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## Traffic Bylaw Rural Municipality of Arlington No. 79
## BYLAW NO. 352
## A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES AND THE USE OF THE HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HAMLET OF DOLLARD
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Arlington No. 79 in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
1. This bylaw may be referred to as the Dollard Traffic Bylaw.
## 2. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this bylaw, the following terms and words shall have the following meanings:
- (b) "all terrain vehicle" and/or "ATV" means all terrain vehicle as defined in The All Terrain Vehicles Act;
- (a) "administrator" means the administrator of the municipality;
- (c) "council" means the council of the Rural Municipality of Arlington No. 79;
- (e) "highway" means a road, parkway, driveway, square, or place designated and intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, but does not include any area, whether privately or publicly owned, that is primarily intended to be used for the parking of vehicles and the necessary passageways on that area and does not include a provincial highway within the municipality as designated pursuant to the provisions of The Highways and Transportation Act, 1997;
- (d) "curb" means the lateral boundaries of a roadway, whether or not marked by curbing;
- (f) "justice" means a justice of the peace as per The Interpretation Act, 1995;
- (h) "parking" has the meaning ascribed thereto by The Traffic Safety Act;
- (g) "municipality" means the Hamlet of Dollard within the boundaries of the Rural Municipality of Arlington No. 79;
- (i) " place of public assembly" means schools, theatres, churches, rinks, and halls;
- (k) "designated officer" means the Administrator, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sheriff or any other person appointed to enforce municipal bylaws;
- (i) "power turn" means to maneuver a vehicle in such a manner to cause part of the vehicle to depart from its ordinary line of progress by the sudden use of acceleration and/or braking;
- (I) "speed bump" means an uneven patch on the highway constructed of asphalt, concrete or other like material for the purpose of controlling speed;
- (m) "vehicle" means a vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer or a motor vehicle as ascribed to by The Traffic Safety Act.
3. SCOPE
- (b) "Yield" Streets: highways listed in Appendix 2;
- (a) "Stop" Streets: highways listed in Appendix 1;
## 4. INFRACTIONS
- (b) "Yield" Streets: the provisions of The Traffic Safety Act shall apply to all traffic approaching and facing a "yield" sign erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of subsection 5(b).
- (a) "Stop" Streets: the provisions of The Traffic Safety Act shall apply to all traffic approaching and facing a "stop" sign erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of subsection 5(a).
- (c) Miscellaneous Signs:
- i. 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.
- ii.
- No person shall deface damage, destroy or remove any sign or
## (d) Parking:
- ii.
marker erected pursuant to this bylaw.
- Except as otherwise provided herein, the parking of vehicles is permitted on all highways within the municipality.
- (a) Subject to the provisions of sub clause 4(d)(ii)(b), no person shall park a vehicle in any lane, or 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 sub clause 4(d)(ii)(a), a vehicle may be parked in any lane for the purpose of taking on or permission has first been obtained from the administrator or a special constable of the municipality for an extension of such time.
- iii. No person shall park a vehicle within five (5) metres of any street intersection.
- iv. No person shall park a vehicle on any highway at one place for any period of time exceeding twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
- V. No person shall park any vehicle in any private place or on any private property unless he is the owner, occupant, licensee or permittee of the parking place or private property, except with the consent of such owner, occupant, licensee or permittee.
- vi. (a) Subject to sub clause 4(d)(vi)(b), no person shall park any vehicle designated for carrying or intended for the carrying of oil, gasoline or other flammable, combustible or explosive material, within 30 metres from the 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 sub clause 4(d)(vi)(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.
- (e) Power Turns: The operator of a vehicle shall not execute "power turns" on any highway in the Municipality.
- (f) Snowmobiles:
Under the provisions The Snowmobile Act and subject to clause 4(f) (ii),:
- i. it shall be lawful to operate a snowmobile between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on any highway within the limits of the municipality.
- ii. it shall be lawful to operate snowmobiles in the municipality at hours other than those specified in 4(f)(i) for the purpose of leaving the municipality by the most direct route or returning to a residence by the most direct route.
3. (g) Speed:
- i. No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed greater than forty (40) km per hour in the Hamlet of Dollard.
5. (h) U-Turns:
- i. 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.
7. (i) Vehicles on Public Reserves, etc.
- i. No person may operate or park a vehicle on any area designated on Appendix 3.
- ii. The provisions of clause 4(i)(i) shall not apply to maintenance or vehicles using a designated parking area.
5. SIGNS
11. (a) Council shall cause to be erected and maintained at all stop streets in Appendix 1, at a distance of approximately three (3) metres from point of intersection, an appropriate sign containing the word "Stop", so placed to face the traffic approaching the intersection.
12. (b) Council shall cause to be erected and maintained at all yield streets listed in Appendix 2, at a distance of approximately three (3) metres from point of
intersection, an appropriate "Yield" sign, so placed to face the traffic approaching the intersection.
## 6. PENALTIES
- (a) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this bylaw is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to the penalties provided in the General Penalty Bylaw of the municipality.
## 7. IMPOUNDING
- (a) In addition to and notwithstanding any provisions contained within Section 6 hereof, any person appointed as a designated officer pursuant to this bylaw:
1. is unlawfully placed, left or kept on any street, public parking place, or other public place;
- i. may remove or cause to be removed any vehicle that:
2. is unlawfully parked pursuant to clause 4(d)(v) when requested by the owner, occupant, licensee or permit holder of said land;
- ii. and seize, impound or store such vehicle.
- The municipality may retain a vehicle which has been impounded or stored after it has been removed under subsection 7(a) until the amount of outstanding fines, if any, and the costs incurred in removing and impounding or storing the vehicle have been paid, and upon payment of said outstanding fines and costs the vehicle shall be released to the owner.
- C. If the fines and costs described in subsection 7(b) have not been paid within a period of 30 days, the municipality shall have the right to recover same from the owner of the vehicle by :
- i. legal action in a court of competent jurisdiction;
11. sale through public auction; or
- ili. by private sale of the vehicle.
- d. Prior to the sale of a vehicle which has been impounded or stored under this section, the municipality shall provide notice designating the time and place of the sale at least 14 days prior to the sale by:
- i. publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating in the municipality;
- iii. by any other means which council may consider appropriate.
- ii. sending a copy of said notice by regular mail to the owner at the address last appearing on the vehicle registration; and
- e. The proceeds from such sale shall be applied firstly on the fines and costs described in subsection 7(b) and the balance remaining, if any, shall be paid to the
- If the proceeds from such sale are insufficient to satisfy the fines and costs described in subsection 7(b), the amount of the shortfall shall be a debt due and owing from the owner and enforceable by the municipality in any manner allowed
## 8. COMING INTO FORCE
This bylaw shall come into force and effect on the day it is approved by the Highway Traffic Board.
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CHALITY
OF ARE
GASKATCHEWAN
THATE
CANADA
UNGTON
Administrator
Cerified to be a true copy of eylaw No. 352 dopted by the council of the Rural Municipality Artington No. 79 on the Le day of 17u Gust, 20
(SEAL)
Administrator
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## Public Reserves
R - Plan D4204
R1 - Plan 04555
R2 - Plan 04555
## APPENDIX 1
of Bylaw No. 352
## "STOP" STREETS [section 3(a)]
## Street or Avenue
Railway Avenue - West of Cypress Street
Cloverly Avenue - West of Cypress Street
Hudson Avenue - West of Cypress Street
First Street West
Railway Avenue East - East of Cypress Street
## Where intersected by street or avenue
Where intersected by Cypress Street
Where intersected by Cypress Street
Where intersected by Cypress Street
Where intersected by Railway Avenue
Where intersected by Cypress Street
## APPENDIX 2
of Bylaw No. 352
## Street or Avenue
No Yield signs in place
"YIELD" STREETS [section 3(b)]
Where intersected by street or avenue
## APPENDIX 3
of Bylaw No. 352 "Public Reserves" [section 4(i)]