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BYLAW NO. 10/1985
A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES
The Council of the Village of Leask in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as
follows:
1.
INTERPRETATION
(a)
"angle parking" means the parking of vehicles with the right front
wheel drawn up to the curb on the right-hand side of the highway, or at a
distance of not more than thirty (30) centimeters from such curb, the
vehicle to be placed at an angle of fort-five (45) degrees with the curb;
(b)
"clerk" means the clerk of the village;
(c)
"curb" means the lateral boundaries of a roadway, whether or not
marked by curbing;
(d)
"heavy vehicle" means a motor vehicle with or without load which
alone or together with any trailer, semi-trailer or other vehicle being
towed, weighs 3 tonnes or more;
(e)
"highway" means any street or public highway within the
municipality, but does not include a provincial highway therein as
designated pursuant to the provisions of The Highways Act;
(f)
"lug vehicle" means any truck, portable engine or traction engine
having metal spikes, lugs or cleats projecting from the face of the wheels
or tires thereof, or having metal track tread;
(g)
"parallel parking" means the parking of a vehicle with both right
wheels thereof drawn up to the curb on the right-hand side of the highway,
or at a distance of not more than thirty (30) centimeters from such curb;
(h)
"park", "parking", have the meanings ascribed thereto by The
Vehicles Act;
(i)
"place of public assembly" means schools, theatres, moving
picture theatres, churches, hockey and skating rinks, dance halls and
public assembly halls;
(j)
"power turn" means to maneuver a vehicle in such a manner to
cause the rear of the vehicle to depart from its ordinary line of progress by
the sudden use of acceleration and/or braking; and
(k)
"speed zone" means any portion of a highway within the Village of
Leask, as designated herein, and identified by a sign erected and
maintained at each end thereof, indicating the maximum speed applicable
thereto;
(l)
"U-Turn" means the turning of a vehicle so as to cause it to
proceed in the opposite direction form which it was proceeding
immediately prior to the commencement of such turn;
(m)
"vehicle" means a vehicle or a motor vehicle as ascribed to it by
the Vehicles Act;
(n)
"loading zone" means that portion of a public highway adjacent to
the curb designed by signs and/or markings for the exclusive use of
vehicles loading and unloading passengers of goods.
2.
SCOPE
(a)
"STOP" STREETS
The highways as listed in Appendix 1 are designated as "Stop" streets.
(b)
"YIELD" STREETS
The highways as listed in Appendix 2 are designated as "Yield" streets.
(c)
"NO U-TURNS" INTERSECTIONS
The intersections of the highways, approached from all four (4) directions
as listed in Appendix 3 are designated as "No U-Turn" intersections.
3.
INFRACTIONS
(a)
"STOP" STREETS
The provisions of The Vehicles Act shall apply to all traffic
approaching and facing a "stop" sign erected and maintained in
accordance with the provisions of section 4(a).
(b)
"YIELD" STREETS
The provisions of The Vehicles Act shall apply to all traffic
approaching and facing a "Yield" sign erected and maintained in
accordance with the provisions of section 4 (b).
(c)
MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS
(1) No person shall, except where authorized by resolution of
council or when duly authorized by law, erect upon or immediately
adjacent to any highway, any sign, marker, signal or light or any
advertising sign or device.
(2) No person shall deface, damage, destroy or remove any sign or
marker erected pursuant to this bylaw.
(d)
LUG VEHICLES
(1) No person shall propel, operate, or drive any lug vehicle upon
any highway within the municipality without first having obtained
of the Clerk, a permit in writing authorizing same.
(2) The Clerk is hereby authorized to issue permits in writing for
the purpose of section (d) (1) of this bylaw in any case where the
application therefore has signed a written undertaking in a form
shown as Appendix 4. Provided that the clerk shall not issue any
such permit unless he is satisfied that with reasonable care in
operation the lug vehicle may be propelled or driven over any
highway without damage resulting thereto or to any bridge or
culvert thereon.
(3)Nothing contained in section (d) (1) shall be deemed to preclude the
transport of a lug vehicle as herein defined over any highway where same
is being carried by means of a rubbertired trailor or other conveyance
equipped with rubber tires.
(e)
PARKING
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the parking of vehicles is
permitted on all highways within the municipality.
(2)
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) no person
shall park a vehicle in any lane, nor in any street so as to obstruct
the entrance to any lane or to a driveway or approach leading to
private premises;
(b) notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a farm truck
or commercial vehicle may be parked in any lane for the purpose of taking
on or discharging cargo, provided no such truck or vehicle shall be so
parked for a period exceeding thirty (30) minutes at one time, unless
written permission has first been obtained from the clerk or a police
officer of the municipality for an extension of such time limit.
(3)
(a) subject to subsection (b), every person parking a vehicle upon
a highway within the municipality where parking is permitted, shall
parallel park same;
(b) every person parking a vehicle upon the highways listed in
Appendix 5 shall angle park same.
(4) No person shall park a vehicle in any "No Parking" area as designated
in Appendix 6 at any time whether such areas are marked on the curb or
otherwise by signs erected and maintained in accordance with the
provisions on section 4(d) to indicate that parking therein is prohibited.
(5) No person shall park a vehicle within five (5) metres of any street
intersection or fire hydrant.
(6) No person shall park a vehicle on any highway at one place for any
period of time exceeding twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
(7) NO person shall park any vehicle in any private parking place or on
any private property unless he is the owner, occupant, licensee, or
permitee of the parking place or private property, except with the consent
of such owner, occupant, licensee, or permitee.
(8)
(a) subject to subsection (b), no person shall park any commercial
vehicle designed for carrying or intended for the carrying of oil, gasoline,
or other inflammable, combustible or explosive material, within 30 meters
from any building in the municipality used or intended for use, in whole or
in part, as a place of dwelling, a hotel or place of public assembly;
(b) nothing in subsection (a) shall be deemed to restrict the
parking of any such vehicle for such period of time as may be necessary to
take on or discharge cargo.
(9) No person shall park a truck with a manufacturer's rated capacity in
excess of 5,500 kg on any streets or avenues designated in Appendix 7.
(f)
POWER TURNS
The operator of a vehicle shall not execute "power turns" on any
highway in the municipality.
(g)
SNOWMOBILES
(1) Under the provisions of The Snowmobile Act, (and subject to
section (h) (2), it shall be lawful to operate a snowmobile between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on any public highway
except Provincial Highway No. 40 within the limits of the
municipality.
(a) Except that such snowmobiles may be operated in a
direct route from the outside limits of the Village to any point in
the Village, and from any point in the Village to the outside limits,
and from any point in the Village directly to any other point in the
Village at any hour.
(h)
SPEED
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall operate a vehicle in
the municipality at a speed greater than forty (40) KM/H.
(2) No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed greater than Thirty
(30) KM/H in the speed zones set out in Appendix 8.
(i)
U-TURNS
(1)
No person shall cause a vehicle to make a U-Turn between
intersections, and at the intersection of a highway with a lane or an
alley in the municipality.
(2)
No person shall cause a vehicle to make a U-Turn between
intersections designated as "No U-Turn" (appendix 3)
intersections. This shall apply to all traffic approaching and facing
a "No U-Turn" sign erected and maintained in accordance with the
provisions of section 4 (c) .
(j)
WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS - TRUCK ROUTES
(1)
No person shall operate a vehicle or a combination of
vehicles when the combined gross weight of the vehicle(s) with or
without a load exceeds 35 tonnes on any highway within the
municipality.
(2)
The provisions of The Police Act and The Highways Act
shall apply to the operators of vehicles referred to in subsection
(1).
(3)
No person shall operate any heavy vehicle on that portion
of Second Street South in the Village of Leask which lies between
the Provincial Highway No. 40 and Park Avenue.
(4)
Subsection 3 shall not apply to:
(a) Any person operating a heavy vehicle owned or under
contract by the Village actually in the service of the Village.
(b) Any person operating a heavy vehicle for the collection
or delivery of goods where an alternate route is not available in the
Village limits.
(5)
Any Police Officer or any person designated by resolution
of council may require the driver of any vehicle to weigh same at
the nearest scale forthwith within the Village limits. A certificate
issued by the person or persons in charge of the scale, showing the
weight, shall be deemed conclusive on the matter of weight.
(k)
BICYCLES
(1)
No person shall operate a bicycle without having at least
one hand on the handle bar.
(2)
No person shall operate a bicycle on a sidewalk.
(l)
BUS LOADING ZONE
The parking area of Railway Avenue adjacent to lots 22 and 23, block 1,
Plan S3969 shall be designated a Bus Loading Zone between the hours of
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. local time.
4.
SIGNS
(a)
Council shall cause to be erected and maintained at all stop streets
listed in Appendix 1, at a distance of approximately three (3) meters from
point of intersection, an appropriate sign containing the word "Stop", so
placed to face the traffic approaching the intersection.
(b)
Council shall cause to be erected and maintained at all yield streets
listed in Appendix 2, at a distance of approximately three (3) meters from
point of intersection, an appropriate "yield" sign, so placed to face the
traffic approaching the intersection.
(c)
Council shall cause to be erected and maintained at all "No U-
Turn" intersections as listed in Appendix 3, at a distance of approximately
three (3) meters from point of intersection, an appropriate sign prohibiting
U-Turns, so placed to face the traffic approaching the intersection.
(d)
Council shall cause to be erected and maintained at all "No
Parking" areas as listed in Appendix 6, appropriate signs and/or curb
markings. Such signs or curb markings shall be visible from that part of
the highway to which the restriction applies.
(e)
Council may by resolution provide for the erection and
maintenance on any highway, and at any designated point or points
thereon, of such signs as it may deem expedient for warning, guidance,
directions or information thereon.
5.
PENALTIES
(a)
Any person who contravenes any of the Provisions of subsection 3
of this bylaw is guilty of an offence or liable on summary conviction to the
penalties provided in the General Penalty Bylaw of the municipality.
(b)
The penalty for the contravention of section 3(k) is as follows:
(1) For the first infraction impounding the bicycle for seven (7)
days;
(2) For the second or additional infractions impounding the
bicycle for fourteen (14) days.
6.
IMPOUNDING
(1)
Any member of the police force, special constable or other person
appointed by council may remove or cause to be removed any vehicle that
is unlawfully placed, left or kept on any street or lane, public parking
place, or other public place, or on municipally-owned property, and to
impound or store such vehicle.
(2)
Where a vehicle has been impounded or stored after it has been
removed under subsection (1), it may be retained at a place designated by
council for a period of thirty (30) days from date of removal unless the
cost of removal, impounding, and storage are sooner paid. Upon payment
of the full costs herein, the vehicle may be released to the owner thereof.
(3)
If the costs of removal, impounding and storage are not paid within
the period of thirty days as specified in subsection (2), the municipality
shall have the right to recover same from the owner of the vehicle by:
(a) legal action in a court of competent jurisdiction;
(b) sale by public auction on publication of a notice designated the
time and place of sale at least ten days prior to the sale in a newspaper
circulating in the municipality and on sending such notice by registered
mail to the owner at the address appearing on the last registration of the
vehicle.
7.
Bylaw No.'s 14/82, 4/80, and 1/74 are hereby repealed.
Read a third time and adopted this
18th day of December, 1985.
__________________________
Mayor
____________________________
Administrator
APPENDIX 1 of Bylaw NO. 10/85
"STOP" STREETS [Section 2 (a)]
1)
First Street South where the same is intersected by Railway Avenue.
2)
First Street South where the same is intersected by Third Avenue.
3)
Second Street South where the same is intersected by Railway Avenue.
4)
Main Street where the same is intersected by Railway Avenue.
5)
First Street North where the same is intersected by Railway Avenue.
6)
First Avenue where the same is intersected by Main Street.
7)
First Avenue where the same intersects First Street South.
8)
Second Avenue where the same is intersected by Main Street.
9)
Second Avenue where the same is intersected by First Street South.
10)
Third Avenue where the same is intersected by Main Street.
11)
Railway Avenue where the same is intersected by Second Street North.
12)
South Road Allowance facing the traffic travelling west where the said
road allowance is intersected by the most easterly track of the Canadian National
Railway.
13)
South Road Allowance facing the traffic travelling east where the said
road allowance is intersected by the most westerly railroad track.
14)
Second Street North facing the traffic travelling east where the said street
is intersected by the railroad track.
15)
Second Street North facing the traffic travelling west where the said street
is intersected by the railroad track.
16) Second Avenue South where the same is intersected by Second Street
South
APPENDIX 2 of Bylaw NO. 10/85
"YIELD" STREETS [Section 2(b)]
1.
First Street North where the said street intersects with Second Avenue.
2.
Second Street South where the said street intersects with First Avenue.
3.
Second Street South where the said street intersects with Second Avenue.
4.
Park Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with the South Road
Allowance.
5.
Park Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with Second Street North.
6.
Railway Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with the South Road
Allowance.
7.
First Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with First Street North.
8.
First Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with Second Street North.
9.
Second Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with second Street
North.
10.
Third Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with Second Street North.
11.
First Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with the South Road
Allowance.
12.
Second Avenue where the said Avenue intersects with the South Road
Allowance.
APPENDIX 3 of Bylaw No. 10/85
"NO U-TURN" INTERSECTIONS [Section 2(c)]
The intersection of Main Street and First Avenue.
APPENDIX 4 of Bylaw No. 10/85
PERMIT FOR OPERATION OF LUG VEHICLES [Section 3(d)]
NAME:
ADDRESS:
TYPE OF VEHICLE:
ROUTE:
DEPOSIT:
I declare that:
(1)
I will use reasonable care in propelling, operating or driving such
lug vehicles over the highway to prevent any damage resulting to the highway.
(2)
I will, when operating such lug vehicle over any bridge or culvert
on any highway or on any specified bridge or culvert thereon, first lay down on
such bridge or culvert planks or timbers of not less than 5 cm in thickness or less
than 4 metres in length, such planks or timbers to be laid lengthwise across the
bridge or culvert in the direction in which the lug vehicle is proceeding in such a
manner that they will support the wheels or tread of the lug vehicle on both sides
thereof throughout its entire passage over such bridge or culvert.
(3)
I will pay for all damages caused to such highway or to any bridge
or culvert thereon as a result of propelling, operating or driving such lug vehicle
thereon.
_____________________________
OWNER/OPERATOR
APPENDIX 5 of Bylaw NO. 10/85
Angle parking areas [Section 3(e)]
1.
Main Street from Railway Avenue to Second Avenue.
2.
First Street North adjacent to lot 17, block 2, Plan S 3969
APPENDIX 6 of Bylaw No. 10/85
"NO PARKING' AREAS [Section (e)(4)]
1)
Railway Avenue immediately adjacent to lots 22 and 23, block 1, Plan S
3969 between the hours of 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock a.m. and 7 o'clock and 8
o'clock p.m. for the purposes of a "Bus Loading Zone".
2)
First Avenue immediately adjacent to lot 10, block 2, plan S 3969.
APPENDIX 7 of Bylaw NO. 10/85
"NO PARKING" AREAS [Heavy Vehicles - section (e)(9)]
STREET OR AVENUE
FROM
TO
APPENDIX 8 of Bylaw No. 10/85
SPEED ZONES - SCHOOL - PLAYGROUND [Section (h)(2)]
1.
Third avenue from Main Street to Second Street South.
2.
First Avenue from Second Street South to the South Road Allowance.