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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RENO NO. 51
CONSUL, SK
BYLAW NO. 225/15
A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS
FOR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES TRAVELLING ON ROADS
WITHING THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51, in the Province of Saskatchewan,
enacts as follows:
1.
That pursuant to Section 21 of The Municipalities Act the Administrator of the
municipality shall be authorized to issue overweight permits, to persons that, in
Council's opinion, qualify for an overweight permit.
2.
All vehicles operating in the municipality (unless otherwise exempted) shall not
exceed the prescribed or ordered "Secondary Highway" weights as determined by
Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation and its regulations.
3.
The municipality may authorize persons operating within the municipality to haul
loads in excess of section 2 of this bylaw, provided that a duly completed
"Municipal Overweight Permit" is first completed.
4.
Persons wishing to haul loads above "Secondary Highway" weights, shall make
application for permit to the municipal office. Conditions of the permit shall
include:
a)
The issuance of a per trip per vehicle permit shall only be valid for the
amount of hours as specified on each permit.
b)
The permittee shall provide to the municipality the registered license plate
number, the name of the licensee of each vehicle to be permitted, in
addition to the vehicles Gross Vehicle Weight, as determined by the motor
vehicle registration as issued by Saskatchewan Government Insurance.
c)
The roads to be used in the municipality shall be in firm, dry conditions.
d)
The persons operating the vehicles shall acknowledge and follow the
speed limit of 80 km/hr.
e)
The Council in its entirety and the Reeve of the municipality have the
authorization to revoke or suspend any permit they deem necessary from
any operator who is in direct violation or otherwise to this bylaw. Any
person who is in violation of this bylaw shall be subject to the Penalties
for Contravention of Bylaw No. 206/07 of the Rural Municipality of Reno
No. 51.
f)
Applicable charges payable to the municipality for issuance of a permit
shall include:
i)
Per trip - $25.00 per vehicle
5.
Upon the payment of the application fees established by the municipality, the
vehicle owner shall receive a copy of the permit for each vehicle applied for. The
permit shall remain in the vehicle signifying the vehicle is exempt from
"Secondary Highway" weight restrictions while operating within the municipality.
6.
The issuance or non-issuance of an "Overweight Permit" does in no way, limit the
liability of any hauler who may cause damage to the municipal road structure,
bridges and/or culverts and such hauler shall be responsible for the restoration of
any road, bridge and/or culvert, should damage occur.
7.
This Bylaw is in accordance with the provisions of Section 36 of The Highways
and Transportation act 1997, and Section 21 of The Municipalities Act.
8.
Bylaw No. 124/70 is hereby repealed.
Reeve
SEAL
Administrator
Read a third time and adopted
This 13th day of October, 2015.
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Administrator