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CORPORATION OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA
Bl( -LAW NO. 72-20
BEING A BY-LAW TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF
AIIJERRAIN
VEHICLES (
ATV)
AND
OFF- ROAD
VEHICLES ( ORV) AND MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLES
WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA
WHEREAS the Highway Traffic Act, R.S. O. 1990, Section 191. 8 ( 3) c H. 8 as amended,
provides that municipalities may pass by-laws to prohibit the operation of off-road vehicles
on any highway within the municipality that is under the jurisdiction of the municipality, or on
any part or parts of such highway;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to O. Reg. 316/03, as amended, made under the Highway Traffic
Act, a municipality may prohibit the operation of any all -terrain vehicles, multi-purpose off-
highway utility vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles on municipal highways;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Zorra deems it
appropriate to regulate the operation of All -Terrain Vehicles, being a class of Off -Road
Vehicles as defined in Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 316/03, on highways within the
jurisdiction of the municipality, or on any part or parts of such highways.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
ZORRA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. 0.
Short Title
1. 1.
This By-law shall be known and referred to as the "Township of Zorra Off Road Vehicle
By-law."
2. 0.
Definitions
2. 1.
Any word or term not defined in this by-law, that is defined in the Act or Regulations,
shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Act or the Regulation and any word or term
not defined in this by-law, the Act or the Regulation, shall have the meaning that is
normally associated with it.
2. 2.
For the purpose of this By-law, the following terms shall be defined accordingly:
a) " Act" shall mean the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c, H8, as amended ( HTA).
b) " All Terrain Vehicle" shall mean an off-road vehicle that,
has four wheels, the tires of all of which are in contact with the ground,
has steering handlebars,
has a seat that is designed to be straddled by the driver, and
is desianed to carry a driver only and no passengers.
has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 316/03.
c)
ghway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway,
driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, designed and intended for, or
used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles.
d) " Motorized Snow Vehicle" means aself-propelled vehicle designed to be driven
primarily on snow.
e) " Off -Road Vehicle" means a vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by
muscular power or wind and designed to travel on not more than three
wheels or on more than three wheels and being of a prescribed class of vehicle.
f) " ORVA" means the Off -Road Vehicle Act, R. S. O. 1990, c. 0A
g) " Township" shall mean the Corporation of the Township of Zorra.
3. 0.
Prohibitions
3. 1
All motorized snow vehicles, off-road vehicles and all terrain vehicles
operated within the Township limits shall be subject to the provisions of
the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) and the Off -Road Vehicle Act (ORVA) and all other
applicable legislation.
3. 2
No person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle, off-road vehicle and all terrain
vehicle within the Township -limits, on sidewalks, and any other municipally owned
property.
3.3
No person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle, off-road vehicle or all
terrain vehicle on a Township highway within a Residential or Rural Residential Zone
anywhere within the Township.
3.4
Except for the purpose of ingress and egress and crossovers ata 90
degree angle, no person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle, off-road
vehicle or all terrain vehicle at any time on a highway within local jurisdiction within
the limits of the Township of Zorra.
3.5
Despite subsection 3.2 and 3. 3 and in accordance with the HTA and the ORVA, a
person is not contravening any provision of this by-law and may drive an off-road
vehicle on a highway if the vehicle is designed to travel on more than two wheels
and the driver is a person using the vehicle for agricultural purposes, and the
vehicles or a vehicle drawn by it bears a slow-moving vehicle sign.
4.0.
General Provisions
4. 1.
The By-law Enforcement Officer for the Township shall enforce this by-law and any
Police Officer of the Ontario Provincial Police may enforce this by-law.
4.2
The provisions regulating or governing the operation of motorized snow vehicles and
off-road vehicles under the by- law do not apply to highways or any part or parts
thereof that are not under the jurisdiction of the local municipality.
4.3
Any person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is guilty of an
offence and, upon conviction, is liable to a penalty in accordance with
Section 61 of the Provincial Offences Act, R. S. O. 1990, c.P. 33, as
amended from time to time, or any successor thereof.
5. 0.
Severability
5. 1.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or provision of this by-law be
declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or ultra vires for any
other reason, all other provisions of this by-law shall remain and continue in full force
and effect and shall remain valid and binding.
6. 0.
Enactment
6. 1.
This By-law shall become effective on January 1, 2021.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 16th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 16th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020.
MAYOR
MARCUS RYAN
TOWNSHIP CLERK
DONNA WILSON
SCHEDULE " A"
TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA
VEHICLES IN PARKS AND PUBLIC PLACES BY-LAW XX -20
FINES
Part I Provincial Offences Act
Item
Short Form Wording
Provision Creating or
Set Fine
Defining Offence
1$
200w00
200.00
a motorized snow vehicle on
3. 2
a sidewalk.
2
Operate an off-road vehicle on a
3. 2.
200. 00
sidewalk.
1
Operate an all -terrain vehicle on a
3. 2
200.00
sidewalk.
4.
Operate a motorized snow vehicle on
3. 2
200. 00
municipal property.
5'
Operate an off-road vehicle on
3. 2
200. 00
municipal property.
6.
Operate an all -terrain vehicle on
3. 2
200.00
municipal property.
7.
Operate a motorized snow vehicle
3. 3
200. 00
within a Residential or Rural
Residential Zone.
Operate an off-road vehicle within a
3. 3
200.00
Residential or Rural Residential Zone.
9'
Operate an all -terrain vehicle within a
3. 3
200. 00
Residential or Rural Residential Zone.
10.
Operate a motorized snow vehicle on
3. 4
200.00
a highway under the jurisdiction of the
Township of Zorra
11.
Operation an off-road vehicle on a
3.4
200. 00
highway under the jurisdiction of the
Township of Zorra
12.
Operate an all -terrain vehicle on a
3. 4
200.00
highway under the jurisdiction of the
Township of Zorra
Note: The general penalty provision for the offences listed above is Section 61 of
the Provincial Offences Act, R.S. O. 1990, c. P. 33."