Rural Municipality of Moose Range No. 486 Bylaw No. 03-2013 (A Bylaw to Manage Vehicle Weights) — full text, Rural Municipality of Moose Range No. 486, Saskatchewan

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## BYLAW NO 03-2013 ## A BYLAW TO MANAGE VEHICLE WEIGHTS The Council of the Rural Municipality Of Moose Range No. 486, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: ## PART I - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS Purpose any particular municipal highways 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. 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 Definitions (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. a) "Administrator" means the administrator of the municipality; (2) In this bylaw: b) "Minister" means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time assigned; and being the administration of The Highways and Transportation Act, 1997, is c) "Municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Moose Range No. 486. ## PART II - VEHICLE WEIGHTS Weight Limits on Certain Roads Transportation Act, 1997; a) pursuant to section 6 of this bylaw; or b) by the Minister pursuant to section 36 of The Highways and No person shall, without a permit issued: 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. ## Exemptions The restrictions set out in sections 3 and 4 of this bylaw shall not apply to those vehicles described in section 3 of The Vehicle Weight and Dimension Regulations, 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  - (1) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of this bylaw, the Administrator may, if 2. vehicles to exceed the maximum gross vehicle weights fixed by this bylaw. - (2) In order to obtain a permit under this section the registered owner must a) proof satisfactory to the Administrator that the vehicle and its load will provide to the Administrator: not exceed the registered gross weight specified in the certificate of - registration of the vehicle issued pursuant to The Traffic Safety Act; and 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 shall then be operated on only such municipal highways as are designated. (4) For a single trip permit, the permit number 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 cause to be operated or moved across any bridge within the municipality a vehicle, the gross vehicle weight of which exceeds 54,500 kilograms or 27,000 kilograms per axle group without a permit. - (1) Subject to subsection 7(2) of this bylaw, no person shall operate or move or (2) Notwithstanding subsection 7(1) of this bylaw, no person shall operate or move or cause to be operated or moved on or over the bridges listed in Appendix "B" of this bylaw, a vehicle, the gross vehicle weight of which exceeds the limits shown on Appendix "B". ## PART III - ENFORCEMENT ## Penalty Bylaw 05, 1978 is hereby repealed. Reeve ## Administrator   Certified a true copy of Bylaw No. 02/2013 adopted by resolution of Council on the 13th day of February, 2013 A.D. Administrator 2013. Read a third time and adopted this gth day of May,