Snow By-Law

Timmins, Ontario

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trY[ 1®4 CITY OF TIMMINS BY- LAW NO. 1993- 4162 1951 BEING A BY- LAW to repeal By- law 1973- 22 and to prohibit the depositing of snow on highways within the City of Timmins . WHEREAS, the Municipal Act, R. S. O. 1990, as amended Chapter M. 45, Section 210 Paragraph 62 provides that by- laws may be passed by the councils of local municipalities for clearing away and removing snow and ice from the sidewalks on any highway or part of a highway or any class thereof in front of, alongside or at the rear of any occupied or unoccupied building or vacant lot, or any class thereof, at the expense of the owners, and Section 314 Paragraph 1 provides for prohibiting or regulating the obstructing, encumbering, injuring or fouling of highways or bridges, and WHEREAS, the Highway Traffic Act R. S. O. 1990 , as amended Chapter H. 8 Section 181 prohibits any person from depositing snow or ice on a roadway without permission in writing from the road authority responsible for the maintenance of the road, and WHEREAS, it is deemed expedient to enact a by- law for such purposes; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the City of Timmins enacts the following as a By- law: 1 . That By- law No. 1973- 22 be and is hereby repealed. 2 . Definitions in this By- law: a) " Director" means the person appointed by the Corporation to be Director of Public Works or his designate. b) " highway" means a common and public highway, street, avenue, lane, parkway, driveway, sidewalk, square, place, bridge, viaduct, trestle, including the area between the lateral property lines that is intended for the use of the general public . c) " officer" means a person who has powers or duties with respect to the administration of this by- law. d) " municipality or municipal" means the Corporation of the City of Timmins. e) " Person" includes a partnership, a body corporate or politic, an agent or trustee, and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of a person to whom the context can apply according to law. 3 . No person shall deposit any snow, or permit snow to deposited on a highway within the municipality.