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LEGAL DEPARTMENT
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
February 3, 2020
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE
BY-LAW NO. 4001
A by-law to prohibit unauthorized parking of
motor vehicles on private property.
THE COUNCIL of the Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, pursuant
to paragraph 108 of subsection 1 of section 379 of The Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 249 and amendments thereto ENACTS as follows:
1. In this by-law "constable" means a member of the Police Department of
the City of Sault Ste. Marie, a special constable appointed pursuant to
Section 53 of the Police Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter P.15, as amended, and
a municipal law enforcement officer appointed pursuant to Section 15 of
the Police Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter P.15, as amended. [amended by
By-law 2020-41]
2. No person shall park or leave any motor vehicle:
a) on private property without the consent of the owner or occupant of
such property;
b) on municipal property without the consent of the Supervisor of Building
Services or his/her designate, or the Chief Administrative Officer or
his/her designate of any local board of the City, as the case may be; or
c) in a private or municipal parking lot or facility without complying with
the terms and conditions for such parking, including but not limited to
the payment of the appropriate fee for the privilege of parking or the
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display of a valid permit authorizing such parking. [Amended by By-
law 2018-110]
3. The Corporation or the [Amended by By-law 4506] owner or any adult
occupant or resident of the private property may complain to a Constable
that a motor vehicle has been left or parked contrary to the provisions of
this by-law, and the Constable, upon discovery of any vehicle so parked or
left in contravention of this by-law, may cause it to be moved or taken to
and placed or stored in a suitable place and all cost and charges for
removing, care and storage thereof, if any, shall be a lien upon the
vehicle, which lien may be enforced in the manner provided by section 48
of The Mechanics' Lien Act.
4. The driver or owner of a motor vehicle parked or left on private property
shall not be liable to a penalty or to have the motor vehicle removed from
such property or impounded under this by-law except upon the written
complaint of the owner/occupant or any adult resident of the property.
[amended by By-law 2018-110]
5. Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an
offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine as provided for by the
Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990 Chapter P.33, as amended.
[amended by By-law 2020-41]
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6. Upon presentation of a tag issued by the City of Sault Ste. Marie Police
Department or the Parking Authority of the City of Sault Ste. Marie alleging
commission of a contravention of this by-law, any person may pay out of
court within seven (7) days [amended by By-law 2020-41] (exclusive of
Sundays, Saturdays, and public holidays) from the date of issue of the
said tag, the minimum penalty provided for such offence of this by-law at
the office of the Parking Authority of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Civic
Centre, 99 Foster Drive, [amended by By-law 76-356] Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario and upon such payment no further proceedings shall be taken
under this by-law in respect of the said offence alleged in the tag. The
receipt for payment if signed by the person assigned to the duty of
receiving payments shall be evidence of payment and such receipt shall
not operate as a waiver of a lien created by section 4 of this by-law in the
event that a motor vehicle has been removed from private property.
7. The owner of a motor vehicle is liable to the penalties provided for any
contravention of this by-law unless at the time of the contravention the
motor vehicle was in the possession of some person other than the owner
or his chauffeur without the owners consent, and the driver of a motor
vehicle, not being the owner, is also liable to the penalties provided for any
such contravention.
8. By-law 2680 of the former Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie is
hereby repealed.
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9. This by-law takes effect on the day it is finally passed.
READ the first, second, and third times and FINALLY PASSED in open council this 12th
day of September, 1966.
"A. Harry"
MAYOR
"C. H. Tolley "
CLERK