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CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH STORMONT
BY-LAW NO. 54-2025
BEING a By-Law to repeal and replace By-Law No.'s 64-2020 and
06-2021 to regulate parking within the limits of the Township of
North Stormont.
WHEARAS the Municipal Act, 2001, c. 25 s. 5(1) provides that the
powers of a municipal corporation are to be exercised by its Council;
AND WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001, c. 25 s. 5(3) provides that
the powers of every Council are to be exercised by By-law;
AND WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001, c. 25 s. 27 provides that
the Council of a municipality may pass By-laws in respect of a
highway over which it has j urisdiction;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of
North Stormont deems it desirable to do so.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of
North Stormont enacts as follows:
1.
SHORT TITLE
This By-Law may be cited as the "Parking By-Law."
2.
DEFINITIONS
In this By-Law:
"Crosswalk" shall mean 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 travelled portion of the highway, or any portion at
an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian
crossing by signs or by lines or other markings on the surface.
"Farm Tractor" shall mean a self-propelled vehicle designated
and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing ploughs,
mowing machines and other implements of husbandry and not
designated or used for carrying a load.
"Fire Route" shall mean any road, land, ramp or other means
of vehicular access to or egress from a building or structure
specifically identified as such for use of an emergency vehicle.
"Corporation" shall mean the Corporation of the Township of
North Stormont.
"Heavy Vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle with a Gross
Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) exceeding 4,500 kilograms
(approximately 9,900 pounds). This means it can include, but
not limited to, trucks, buses, and other vehicles designed to
carry significant weight or a large number of passengers.
"Highway" shall mean the following unless they have been
closed:
a)
All highways that existed on December 31, 2002;
b)
All highways established by By-Law of a
municipality on or after January 1, 2003;
c)
All road allowances made by Crown surveyors that
are located in municipalities; and
d)
All road allowances, highways, streets and lanes
shown on a registered plan of subdivision.
"Intersection" shall mean 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.
"Motorcycle" shall mean a self-propelled vehicle having a seat
or saddle for the use of the driver and designated to travel on
not more than three wheels in contact with the ground and
includes a bicycle with a motor attached and a motor scooter.
"Motor Vehicle" includes an automobile, motorcycle and any
other vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular
power but does not include a traction engine, farm tractor or
road building machine.
"Municipal Law Enforcement Officer" shall mean the
Municipal Law Enforcement Officer appointed by the Council of
the Corporation of the Township of North Stormont.
"Park" shall mean to allow a motor vehicle or other vehicle
which is practicable and lawful to move, to remain stationary on
a highway for a longer period of time than is necessary in order
to take on or discharge passengers or merchandise therefrom.
"Physically Handicapped Parking" shall mean a parking
area whereby parking is allowed only to motor vehicles that:
Display in the right-hand lower corner of the windshield a
permit issued by the Ministry of Transportation, or
Have a special Provincial license plate issued for the physically
disabled.
"Prohibited Parking Zone" shall mean an area of the
untraveled portion of a highway clearly marked as a prohibited
parking area by signs placed at intervals o f no more than 25
m e t e rs .
"Road Building Machine" shall mean a self-propelled vehicle
designed and used primarily in connection with the building or
maintaining of highways and not designed or used for carrying
a load.
"Sidewalk" includes all such parts of a highway as are set
aside for the use of pedestrians.
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"Township" means the Township of North Stormont.
"Trailer" shall mean a vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a
highway by a motor vehicle, except an implement of
husbandry, another motor vehicle or any device or apparatus
not designed to transport persons or property, temporarily
drawn, propelled or moved upon a highway, and, except a side
car attached to a motorcycle, shall be considered a vehicle
and/or part of the motor vehicle by which it is being drawn.
"Vehicle" includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine,
farm tractor, road building machine and any vehicle drawn,
propelled or driven by any kind of power including muscular
power but does not include a motorized snow vehicle or the
cars of electric or steam railways running only upon rails.
3.
PARKING OFFENCES
No person shall park a vehicle:
3.1
Within an intersection or within nine (9) metres thereof;
3.2
Within three (3) metres from any hydrant, such distance
being measured from that point on the curb which is
found by taking the shortest distance between the fire
hydrant and the curb;
3.3
In front of any church or other building used for religious
purposes while a funeral service is taking place;
3.4
On a sidewalk or crosswalk;
3.5
In such a manner as to obstruct the entrance to a private
lane unless he or she is the owner thereof or a person
authorized by the owner to park in such a manner;
3.6
Upon any bridge;
3. 7
In such a manner as to obstruct traffic;
3.8
Within six (6) metres of a designated crosswalk;
3.9
In such a manner as to interfere with the maintaining or
construction of a highway.
4.
No person shall, within the limits of the Corporation of the
Township of North Stormont, park or allow to remain standing
on any highway any vehicle from the lsth day of November in
one year to the lsth day of April in the following year.
5.
No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain
parked on any highway:
5.1
While the work of removing snow or ice therefrom or
clearing of snow therefrom is in progress; or
5.2
In such a manner as to interfere with street cleaning
operations.
6.
No person shall park a vehicle on a highway for the purpose of
exhibiting the vehicle or offering the vehicle for sale.
7.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow a vehicle to be parked in
any parking space designated as a physically handicapped
parking space unless that vehicle is identified as specified in
this By-Law.
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8.
No person shall cause or allow the unauthorized use of a
parking permit issued for designated physically handicapped
parking spaces, pursuant to this By-Law.
9.
No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain
parked on any highway within a prohibited parking zone.
10.
No person shall park or leave a vehicle in any designated fire
route.
11.
No person who is operating a vehicle for the purpose of
delivering goods, wares, merchandise, milk, bread or any other
commodity shall stop, or park said vehicle at any place on any
highway other than at the curb or side of the highway.
12.
Overnight Parking Prohibited
12.1 No motor vehicle is permitted on township-owned
properties between 11: 00 PM and 8: 00 AM. Violators may
be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.
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Exception, vehicles left for public safety reasons will
not be towed.
12.2 No motor vehicle is permitted on any township highway
between 11:00 pm and 8:00 AM. Violators may be
ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.
13.
The parking of heavy vehicles on any Township-owned property
is strictly prohibited. Violators may be ticketed and towed at
the owner's expense.
ADMINISTRATION
14.
The provisions of this By-Law shall be enforced by the Municipal
Law Enforcement Officer.
15.
By-Law No.'s 64-2020 and 06-2021 and any other By-Law
inconsistent with the provisions of this By-Law are hereby
repealed.
OFFENCES AND PENAL TIES
16.
Whenever a vehicle is parked in contravention of any Section of
this By-Law, the Municipal Law Enforcement Officer may cause
the said vehicle to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in
a suitable place and all costs and charges for removing, care or
storage thereof, shall be paid by the owner of the said vehicle
in the manner provided in the Repair and Storage Liens Act,
R.S.O. 1990, CH. R.25.
17.
Every person who contravene s any prov ision of this By-Law is
guilty of an offence and, on conviction thereof, shall forfeit and
pay a penalty for each such offence and every such penalty
shall be recoverable under the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O.
1990, CH. P.33.
18.
When a person has been convicted of an offence under this By-
law any Court of competent jurisdiction thereafter, may, in
addition to any other penalty imposed on the person convicted,
issue an order prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the
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offence or the doing of any act or thing by the person convicted
directed toward the continuation or repetition of the offence.
SEVERABILITY
19.
The requirements of this By-Law are severable. If any
requirement of this By-Law is held invalid, the application of
such requirement to other circumstances and the remainder of
this By-Law shall not be affected.
READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME and passed
in open Council, signed and sealed this 22 nd day of July
2025.
Franc_;ois Landry, r ayor
, CAO/Clerk
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