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BYLAW NO 01/11
A BYLAW TO MANAGE VEHICLE WEIGHTS
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Lakeview No. 337, in the Province of Saskatchewan,
enacts as follows:
PART I - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
Purpose
1.
The purposes of this bylaw are
(a) to establish or adopt a vehicle weight management system to regulate the weight of
vehicles, or vehicles with their loads, using municipal highways or any particular
municipal highway in the municipality and
(b) to designate routes within the municipality that any vehicle or class of vehicles is
required to use when being driven in the municipality.
Definitions
2.
(1) Except as hereinafter provided, words used in this bylaw shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in The Vehicle Weight and Dimension Regulations, 2010.
(2) In this bylaw:
a) "Administrator" means the administrator of the municipality;
b) "Minister" means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time
being the administration of The Highways and Transportation Act, 1997, is
assigned; and
c) "Municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Lakeview No. 337.
PART II - VEHICLE WEIGHTS
Weight limits on Certain Roads
3.
No person shall, without a permit issued:
a) pursuant to section 6 of this bylaw; or
b) by the Minister pursuant to section 36 of The Highways and Transportation
Act, 1997;
operate or move or cause to be operated or moved on or over a municipal highway a
vehicle, the gross vehicle weight of which exceeds the limits shown on Appendix "A" of
this bylaw.
Vehicles Without Rubber Tires
4.
Notwithstanding section3 of this bylaw, no person shall, without a permit issued
pursuant to section 6 of this bylaw, operate or move or cause to be operated or moved
on or over a municipal highway a vehicle without rubber tires the gross vehicle weight
of which exceeds 10,000 kilograms.
Exemptions
5.
The restrictions set out in sections 3 and 4 of this bylaw shall not apply to those vehicles
described in section 3 of The Vehicles Weight and Dimension Regulations, 2010.
Permits
6.
(1) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of this bylaw, the Administrator may, if satisfied
that the vehicle or combination of vehicles can be operated or moved upon a
municipal highway without damage to the highway or other property, issue a
permit to the registered owner of the vehicle or combination of vehicles to exceed
the maximum gross vehicle weights affixed by this bylaw.
(2) In order to obtain a permit under this section the registered owner must provide to
the Administrator:
a) proof satisfactory to the Administrator that the vehicle weight and its load
will not exceed the registered gross weight specified in the certificate of
registration of the vehicle issued pursuant to The Traffic Safety Act; and
b) proof of financial responsibility as provided for and in conformity with the
requirements of The Traffic Safety Act.
(3) The Administrator shall, in the permit, designate the municipal highways that may
be used and the vehicle then be operated on only such municipal highways as are
designated.
(4) For a single trip, the permit must be provided upon request by a peace officer or the
Administrator or his or her designate.
(5) For a multi-trip permit, the permit shall be carried in the vehicle and be produced
upon request by a peace officer or the Administrator or his or her designate, at the
time of inspection.
Bridges
7.
(1) Subject to subsection 7(2) of this bylaw, no person shall operate or move or cause to
be operated or moved across any bridge within the municipality a vehicle, the gross
weight of which exceeds 54,500 kilograms or 27,000 kilgrams per axle group without
a permit.
PART III - ENFORECEMENT
Penalty
8.
(1) A person who contravenes any provision of this bylaw is guilty of an offence.
(2) The penalty for breach of any provision of this bylaw shall be those set out in the
General Penalty Bylaw of the municipality.
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Reeve
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Administrator
Sections 8, 18 & 21 - The Municipalities Act
Read a third time and adopted
this ____ day of _____________, 2011