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THE CORPORATION
OF THE TOWNSHIP
OF TAY
BY-LAW
NO. 2025-40
Being a By-law
of the
Corporation
of the Township
of Tay to Prohibit
the
Use of Extreme
Terrain
Vehicles
and
Off-Road
Motorcycles
on
Municipal
Highways
in the
Township
of Tay and to Repeal
By-law
No.
2020-71
WHEREAS
the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O.
1990, c. H.8, Section
191.8(1),
provides that no person shall drive an off-road vehicle on a highway except
in
accordance
with the
Highway
Traffic
Act regulations
and
any
applicable
Municipal By-Laws;
AND WHEREAS
O. Reg.
316/03,
Section
4.1
(2) provides
that
all-terrain
vehicles,
multi-purpose
off-highway
utility vehicles,
recreational
off-highway
vehicles, extreme
terrain
vehicles and off-road
motorcycles
may be driven on
a highway
under the jurisdiction
of a municipality
if that municipality
appears
in O.Reg.
8/03;
AND WHEREAS
the Township
of Tay is referenced
in O. Reg. 8/03;
AND WHEREAS
the Council of The Corporation
of the Township
of Tay,
at it's
Council
meeting
dated
October
22, 2025,
ratified
a decision
made
at the
October
8, 2025
meeting
of Committee
of the Whole to allow for the use of
all-terrain
vehicles, multi-purpose
off-highway
utility vehicles and recreational
off-highway
vehicles on municipal
roads for a one year pilot period of January
1, 2026
-- December
31, 2026;
AND WHEREAS Council wishes to prohibit the use of extreme
terrain vehicles
and off--road motorcycles
on municipal roads.
NOW
THEREFORE
THE
COUNCIL
OF
THE
CORPORATION
OF
THE
TOWNSHIP
OF TAY ENACTS
AND BE IT ENACTED
AS FOLLOWS;
1. That the
following
vehicles
be prohibited
from
operating
on Municipal
Roads within the Township
of Tay:
"extreme
terrain
vehicle" means an off-road vehicle that,
(a)
has six or eight wheels, the tires of which are all in contact
with
the ground,
(b)
has no tracks that are in contact
with the ground,
(c)
has seats
that are not designed
to be straddled,
and
(d)
has a minimum
cargo capacity
of 159 kilograms;
"off-road
motorcycle"
means
an off-road vehicle, designed
primarily
for
recreational
use, that,
(a)
has steering
handlebars,
(b)
has two wheels,
the
tires
of which are all in contact
with the
ground,
(c)
has a minimum
wheel rim diameter
of 250 millimetres,
(d)
has a minimum
wheelbase of 1,016 millimetres,
(e)
has a seat that is designed
to be straddled
by the driver,
(f)
is designed
to carry a driver only and no passengers,
and
(9)
does not have a sidecar;
2. That By-law No. 2020-71,
Being a By-law
Vehicles
on Municipal Highways
and
Lan
repealed;
and
3. This By-Law shall come into force and take effect on January
1, 2026.
THAT
BY-LAW
NO.
2025-40
BE
ENACTED
AS
A BY-LAW
OF
THE
TOWNSHIP
OF TAY THIS 10'" DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025.
THE CORPORATION
OF THE TOWNSHIP
OF TAY
6
law
MAYOR, Ted Walker
CLERK,
A FAY
By signing
this
by-law
on December
10, 2025,
Mayor
Walker
will not
exercise
the power
to veto
this
by-law.
to prohibit the use of Off--
Road
d in the Township
of Tay,
be