Bylaw No. 1-2018 - Regulate the Operation of All-Terrain Vehicles
Southey, Saskatchewan
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BYLAW NO. 1-2018
A BYLAW FOR THE TOWN OF SOUTHEY IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN TO
REGULATE THE OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES
The Council of the Town of Southey in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as follows:
1. This bylaw shall be referred to as the ATV Bylaw.
2. In this Bylaw:
a) "All Terrain Vehicle" means all terrain vehicles as defined in The All Terrain Vehicles
Act.
b) "Highway" means a highway as defined in The Traffic Safety Act.
c)
"Public Land" means public land as defined in The All Terrain Vehicles Act.
d) "Private Land" means land other than public land.
e) "Provincial Highway" means a provincial highway as defined in The Highways and
Transportation Act.
f)
"Vehicle" means a vehicle as defined in The Traffic Safety Act.
g)
"Municipality" means the Town of Southey.
3. No person shall operate an All Terrain Vehicle on any public land within the corporate
limits of the Municipality.
4.
No person shall operate an All Terrain Vehicle on any Private Land not owned by that
person or a member of that person's immediate family within the corporate limits of the
Municipality without written consent from the owner of said land.
5. Under the provisions of Section 9 of The All Terrain Vehicle Act, it shall be lawful for a
person to operate an All Terrain Vehicle in any back lane or travelled portion of any
highway within the Municipality, from their residence or place of business to the closest
point of exit from the Municipality and from the closest point of entrance to the
Municipality to their residence or place of business.
6.
Notwithstanding Section 5 of this Bylaw, All Terrain Vehicles shall not be operated on
Keats Street or Provincial Highways No. 6 and 22 within the limits of the Municipality,
except for purposes of crossing by the most direct route.
7.
Notwithstanding Section 6(a) of the Town of Southey Bylaw 14-1982 (A Bylaw to Control
and Regulate Noise) an All Terrain Vehicle may be operated between the hours of seven
(7:00) a.m. and ten (10:00) p.m.
8. Any applicable sections of The All Terrain Vehicles Act and corresponding Regulations
shall apply to the operation of All Terrain Vehicles within Town limits.
9. All Terrain Vehicle operators shall follow the rules of the road as set out in The Traffic
Safety Act and corresponding Regulations.
10. Any All Terrain Vehicle crossing a highway must:
a)
come to a full stop prior to crossing;
b) take the most direct route across the highway and;
c)
when entering onto a highway, shall do so frorn an established public highway
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BYLAW NO. 1-2018
A BYLAW FOR THE TOWN OF SOUTHEY IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN TO
REGULATE THE OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES
11. The provisions of this Bylaw shall not apply to:
a) A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Conservation Officer, Auxiliary
Police or Bylaw Enforcement Officer, while exercising his or her duties as an officer
of the law
b) The use of All Terrain Vehicles during a declaration of a local emergency within the
Town of Southey
c)
Special events approved by the Town Council
d) the use of All Terrain Vehicles is approved by council while in the operation of snow
removal or landscaping on private or Town-owned property, directly from the place
of residence of the owner, by the most direct route and return
e) a land surveyor or a contractor registered in the Province of Saskatchewan in the
performance of the duties of surveying land or construction work within the Town of
Southey
f)
a public service vehicle of the Municipality
12. No person shall operate an All Terrain Vehicle at a speed great than twenty (20)
kilometers per hour in the limits of the Town of Southey
13. No section of this Bylaw shall supersede or preside over, any section of The Traffic Safely
Act and corresponding Regulations or The All Terrain Vehicles Act and corresponding
Regulations.
14. Any person found guilty of an infraction of this Bylaw shall be liable on summary
conviction to the penalties set out in The Traffic Safety Act, The All Terrain Vehicles Act
and any corresponding Regulations.
15. This Bylaw shall come into force and take effect on the date of the final passing thereof.
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