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BY-LAW NO. 1976-027
"A BY-LAW TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF MOTORIZED
SNOW VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY OF OWEN SOUND"
Originally Passed and Enacted May 31, 1976
Amended By By-law:
Passed On:
1978-013
January 25, 1978
1989-006
January 16, 1989
1997-177
November 24, 1997
1998-009
February 2, 1998
Consolidated Version
Revised and Verified August 12, 2013
Consolidated for Convenience Only
This is a consolidation copy of a City of Owen Sound By-law for convenience and information.
While every effort is made to ensure the accuracies of these by-laws, they are not official
versions or legal documents. The original by-laws should be consulted for all interpretations
and applications on this subject. For more information or original signed copies of by-laws
please contact the City Clerk's Department.
BY-LAW NO. 1976 - 027
A BY-LAW TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF MOTORIZED
SNOW VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY OF OWEN SOUND
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF OWEN SOUND
WHEREAS City Council deems it desirable to enact legislation to control the
operation of Motorized Snow Vehicles within the City; and
WHEREAS Section 6 (2) of The Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, Statutes of
Ontario, 1974, empowers a Municipal Council to enact such legislation,
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF
OWEN SOUND ENACTS AS FOLLOWS;
1.
In this by-law,
(a) "motorized snow vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed to be
driven primarily on snow, but does not include motorized snow vehicles of
the City of Owen Sound used for snow cleaning operations;
(b) "roadway" means the 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 anyone roadway separately and not to all of the
roadways collectively.
By-law 1978-013
2.
No person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle,
(a) within the City of Owen Sound between the hours of twelve o'clock
midnight and seven o'clock a.m., daily;
(b) within a one-half mile radius of any church or synagogue within the City of
Owen Sound during a worship service;
(c) on any sidewalk;
(d) on the highways or parts of highways set out in Column 1 and between the
limits set out in Column 2 of schedule 1 of this by-law;
(e) within the area bounded on the east by 3rd Avenue East, on the west by
2nd Avenue West, on the north by 12th Streets east and west and on the
south by 7th Streets east and west.
By-law 1997-177
(f)
east of 3rd Avenue West on that part of the former Canadian National
Railway corridor, extending south of a line drawn across the same,
measured 50 metres south thereon from the southerly limit of 24th Street
West, to the north bank of the Pottawatomi River.
3.
No person shall park, stand or stop a motorized snow vehicle on a roadway.
By-law 1998-009
4.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this By-law is guilty of an
offence and upon conviction therefor is subject to the penalty set out in the Provincial
Offences Act.
5.
By-law Nos. 3561 and 1972-3 are hereby repealed.
Page 3
By-law 1976-027
6.
This By-law shall come into full force and effect when the same has been finally
passed, has received the approval of the Ministry of Transportation and
Communications for the Province of Ontario and when appropriate signs have been
erected.
PASSED this 31st day of May, 1976.
1st reading May 31, 1976.
2nd reading May 31, 1976.
3rd reading May 31, 1976.
____ Signature on file
Mayor
____________
____ Signature on file
Clerk
____________
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BY-LAW NO. 1976-027 SCHEDULE 1
COLUMN 1
COLUMN 2
HIGHWAY
FROM
TO
AVENUES EAST
1.
2nd Avenue East
Southerly City
Limits
17th Street East
2.
3rd Avenue East
6th Street East
Richard Neath
Water Plant
3.
9th Avenue East
(Highway 6 & 10 Connecting Link)
Southerly City
Limits
10th Street East
4.
9th Avenue East
(Highway 26 Connecting Link)
10th Street East
16th Street East
STREETS EAST
5.
6th Street East
2nd Avenue East
9th Avenue East
By-law 1989-006
6.
7th Street East
220 feet from the
northeast corner of
5th Avenue East
and 7th Street East
A point 220 feet
easterly therefrom
7.
8th Streets East & West
9th Avenue East
2nd Avenue West
8.
10th Streets East & West
(Highway 26 Connecting Link)
(Highway 6 Connecting Link)
9th Avenue East
Westerly City Limits
9.
16th Street East
(Highway 20 Connecting Link)
Easterly City Limits
9th Avenue East
AVENUES WEST
10. 1st Avenue West
8th Street West
14th Street West
11. 2nd Avenue West
6th Street West
Eddie Sargent
Parkway
12. 4tn Avenue West
9th Street West
23rd Street West
13. Eddie Sargent Parkway
2nd Avenue West
23rd Street West
Streets West
14. 14th Street West
1st Avenue West
Alpha Street
15. Alpha Street
14tn Street West
Westerly City Limits
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Ontario
Ministry of
Transportation and
Communications
Ms. Eileen Matheson,
Ceputy Clerk,
City of Owen Sound,
808- 2nd Ave.,
Owen Sound, Ontario.
Dear Mrs. Matheson:
East Bldg.
1201 Wilson Ave.,
Downsview, Ontario M3M 1J8
February 6, 1978.
Re:
Bylaw No. 1978-13
City of Owen Sound.
We return herewith originally signed copy
of the referenced bylaw, dup1y endorsed and approved
for the Minister of Transportation and Communications.
In accord with Section 135 of the Highway
Traffic Act we are retaining a duplicate signed copy of
your bylaw for our files.
Don Ne
on
Legal Services Branch.
Att:
In