Bylaw BL-2002-0046
CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF GEORGINA
IN THE
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK
BY-LAW NO. 2002-0046 (TR-1)
BEING A BY-LAW TO REGULATE TRAFFIC AND TO GOVERN AND
CONTROL THE PARKING OF VEHICLES IN THE TOWN OF GEORGINA
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WHEREAS the Municipal Act as amended
authorizes a municipality to pass by-laws for
regulating traffic on highways;
AND WHEREAS the said Act authorizes a
municipality to pass by-laws for the prohibiting of
unauthorized parking on private or municipal property;
AND WHEREAS the said Act authorizes a
municipality to pass by-laws for prohibiting parking on
private roadways designated as fire routes;
AND WHEREAS the said Act authorizes a
municipality to pass by-laws to regulate or prohibit
the parking, standing or stopping of vehicles in
designated disabled parking spaces and to provide an
exemption from such regulations or prohibitions for
owners and drivers of vehicles displaying a valid
disabled person parking permit.;
AND WHEREAS the said Act authorizes a
municipality to pass by-laws for requiring the owners
or operators of parking lots or other parking
facilities to which the public has access, to provide
designated parking spaces for the sole use of vehicles
operated by or carrying a disabled person;
AND WHEREAS the said Act authorizes a
municipality to pass by-laws for regulating and
controlling the use, including the use for parking
purposes, of untravelled portions of highways;
AND WHEREAS the said Act provides that fines
may be charged for offenses created by vehicles left
parked, stopped or standing.
AND WHEREAS the said Act authorizes a
municipality to pass by-laws for prohibiting or
regulating the obstructing, encumbering, injuring or
fouling of highways or bridges.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF GEORGINA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
GENERAL PROVISIONS:
1.0 DEFINITIONS:
In this By-law;
(a) A authorized sign" means any sign, or marking
on a roadway, or curb or sidewalk, or other
device placed or erected on a highway under
the authority of this By-law for the purpose
of regulating, warning or guiding traffic;
(b) "bicycle" includes a tricycle having a wheel
or wheels of more than 60 centimeters in
diameter;
(c) "boulevard" means all the parts of a highway
save and except any roadway, shoulder or
sidewalk and
Aouter boulevard" means that part of the
highway lying between any sidewalk and the
roadway or the near edge of the shoulder
where such exists and
"inner boulevard" means that part of the
highway lying between the property line and
the edge of the sidewalk nearest to the
property line and where there is no sidewalk,
it means that part of the highway lying
between the property line and the roadway or
the edge of the shoulder where such exists,
furthest from the roadway;
(d) "crosswalk" means
that part of a highway at an
intersection that is included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the
sidewalks on opposite sides of the
highway measured from the curbs or, in
the absence of curbs, from the edges of
the roadway, or
(ii) any portion of a roadway at an
intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by
signs or by lines or other markings on
the surface;
(e) "designated disabled parking space" means a
parking space marked by a sign indicating
that such space is to be for the sole use of
a vehicle operated by or carrying a disabled
person;
(f) "fire route" means a public and private
roadway, lane, driveway or parking lot aisle,
not less than 3 metres wide, providing
vehicular access to or from a designated
building and designated by this By-law as a
fire route;
(g) Aheavy truck@ means a commercial motor
vehicle for carriage of goods having a
weight, when not loaded, of more than 4.6
tonnes, but does not include a passenger
vehicle, an ambulance or any vehicle of a
police, fire or other Town department;
(h) "highway" includes a common and public
highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway,
square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle,
designed and intended for, or used by, the
general public for the passage of vehicles,
and includes the total width of the road
allowance;
(i) "intersection" means the area embraced within
the proIongation or connection of the lateral
curb lines or, if none, then of the lateral
boundary lines of two or more highways that
join one another at an angle, whether, or not
one highway crosses the other;
(j) "motorcycle" means a self-propelled vehicle
having a seat or saddle for the use of the
driver and designed to travel on not more
than three wheels in contact with the ground,
and includes a bicycle with a motor attached
and a motor scooter;
(k) @motor vehicle" includes an automobile,
motorcycle, and any other vehicle propelled
or driven otherwise than by muscular power,
but does not include the cars of electric or
steam railways, or other motor vehicles
running only upon rails, or a motorized snow
vehicle, traction engine, farm tractor, self-
propelled implement of husbandry or road-
building machine within the meaning of The
Highway Traffic Act;
(l) "motorized snow vehicle" means a motorized
snow vehicle as defined in The Motorized Snow
Vehicle Act;
(m) "Municipal Law Enforcement Officer" means a
person appointed by By-law to enforce the
Town's By-laws;
(n) "occupant" means:
(i) the tenant of private property or part
thereof whose consent to permit parking
on private property shall extend only to
the control of the land or part thereof
of which he is the tenant and any
parking spaces allotted to him under his
lease or tenancy agreement;
(ii) the spouse of a tenant;
(iii) a person, a municipality or a local
board thereof, having an interest in the
property under an easement or right-of-
way granted to or expropriated by the
person, municipality or local board
whose consent to permit parking on
private property shall extend only to
that part of the property that is
subject to the easement or right-of-way;
(iv) a person authorized in writing by
an occupant as defined in clauses (i),
(ii), or (iii) of this section to act on
the occupant=s behalf for requesting the
enforcement of this by-law;
(o) Aofficial sign@ means an authorized sign
approved by the Ministry of Transportation of
Ontario;
(p) Aowner@ when used in relation to property
means:
(i) the registered owner of the property;
(ii) the registered owner of a condominium
unit whose consent shall extend only to
the control of the unit of which he is
the owner and to any parking spaces
allotted to him by the Condominium
Corporation, or reserved for his
exclusive use in the declaration or
description of the property;
(iii)the spouse of the person described
in clauses (i) or (ii) of this section;
(iv) where the property is included in a
description registered under the
Condominium Act, the board of directors
of the Condominium Corporation;
(v) a person authorized in writing by the
property owner as defined in clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this
section to act on the owners behalf for
requesting the enforcement of this by-
law;
(q) Apark or parking@, when prohibited, means the
standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, except when standing temporarily for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or
passengers;
(r) Aparking infraction notice@ means a notice
authorized by the Provincial Offences Act and
placed on any vehicle parked in contravention
of this by-law;
(s) Apedestrian@ includes an invalid in a
wheelchair and a child in a baby carriage;
(t) Apedestrian crossover@ means any portion of a
roadway designated by by-law of the Town, at
an intersection or elsewhere, distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs on
the highway and lines or other markings on
the surface of the roadway as prescribed by
the regulations made under the Highway
Traffic Act;
(u) Apermit@ shall mean a disabled parking permit
issued on an interim or annual basis to the
owner or driver of vehicles that are operated
by or carry a disabled person;
(v) Adisabled person@ shall mean a person who is
temporarily or permanently confined to a
wheelchair or who is restricted to the use of
crutches or braces or is disabled in such a
way that his or her mobility is seriously
restricted, such disability being confirmed
by a general practitioner or other qualified
physician;
(w) Apolice officer@ means a member of the York
Regional Police Force;
(x) private roadway" means any private road,
private driveway, lane, ramp or other means
of vehicular access to or egress from a
property, building or structure, and it may
include part of a parking lot;
(y) "roadway" means the part of the highway that
is improved,
designed or ordinarily used for vehicular
traffic, but does not include the shoulder,
and, where a highway includes two or more
separate roadways, the term, "roadway"
refers to any one roadway separately and not
to all of the roadways collectively;
(z) "schedule" means a schedule referred to in
this By-law and forming part of this By-law;
(aa) "school crosswalk" means a crosswalk marked
by authorized signs designating it as a
school crossIng location;
(bb) "sidewalk" means that part of a highway not
being part of the roadway that has been
improved by paving or other means for
pedestrian traffic;
(cc) Astand" or "standing". when prohibited,
means the halting of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except for the purpose of
and while actually engaged in receiving or
discharging passengers;
(dd) "stop" or "stopping", when prohibited, means
the halting of a vehicle, even momentarily,
whether occupied or not, except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions
of a constable or other police officer or of
a traffic control sign or signal;
(ee) @Town" shall mean the Corporation of the
Town of Georgina;
(ff) "traffic control signal" means any
device, manually, electrically or
mechanically operated for the regulation or
control of traffic;
(gg) "U-turn" means the turning of a vehicle
within a roadway, or where a highway is
divided the turning of a vehicle from one
roadway to another roadway so as to proceed
in the opposite direction;
(hh) "vehicle" includes a motor vehicle,
trailer, farm tractor, road-building
machine and any vehicle drawn, propelled or
driven, by any kind of power, including
muscular power, but not include a motorized
snow vehicle or the cars of electric or steam
railways running only upon rails;
(ii) Ashoulder@ means that part of highway
immediate adjacent to the roadway and having
a surface which has been improved with,
asphalt, concrete, or gravel;
(jj) Apermit parking space@ means a space
designated on a highway where the parking of
a motor vehicle is permitted by permit.
2.0 APPLICATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
(a) This By-law applies to all highways under the
jurisdiction of the Corporation of the Town
of Georgina.
(b) The Schedules referred to in this By-law
shall form part of this By-law and each entry
in a column of such a Schedule shall be read
in conjunction with the entry or entries
across therefrom and not otherwise.
(c)Where any expression of time occurs or
where any hour or other period of time is
stated in this By-law or on a sign erected
pursuant to this Bylaw, the time referred to
shall be Standard Time, except in periods
when Daylight Saving Time is in effect, in
which periods it shall be Daylight Saving
Time.
(d)The provisions of this By-law shall not
apply to Ambulances, Police and Fire
Department motor vehicles, Public Utility
motor vehicles and motor vehicles actually
engaged in works undertaken for the Town, if
compliance herewith would seriously interfere
with the function which the vehicle is
performing.
(e)Director of Engineering & Public Works
is hereby appointed as the officer of the
Town to issue permits on behalf of the Town
respecting the movements of vehicles, loads,
objects or structures in excess of the
dimensional or weight limits pursuant to the
relevant provisions of the Highway Traffic
Act.
(f) Director of Engineering & Public Works is
authorized to place or erect and to maintain
such authorized signs and traffic control
signals as are required to give effect to the
provisions of the safety or convenience of
the public.
(g)No person shall place, maintain or
display upon or in view of any highway, any
sign, signal, marking or device which
purports to be or is an imitation of or
resembles an authorized sign or traffic
control signal, or which conceals from view
or interferes with the effectiveness of an
authorized sign or traffic control signal.
PART A - PARKING PROVISIONS:
3. 0 GENERAL PARKING AND STOPPING REQUIREMENTS:
3.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS:
3.1.1 Method of Parking- Parallel- Two Way
Traffic
(a) No person shall park or stop any vehicle
on any highway or portion thereof except
as follows:
(i) where there is a raised curb or
rolled curb, on the right side of
the roadway with the right front
and rear wheels having regard to
the direction in which such vehicle
was proceeding, parallel to and not
more than 30 centimetres out from
such curb;
(ii) where there is
no curb, with right front and rear
wheels parallel to and as near to
the right limit of the roadway as
is practical.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) do not
apply where angle parking is permitted
or to parking or stopping a vehicle on
the left side of the roadway or a
highway designated for one-way traffic.
3.1.2. Method of Parking - Parallel - One Way
Traffic
(a) Where a highway is designated for
one-way traffic and parking is
permitted on the left side of such
highway no person shall park or
stop any vehicle on the left side
of the highway or portion thereof
except as follows:
(i) where there is a raised curb
or rolled curb, on the roadway
with the left front and rear
wheels, having regard to the
direction in which such
vehicle is proceeding,
parallel to and not more than
30 centimetres out from such
curb;
(ii) where there is no curb, with
the left front and rear wheels
having regard to the direction
in which such vehicle was
proceeding, parallel to and as
near to the left limit of the
roadway as is practical.
3.1.3 Method of Parking - Angle
(a) No person shall stop or park any
vehicle on a highway where angle
parking is permitted except:
(i) in the case of an area clearly
marked into parking spaces by
lines painted on the roadway
within a parking space so
marked so that no part of the
vehicle encroaches on a
contiguous parking space;
(ii) in all other cases where angle
parking is permitted, with the
front of the vehicle facing
the edge of the roadway and
left side of the vehicle
produced to the front thereof
and the edge of the roadway
forming an angle of not less
than 40 degrees, and not
greater than 50 degrees.
3.2 PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - SIGNS NOT
REQUIRED:
(a) No person shall park any vehicle on any
highway:
in front of or within 2 metres of the intersection
of a private roadway, or within 60 centimetres of a
driveway on all Town roadways;
(ii) within 3 metres of a point on the
curb or edge of the roadway nearest to
any fire hydrant;
(iii) within 9 metres of an intersecting
roadway;
(iv) within 15 metres of any level
crossing of a railway;
(v) for a period longer than 3 hours;
(vi) for the purpose of displaying the
vehicle for sale;
(vii) for the purpose of washing,
greasing or repairing the vehicle,
except for such repairs as have been
necessitated by an emergency;
(viii) alongside the tracks of any
railway;
(ix) in such a position as will prevent
the removal under its own power of any
other vehicle;
(x) so as to obstruct a crosswalk;
(xi) so as to interfere with the
movement of traffic;
(xii) on a highway within 152 metres (500
ft) of fire fighting apparatus where
said apparatus is actually engaged in
fighting a fire, or when if directed by
a member of the Police or Fire
Department;
(xiii) on a bridge;
(xiv) on a boulevard.
3.3 PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - WHERE
SIGNS ARE ON DISPLAY:
(a) Where authorized signs are on display
indicating that parking is prohibited, no
person shall park any vehicle on any highway:
within 30 metres of an intersection controlled by
traffic control signals;
( ii ) within 6 metres of a point
designated as a bus stop;
( iii) within 8 metres of any fire
hall on the side of the highway on
which the fire hall is located or
within 30 metres of such fire hall
on the opposite side of the
highway;
(iv) within a turning basin at the
end of a cul-de-sac;
(v) so as to interfere with the
formation of a funeral procession;
(vi) within 15 metres of the
termination of a cul-de-sac;
(vii) in front of the entrance to
any public hall, theatre, school or
church at times which are
designated on the signs.
3.4 STOPPING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - SIGNS
NOT
REQUIRED:
No person shall stop any vehicle on a highway:
(a) on or over a sidewalk or
footpath;
(b) within an intersection,
crosswalk, or pedestrian crossover:
(i) within 9 metres of a pedestrian
crossover measured along the side
of the roadway in the direction
opposite to the direction of travel
of vehicles on that side of the
highway;
(ii) within 9 metres of a pedestrian
crossover measured along the side of
the roadway in the direction of
travel of vehicles on that side of
the highway;
(c) alongside or across the highway from any
excavation or obstruction in the roadway
when the free flow of traffic would be
impeded;
(d) on the roadway side of any stopped or
parked vehicle;
(e) upon any bridge or elevated structure or
within any tunnel or underpass.
3.5 STOPPING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES - WHERE
SIGNS ARE ON DISPLAY:
Where authorized signs are on display indicating
that stopping is prohibited, no person shall stop
any vehicle on any highway:
(a) (i) within 30 metres of a
pedestrian crossover measured along
the side of the roadway in the
direction opposite to the direction
of travel of vehicles on that side
of the highway;
(ii) within 15 metres of a pedestrian
crossover measured along the side
of the roadway in the direction of
travel of vehicles on that side of
the highway;
(b) (i) between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. within 30 metres of a
school crosswalk measured along the
side of the roadway in the
direction opposite to the direction
of travel of vehicles on that side
of the highway;
(ii) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m. within 15 metres of a
school crosswalk measured on the
highway in the direction of travel
of vehicles on that side of the
highway;
(c) within the following distances of a
crosswalk controlled by traffic control
signals and located other than at an
intersection:
(i) within 30 metres of the crosswalk
measured along the side of the
roadway in the direction opposite
to the direction of travel of
vehicles on that side of the
highway;
(ii) within 15 metres of the crosswalk
measured along the side of the
roadway in the direction of travel
of vehicles on that side of the
highway.
3.6 PARKING FOR HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS:
No person who sells, offers for sale or takes
orders for goods, wares, merchandise or produce from
a vehicle shall for the purpose of carrying on his
business park the vehicle on any part of a highway
lying between two intersecting highways.
3.7 PERMITTED ANGLE PARKING:
Angle parking in accordance with the provisions of
3.1.3 is permitted on the highways at the side and
between the limits set out respectively in Columns
1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 'I'.
4.0. SPECIFIC PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING
REQUIREMENTS:
4.1 PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN
HIGHWAYS:
(a) Where authorized signs are on display
indicating that parking is prohibited, no
person shall park a vehicle on any highway at
the side and between the limits set out
respectively in Columns 1, 2 and 3 of
Schedules >Il= and 'III' during the
prohibited times or days set out in Column 4
of the said Schedule.
(i) Where authorized signs are on display
indicating that parking is prohibited, no person shall
park a vehicle on any highway at the side and between
the limits set out respectively in Columns 1, 2 and 3
of Schedule 'IV' during the times or days set out in
Column 4 of the said Schedule for a longer period than
that set out in Column 5 of the said Schedule.
(ii) Nothing in this section shall be deemed
to permit parking at any location where
or at any time when parking is
otherwise prohibited.
4.2 STOPPING RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN
HIGHWAYS:
(a) Where authorized signs are on display
indicating that stopping is prohibited, no
person shall stop a vehicle on any highway at
the side and between the limits set out
respectively in Columns 1, 2 and 3 of
Schedule 'V' during the prohibited times or
days set out in Column 4 of the said
Schedule.
4.3 STANDING RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN
HIGHWAYS:
Where authorized signs are on display indicating
that standing is prohibited, no person shall
stand a vehicle on any highway at the side and
between the limits set out respectively in Columns
1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 'VI' during the
prohibited times or days set out in Column 4 of
the said Schedule.
5.0 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
5.1 PASSENGER OR FREIGHT LOADING ZONES:
(a) The highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule
>VIl= at the side and between the limits set
out respectively in Columns 2 and 3 of the
said Schedule are hereby designated as
passenger or freight loading zones during the
times set out in Column 4 of the said
Schedule.
(b) No person shall park any vehicle on a highway
in a passenger or freight loading zone.
(c) Each designation made under subsection (a)
shall be effective upon the erection of
authorized signs marking the passenger or
freight loading zones and showing the times
of the parking prohibition.
5.2 STANDS FOR TAXICABS:
(a) Stands for taxicabs are hereby authorized and
assigned on the highways at the side and at
the locations set out respectively in Columns
1, 2 and 3 on Schedule 'VIII' for the number
of taxicabs permitted set out in Column 4 of
the said Schedule, for use between the hours
set out in Column 5 of the said Schedule.
(b) (i) No taxicabs, while waiting for hire
or engagement, shall be parked on any
highway except at a stand authorized and
assigned for taxicabs by subsection (a)
and marked as a taxicab stand by an
authorized sign.
(ii) No vehicle other than a taxicab waiting
for hire or engagement shall be parked
at any stand referred to in subsection
(i) marked as a taxicab stand by an
authorized sign.
5.3 SCHOOL BUS LOADING ZONES:
(a) School bus loading zones are hereby
authorized and assigned on the highways at
the side and at the locations set out
respectively in Columns 1, 2 and 3 on
Schedule 'IX= for use by school buses during
the times set out in Column 4 of the said
Schedule.
(b) No vehicle other than a school bus waiting
for, or in the process of, loading or
unloading students, shall be stopped in any
school bus loading zone referred to in
subsection (a) when marked by an authorized
sign indicating that such stopping is
prohibited in the zone.
5.4 FIRE ROUTES:
Upon the designation of Fire Routes by the Fire
Chief and notice under the Fire Protection and
Prevention Act the following shall apply:
(a) The public and private roadways, lanes,
driveways and parking lot aisles outlined in
columns 1 and 2 of Schedule >X= hereto are
hereby authorized and assigned as Fire
Routes.
(b) Where an authorized sign is on display, no
person shall park any vehicle on or along any
private roadway designated as a Fire Route as
set out in Schedule >X=.
(c) The owner of a property shall erect signs
marking private roadways thereon as fire
routes as follows:
(i) fire route signs shall be mounted on a
rigid sign post, pole or building
structure; and
(ii) fire route signs shall be erected at a
height of between 1.9 metres and 2.5
metres as measured from the edge of the
travelled portion of the designated fire
route to the bottom edge of the sign;
and
(iii)fire route signs shall be installed
at a distance of between 0.3 metres and
3.0 metres from the travelled edge of
the designated fire route; and
(iv) fire route signs shall be installed
along the entire designated fire route
at maximum intervals of 23 metres or as
frequently as is necessary to identify
the fire access route; and
(v) fire route signs installed where there
is one way traffic flow shall be posted
at a 45 degree angle in relation to the
edge of the travelled portion of the
designated fire route facing approaching
traffic; and
(vi) fire route signs installed where there
is two way traffic flow shall be posted
at a 90 degree angle in relation to the
travelled portion of the designated fire
route so they are readily visible to
traffic travelling in either direction
and such signs shall be posted on both
sides of the roadway or such signs shall
state that both sides of roadway are
designated as a fire route.
(d) Before erecting signs as required the
property owner shall obtain direction from
and the approval of the Fire Chief or his
designate for all such signs, the wording
thereon and the location thereof.
(e) The owner of a property upon which there is a
private roadway that has been designated as a
Fire Route shall:
(i) maintain the signs marking it as a fire
route; and
(ii) shall keep the roadway in good repair,
clear of snow and ice, and free of all
obstructions.
5.5 SNOW REMOVAL:
In order to facilitate the process of snow
removal from highways, no person shall park
any vehicle on any highway under the
jurisdiction of the Town, from the hours of
2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. from and including
November 15th of each year, to and including
April 15th of the following year.
5.6 PARKING ON PRIVATE OR MUNICIPAL PROPERTY:
(a) No person shall park or leave a motor
vehicle:
(i) on private property without consent of
the owner or occupant of the property,
and
(ii) on property owned or occupied by
the Municipality or any local board
thereof, without the consent of the
Municipality or local board as the case
may be.
(b) (i) any vehicle parked or left
contrary to this by-law may be removed
and/or impounded at its owner's expense
subject to the limiting provisions of
this by-law.
(ii) a vehicle shall be deemed to have been
removed if a towing vehicle has been
summoned to remove it by a person
authorized to enforce this by-law.
(c) Where an owner or occupant of property
affected by this by-law has posted signs
stating conditions on which a motor vehicle
may be parked or left on the property or
prohibiting the parking or leaving of a motor
vehicle on the property, a motor vehicle
parked or left on the property contrary to
such conditions or prohibition shall be
deemed to have been parked or left without
consent.
(d) A Police Officer or Municipal Law Enforcement
Officer, in respect of a particular property
to enforce this by-law shall be deemed to
have the written authority of the owner or
occupant of the property to enforce this by-
law and such officers are not required to
receive a written complaint before enforcing
this by-law.
5.7 PARKING ON UNTRAVELLED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS:
(a) No person shall park or leave any vehicle
upon any untravelled portion of a highway for
a period exceeding seventy-two (72) hours.
(b) Vehicles parked or left in contravention of
this section may, by order of a Police
Constable or Municipal Law Enforcement
Officer, be removed and impounded at the
expense of the owner thereof.
5.8 DISABLED PARKING:
Provision of parking spaces for use by disabled persons
Every owner or operator of a parking lot or of a
parking facility to which the public has access
shall designate parking spaces for the exclusive
use of a motor vehicle operated by a disabled
person, or a motor vehicle carrying a disabled
person in respect of which a permit has been
issued and properly displayed. The minimum number
of designated disabled parking spaces which must
be provided shall be calculated as follows:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC NUMBER OF
DISABLEDPARKING SPACES SPACES
REQUIRED
1 - 29 0
30 - 75 1
76 - 150 2
151 - 400 3
401 - 800 6
800 or more 6 plus 5
for each additional
800 or fewer spaces
Every owner or operator shall ensure that the
designated spaces as required shall be:
(i) minimum of 6.0 metres wide and 5.7 metres
long where the angle to the aisle way is not
parallel, or 4.0 metres wide and 7.0 metres
long where parallel to and abutting the aisle
way; and
(ii) hard surfaced; and
(iii)level; and
(iv) located so as to be readily accessible to
disabled persons, whether by way of ramps,
depressed curbs or other means and, where the
public parking area is intended to serve a
particular building or complex, located
within easy access of said building or
complex; and
(v) identified by signs conforming to the
requirements of the Ontario Regulation made
under the Highway Traffic Act; and
(vi) kept free from obstructions, kept clear of
snow, ice and slush, and be otherwise
maintained to the same standards as all other
parking spaces in the same parking area.
Sign Requirements
The signs for disabled parking referred to in this
by-law shall conform with the Ontario Regulation made
under the Highway Traffic Act.
A sign for disabled parking shall be mounted on a
permanent post 1.75 metres in height from the parking
surface to the bottom of the sign installed at the
midpoint of the end of the designated parking space so
as not to impede vehicular access to the parking space.
Every owner or operator of each parking area in
which signs for disabled parking are located or are
required pursuant to this by-law shall be responsible
for the procurement, installation and maintenance of
said signs, and for ensuring that said signs conform
with the Ontario Traffic Manual made under the Highway
Traffic Act of Ontario.
Use of parking spaces
(f) No fee shall be charged for the use of a
disabled parking space in excess of that fee
charged to other members of the general public in
respect of non-designated parking spaces in the
parking lot or parking facility.
(g) No public parking owner or operator shall
authorize any person to park a vehicle in a
designated parking space for the disabled which
does not display a valid Disabled Parking
Permit.
(h) No person shall park, store or leave standing, a
motor vehicle in a designated disabled parking
space unless a valid Disabled Parking Permit is
properly displayed on the vehicle.
(i) No person other than a disabled person who is the
operator of a motor vehicle or a person operating a
motor vehicle that carries a disabled person, shall
acquire or use a permit issued pursuant to this
section. Further, no person shall park a motor
vehicle on which a Disabled Parking Permit is
displayed in a designated disabled parking space
unless the permit has been issued for that vehicle
in accordance with this section.
5.9 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE REQUIREMENTS
(a) The areas described in Schedule >XII= of this
by-law are designated for permit parking
only.
(b) Where properly worded signs have been erected
and are on display, no person shall park a
motor vehicle in an area designated for
permit parking only, during the days or times
designated therein, except a motor vehicle
for which a valid parking permit issued by
the Town has been properly displayed on the
vehicle.
6.0 PENALTY PROVISIONS FOR PARKING INFRACTIONS:
A Police Officer or Municipal Law Enforcement
Officer, upon discovery of any vehicle parked, stopped
or left standing in contravention of the provisions of
Part A of this By-law, may attach a Parking Infraction
Notice to the vehicle.
(b) Every person who contravenes the provisions
of Part A of this By-law upon conviction is
guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine
as provided for pursuant to the Provincial
Offences Act as amended, for each offence,
exclusive of costs.
(c) A Police Officer or Municipal Law Enforcement
officer, upon discovery of any motor vehicle
parked or left standing in contravention of
this By-law, may cause it to be moved to, or
stored in a suitable place, and all costs and
charges for removing, care, and storage
thereof, if any, are a lien upon the vehicle,
which may be enforced in the manner provided
by the relevant provisions of the Mechanics'
Lien Act.
(d) Any vehicle parked or left standing on any
highway for a period exceeding 72 hours shall
be considered to be abandoned, and upon
discovery of such abandonment, a Police
Officer or Municipal Law Enforcement Officer
may cause it to be moved to, or stored in a
suitable place, and all costs and charges for
removing, care and storage thereof, if any,
are a lien upon the vehicle, which may be
enforced in a manner provided by the relevant
provisions of The Mechanics' Lien Act.
PART B - TRAFFIC PROVISIONS:
7.0 GENERAL TRAFFIC PROVISIONS:
(a) The driver or operator of a vehicle emerging
from a driveway, laneway or building or bus
loop onto a highway before driving onto a
sidewalk or footpath shall yield the right-of-
way to pedestrians upon the sidewalk or
footpath.
(b) Where U-turns are not prohibited under the
provisions of Section 14 such a turn shall be
made only where it can be made in safety and
without interfering with other traffic.
(c) No person shall, except under the direction
of a police officer, drive a vehicle on a
highway between the vehicles compromising a
funeral or other procession recognizable as
such by a display of pennants or other
identifying insignia while the vehicles in
such procession are in motion.
(d) (i) No person shall drive a motor
vehicle upon a sidewalk or footpath on a
highway except for the purpose of
directly crossing the sidewalk or
footpath.
(ii) No person shall drive a motor vehicle
over a raised curb except at a place
where there is a ramp or rolled curb.
8.0 PEDESTRIAN' S RIGHTS AND DUTIES:
(a) Except where traffic control signals are in
operation or where traffic is being
controlled by a police officer, a pedestrian
crossing a highway at a place other than a
pedestrian crossover shall yield the right-of-
way to all vehicles upon the roadway, but
nothing in this section shall relieve the
driver of a vehicle from the obligation of
taking all due care to avoid an accident.
(b) No pedestrian shall proceed over or go under
a barrier permanently installed on a
sidewalk.
(c) No person shall play or take part in any game
or sport upon a roadway; no person upon
roller skates, or riding in or by means of
any coasting toy vehicle or similar device
shall go upon a roadway except for the
purpose of crossing the roadway, and when so
crossing such person shall have the rights
and be subject to the obligations of a
pedestrian.
(d) The highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule
'XV' at the locations set out in
Column 2 of the said Schedule are designated
as pedestrian crossovers and shall be
indicated as such as prescribed by the
regulations made under the Highway Traffic
Act.
9.0 REGULATIONS FOR BICYCLES:
(a) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a
sidewalk on any highway.
(b) No person shall ride a bicycle on the
highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule
'XVI' between the limits set out in Column 2
of the said Schedule.
10.0 PROHIBITED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS:
(a) Where an authorized sign to that effect is
displayed, no pedestrian shall enter on or
cross the roadway of the highways set out in
Column I of Schedule 'XVIl= at the locations
set out in Column 2 of the said Schedule.
11.0 RESTRICTED WIDTH OF VEHICLES:
(a) The highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule
'XVIII' between the limits set out in Column
2 of the said Schedule are hereby designated
pursuant to the relevant provisions of The
Municipal Act, and no person shall drive a
vehicle thereon having a greater width than
that set out in Column 3 of the said
Schedule.
(b) Each designation made under
subsection (a) shall be effective
upon the erection of authorized
signs at each entrance to the
highway indicating the limitation
of the width of vehicles permitted
on the highway.
12.0 ONE-WAY TRAFFIC:
(a) The highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule
'XIX' between the limits set out in Column 2
of the said Schedule, are, during the times
or days set out in Column 3 of the said
Schedule, hereby designated for one-way
traffic only in the direction set out in
Column 4 of the said Schedule.
(b) The highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule
'XX' having been divided into clearly marked
lanes for traffic between the limits set out
in Column 2 of the said Schedule, each of the
said lanes indicated in Column 3 of the said
Schedule, is, during the times or days set
out in Column 4 of the said Schedule, hereby
designated for traffic moving in the
particular direction set out in Column 5 of
the said Schedule.
(c) Each designation made by subsections (a)
and (b) above shall be effective upon the
erection of official signs indicating such
designation.
13.0 LEFT TURN ONLY LANES:
(a) The highways set out in Column 1 of
Schedule 'XXl= having been
divided into clearly marked lanes for traffic
between the limits set out in Column 2 of the
said Schedule, the centre lanes thereof are
hereby designated for left turns only.
(b) Each designation made by subsection (a)
shall be effective upon the erection of
official signs indicating such designation.
14.0 TURNING MOVEMENTS:
(a) When an authorized sign to that effect is
displayed, no vehicle in any intersection or
portion of highway set out in Column 1 of
Schedule 'XXII= proceeding in the direction
or emerging from a property set out in Column
2 of the said Schedule, shall be turned in
the direction set out in Column 3 of the said
Schedule, during the times or days set out in
Column 4 of the said Schedule.
(b) When an authorized sign to that effect is
displayed, the driver of a vehicle entering a
highway set out in Column 1 of Schedule
'XXIII' from a highway set out in Column 2 of
the said Schedule shall turn the vehicle
either to the right or the left and shall not
proceed across the highway set out in the
said Column 1 into the road set out in Column
3 of the said Schedule.
15.0 THROUGH HIGHWAYS, STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS :
(a) (i) The highways set out in Column 1 of
the Schedule >XXIV= between the limits
set out in Column 2 of the said
Schedule, are, except as provided in
subsection (ii) hereby designated as
through highways for the purposes of The
highway Traffic Act.
(ii) The designation in subsection (i) of the
highway or portion of highway as a
through highway shall not include any
intersection thereon where traffic
control signals are installed or where
the highway intersection is a King's
Highway or a highway vested in The
Regional Municipality of York and
forming part of the Regional Road System
established pursuant to The Regional
Municipality of York Act.
(b) The erection of stop signs is hereby
authorized at each of the intersections set
out in Column I of Schedule 'XXV' for the
control of traffic entering the intersection
from the highway or portion of highway set
out in Column 2 of the said Schedule.
(c) The erection of yield right-of-way signs is
hereby authorized at each of the
intersections set out in Column 1 of Schedule
'XXVI' for the control of traffic entering
the intersection from the highway or portion
of highway set out in Column 2 of the said
Schedule.
16.0 HEAVY TRAFFIC:
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) when
authorized signs to that effect are
displayed, no person shall move, drive or
operate a heavy truck on the highways set out
in Column 1 of Schedule 'XXVII= between the
limits set out in Column 2 of the said
Schedule during the times or days set out in
Column 3 of the said Schedule.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any vehicle
actually engaged in making a delivery to or a
collection from premises which can not be
reached except by way of a highway or portion
of highway referred to in the said section or
to prohibit the use of such vehicles for such
purpose, provided that in making such
delivery or collection the said highway or
portion of highway is travelled only in so
far as is unavoidable in getting to and from
such premises.
17.0 SPEED LIMITS:
(a) When any road or portion of road set out in
Column 1 of Schedule 'XXVIII' has been marked
to comply with the regulations made under The
Highway Traffic Act, the maximum rate of
speed thereon shall be the prescribed maximum
rate of speed set out opposite thereto in
Column 2 of the said Schedule.
18.0 SPEED ON BRIDGES:
(a) When authorized signs to that effect are
displayed, no person shall drive, move or
operate any vehicle over any bridge set out
in Column 1 of Schedule >XXIX= at a speed
greater than the speed set out in Column 2 of
the said Schedule.
19.0 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL SYSTEMS:
(a) The erection and operation of a traffic
control signal systems, consisting of sets of
green, amber and red, or green arrow, green,
amber and red signal lights, either alone or
in connection with "walk", "wait" and "don't
walk" pedestrian control signs or symbols,
for the control of traffic, at the locations
described in Schedule 'XXX' are hereby
authorized.
20.0 COMMUNITY SAFETY ZONES:
The streets listed in column 1 of Schedule >XXXI=
are designated as Community Safety Zones pursuant
to the Highway Traffic Act and the provision of
said Act shall apply.
21.0 OBSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS, DITCHES AND CULVERTS
(a) No person shall obstruct, encumber, injure or
foul any highway under the jurisdiction of
the Town of Georgina by any means whatsoever.
(b) Without limiting the generality of subsection
(a), the obstruction or fouling of a highway
includes:
(i) the erecting or maintaining of a fence
on a highway;
(ii) the depositing of snow or ice on a
highway;
(iii) the depositing of large refuse
containers or bulk containers on a
highway;
(iv) the depositing of construction or
landscaping equipment or materials on a
highway.
(c) No person shall obstruct a ditch or culvert
on any highway under the jurisdiction of the
Town of Georgina.
(d) No person shall throw, place, deposit or
permit to be blown or escape from any
premises occupied by him or dropped from any
vehicle, paper, hand-bills, garbage, glass,
ashes, rubbish, tires, appliances, soil,
construction materials, fire wood, animal
carcass or any other refuse or waste
materials on any highway under the
jurisdiction of the Town of Georgina.
22.0 PENALTY PROVISIONS FOR TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS:
Every person who contravenes any provision or part
of this By-law, upon conviction is guilty of an
offence and is liable to a fine as prescribed
pursuant to the Provincial Offences Act as
amended.
EFFECTIVE DATES AND REPEAL OF PREDECESSOR BY-LAWS
23.0 EFFECTIVE DATES:
This By-law shall come into force and effect upon
receiving three readings of Town Council with the
following exception:
Part A of this By-law respecting parking
provisions shall come into force and effect upon
the approval of the Ministry of the Attorney
General.
24.0 REPEAL OF PREDECESSOR BY-LAWS:
That By-law No. 93-76 (TR-1) and By-law No.78-1
(PWO-2) together with any other by-laws amending
the subject by-laws are hereby repealed.
READ a first, second and third time this day of
READ a third, time and finally passed this day of
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Mayor, Jeffrey Holec
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Clerk, Roland Chenier