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## Rural Municipality of Piapot No. 110 Vehicle Weights
Bylaw of the Rural Municipality of Piapot No. 110, in the Province of Saskatchewan to manage vehicle weights on the Roads of the Municipality.
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Piapot, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
## PART I - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
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 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.
## 2. Definitions
- a) Except as hereinafter provided, words used in this bylaw shall have the meanings ascribed to them in The Vehicle Weight and Dimension Regulations,
- b) In this bylaw:
3. ii) "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
- i) "Administrator" means the administrator of the municipality;
5. iii) "Municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Piapot No. 110.
## PART II - VEHICLE WEIGHTS
## 3. Weight Limits on Certain Roads
- a) No person shall, without a permit issued:
- 1) pursuant to section 5 of this bylaw; or
3. ii) by the Minister pursuant to section 36 of The Highways and Transportation Act, 1997;
operate 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 the official map of the Rural Municipality of Piapot No. 110.
## 4. Exemptions
- a) The restrictions set out in section 3 of this bylaw shall not apply to those vehicles described in section 3 of The Vehicle Weight and Dimension Regulations, 2010.
## 5. Permits
- a) Notwithstanding section 3 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 fixed by this bylaw.
- b) In order to obtain a permit under this section the registered owner must provide to the Administrator:
- i) proof satisfactory to the Administrator that the vehicle 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
2. ii) proof of financial responsibility as provided for and in conformity with the requirements of The Traffic Safety Act.
- c) 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.
- d) For a single trip permit, the permit number must be provided upon request by a law enforcement officer or the Administrator or his or her designate.
- e) For a multi-trip permit, the permit shall be carried in the vehicle and be produced upon request by a law enforcement officer or the Administrator or his or her designate, at the time of inspection.
## 6. Bridges
- a) Subject to subsection 6(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 vehicle weight of which exceeds 54,500 kilograms or 27,000 kilograms per axle group without a permit.
- b) Notwithstanding subsection 6(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 the official map of the Rural Municipality of Piapot No. 110.
## PART III - ENFORCEMENT
## 7. Penalty
- a) A person who contravenes any provision of this bylaw is guilty of an offence.
- b) The penalty for breach of any provisions of this bylaw shall be those set out in the General Penalty Bylaw of the municipality.
## 8. Coming Into Force
- a) This Bylaw comes into force and takes effect on the day of the final passing thereof and shall remain in effect until such a time as the bylaw is repealed.
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СЕРОВАТИ
PROVINCE
SASKAT CHEMAN
1914
No. 110
PIAPOT
Reeve
Teen
Administrator
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Read a third time and adopted this 14" day of April, 2021.
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