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TOWN OF PICKERING
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SNOW VEHICLE BY-LAW
BY-LAW NUMBER 1982/85
Passed by Council on March 11, 1985.
Amendments:
By-law
date passed
section amended
By-law 5567/99
October 18, 1999
Section 8 (Penalties)
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 1982/85
For regulating, governing and prohibiting the operation of
motorized snow vehicles within the Town of Pickering.
Whereas pursuant to section 6.2 of the Motorized Snow Vehicles, R. S. O. 1980, c. 301, as
amended, the council of a local municipality may pass By-laws regulating, governing or
prohibiting the operation of motorized snow vehicles within the municipality including any
highways therein or any part or parts thereof;
Now Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1.
In This By-law:
(a)
"Highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway,
driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle under the jurisdiction of The
Corporation of the Town of Pickering including any part or parts thereof;
(b)
"Motorized Snow Vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed to be driven
primarily on snow;
(c)
"Park or Parking" means the standing of a vehicle whether occupied or not;
(d)
"Private Property" means property that has been clearly marked as such by
fences, hedges or barriers of any kind or property that is a garden or lawn or
property not enclosed on which one or more signs have been erected by or on
behalf of the owner, occupant or agent of the owner or occupant forbidding
trespassing;
(e)
"Sidewalk" means municipal property that is or hereafter may be physically set
apart or made available and intended for pedestrian use by the public as a
sidewalk, or that is designated for use as a park or Town sidewalk by by-law or
otherwise;
(f)
"Town" means The Corporation of the Town of Pickering.
2.
(a)
No person shall drive a motorized snow vehicle along or across any sidewalk or
part of a sidewalk in the Town;
(b)
Notwithstanding 2 (a) above, where motorized snow vehicles are permitted to
travel on highways within the Town, a person may drive a motorized snow vehicle
across a sidewalk to enter on or exit from such a highway provided the person
crosses approximately perpendicular to the sidewalk.
3.
No person shall park a motorized snow vehicle on any highway or part of a highway or
any sidewalk or any part of a sidewalk on which the operation of a motorized snow
vehicle is prohibited thereon.
4.
No person shall drive a motorized snow vehicle on private property without authority
from the owner or occupant of such property.
5.
No person shall drive a notarized snow vehicle along or across any highway or part of a
highway under the jurisdiction of the Town within that part of the Town south of the
Ontario Hydro right-of-way (Gatineau Line).
6.
(a)
From Sunday to Thursday, inclusive, of any week where a person may operate a
motorized snow vehicle within the Town in accordance with the provisions of this
By-law, such motorized snow vehicle shall not be operated between the hours of
11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the day following;
(b)
On Saturday and Sunday of any week where a person may operate a motorized
snow vehicle within the Town in accordance with the provisions of this By-law,
such motorized snow vehicle shall not be operated between the hours 2:00 a. m.
and 8:00 a. m.
7.
The provisions of this By-law shall not apply to the operation of motorized snow vehicles
in the following circumstances:
(a)
When a motorized snow 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 motorized snow vehicle is being operated in a parade that is held
under the authority of a parade permit of the Town;
(c)
When such motorized snow vehicle is actually engaged in works undertaken by or
on behalf of the Town or other public authority.
8.
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..
9.
The driver of a motorized snow vehicle, not being the owner, is liable to any penalty
provided under this By-law, and the owner of the motorized snow vehicle is also liable to
such penalty unless at the time the offence is committed, the motorized snow vehicle was
in the possession of a person other than the owner without the owner's consent.
10.
By-law Number 4150 is hereby repealed.
By-law read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 11th day of March 1985.
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Mayor
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Town
Clerk