drive
300 iRyan's Well Drive
200 Sanders Street
50 Water Street, Oxford
Mills
398 Van Buren Street
TO
KemptviHe Campus
Kemptville Campus
The end
Holy Cross School
Wal mart
LCBO
Business Area
Shpeless Joe's Sports Grill
TD Canada Trust
Beer Store
Scotiabank
2655 Concession Road
2711 Concession Road
South Branch Elementary School
Kemptville District Hospital
North Grenville District High School
North Grenvifle Community Church
Kemptville Mall
Business Area
Giant Tiger- Mali
Shopper Drug Mart - Mail
St. Michael Catholic High School
Kemptville Retirement Living^
BMR
Kemptvilie Public School
North Grenville Municipal Centre
The end
100 Elvira Street West
County Road 44
Equinelle Golf Club
Kemptvilie Meadows Condominiums^
KemptvUle Campus
Kemptville Animal Hospital
Community Living Complex
Cul-de-sac
Anniversary Way
Former Oxford-on-Rideau Town Hall
Apartment Complex
Rideau Crossing Family Health Centre
Canadian Tire
Mark's Work Wearhouse
Salvation Army" Mail
Oxford-on-Rideau Public Schoo!
Apartment Complex
SIDES
Both
North
North
South
West
South
South
East
West
Inside
South