Designates numerous street segments near schools and parks as Community Safety Zones with elevated fines, in effect weekdays either 7am-5pm or 7am-10pm year-round per Schedule A.
Traffic & streets — Tecumseh, Ontario
What is the speed limit? What are the rules for using the street?
In the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario, default speed limit: 50 km/h within a Built-up Area; 80 km/h outside a Built-up Area; reduced speed zones: 20 km/h in any public park (no hours restriction stated); truck route rule: Heavy Trucks restricted to Schedule 'S' highways; Schedule 'S' states 'NOT REQUIRED' — no permitted routes listed; street obstruction: No person shall erect barricades, store construction material, or park work equipment on any Highway without written municipal permission. Source: Consolidated By-Law Number 2001-36 - A by-law to regulate traffic and parking on highways and private roadways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the Town of Tecumseh, verified 2026-08-29.
| default speed limit | 50 km/h within a Built-up Area; 80 km/h outside a Built-up Area | Schedule "P" — "On a Highway within a Built-up Area, unless otherwise posted with an Authorized Sign" [50 km/h]; "On a Highway not within a Built-up Area, unless otherwise posted with an Authorized Sign" [80 km/h] |
| reduced speed zones | 20 km/h in any public park (no hours restriction stated) | s. 11(b) — "speed in excess of twenty (20) km/hr" |
| truck route rule | Heavy Trucks restricted to Schedule 'S' highways; Schedule 'S' states 'NOT REQUIRED' — no permitted routes listed | s. 14 — "No person shall operate a Heavy Truck on any Highway in the Municipality other than those Highways described in Schedule 'S'"; Schedule "S" — "NOT REQUIRED" |
| street obstruction | No person shall erect barricades, store construction material, or park work equipment on any Highway without written municipal permission | s. 4(c)(i) — "No person shall erect barricades, signs or planters, store earth or construction material or park work equipment on any portion of any Highway without first obtaining written permission from the Municipality" |
| sidewalk or boulevard use | No person shall drive a Vehicle on any Sidewalk, path, or Boulevard except at a Driveway | s. 4(a)(i) — "No person shall drive a Vehicle within, across or along any Sidewalk, path or Boulevard except at a Driveway" |
| fine range | Not less than $40.00 and not more than $150.00; not less than $80.00 and not more than $150.00 for specified offences; voluntary payment of $30.00 or $80.00 | s. 17(a)(i) — "not less than Forty ($40.00) Dollars or more than One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars"; s. 17(a)(ii) — "not less than Eighty ($80.00) Dollars and not more than One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars"; s. 17(b)(1)(i) — voluntary payment "Thirty Dollars ($30.00)" or "Eighty Dollars ($80.00)" |
scout note
Consolidated traffic and parking by-law for the Town. Prescribes rates of speed on the highways listed in Schedule 'P' and a 20 km/h limit for any vehicle in a public park; designates through highways and stop signs, yield-sign intersections, turn restrictions and one-way streets; restricts centre-lane use to left turns; imposes a 5-tonne-per-axle load limit on scheduled highways; confines heavy