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BY-LAW NO. 2017-301
A by-law of the City of Ottawa regulating traffic and parking on highways.
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Updated June 2018
Amending by-laws:
2018-121
2018-135
2022-034
2023-015
2024-514
2025-093
BY-LAW NO. 2017- 301
A by-law of the City of Ottawa regulating traffic and parking on highways.
The Council of the City of Ottawa enacts as follows:
PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION
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;
"accessible-passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle that,
(a)
meets the requirements for an "accessible vehicle" as prescribed in
R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 629 under the Highway Traffic Act; or
(b)
is regularly used for transporting a person with a disability;
"authorized sign" means any sign, or roadway, curb or sidewalk marking, or
other device, placed or erected on a highway under the authority of this by-
law for the purpose or regulating, warning or guiding traffic of the parking of
vehicles;
"authorized vehicle" means,
(a)
a vehicle owned or operated by the City provided that the vehicle is
performing a service related to the operation of a reserved bus lane,
a transit only facility, or high-occupancy lane;
(b)
a vehicle owned or operated by a public utility provided that the vehicle
is carrying out its utility service on a utility located on a reserved bus
lane, a transit only facility or high-occupancy lane;
(c)
any vehicle authorized by the General Manager of Transportation
Services; and
(d)
any vehicle that falls within the definition of an emergency vehicle as
defined in the Highway Traffic Act.
"bicycle" includes a tricycle, unicycle and a power-assisted bicycle but does not
include a motor-assisted bicycle, as these terms are defined under the
Highway Traffic Act;
"bike box" means a designated area within or on approach to an intersection
that allows one or more bicyclists to safely wait before being allowed to
proceed;
"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 poles, sign posts, fences, street furniture, or
similar infrastructure within the road right-of-way;
"bookmobile" means a commercial motor vehicle or tractor trailer used as a
travelling public library;
"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;
"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;
"bus time point zone" means that part of a highway designated for public transit
motor vehicles to park temporarily prior to commencing a timed bus route, or
to get back on schedule;
"Chief of Police" means the Chief of Police of the Ottawa Police Service, or an
authorized representative;
"City" means the municipal corporation of the City of Ottawa or the geographic
area as the context requires;
"commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle having attached to it a
truck or delivery body and includes an ambulance, a hearse, a casket wagon,
a fire apparatus, a bus and a tractor used for hauling purposes on a highway
"compound" means that part of the outer boulevard set aside for parking
purposes;
"controlled access road" means a road so designated by the City or by the
Province of Ontario pursuant to applicable legislation;
"corner" means, with reference to a highway intersection, the point of
intersection of the prolongation of the lateral curb lines or in the absence of
curbs the prolongation of the edges of the roadways;
"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;
"daytime" means the period of time from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. of the same
day
"designated" means designated by City by-law;
"designated permit parking area" means a part of a highway designated as an
area where a residential parking permit holder is authorized to park a vehicle
on the side of the highway between the limits and during the times and days
indicated on official signs bearing the words "Permit Holders Excepted";
"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 plugs 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 self-propelled vehicle designed and used primarily as a
farm implement for drawing ploughs, mowing-machines and other implements
of husbandry and not designed or used for carrying a load;
"General Manager of Public Works and Environmental Services" means the
General Manager of Public Works and Environmental Services Department of
the City or an authorized representative;
"General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development"
means the General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic
Development Department of the City or an authorized representative;
"General Manager of Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services" means the
General Manager of Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services Department
of the City or an authorized representative;
"General Manager of Transportation Services" means the General Manager of
the Transportation Services Department of the City or an authorized
representative;
"goods" includes all classes of materials, wares and merchandise and
livestock
"gross weight" means the combined weight of vehicle and load;
"guest parking permit" means a current permit issued by the City to residents
for distribution to their guests authorizing vehicles to be parked in a specific
designated parking area;
"heavy truck" means any vehicle having a gross weight in excess of four and
one-half (4.5) tonnes, but does not include a bus travelling on a bus route
established by the City, an ambulance, or a school bus;
"highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway,
driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct, or trestle, any part of which is
intended for, or used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles and
includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof;
"highway, one-way" means a highway upon which the movement of vehicular
traffic is limited to one direction;
"high-occupancy vehicle or HOV" means a motor vehicle carrying two or more
persons including the driver;
"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 City of Ottawa, 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 lateral curb lines or, if none, then of the lateral boundary lines of two or
more highways which join one another at an angle, whether or not one highway
crosses the other;
"King's Highway" includes the secondary highways and tertiary roads
designated by the Province of Ontario under the Public Transportation and
Highway Improvement Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. P.50 as amended;
"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 City property
set apart for the exclusive purpose of parking a vehicle to load or unload the
same;
"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;
"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) kilograms;
(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-propelled 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-propelled implement of husbandry or
road-building machine within the meaning of the Highway Traffic Act;
"official sign" means a sign on the highway approved by the Ministry of
Transportation of Ontario;
"obligated organization" means an entity as defined in Ontario Regulation
191/11, Integrated Accessibility Standards.
"overnight" means the period from 7:00 p.m. of one day to 7:00 a.m. of the
following day;
"paid parking zone" means that part of the highway depicted by authorized
signs or by pavement markings where parking is regulated by a parking
payment device;
"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 meter" means an electronic or a mechanical device together with its
support, erected to control and regulate the parking of a vehicle in a parking
space;
"parking meter hood" means a bag or other covering for a parking meter that
is placed over a parking meter by the General Manager of Public Works and
Environmental Services to indicate that a parking meter is not to be used;
"parking meter space" means a parking space, the use of which for parking a
vehicle is controlled and regulated by a parking meter;
"parking meter zone" means that part of a highway where parking is controlled
and regulated by a parking meter;
"parking payment device" means, as the context requires,
(a)
a parking meter, or,
(b)
a pay and display machine;
"parking space" means that part of the surface of the roadway, private property
or City property designated for the purpose of vehicle parking;
"pay and display machine" means, as the context requires,
(a)
an automatic or other electronic, electro-mechanical or mechanical
device, for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of any
vehicle in a paid parking zone and which, when a coin, token, credit
card, parking card or proximity card has been inserted or swiped into
it and the machine activated, issues a receipt indicating the date and
time of that activation and the duration of the parking in the paid
parking zone; or
(b)
the pay-by-phone component of the City's Parking Operations System
approved by City Council, for the purposes of controlling and
regulating the parking of any vehicle in a paid parking zone and which
provides for payment for parking in a paid parking zone when the
required fee has been deposited to the City's pay-by-phone interface
by means of payment by phone using a credit card and the transaction
has been completed so as to activate payment.
"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-law, 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.
"Pedestrian Mall" means those parts of the highway that are established
under this by-law for the exclusive use of pedestrians;
"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 Ottawa Police Service 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;
"Police Service" means the Ottawa Police Service;
"police vehicle" means a vehicle owned or operated by the Ottawa Police
Service, the Ontario Provincial Police or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
"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 a motor vehicle owned and operated by
the City or the Société de transport de l'Outaouais as part of their regular
passenger transport services;
"public utility" means a board, commission or corporation, including a municipal
corporation, that owns or operates a public works;
"public works" means works supplying the general public with necessities or
conveniences and includes, but is not limited to, works for the production,
supply and transmission of gas, oil, sewer, water and electric power or energy
and all telephone, cable television and other telecommunications lines, and
"public work" has a similar meaning;
"residential parking permit" means a current permit issued by the City
authorizing a permit holder to park a vehicle in a specific designated parking
area;
"road-building 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;
"roadway, laned" means a highway which has been divided into separate lanes
for vehicular traffic which lanes are indicated by lines or other markings on the
surface of the roadway or in any other manner;
"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";
"school purposes bus" or "school purposes vehicle" means,
(a)
a school bus, or
(b)
any other bus or vehicle operated by or under contract with a school
board or other authority in charge of a school while it is being used to
transport adults with a developmental disability or children and is
clearly identified by markings to be a vehicle operated by or under
contract of a school board or other authority in charge of a school;
"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;
"side approach" means the side of a part of a highway to which vehicular traffic
may lawfully approach;
"side leaving" means the side of a part of a highway opposite the approach
side;
"sidewalk" means those parts of a highway set aside by the City for the use of
pedestrians;
"sign, point" means a point on the curb or edge of the roadway opposite a sign;
"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 Vehicle-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;
"tour bus" means a bus with the name and address of its operator or owner
plainly displayed in letters and figures not less than five (5) centimetres in
height in a conspicuous place on both sides of the vehicle, but does not include
a public transit motor vehicle or a shuttle bus service;
"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 control device" means any sign, signal or other roadway, curb, or
sidewalk marking, or any other device erected or placed under the authority of
this by-law for the purpose of warning, regulating, guiding or directing traffic;
"traffic control signal" means any device operated manually, electrically,
mechanically or electronically for the regulation or control of traffic;
"traffic, one-way" means movement by vehicles upon a highway in one
direction only;
"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;
"transit only facility" means the entire area between the boundary lines which
are owned, leased, or otherwise used including the roads, bridges, transit
terminals, and other appurtenances designed and intended for, or primarily
used by, the City for its transit service;
"truck route" means a truck route established by Section 54 of this by-law;
"U-turn" means the turning of a vehicle within the highway so as to proceed in
the opposite direction to that in which the vehicle was travelling immediately
prior to making the turn;
"van" means,
(a)
a vehicle equipped with a ramp, power lift or any other special device to
assist a driver with a disability or passenger with a disability in entering
and leaving a vehicle; or
(b)
an "accessible urban transit bus" or an "accessible vehicle", as defined
in R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 629 to the Highway Traffic Act;
"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;
"wheelchair" 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.
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
(f)
"subsection" when used without reference to another section, refers to
a
subsection contained in the same section in which the phrase is used.
(2)
In the Schedules to this by-law, the following abbreviations, definitions and
symbols stand for the words respectively set forth opposite thereto as follows:
(a)
Ave.
Blvd.
Ct.
Cres.
Dr.
Gdns.
Hts.
Hwy.
Pl.
Priv.
Rd.
Sq.
St.
Terr.
-
Avenue
-
Boulevard
-
Court
-
Crescent
-
Drive
-
Gardens
-
Heights
-
Highway
-
Place
-
Private
-
Road
-
Square
-
Street
-
Terrace
(b)
cm
m
km
km/h
-
centimetre
-
metre
-
kilometre
-
kilometre per hour
(c)
N.
S.
E.
W.
-
North
-
South
-
East
-
West
(d)
a.m.
p.m.
-
Ante Meridian
-
Post Meridian
(e)
Twp.
Con.
-
Township
-
Concession
(f)
B.F.
O.F.
R.F.
-
Broken Front
-
Ottawa Front
-
Rideau Front
(g)
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
-
Monday
-
Tuesday
-
Wednesday
Thurs. -
Thursday
Fri.
-
Friday
Sat.
-
Saturday
Sun. -
Sunday
(3)
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.
(4)
The various prohibitions of this by-law are cumulative and not mutually self-
exclusive.
(5)
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.
(6)
Municipal law enforcement officer and municipal by-law enforcement officer
have similar meanings.
(7)
The Schedules referred to in this by-law shall form part of this by-law and each
entry in a column of such a Schedule shall be read in conjunction with the entry
or entries across therefrom, and not otherwise.
STANDARD TIME AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
3.
Where any expression of time occurs or where any hour or other period 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 City of Ottawa
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.
PART "A"
RULES OF THE ROAD
PART I
ERECTION OF SIGNS, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ETC.- REGULATIONS
REGULATIONS
4.
(1) The General Manager of Transportation Services 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.
(2)
When official 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 control 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.
(3)
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 official or authorized signs
PART II
PARKING AND STOPPING
GENERAL REGULATIONS
5.
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), 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 wheels 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)
Subject to subsection (3), where parking is permitted on the left side of a
highway designated for one-way traffic, no person shall park or stop any
vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked or stopped on the left side of a
highway designated for one-way traffic except as follows:
(a)
where there is a raised curb, on the left side of the travelled portion of
the highway having regard to the direction in which the vehicle was
travelling, with its left 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 left side of the highway
having regard to the direction in which the vehicle was travelling, with
the left front and rear wheels parallel to and as near to the left 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.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply where angle parking is permitted under
this by-law, or for bicycles where bicycle parking facilities are provided by the
City.
PARKING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
6.
When official or authorized signs have been erected, no person shall 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 firehall 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
7.
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 point on the curb or edge of roadway
opposite a fire hydrant;
(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)
so as to prevent or impede the ingress to or egress from a metered
parking space despite its use for any other purpose;
(f)
for the purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale;
(g)
for the purpose of greasing, or repairing the vehicle except for such
repairs as
have been necessitated by an emergency;
(h)
for the purpose of stripping or partially stripping the vehicle except for
such stripping as has been necessitated by an emergency;
(i)
on the roadway where the roadway width is six (6) metres or less;
(j)
subject to paragraph (k) hereof, on an inner boulevard; or
(k)
on a driveway within one half (0.5) metre of a sidewalk, or if there is no
sidewalk, within one and one half (1.5) metres of the roadway, or on a
driveway upon an outer boulevard within one half (0.5) metre of a
sidewalk and/or within one and one half (1.5) metres of the roadway
PARKING PROHIBITED WITHOUT SIGNS - EXCEPTION
8.
Despite the provisions of subsection7(k), no person shall park a vehicle or permit a
vehicle to remain parked on a driveway within zero point three (0.3) metres of the
sidewalk on the west side of Upper Lorne Place between one hundred and nine
(109) metres and one hundred and fifty-two (152) metres north of Somerset Street
West.
PARKING REGULATIONS - HIGHWAY CLEARING, SNOW REMOVAL AND HIGHWAY
CLEANING
9.
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
10.
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
11.
(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 City;
(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 any tunnel or underpass
or within thirty (30) metres of either end of any such structure except
where parking in these locations is otherwise permitted by this by-law;
(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-law;
(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 rail of any
level crossing of a railway.
STOPPING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
12.
(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 shall 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 of a cul-de-sac, or
(e)
within thirty (30 m) metres of the approach or leaving side of a
roundabout.
STOPPING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - SIGNS
13.
(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 12(2)(a) and 12(2)(d), and of subsection 13(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 12(2)(a) and 12(2)(d), and of subsection 13(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
14. 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 erected for the purposes and duration of a special event.
PARKING, STANDING AND STOPPING EXEMPTIONS - FUNERAL CORTEGES AND
BUSES
15.
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 bus stop.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING SPACE
15A. Where an electric vehicle parking space has been identified on a highway, no
person shall park or stop a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain
parked or stopped 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.
DAMAGE TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION - OFFENCE
15B. No person shall damage, deface or tamper with, break or destroy any electric
vehicle charging station or part thereof or otherwise impair its full usefulness on a
highway.
MAXIMUM PARKING LIMIT
16.
(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 to the other provisions of this by-law, no person shall park a vehicle or
permit a vehicle to remain parked on a highway for a period of time longer than
three (3) hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, or for a
period longer than 6 hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, or a
holiday.
(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)
Subject to subsections (5) and (10), no person shall park a heavy vehicle or a
vehicle exceeding six and one-half (6.5) metres in length or a school bus, or
permit a heavy vehicle or a vehicle exceeding six and one-half (6.5) metres in
length or school bus to remain parked on a highway at any time.
(5)
Subject to the other provisions of this by-law, the provisions of subsection (4)
shall not apply to heavy vehicles or vehicles exceeding six and one-half (6.5)
metres in length or school buses parked on designated truck routes
established pursuant to subsection 54(2) of this by-law.
(6)
Subject to subsections (7), (8) and (9),
(a)
no person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on
a highway at any time between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from November
15 to April 1, inclusive; and,
(b)
no person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on
a highway at any time and on any date prescribed by the General
Manager of Public Works and Environmental Services.
(7)
The provisions of subsection (6) shall not come into effect:
(a)
until the General Manager of Public Works and Environmental
Services has received a report from the Environment Canada
Atmospheric Environment Service or the City's Weather Consultant
which forecasts an accumulation of snow of seven (7) centimetres or
more, or a range of accumulation of snow which includes seven (7)
centimetres or more; or
(b)
unless, in the opinion of the General Manager of Public Works and
Environmental Services, extreme, inclement, or unusual weather, or
other conditions, warrant it based on information available to the
General Manager.
(8)
The General Manager of Public Works and Environmental Services may:
(a)
suspend the operation of subsection (6) provided that in his or her
opinion, the fall or accumulation of snow, ice or rain is such as not to
unduly interfere with the snow and ice removal functions, regular
highway maintenance or the proper use and movement of vehicles on
the highway;
(b)
reinstate the operation of subsection (6) as provided for in subsection
(7);
(c)
amend the dates and times prescribed in subsection (6) as may be
necessary to facilitate snow and ice removal functions, regular
highway maintenance, or the proper use and movement of vehicles
on the highway.
(9)
The provisions of subsection (6) not apply to a motor vehicle, displaying a
valid residential parking permit issued by the City;
(a)
parked within the permit parking area for which the said permit has
been issued; and
(b)
parked on part of the highway designated for permit parking.
(10)
The provisions of subsection (4) shall not apply to a tour bus parked in a tour
bus zone established pursuant to Section 41.
(11)
The provisions of subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply to a bicycle
parked in an on-street bicycle facility.
(12)
The time limit parking provisions of subsections (1) and (2) 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.
(13)
The provisions of subsection (2) shall not apply to a motor vehicle, displaying
a valid residential parking permit issued by the City;
(a)
parked within the permit parking area for which the said permit has
been issued; and
(b)
parked on part of the highway designated for permit parking.
(14)
A residential parking permit holder may not park their vehicle on the sides
and between the limits of highways during the times of day that stopping or
parking is prohibited.
(15)
When temporary "No Parking" or "No Stopping" signs are placed by the
Corporation of the City of Ottawa, residential parking permit holders shall
remove their vehicles from these highways and the permits are not valid until
such time as the temporary signs are removed.
(16)
Residential Parking Permit holders shall not park their vehicles in a parking
space controlled by a parking payment device during those hours that require
payment as set out in instructions contained on the parking payment device
unless the payment instructions and parking limits are adhered to.
(17)
A residential parking permit holder may park the vehicle in respect of which the
permit was issued on a highway designated for permit parking in the
designated permit parking area up to 48 hours without moving the vehicle as
long as the signs bearing the words "Permit Holders Exempted" are posted.
(17A) No person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a highway, in
respect of which a residential parking permit has been issued, exceeding
the 48 hours permitted under subsection (17).
(18)
A residential parking permit must be affixed to lower inside of windshield on
driver's side to be valid.
(19)
An exemption from the signed specified parking time limitations, or signed "No
Parking" regulations is extended to resident's guests for a maximum of three
hours with Guest Parking Permits as long as the signs bearing the words
"Permit Holders Exempted" are posted
(20)
The Guest Parking Permit does not provide privileges/exemption during street
plowing or snow removal operations, or from the provisions of subsection (6).
(21)
The Guest Parking permit must be visibly displayed on the left side of the front
windshield of the motor vehicle in order to be valid. A vehicle not displaying a
permit will not be granted exemption and may be ticketed
ANGLE PARKING
17.
(1)
Where an angle parking space is designated by lines or other markings on
the roadway, or otherwise, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle or
permit a vehicle to remain parked or standing therein except entirely within
the area so designated as a parking space.
(2)
Where angle parking is permitted on a highway, no person shall stop, stand or
park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked or standing except at the
angle designated by the official or authorized sign.
(3)
Where angle parking on a highway other than at an angle of 90 degrees to the
curb or edge of roadway is permitted, no person shall park a vehicle or permit
a vehicle to remain parked on such highway except with the front end of the
vehicle at the curb or edge of the roadway.
(4)
No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked at an angle
on a highway contrary to official or authorized signs.
PAID PARKING ZONES
18.
(1)
The City hereby authorizes the establishment of paid parking zones by
means of the installation of official or authorized signs and pavement
markings.
(2)
No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any
highway identified by official or authorized signs unless such vehicle is
parked entirely within a paid parking zone.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2), the area established by a paid parking
zone may be a specified area located on the roadway within a paid parking
zone and identified as a space for motorcycles.
(4)
The parking fees established for a parking space or paid parking zone that
is identified for motorcycles shall be one-half of the rate indicated on the
parking payment device controlling the space or zone.
USE OF PARKING PAYMENT DEVICE
19.
Where parking payment devices have been erected in a paid parking zone, no
person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked during the days
and hours indicated on the parking payment device unless:
(a)
the parking payment device controlling the paid parking zone or
parking space is used,
(b)
the fee in accordance with the rate per hour indicated on the parking
payment device is deposited into the device by means of:
(i)
depositing the denomination of coin required as indicated on the
meter;
(ii)
depositing a token;
(iii)
swiping or inserting a credit card, parking card, or proximity
card; or
(iv)
using the pay-by-phone component of the Parking Operations
System,
(c)
the parking payment device is activated, and,
(d)
the parking payment device, or the receipt issued by it and placed
on the vehicle's dashboard, indicates unexpired time paid for in
accordance with the applicable rate per hour.
20.
No person who uses a pay and display machine to pay for parking in accordance
with this by-law shall park without displaying the pay and display receipt so that the
writing and numbering on the receipt can be easily seen from outside of the vehicle
while the vehicle is parked.
21.
No person shall deposit a fee in a parking payment device in accordance with the
rate per hour established for a motorcycle pursuant to subsection 18(4) other than
a person parking or permitting a motorcycle to be parked in the paid parking zone.
PARKING PAYMENT DEVICE VIOLATION AND TIME EXPIRED SIGNAL - EFFECT
22.
For the purposes of Section 19, the following is prima facie evidence that a vehicle
is unlawfully parked in a paid parking zone or a parking space:
(a)
the expiration of the authorized parking duration indicated on a
receipt issued by a pay and display machine,
(b)
the display on a parking meter showing a violation or time expired
meter signal or flag, or
(c)
failure to remove outdated receipts and place the valid receipt issued
by a pay and display machine in the vehicle's dashboard in a position
so that the writing and markings on the receipt's face can easily be
seen from the outside of the vehicle.
HOODED PARKING METERS
23.
No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking
meter space if the parking meter has been covered with a parking meter hood.
MANNER OF PARKING AT PARKING METER
24.
Where parking meters have been installed under the authority of this by-law, no
person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking meter
space unless:
(a)
where parallel parking is permitted, the front wheels of such vehicle
are opposite to the parking meter provided for such space;
(b)
where parallel parking is permitted and two (2) meters are mounted on
the same standard, the rear of the forward vehicle shall be opposite or
as close as is practicable to the forward parking meter and the front of
the rear vehicle shall be opposite or as close as is practicable to the
rear parking meter; or
(c)
where angle parking is permitted, the front of the vehicle shall be
opposite or as close as is practicable to the parking meter provided for
such parking meter space.
VEHICLE TO BE WITHIN ONE OR MORE SPACES
25.
If a vehicle is parking in a parking space that is controlled by a parking meter and
the vehicle is of such length as to render it impossible to park it in one (1) parking
space, no person shall fail to use the adjoining parking space or spaces to park the
vehicle provided the parking meters for all spaces used by the vehicle are activated
in accordance with Section 19
UNEXPIRED TIME ON PARKING METERS
26.
Subject to Section 19 this by-law shall not prevent the driver of a vehicle from using
the unexpired time remaining on a parking meter from its previous user without
depositing a coin therefor.
COINS ACCEPTABLE
27.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking payment device:
(a)
any slug, device or other substitute for a coin of Canada or of the
United States of America; or
(b)
any coin, except a coin of Canada or of the United States of America
which the pay and display parking machine is designed to
accommodate.
DAMAGE TO PARKING PAYMENT DEVICE - OFFENCE
28.
No person shall deface, conceal, damage, tamper with, open or willfully break,
destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking payment device or part thereof.
PART III
ZONES
LOADING ZONES
29.
(1) Official or authorized signs designate parts of a highway that are established
as loading zones during the times or days identified on the signs.
(2) 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.
BUS ZONES
30.
(1) The City hereby authorizes the establishment of bus stops on highways. A bus
stop shall be deemed to have been established when an authorized sign or
marker has been erected.
(2)
The parts of the highway,
(a)
that are within thirty-four (34) metres of a bus stop on the approach side
thereof, and
(b)
that are within eighteen (18) metres of a bus stop on the leaving side
thereof, are hereby established as bus zones.
(3)
No person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle other than a public transit
motor vehicle to remain stopped in a bus zone.
PARA TRANSPO BUS ZONES
31. (1) The City authorizes the establishment of Para Transpo bus stops on highways.
A Para Transpo bus stop shall be deemed to have been established when
authorized signs have been erected.
(2) No person shall stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle, other than a Para Transpo
motor vehicle, to remain stopped in a Para Transpo bus zone.
BUS TIME POINT ZONE
32. (1) Official or authorized signs designate parts of highways that are established
as bus time point zones during the times identified on the signs.
(2) No person shall park or stop a vehicle other than a public transit motor vehicle
or permit a vehicle other than a public transit motor vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in a bus time point zone contrary to official or authorized signs.
SCHOOL BUS LOADING ZONES
33. (1) Official or authorized signs shall designate the parts of highways that are
established as school bus loading zones for use during the days and times
identified on the signs.
(2) No person shall park or stop a vehicle other than a school purposes vehicle,
or permit a vehicle other than a school purposes vehicle to remain parked or
stopped, in a school bus loading zone contrary to official or authorized signs
TAXI ZONES
34. (1) Official or authorized signs will designate the parts of highways established
as taxi zones for use in taxicabs during the days and times identified on the
signs.
(2)
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 City of Ottawa waiting for hire or engagement.
(3)
No person shall park or stop a taxicab in a taxi zone unless the taxicab is
occupied by the driver and waiting for hire.
POLICE VEHICLE ZONES
35.
(1)
Official or authorized signs will designate the parts of highways established
as police vehicle zones during the times and days identified on the signs.
(2) No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in a police vehicle zone contrary to official or authorized signs,
other than a police vehicle.
HOTEL LOADING ZONES
36.
(1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways that are
established as hotel loading zones during the times and days identified on
the signs.
(2)
No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in a hotel loading zone contrary to official or authorized signs
other than:
(a)
a vehicle while actively engaged in the loading or unloading of hotel
patrons;
(b)
a tour bus from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. of the same day;
(c)
a vehicle owned or operated by a hotel patron.
(3)
Despite paragraph (2)(c), no person shall park or stop a vehicle described in
paragraph (2)(c) or permit such a vehicle to remain parked or stopped in a hotel
loading zone for a period exceeding fifteen (15) minutes.
BOOKMOBILE ZONES
37.
(1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways that are
established as bookmobile zones during the times and days identified on
the signs.
(2) No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in a bookmobile zone contrary to official or authorized signs, other
than a bookmobile.
DIPLOMATIC LOADING ZONES
38.
(1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways established as
diplomatic loading zones during the times and days identified on the signs.
(2)
No person shall park or stop a vehicle other than a motor vehicle bearing
official diplomatic corps license plates or permit a vehicle other than a motor
vehicle bearing official diplomatic corps license plates to remain parked or
stopped in a diplomatic loading Zone.
(3)
No person shall park or stop or permit the parking or stopping of a vehicle
bearing official diplomatic corps license plates in a diplomatic loading zone
except for the purpose of and while actively engaged in loading thereon or
unloading therefrom passengers, freight or merchandise, or 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.
MOTORCYCLE ZONES
39.
(1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways established as
motorcycle zones during the times and days identified on the signs.
(2) No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in a motorcycle zone contrary to official or authorized signs, other
than a motorcycle.
TOUR BUS ZONES
40.
(1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways established as
tour bus zones during the times and days identified on the signs.
(2) No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in a tour bus zone, contrary to official or authorized signs, other
than a tour bus.
EXCURSION LOADING ZONES
41. (1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways established as
excursion loading zones during the times and days identified on the signs.
(2)
No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in an excursions loading zone contrary to official or authorized
signs, other than a tour bus or taxicab waiting for hire or engagement.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING ZONES
41A.(1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways established
as accessible parking zones during the times and days identified on the
signs.
(2)
No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
or stopped in an accessible parking zone contrary to official or authorized
signs, other than a motor vehicle displaying a valid accessible parking
permit.
(3)
No person with a valid accessible parking permit shall park or stop a
vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked in an Accessible Parking
Zone contrary to the permitted maximum duration during the times and
days identified on official or authorized signs.
PART IV
TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS AND LANES
U-TURNS
42.
Where a U-turn is not otherwise prohibited under this by-law or the Highway Traffic
Act, no person shall make such a turn when it cannot be made in safety or without
interfering with other traffic.
PROHIBITED MOVEMENTS
43.
(1) No person shall drive a vehicle in any intersection or on part of any highway
or on property proceeding in a direction that is contrary to an official or
authorized sign.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a vehicle for which an exception has been
granted and such exception is identified by an official or authorized sign.
(3)
No person operating a vehicle shall pass on the right side of a stopped public
transit motor vehicle or a school purposes vehicle that is loading or unloading
passengers, unless the loading / unloading passenger area is separated
from passing vehicles
ONE-WAY HIGHWAYS
44.
No person shall drive a vehicle in on a one-way highway in a direction contrary to
an official or authorized sign.
ROUNDABOUTS
45.
(1) No Person shall drive any animal or vehicle otherwise than counter-clockwise
direction in any roundabout:
(a)
While approaching a roundabout, a driver shall obey any authorized
signs, to guide their desired entrance and exit;
(b)
While approaching a roundabout, a driver shall stop for any
pedestrians approaching or crossing at the crossover;
(c)
A driver shall enter the roundabout only once there is an acceptable
gap in traffic and it is safe to do so;
(d)
Upon exiting the roundabout, a driver shall stop for any pedestrians
approaching or crossing at the crossover;
(e)
A driver shall proceed to the edge of the circulatory roadway and yield
to vehicles in all lanes approaching from their immediate left before
entering the roundabout;
(f)
unless signs or road markings indicate otherwise, a driver shall enter
in the lane appropriate for the desired exit and follow the lane around
the roundabout in order to depart the roundabout at that exit.
(2)
Additional:
(a)
A driver shall give space to any large vehicle within a roundabout such
as commercial vehicles and emergency vehicles as they may take up
more than one entry lane and the entire circulatory roadway;
(b)
When in a roundabout while an emergency vehicle is approaching, a
driver shall take the immediate exit and proceed to a point beyond the
splitter island and pull over as far to the right as possible to allow
emergency vehicles to pass;
(c)
A driver who has not yet entered the roundabout shall pull over as far
to the right as possible and wait until the emergency vehicle has
passed before proceeding;
(d)
A driver of a large vehicle is permitted to use the inner or outer truck
aprons where available to help maneuver around the roundabout;
(e)
In the absence of a pedestrian crossover, pedestrians shall cross at
the marked location waiting for an acceptable gap in traffic and
crossing when safe to do so.
(f)
Bicyclists may position their vehicle in such a manner as to "claim" the
driving lane that they are using.
MULTIPLE-LANED HIGHWAYS
46.
(1)
No person shall drive a vehicle within a lane in a direction contrary to an
official or authorized sign.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a vehicle for which an exception has been
granted and such exception is identified by an official or authorized sign.
RESERVED BUS LANES
47.
(1)
Official or authorized signs shall designate reserved bus lanes established
during the times and days identified on the official or authorized signs.
(2)
When official or authorized signs have been erected to designate a reserved
bus lane, no person shall:
(a)
drive or permit to be driven any vehicle, other than a public transit
motor vehicle, on any lane or part of lane established as a reserved
bus lane under subsection (1); or
(b)
stop or permit to remain stopped any vehicle, other than a public
transit motor vehicle, on any lane or part of lane established as a
reserved bus lane under subsection (1) hereof.
(3)
Subsection (2) shall not apply to prevent:
(a)
a vehicle making a right hand turn provided the vehicle does not enter
the reserved bus lane at a point farther than forty-six (46) metres in
advance of the intersection, or as otherwise indicated by official or
authorized signs or by pavement markings;
(b)
the driver of a taxicab, from stopping while actively engaged in the
process of receiving or discharging passengers, including the
processing of fare payment, provided that such taxicab shall not be
stopped in a lane in such a manner as to interfere with the movement
of a public transit motor vehicle;
(c)
the stopping of a motor vehicle for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in receiving or discharging person with a disability, provided
that:
(i)
such motor vehicle shall not be stopped in a lane in such a
manner as to interfere with the movement of a public transit
motor vehicle, and
(ii)
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, as amended;
(d)
the operation of a transit motor vehicle operating in accordance with
a license issued under the Public Vehicles Act, as amended, or under
agreement with the City of Ottawa provided the owner of the transit
motor vehicle has obtained a permit from the General Manager of
Transportation Services to operate in a reserved bus lane;
(e)
the operation of an authorized vehicle; or
(f)
the operation of a bicycle or taxicab when permitted by official or
authorized signs
RESERVED BICYCLE LANES
48.
(1) Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways established as
reserved bicycle lanes during the times and days identified on the official or
authorized signs.
(2)
When official or authorized signs have been erected to designate a reserved
bicycle lane, no person shall:
(a)
drive or permit to be driven any vehicle, other than a bicycle, on any
lane or part of lane established as a reserved bicycle lane under
subsection (1) hereof; or
(b)
stop or permit to remain stopped any vehicle, other than a bicycle, on
any lane or part of lane established as a reserved bicycle lane under
subsection (1) hereof.
(3)
Subsection (2) shall not apply to prevent:
(a)
a vehicle making a right-hand turn, or a left-hand turn from a one-way
highway, provided the vehicle does not enter the reserved bicycle
lane at a point farther than fifteen (15) metres from the intersection,
or as otherwise indicated by official or authorized sign, or by
pavement markings;
(b)
the driver of a taxicab from stopping while actively engaged in the
process of receiving or discharging passengers, including the
processing of fare payment, provided that such taxicab shall not be
stopped in a lane in such a manner as to interfere with the movement
of a bicycle;
(c)
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:
(i)
such motor vehicle shall not be stopped in a lane in such a
manner as to interfere with the movement of a bicycle, and
(ii)
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; or
(d)
a vehicle pulled over for emergency purposes or repairs.
(e)
the operation of an authorized vehicle;
RESERVED HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES
49.
(1) Official or authorized signs shall designate parts of highways established as
reserved high-occupancy vehicle lanes during the times and days identified
on the official or authorized signs.
(2)
When authorized signs have been erected to designate a reserved high-
occupancy vehicle lane, no person shall:
(a)
drive or permit to be driven any vehicle to be driven, other than a high-
occupancy vehicle carrying the minimum number of persons shown
on the authorized signs, or
(b)
stop or permit to remain stopped any vehicle, other than a public
transit motor vehicle, on any lane or part of lane established as a
reserved high-occupancy vehicle lane under subsection (1) hereof.
(3)
Subsection (2) shall not apply to prevent:
(a)
a vehicle making a right hand turn provided the vehicle does not enter
the reserved high-occupancy vehicle lane at a point farther than forty-
six (46) metres in advance of the intersection, or as otherwise
indicated by official or authorized sign, or by pavement markings;
(b)
the driver of a taxicab from stopping while actively engaged in the
process of receiving or discharging passengers, including the
processing of fare payment, provided that such taxicab shall not be
stopped in a lane in such a manner as to interfere with the movement
of a high-occupancy vehicle;
(c)
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:
(i)
such motor vehicle shall not be stopped in a lane in such a
manner as to interfere with the movement of a high-occupancy
vehicle; and
(ii)
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;
(d)
the operation of an authorized vehicle; or
(e)
the operation of a bicycle when permitted by authorized signs.
PART V
CONTROLLED-ACCESS ROADS
DESIGNATION
50.
(1)
The following highways or parts of highways are hereby designated as
controlled-access roads:
(i)
Ottawa Rd. 174 (formerly Hwy. 17) from Hwy. 417 to the
easterly limits of the City of Ottawa
(2)
No person shall:
(a)
sell, offer or expose for sale any vegetables, fruit or other produce or
any goods or merchandise upon a controlled-access road; or
(b)
construct or use any private road, entranceway, gate or other structure
or facility as a means of access to a controlled-access road.
(3)
The General Manager of Transportation Services may give notice to the owner
of land to close up any private road, entranceway, gate or other structure or
facility constructed or used as a means of access to a controlled-access road
in contravention of paragraph 51(2)(b).
(4)
Where the person to whom notice is given under subsection (3) fails to comply
with the notice within 30 days after its receipt, the General Manager of
Transportation Services may close up the private road, entranceway, gate or
other structure or facility, as required by the notice, at the cost of the land
owner.
PEDESTRIANS PROHIBITED ON CONTROLLED-ACCESS ROADS
51. (1)
No pedestrian shall enter on a controlled-access road when it is prohibited
by official or authorized signs.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to pedestrians:
(a)
engaged in police duties, highway maintenance or construction duties;
or
(b)
making use of a controlled-access road where the use is necessary
because of an emergency.
PART VI
SPEED REGULATIONS
SPEED LIMITS
52.
(1) No person shall drive, move or operate any vehicle on a highway, bridge at a
greater rate of speed than the rate of speed identified on official or authorized
signs.
(2) When official or authorized signs have not been erected, no person shall drive,
move or operate any vehicle on a highway or bridge at a greater rate of speed
than the default rate of speed prescribed in the Highway Traffic Act, as
amended.
PART VII
HEAVY TRAFFIC
HEAVY TRUCKS PROHIBITED
53.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall drive or cause to be driven any heavy
truck on any highway or part of a highway under the jurisdiction of the City.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not prevent the operation of any heavy truck on a
highway identified on either Schedule 1 entitled "Urban Truck Route Map" or
in Schedule 2 "Rural Truck Route Map", in accordance with the days and
times identified on official or authorized signs. Where no time or day
restrictions are posted, heavy truck traffic is permitted on said highways at
any time and on any day.
(3)
Despite subsection (2), a time restriction on a truck route shall not apply to
prevent the operation of any heavy truck owned by the City or a private
contractor working for the City during winter maintenance operations.
DEVIATIONS FROM TRUCK ROUTES
54.
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), Section 53 shall not apply to prevent the
deviation from a truck route for the following purposes:
(a)
deliveries by a heavy truck to premises not abutting a truck route;
(b)
the performance of services requiring a heavy truck at premises not
abutting a truck route;
(c)
a heavy truck proceeding to or from a garage or other premises not
abutting a truck route for the purpose of housing, storing or repairing
such heavy truck; or
(d)
the performance of public works by the City or a local board thereof.
(2)
Every such deviation shall be made from the point on a truck route nearest by
highway distance to the premises or location of performance of services
referred to in subsection (1).
(3)
When successive deliveries are to be made in an area bounded by truck
routes, after the last such delivery, the heavy truck shall be driven to the
nearest truck route.
HEAVY TRUCKS AND BUSES
55.
(1) No person shall drive, move or operate a heavy truck or bus on any highway
contrary to official or authorized signs except in the traffic lane nearest to the
right hand curb or side of the roadway.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to prohibit the driving, moving or operating of a
heavy truck or bus in a traffic lane other than the lane nearest the right-hand
curb or side of the roadway in preparation for a left-hand turn or when
overtaking and passing another vehicle or an obstruction.
RESTRICTED LOADS ON HIGHWAYS
56.
(1) The provisions of Section 122 of the Highway Traffic Act, as amended, shall
extend and apply to all highways on which official signs have been erected
and displayed in respect of restricted loads between March 1st and May 15th
of each and every year.
(2)
Despite subsection (1), the General Manager of Transportation Services is
hereby authorized to erect the official signs either before or after the first day
of March and to remove the official signs either before or after the fifteenth
day of May in each and every year in response to extraordinary weather
conditions.
(3) Despite subsection (1), a restriction on a truck route shall not apply to prevent
the operation of any heavy truck owned by the City.
(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a highway or part of a highway that is an
extension of the route of the King's Highway through or in the City except at
such times as the said Section 122 applies to the King's Highways of which
any such highway is an extension.
HEAVY LOADS - SPECIAL PERMITS
57.
The General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development is
hereby authorized to grant a permit to exempt a heavy truck from the axle weight
restriction specified in Section 122 of the Highway Traffic Act on a highway under
the jurisdiction of the City during the period that official signs are erected pursuant
to Section 56.
PART VIII
DRIVING AND RELATED RULES
EMERGING FROM LANES
58.
The driver or operator of a vehicle emerging from a driveway, laneway, lot, building
or bus loop onto a highway shall, upon driving onto a sidewalk, yield the right-of-
way to pedestrians upon such sidewalk.
BARRICADED HIGHWAYS
59.
No person shall drive, operate or park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked
on any part of any highway barricaded and marked by City signs showing that its use
is prohibited or restricted for a specified time.
COASTING ON ROADWAYS
60.
No person shall coast on a roadway, whether on a sleigh, skateboard, rollerskate,
in-line skate, cart, children's wagon or toboggan, by attaching it, them, himself or
herself to a vehicle or street car on a highway.
TRAFFIC CONTROL AT FIRES
61.
(1) No person shall drive a vehicle other than a Police Service or Fire Service
vehicle on any highway within ninety (90) metres of a fire, fire apparatus or fire-
fighting equipment, except as directed by a constable or officer of the Ottawa
Fire Service.
(2)
Unless directed by a police constable or by an officer of the Ottawa Fire
Service, no person shall drive a vehicle over a fire hose on any highway.
TOW TRUCK SERVICES AT A COLLISION SCENE
62.
(1)
No person shall make or convey an offer of services of a tow truck while that
person is within one hundred (100) metres of:
(a)
the scene of a collision or apparent collision; or
(b)
a vehicle involved in a collision, on a highway.
(2)
No person shall park a tow truck or permit a tow truck to remain parked on a
highway within one hundred (100) metres of:
(a)
the scene of a collision or apparent collision; or
(b)
a vehicle involved in a collision.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to a person who is at the scene of a
collision at the request of a constable, a municipal by-law enforcement officer,
a person engaged in highway maintenance, or a person involved in the
collision.
RACING PROHIBITED
63.
No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway in a race or on a bet or wager.
VEHICLES OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC
64.
(1) No person driving or operating a vehicle approaching a circular green or green
arrow traffic control signal-light at an intersection shall enter the intersection, or
a bike box on approach to an intersection, unless traffic in front of the said
person is moving in a manner that would reasonably lead him or her to believe
he or she can clear the intersection before the traffic control signal-light turns
red.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to the driver or operator of a vehicle who enters
an intersection for the purpose of turning to the right or left into an intersecting
highway and signals his or her intention to make such turn prior to entering the
intersection.
(3)
No person shall drive, park or stop a vehicle on a highway in such a manner
as to obstruct traffic.
EMERGENCY AND SPECIAL REGULATIONS
65.
Despite any provisions of this by-law to the contrary, a police officer or the General
Manager of Transportation Services may, during any emergency or special
circumstance, by the erection of appropriate signs or signals, prohibit or regulate
the movement of vehicles on any highway or part of a highway and no person shall
drive or operate a vehicle in contravention of any such sign or signal.
FUNERAL AND OTHER PROCESSIONS
66.
(1) No person shall, except under the direction of a police officer, drive or operate
a vehicle on a highway between vehicles comprising a funeral cortege or
other procession recognizable as such by the display of pennants or other
identifying insignia while the vehicles in such procession are in motion.
(2) No person shall drive a vehicle in a funeral cortege or other procession on a
highway except as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as is practicable
and follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
VEHICLES CROSSING SIDEWALKS, BOULEVARDS AND CURBS
67.
(1) No person shall drive a vehicle or ride upon a skateboard, rollerskates or in-
line skates on a sidewalk except for the purpose of directly crossing the
sidewalk.
(2)
No person shall drive a vehicle over a raised curb or sidewalk except at a place
where there is a ramp, rolled curb or depressed curb.
(3)
No person shall drive a vehicle on a boulevard except for the purpose of directly
crossing a boulevard at a driveway or other designated vehicular crossing.
(4)
Subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply to wheelchairs, baby carriages,
children's tricycles, children's wagons, handcarts used for vending, or bicycles
crossing between the roadway and any other cycling path or facility.
(5)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to prevent the driving of bicycles on a sidewalk
where it is permitted by official or authorized signs.
(6)
Despite the provisions of subsection (5), a person driving a bicycle on a
sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible
signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
(7)
Nothing in this section shall relieve the pedestrian from the obligation of taking
all due care to avoid a collision.
(8)
Subsection (3) shall not apply to prevent the driving of bicycles on a boulevard
where it is permitted by official or authorized signs.
(9)
Despite subsection (8), a person driving a bicycle on a boulevard shall yield
the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before
overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
BOARDING AND ALIGHTING FROM MOVING VEHICLES
68.
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
OBEDIENCE TO POLICE OFFICERS, SIGNS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS
69.
Despite any provisions of this by-law, every person shall promptly obey all signals
given by a traffic control signal, traffic control device or an authorized or official sign
and all directions given by a police officer and nothing in this by-law shall affect the
powers to regulate traffic held by the Ottawa Police Services Board.
MUNICIPAL VEHICLES PERFORMING WORK ON HIGHWAYS - EXEMPTION
70.
The provisions of Part VII and the provisions of subsection 64(3) and Section 67 do
not apply to vehicles owned or operated by or on behalf of the City while such
vehicles are engaged in the performance of cleaning, clearing, maintenance, repair,
construction or other work on any highway.
EMERGENCY VEHICLES - EXEMPTION
71.
Parts I, II, III, IV, and VII and Sections 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 61, 66 and 67 and
subsection 64(3) shall not, in the case of emergency, apply to ambulances or police,
fire or City vehicles.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING PERMIT - EXEMPTIONS
72.
(1) The provisions of Sections 20, and 21of this by-law shall not apply to a motor
vehicle displaying a valid accessible parking permit upon its dashboard or on
the sun visor in accordance with the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act.
(2)
Despite the provisions of Sections 10, 20 and subsections 16(1) and 16(2)
of this by-law, no person shall park a vehicle displaying a valid accessible
parking permit upon its dashboard or on the sun visor in accordance with the
provisions of the Highway Traffic Act or permit such a vehicle to remain
parked for a period of time longer than four (4) hours or as identified on
official or authorized sings.
(3)
The provisions respecting the display of a valid accessible parking permit
referred to in subsection 13(3) and paragraphs 47(3)(c), 48(3)(c) and 49(3)(c)
of this by-law shall be deemed to be satisfied in the case of a person with a
disability being received by a motor vehicle displaying a valid accessible
parking permit upon its dashboard or on the sun visor in accordance with the
provisions of the Highway Traffic Act.
PART IX
PEDESTRIANS AND PEDESTRIAN MALLS
PEDESTRIAN TO YIELD TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
73.
Except where traffic control signals are in operation or where traffic is being
controlled by a constable, no pedestrian shall cross a highway without yielding the
right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway, but nothing in this section shall relieve
the driver of a vehicle from the obligation of taking all due care to avoid a collision.
PEDESTRIAN PROHIBITED ON ROADWAY
74.
Except for the purpose of crossing a roadway, where there is a sidewalk that is
reasonably passable on one side or on both sides of a roadway, a pedestrian shall
use the available sidewalk.
PEDESTRIAN BARRIERS
75.
No person shall go over or under a pedestrian barrier installed on a sidewalk or at
any other location within a highway.
PLAYING ON ROADWAY PROHIBITED
76.
(1) No person shall play or take part in any game or sport upon a roadway, except
while engaged in ball hockey where the free flow of traffic is not impeded.
(2)
Where there are sidewalks, no person on or riding in or by means of any
children's wagon, toboggan, or similar device shall go upon a roadway, except
for the purpose of crossing it, and when so crossing, such person shall have
the rights and be subject to the obligations of a pedestrian.
(3)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to any activity which City Council permits by way
of any motion, resolution or by-law approved by Council since January 1, 2001
or any activity which the City may permit pursuant to a permit.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROHIBITED
77.
No pedestrian shall enter on or cross a roadway contrary to official or authorized
signs.
PEDESTRIAN MALLS
78.
(1) The following parts of highways are Pedestrian Malls established as ways
for pedestrians during the times and days set out below:
(i)
laneway between the easterly limits of Dorion Ave. and the westerly
limits of Drake Ave., lying between Lots 263, 264, 273 and 274, as
shown on Plan No. 569, at any time;
(ii)
laneway between the southerly limits of Honeywell Ave. and the
northerly limits of Knightsbridge Rd., lying between Lots 27, 26, 52
and 53 as shown on a Plan No. 314932, at any time.
(iii)
Nicholas Street between Rideau Street and Besserer Street, known
as Ogilvie Square
(2)
Subject to subsections (3) and (4), no person shall draw, propel, drive, park
or stop any vehicle on or along a Pedestrian Mall during the times or days
set out in subsection (1).
(3)
A public utility whose public works are in a highway under any statute,
franchise or agreement with the City may at any time in an emergency enter
upon a Pedestrian Mall with vehicles and equipment to such extent as may
be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its public work.
(4)
The Chief of Police may issue a permit to allow a vehicle to enter upon any
Pedestrian Mall other than:
(i)
Sparks Street Mall
(ii)
Waller Street Mall
(iii)
William Street Mall
for the purposes of loading or unloading goods or for the purposes of
building maintenance of any premises abutting on the mall and such
permit shall be carried at all times by the owner of the vehicle and
produced when requested by a police officer.
(5)
Nothing contained in Parts I, II and III of this by-law or its Schedules shall
apply to highways designated as Pedestrian Malls pursuant to subsection
(1), or to the Sparks Street Mall, the Waller Mall, or the William Street Mall.
PART X
BICYCLES
REGULATIONS
79.
(1) A person driving a bicycle upon a roadway shall:
(a)
where practicable, drive in the right-hand lane when available for traffic
or as close as practicable to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway,
except where the lane nearest the right-hand side of the roadway is a
reserved bus lane; and
(b)
exercise due care when passing a parked, stopped or standing vehicle
or one proceeding in the same direction.
(2)
A person driving a bicycle upon a highway designated for one-way traffic shall:
(a)
where practicable, drive in the right-hand or left-hand lane when
available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand or left-
hand curb or edge of the roadway, except where the lane nearest the
right-hand side of the roadway is a reserved bus lane; and
(b)
exercise due care when passing a parked, stopped or standing vehicle
or one proceeding in the same direction.
(3)
No person driving a bicycle upon a highway shall carry any package, bundle
or article which prevents the rider from keeping both hands on the handlebars
or interferes with the normal operation of the bicycle.
(4)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to bicycles being ridden upon the shoulder
of a highway while travelling in the same direction as the adjacent traffic lane
BICYCLES, MOTOR ASSISTED BICYCLES AND ANIMALS PROHIBITED
80.
No person shall ride or cause to be ridden, or use, a bicycle, motor-assisted bicycle
or animal on any highway or part of a highway contrary to official or authorized
signs.
PART XI
SIGNS
SIGNS BY CHIEF OF POLICE
81.
The Chief of Police may erect, place and maintain such official and authorized signs
as are required to give effect to the provisions of this by-law.
CONFLICTING PRIVATE SIGNS
82.
No person shall place, maintain or display upon any highway any sign, signal,
marking or device which:
(a)
conceals a traffic control device, traffic control signal or parking meter from
view;
(b)
interferes with the effectiveness of a traffic control device, traffic control signal
or parking meter; or
(c)
purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles any official or authorized
sign, traffic control signal or traffic control device.
DEFACING SIGNS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS
83.
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
84.
(1) 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.
(2)
No person shall drive any vehicle into or over any marker placed on the
roadway.
PART XII
PENALTIES
OFFENCES AND FINES
85.
(1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of Part "A" of this by-law
is guilty of an offence.
(2)
Every person who is convicted of an offence is liable to a fine as provided for
in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33 as amended.
(3)
Any person who is issued a parking infraction notice for alleged violation of
Sections 10, 19, or subsections 13(1), 16(1), 16(2), 48(2), 49(2), or 50(2), or
paragraphs 12(2)(a) or 12(2)(d) of this by-law because a valid accessible
parking permit was not displayed and who within thirty (30) days (exclusive of
Saturdays, and Holidays) from the date of issue of the parking infraction notice
obtains a valid accessible parking permit, upon presentation of the said notice
and the said permit at the office of the issuer of the said notice, shall not be
required to pay the penalty for the alleged violation of the provisions of the said
notice.
VEHICLES SUBJECT TO REMOVAL WHEN ILLEGALLY PARKED
86.
In addition to any other penalties provided by this by-law, upon discovery of any
vehicle parked, stopped or standing on any highway in contravention of any
provision of this by-law, a police officer, police cadet, municipal by-law enforcement
officer or an officer appointed for the carrying out of the provisions of the Highway
Traffic Act may cause such vehicle to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in
a suitable place and all costs and charges for the removing, care and storage
thereof, if any, are a lien upon the vehicle being released and may be enforced in
the manner provided by the Repair and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. 25 as
amended.
LIABILITY OF OWNER
87.
(1) The owner of a vehicle that is parked, stopped or left standing in contravention
of this by-law is guilty of an offence unless the owner proves to the satisfaction
of the court that at the time of the offence the vehicle was in the possession
of another person without the owner's consent, express or implied.
(2) The owner of a vehicle shall incur the penalties provided for any contravention
of this by-law unless at the time of the contravention the vehicle was in the
possession of some person other than the owner or his or her chauffeur without
the owner's consent, and the driver or operator of a vehicle not being the owner
shall also incur the penalties provided for any such contravention.
PART XIII
APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION
ENFORCEMENT
88.
(1) This by-law shall be enforced by the Chief of Police and the Municipal By-Law
Enforcement Officers of the City of Ottawa.
(2) The Chief of Police and the Municipal By-Law Enforcement Officers are exempt
from complying with the provisions of this by-law while actively engaged in its
enforcement or the parts thereof that they have been appointed to enforce when
no suitable parking is available.
APPLICATION OF BY-LAW
89.
This by-law applies to all highways under the jurisdiction of the City.
CONDITIONS OF USE OF AN ACCESSIBLE PARKING PERMIT
90.
(1) A displayed accessible parking permit shall not be valid when the motor
vehicle in or on which it is displayed is not actually used for the purpose of
picking up or transporting a person with a disability.
(2) 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.
BY-LAW SUBJECT TO THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT
91.
The provisions of this by-law are subject to the provisions of the Highway Traffic
Act.
PART "B"
PARKING - PRIVATE PROPERTY AND CITY PROPERTY
DEFINITIONS
92.
In this part:
(a)
"owner", when used in relation to property, means:
(i)
the registered owner of the property;
(ii)
the registered owner of a condominium unit whose consent shall
extend only 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;
(iii)
the spouse of a person described in subparagraph (i) or (ii),
hereof;
(iv)
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
(v)
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;
(b)
"occupant" 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 City of Ottawa, 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 City of Ottawa or
local 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-law.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
93.
(1) The driver of a motor vehicle, not being the owner, is liable to any penalty
provided under this part of the by-law, and the owner of a motor vehicle is also
liable to such a penalty unless at the time the offence was committed the motor
vehicle was in the possession of a person other than the owner without the
owner's consent.
(2)
Subject to subsection (4), the driver or owner of a motor vehicle parked or left
on private property is not liable to any penalty or to have the motor vehicle
removed from such property or impounded under this part of the by-law except
upon the written complaint of the owner or occupant of the property given to a
constable or officer appointed for the carrying out of the provisions of this part
of the by-law.
(3)
Where an owner or occupant of property affected by this part of the by-law 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 vehicle parked or left on the property contrary to such
conditions or prohibition shall be deemed to have been parked or left without
consent.
(4)
If it is alleged in a proceeding that a provision of Part "B" of this by-law has
been contravened, the oral or written evidence of a police officer, police cadet
or municipal by-law enforcement officer is receivable in evidence as proof, in
the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated therein in respect
of,
(a)
the ownership of occupancy of the property;
(b)
the absence of the consent of the owner or occupant; and
(c)
whether any person is an owner or an occupant as defined in Section
92.
(5)
A document offered as evidence under subsection (4) hereof shall be admitted
without notice under the Evidence Act.
94.
No person shall park or leave any motor vehicle on private property without the
consent of the owner or occupant of the property.
95.
Whenever a motor vehicle is parked or left on private property without the express
authority of the owner or occupant of such property, a police officer, police cadet,
municipal by-law enforcement officer or an officer appointed for the carrying out of
the provisions of subsection 170(15) of the Highway Traffic Act, upon the written
complaint of the owner or occupant of the property, may cause the said motor
vehicle to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in a suitable place and all
costs and charges for removing, care and storage thereof, if any, shall be paid by
the owner of the said motor vehicle and such costs and charges shall be a lien upon
the said motor vehicle which may be enforced in the manner provided by the Repair
and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.25 as amended.
96.
No person shall park or stop a vehicle on a park except on the portion of the park
specified as a parking area.
97.
No person shall park a vehicle on a park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on
the portion of the park specified as a parking area between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
of one day and 5:00 a.m. of the next following day except as a participant or
spectator of a function approved by the General Manager of Recreation, Cultural
and Facility Services pursuant to By-law No. 2004-276, the Parks and Facilities By-
law, or except with the written approval of the General Manager of Public Works
and Environmental Services.
98.
Despite the provisions of Sections 96 and 97, the General Manager of Public Works
and Environmental Services may authorize vehicles and equipment relating to
maintenance, construction and programming that are operating from or under the
direction of the City of Ottawa to operate or park on a park, when necessary.
99.
(1) No person shall bring a vehicle onto the park known as "Brewer Park" between
the hours of 11:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the next following day,
without first obtaining the written approval of the General Manager of Public
Works and Environmental Services to do so.
(2)
No person shall park or stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be parked or
stopped on the park known as "Brewer Park" between the hours of 11:00
p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the next following day, without first obtaining
the written approval of the General Manager of Public Works and
Environmental Services to do so.
(3)
Every person who obtains the written approval of the General Manager of
Public Works and Environmental Services to park or stop on a park pursuant
to Section 97 and subsection 99(2) shall display the written approval on the
dashboard of the vehicle so as to be clearly visible from the outside of the
vehicle.
100.
Where the City has posted signs stating the conditions on which a vehicle may be
parked or left on the park or prohibiting the parking or leaving of a vehicle on the
park, a vehicle parked or left on the park contrary to such conditions or prohibition
shall be deemed to have been parked or left without consent.
101.
No person shall park or permit a vehicle to be parked on the portion of the park
specified as a parking area contrary to any conditions or prohibitions that are stated
on the posted signs.
102.
Where a parking payment device has been erected in a park, no person shall park a
vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked in the paid parking zone in the park
during the days and hours indicated on the paid parking device unless:
(a)
the parking payment device is used;
(b)
the fee in accordance with the rate per hour indicated on the parking
payment device is deposited into the parking payment device by
means of:
(i)
depositing the denomination of coin required as indicated on
the parking meter;
(ii)
depositing one or more tokens;
(iii)
swiping or inserting a credit card, parking card, proximity card;
or,
(iv)
using the pay-by-phone component of the Parking Operation
System;
(c)
the parking payment device is activated; and,
(d)
the payment parking device, or the receipt issued by it and placed on
the vehicle's dashboard, indicates unexpired time paid for in
accordance with the rate per hour.
103.
No person shall park or leave any motor vehicle on City property which parking is
by sign designated as an area in which parking is prohibited.
104.
No person shall park or leave any motor vehicle on City property where an area is
by sign designated as reserved unless the area is reserved for such person or class
of persons.
105.
No person shall park or leave any motor vehicle on property of the City where
parking is by sign regulated by time limits for a longer period of time than that set
out on the sign.
106.
No person shall park or stop a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain
parked or stopped on City 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.
107.
Where an electric vehicle parking space has been identified on City property, no
person shall 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
OFFENCES AND FINES
108.
(1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of Part "B" of this by-
law is guilty of an offence.
(2) Every person who is convicted of an offence is liable to a fine as provided for
in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33 as amended.
109.
Whenever a motor vehicle is parked or left in an unauthorized area on City property
and is in contravention of any provision of Part "B" hereof, a police officer, police
cadet, municipal by-law enforcement officer or an officer appointed for the carrying
out of the provisions of subsection 170(15) of the Highway Traffic Act, upon the
written complaint of an authorized employee of the City may cause the said motor
vehicle to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in a suitable place and all
costs and charges for removing, care and storage thereof, if any, shall be paid by
the owner of the said motor vehicle and such costs and charges shall be a lien upon
the said motor vehicle which may be enforced in the manner provided by the Repair
and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. 25 as amended.
PART "B" OF BY-LAW - APPLICATION
110.
Part "B" of this by-law does not apply to motor vehicles that do not have a number
plate issued by an authority having jurisdiction to require registration of motor
vehicles displayed on it at the time the offence was committed.
PART "C"
PARKING REQUIRED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
111.
The owner and operator of an obligated organization 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.
TYPES OF PARKING SPACES AND PARKING PROVISION REQUIREMENTS
112.
(1)
The owner and operator of an obligated organization shall provide two types
of accessible parking spaces wherever parking is provided:
(a) Type A spaces (minimum 3400 mm wide): consist of wider parking
spaces which accommodate larger vehicles such as vans that are
equipped with transfer ramps for users of wheeled mobility aids; and
(b)
Type B spaces (minimum 2400 mm wide): are standard parking spaces
which accommodate users who are ambulatory but have limited mobility
and cannot travel lengthy distances, or use other mobility aids, such as
canes, crutches and walkers.
(2)
The owner and operator of an obligated organization shall provide Type A and Type B
parking spaces as prescribed by the following table:
Total Number of
Parking Spaces
Total Number of
Accessible Spaces
Required
Number of
Type A
Number of
Type B
1-25
1
1
0
26 - 50
2
1
1
51 - 75
3
1
2
76 - 100
4
2
2
101 - 133
5
2
3
134 - 166
6
3
3
167 - 250
7
3
4
251 - 300
8
4
4
301 - 350
9
4
5
351 - 400
10
5
5
401 - 450
11
5
6
451 - 500
12
6
6
501 - 550
13
6
7
551 - 600
14
7
7
601 - 650
15
7
8
651 - 700
16
8
8
701 - 750
17
8
9
751 - 800
18
9
9
801 - 850
19
9
10
Total Number of
Parking Spaces
Total Number of
Accessible Spaces
Required
Number of
Type A
Number of
Type B
851 - 900
20
10
10
901 - 950
21
10
11
951 - 1000
22
11
11
1001 and over
11 +1 % of total
(1) Where an even number is required,
provide equal number of Type A and B
(2) Where an odd number is required,
provide equal number of Type A and B
plus an additional Type B
PARKING SPACE DESIGN AND LAYOUT
113.
(1)
The design and layout of Type A and Type B parking spaces referred to in Section 112 shall
be in accordance with the following:
(a)
Accessible parking spaces must be located as close as possible to an accessible
entrance and integrate with an accessible route;
(b)
ensure ground surface is firm, stable and slip-resistant;
(c)
maximum running slope of surface at 1 :50 (2%);
(d)
maximum cross-slope of surface at 1 :50 (2%);
(e)
length of 5200 mm;
(f)
minimum width of 3400 mm for "Type A" wide van accessible spaces and minimum
width of 2400 mm for "Type B" standard parking spaces;
(g)
provide an access aisle adjacent and parallel to each accessible parking space:
(i)
1500 mm wide (minimum);
(ii)
extend the full length of the space;
(iii)
clearly indicated by high colour contrast diagonal pavement markings;
(iv)
where two accessible parking spaces are provided adjacent to each other,
they may share an access aisle;
(v)
connect with adjacent accessible path of travel and centre curb ramp on
access aisle; and
(h)
ensure vertical height clearance of 2100 mm (minimum) at designated parking spaces
and along the vehicle access and egress routes.
SIGNAGE AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS
114.
(1)
Type A and Type B parking spaces shall be clearly designated with
pavement markings and vertical signage, containing the International Symbol of
Accessibility;
(2)
The International Symbol of Accessibility pavement markings shall:
(a)
be 1525 mm wide by 1525 mm depth (minimum);
(b)
include a white or yellow border with a blue background field colour; and,
(c)
be located near the back of the space for 90 degree or angled parking spaces
and centered for parallel parking spaces;
(3)
All pavement markings shall be slip resistant and clearly visible through use of high
tonal contrast compared to the surface of the parking space.
(4)
Directional signage, marked with the International Symbol of Accessibility, shall be
provided to indicate the location of accessible parking spaces, and / or the location
of the nearest accessible entrance if the spaces or entrance not easy for users to
locate when entering or using the site.
AUTHORIZED SIGNS
115. (1)
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.
(2)
The owner and operator of an obligated organization shall be jointly responsible for the
procurement and installation of the authorized signs.
(3)
The owner and operator of an obligated organization 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 subsection (1) hereof.
APPROPRIATE FEE
116.
Persons with disabilities shall not be required to pay an amount in excess of the
normal fee paid by other users for the same parking facility.
PROHIBITED PARKING - PROHIBITED USE OF PERMIT
117.
(1)
No person shall park or leave a motor vehicle in a parking space reserved for
persons with disabilities and identified by authorized signs as prescribed by
subsection 115 (1) 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.
(2)
The provisions respective the placement of a valid accessible parking permit
referred to in subsection (1) 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.
(3)
No owner or operator of an obligated organization shall authorize any person to
park or leave a motor vehicle in a space reserved for persons with disabilities
and identified by authorized signs as prescribed by subsection 115(1) 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.
(4)
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 providing transportation services
for a corporation or organization to whom it was issued to provide transportation
services primarily to persons with disabilities, shall use or display an accessible
parking permit issued to a person with a disability
(5)
Despite the other provisions of this by-law, a municipal by-law enforcement
officer, a constable or an officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of Part
"B" or this by-law does not require a complaint of the public parking area owner or
operator to enforce the provisions of subsection (1).
(6)
The appointment of municipal by-law enforcement officers to enforce Part "B" of
this by-law shall be deemed to be sufficient authority to enforce the provisions
of subsection (1).
(7)
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.
FREE ACCESS
117A.
The owner and operator of an obligated organization shall maintain
unobstructed access to each parking space identified by authorized signs as
prescribed by subsection 115(1) 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.
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
117B.
(1)
An owner or operator of an obligated organization that contravenes any of
the provisions of Sections 112 113 114 115 116 subsection 117(3) or 118
is guilty of an offence.
(2)
Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsections 117(1) or
117(4) is guilty of an offence.
(3)
Every person who is convicted of an offence is liable to a fine as provided
for in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33 as amended.
(4)
Any person who is issued a parking infraction notice for alleged violation
of subsection 117(1) hereof because a valid accessible parking permit
was not displayed and who within thirty (30) days (exclusive of Saturdays
and holidays) from the date of issue of the parking infraction notice
obtains a valid accessible parking permit, upon presentation of the said
notice and the said permit at the office of the issuer of the said notice,
shall not be required to pay the penalty for the alleged violation of the
provisions of the said notice.
PART "D"
PARKING ON MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS
INTERPRETATION
118.
The following definitions apply to this Part:
(a)
"municipal parking lot" means any property of the City that:
i.
is operated through the General Manager of Public Works and
Environmental Services as a municipal parking lot and includes
the property of the City known as the Parkdale Market and
established as a public market pursuant to the Public Markets By-
law,
ii.
bears signs identifying the lot as "City of Ottawa", indicating the
hours of operation of the lot, and the rates for parking motor
vehicles, and
iii.
is controlled and regulated by:
1.
parking payment devices; or
2.
parking attendants.
(b)
"ticket" means the ticket that is dispensed from a pay on foot machine to a
motor vehicle entering a municipal parking lot, or dispensed from a pay
and display machine, which is stamped with the time of the said entry.
119. (1)
The driver of a motor vehicle, not being the owner, is liable to any penalty
provided under this part of the by-law, and the owner of a motor vehicle is also
liable to such a penalty unless at the time the offence was committed the motor
vehicle was in the possession of a person other than the owner without the
owner's consent.
(2)
The driver or owner of a motor vehicle parked or left in an unauthorized area on
a municipal parking lot or in contravention of this part of the by-law is not liable
to any penalty or to have the motor vehicle removed from such property or
impounded under this part of the by-law except upon the written complaint of an
authorized employee of the City given to a constable or municipal by- law
enforcement officer appointed for the carrying out of the provisions of this part
of the by-law.
(3)
Where the City has posted signs stating conditions on which a motor vehicle may
be parked or left on the municipal parking lot or prohibiting the parking or leaving
of a motor vehicle on the municipal parking lot, a motor vehicle parked or left on
the property contrary to such conditions or prohibition shall be deemed to have
been parked or left without consent.
PARKING PAYMENT ZONES
120.
The City may authorize the erection, maintenance and operation of parking
payment devices on certain municipal parking lots for the purpose of controlling
and regulating parking and the delineation by pavement marking or curb
definition of spaces.
MANNER OF PARKING - PARKING SPACE
121. (1)
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.
(2)
Despite subsection (1), 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 and the required additional fees shall be paid for all the spaces used by
the motor vehicle.
(3)
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.
MANNER OF PARKING -ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION
122.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
in an electric vehicle parking space on a municipal parking lot unless the front or
rear of the motor vehicle is opposite or as close as is practicable to the charging
station provided for such a space
MANNER OF PARKING - OBSTRUCTION
123.
No person shall park a motor vehicle 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.
PARKING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
124.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
on a municipal parking lot where parking is by sign designated as an area in
which parking is prohibited.
125.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
on a municipal parking lot where an area is by sign designated as reserved
unless the area is reserved for such person.
126.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
on a municipal parking lot 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.
127.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
on a municipal parking lot in an area designated by sign as a loading bay except
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading thereon or unloading
therefrom freight or merchandise.
RATE OF CHARGE - GATED LOT
128. (1)
The fees and charges fixed by the City shall be paid prior to the motor vehicle
being driven from the municipal parking lot.
RATE OF CHARGE - UNGATED LOT
129.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
in a parking space controlled by a parking payment device on a municipal
parking lot during the times and days the lot is in operation as posted on the
sign at the entrance of the lot and on each parking payment device unless:
(a)
a valid pay and display ticket is displayed on the dash of the vehicle; and
(b)
a fee is deposited into the pay and display machine in accordance with
the rate displayed on the pay and display rate card on each pay and
display machine, as approved by the Corporation.
RATE OF CHARGE - ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
130.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
in an electric vehicle parking space on a municipal parking lot during the times
and days the lots is in operation as posted on the sign at the entrance of the lot
and on each charging station, unless:
(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
VIOLATION AND TIME EXPIRED - EFFECT
131.
For the purposes of Part "D", a motor vehicle showing an expired pay and
display ticket, including an expired time in the pay by phone system, and parked
in a parking lot during the days and times the lot requires payment to be made
at a parking payment device as posted on the sign at the entrance of the lot and
on each payment device is prima facie evidence that such motor vehicle is
unlawfully parked.
HOODED METERS
132.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to remain parked
in a parking meter space on a municipal parking lot if the parking meter has
been covered by a parking meter hood.
COINS ACCEPTABLE
133.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking payment
device on a municipal parking lot:
(a)
any slug, device or other substitute for a coin of Canada or of the
United States of America; or
(b)
any coin except a coin of Canada or of the United States of America
which the meter is designed to accommodate.
DAMAGE TO PAYMENT EQUIPMENT - OFFENCE
134.
No person shall damage, deface or tamper with, break or destroy any parking
payment device or part thereof or otherwise impair its full usefulness on a
municipal parking lot
DAMAGE TO PARKING EQUIPMENT OR SIGNS - OFFENCE
135.
No person shall damage, deface or tamper with any parking equipment or
signs or otherwise impair its usefulness on a municipal parking lot.
DAMAGE TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION - OFFENCE
136.
No person shall damage, deface or tamper with, break or destroy any electric
vehicle charging station or part thereof or otherwise impair its full usefulness on
a municipal parking lot.
137.
No person shall deposit or place any article, receptacle or object on a
municipal parking lot without being authorized by the Corporation so to do.
138.
No person shall place or leave a bicycle on a municipal parking lot other than in
a bicycle rack where provided for that purpose.
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
139. (1)
Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of Part "D" of this by- law
is guilty of an offence.
(2)
Every person who is convicted of an offence is liable to a fine as provided for
in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.33, as amended.
140.
Whenever a motor vehicle is parked on a municipal parking lot and is in
contravention of the provisions of this Part, a police officer, police cadet,
municipal by-law enforcement officer or an officer appointed for the carrying out
of the provisions of subsection 170(15) of the Highway Traffic Act, upon the
written complaint of an authorized employee of the Corporation, may cause the
said motor vehicle to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in a suitable
place and all costs and charges for removing, care and storage thereof, if any,
shall be paid by the owner of the said motor vehicle and such costs and charges
shall be a lien upon the said motor vehicle which may be enforced in the manner
provided by the Repair and Storage Liens Act.
PART "E"
ADMINISTRATION
FORMER BY-LAWS REPEALED
141.
The Traffic and Parking By-law 2003-530, as amended is hereby repealed.
TRANSITION
142.
The repeal of the by-law referred to in Section 141 shall not affect any offence
committed against the provisions of the by-law or any penalty incurred in respect
thereof or any investigative procedure, including but not limited to any
prosecution thereunder.
BY-LAW IN FORCE
143.
This by-law shall come into force and take effect at 12:01 a.m. on June 1, 2018.
SHORT TITLE
144.
This by-law shall be known as the Traffic and Parking By-law.
ENACTED AND PASSED this
2017
CITY CLERK
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