HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 7367/14 The Corporation of the City Of Pickering
By-law No. 7367/14
Being a by-law to limit the gross vehicle weight of
any vehicle or class thereof passing over a bridge
under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the
City of Pickering pursuant to the Highway Traffic
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.8, as amended.
Whereas, pursuant to Section 123 (2) of the Highway Traffic Act R.S.O. 1990 c.H.8, as
amended, the municipal corporation or other authority having jurisdiction over a bridge may by
by-law, limit the gross vehicle weight of any vehicle or class thereof passing over the bridge.
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1. In this by-law "gross vehicle weight" means the total weight in tonnes transmitted to the
highway by a vehicle or combination of vehicles and load.
2. No vehicle or combination of vehicles or any class thereof, whether empty or loaded, shall
be operated over those bridges as set out in Column 1 and Column 2 of Schedule A to this
by-law where the gross weight exceeds that set out in Column 3 of Schedule A to this by-
law.
3. This by-law shall not become effective until a notice of the maximum limit of gross vehicle
weight permitted, legibly printed, has been posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the
bridge.
4. Any person violating the provisions of this by-law is guilty of an offence and on conviction is
liable to a fine as provided in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, as amended
from time to time.
5. That the engineers statement verifying the gross vehicle weight limit specified in Section 2
of this by-law are set out in Schedule B, attached and forms part of this by-law.
6. By-law Number 7122/11 is repealed.
By-law passed this 14th day of July 2014.
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David Ry- , May•-r
Debbie Shields, City Clerk
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By-law No. 7367/14 Page 2
Schedule A
Bridge Load Limits
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Bridge No. Bridge Location Maximum Gross Vehicle
Weight
6003 North Road 15 tonnes
0.4km south of Seventh Concession
Road
7004 Sideline 34 10 tonnes
0.2km South of Eighth Concession
Road
8001 Eighth Concession Road 15 tonnes
0.10km west of Sideline 34
9006 Sideline 4 10 tonnes
1.4km north of Regional Road #5
10002 Pickering/Uxbridge Townline 11 tonnes
0.10km east of Sideline 30
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Schedu e B
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By-law 7367/14
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professional engineers,of the consulting firm Keystone Bridge Management
Corporation, have reviewed the restriction of the gross vehicle weight passing over the
bridges as identified in the.above-noted;bylaw:
Effective as of the date of approval of the bylaw, :I agree with the recommended gross
vehicle weight limit as set out in By-law .: /14 for a period of twenty four (24)months.
Signed. Signed
Dated