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## VILLAGE OF MAYO
## BY-LAW NO. 333
A by-law to set the speed limit inside Village of Mayo boundaries.
WHEREAS Sections 220, 265, and 272 of the Municipal Act provide that Council may by bylaw regulate the speed of any vehicle within a municipality; and
Whereas the Government of Yukon revised the Motor Vehicle Act in 2018 and the Village's speed limit bylaw from 1998 was no longer enforceable, and
Whereas Section 124 of the revised Motor Vehicles Act provides that "with respect to highways, by bylaw, Council may prescribe a maximum speed of less than 1 50 kilometers per hour for all or any part of a highway", and
Whereas the Village of Mayo Council has had a speed limit of 40 km/hr inside municipal boundaries since 1998 and a speed limit of 30 km/hr in several areas that are frequented by children (e.g. school, daycare, playgrounds, recreation facilities, etc.) and
Whereas the Council for the Village of Mayo wants to keep the reduced speed limits of 40 km/hr inside Village of Mayo boundaries and the 30 km/hr speed limit in areas that are frequented by children, and whereas Council wants to set the speed limit on the Mayo River Road to 25 km/hr,
NOW THEREFORE the Council for the Village of Mayo, in open meeting assembled, HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. This by-law may be cited as the "Speed Limit Bylaw"
2. The Village of Mayo speed limits inside Village of Mayo boundaries will be 40 km/hr and in areas frequented by children the speed limit will be 30 km/hr, and on the Mayo River Road the speed limit will be 25 km/hr.
3. The Village declares that all currently posted speed limit signs are authorized and erected pursuant the Speed Limit Bylaw # 333.
4. This by-law shall come into force and effect upon the final reading thereof.
5. By-law No. 327 is hereby repealed.
Read a first and second time this Read a third and final time this day of 15 day of May May \_, 2019. \_, 2019.
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