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BYLAW NO. 171
A BYLAW RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF TREES, SHRUBS, STONE PILES
OR OTHER OBJECTS ADJACENT TO CERTAIN HIGHWAYS
The council of the Rural Municipality of Lajord No. 128 in the
Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
1.
For the purposes of this bylaw the expression:
(a)
"municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Lajord
No. 128 of Saskatchewan.
(b)
"road" means any road allowance within the municipality
other than:
(i)
a private road, or
(ii)
a provincial highway, or
(iii)
a road or highway within the following hamlets,
to wit: Lajord, Bechard, Riceton, Gray, Kronau
and Davin.
2.
(1) Subject to Section 3 hereof, the counci1 may from time
to time, by resolution, provide for the removal, at the
expense of the municipality, of any brush, trees or
shrubs growing on private property, or stone, earth or
gravel piles, portable structures, machinery or other
objects placed on private property within one hundred
and fifty feet from the centre line of any road or
within 300 feet from the intersection of road allowances
other than a provincial highway.
(2) Every resolution passed under subsection (1) hereof shall
designate the private property to which it relates.
3.
Nothing in Section 2 hereof shall apply with respect to brush,
trees or shrubs planted more than five years prior to the
passing of this bylaw, where such brush, trees or shrubs:
(a)
are used as a shelter belt, and
(b)
are situated within one hundred and fifty feet, but more
than seventy-five feet, from the centre line of a road
at a place other than an intersection of roads.
4.
Any agent or servant of the municipality appointed by the
council to carry out the provisions of Section 2 hereof shall
have power for that purpose to enter upon the private property
involved.
5.
Any person who obstructs or interferes with an agent or servant
of the municipality while engaged in carrying out the provisions
of Section 2 hereof shall be liable on summary conviction to
the penalties prescribed by Section 187 of The Rural Municipality
Act, 1978.
6.
Bylaws No. 92 and No. 93 are hereby repealed.
Originally Signed By
Reeve
Originally Signed By
Administrator
Certified a true copy of the
Bylaw adopted by resolution on
The 11th day of December, 1984.
Originally Signed By
Reeve
Originally Signed By
Administrator