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CITY OF PICKERING
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OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE BY-LAW
BY-LAW NUMBER 1983/85
Passed by Council on March 11, 1985
Amendments:
By-law
date passed
section amended
By-law 5567/99
October 18, 1999
Section 5 (Penalties)
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 1983/85
For restricting and regulating the operation of off-road
vehicles in the Town of Pickering.
Whereas pursuant to section 14.1 of the Off-Road Vehicles Act, S.O. 1983, c. 53,
municipalities may pass by-laws to regulate, govern or prohibit the operation of off-road
vehicles;
Now Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1.
In this by-law
a)
"occupier" includes;
(i)
a person who is in physical possession of the land, or
(ii)
a person who has responsibility for and control over the condition
of land or the activities there carried on, or control over persons
allowed to enter the land,
notwithstanding that there is more than once occupier of the same land;
b)
"off-road vehicle" means a vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by
muscular power or wind and designed to travel,
(i)
on not more than three wheels, or
(ii)
on more than three wheels and being of a prescribed class of
vehicle;
2.
No person shall operate an off-road vehicle without authority from the occupier of
the property.
3.
No person shall operate an off-road vehicle in the Town of Pickering south of the
Ontario Hydro right-of-way (Gatineau Line).
4.
The provisions of this by-law shall not apply to the operation of off-road vehicles
in the following circumstances:
a)
When an off-road vehicle is being operated in an organized meet, rally or
race which is held under the authority and permission of a resolution of
the Council of the Town of Pickering.
b)
When such off-road vehicle is being operated in a parade that is held
under the authority of a parade permit of the Town of Pickering.
c)
When such off-road vehicle is actually engaged in works undertaken by or
on behalf of the Town of Pickering or other public authority.
5.
Every person who contravenes any provisions of this By-law is guilty of an
offence and liable upon conviction to a penalty provided for under the Provincial
Offences Act, as amended.
6.
The driver of an off-road vehicle, not being the owner, is liable to any penalty
provided under this by-law, and the owner of the off-road vehicle is also liable to
such penalty unless at the time the offence is committed, the off-road vehicle was
in the possession of a person other than the owner without the owner's consent.
By-law read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 11th day of March, 1985.
(signed) John E. Anderson
Mayor
(signed) Bruce Taylor
Clerk