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A BY-LAW FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN PICKERING TOWNSHIP
THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICEERING EN-
ACTS AS FOLLOWS:
PART 1 -- DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of
(a) Commercial Mo'
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this by-law:-
tor Vehicle means a motor vehicle having perman-
theret?o a truck or delivery body and includes
hearse, casket wagon, fire apparatus, police
bus and tractor used for haulin; purposes o_
(b) Corner means the point of intersection of curbs or edges of
the portion of the highway used for vehicular traffic.
(c) Crosswalk means that portion of a roadway ordinarily included
within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of
sidewalks or any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated
for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings.
(d) Gross Weight means the combined weight of vehicle and load.
(e) Highway - See Street or Highway
(f) Intersection means the area embraced within the prolongation
or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then of
the lateral boundary lines of two or more roadways which join
one another at an angle, whether or not one crosses the other.
(g) Park means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading.
(h) Pedestrian means a person afoot and invalids and children in
w eeled carriages.
(i) Police Officer means a me#ber of the police force or a person
authorize by the Chief Constable to regulate or direct
traffic.
(j) Roadwa means that portion of a street improved, designed, or
ord narily used for vehicular traffic.
(k) Sidewalk means that portion of a street between the curb lines
or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property
lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
(1) Stand means to remain stationary except when in obedience to
any police officer, signal, or sign and "standing" shall have
a corresponding meaning.
(m) Stop, when required, means a complete cessation of movement.
(n) Sto or sto pin , when prohibited, means any stopping of a
veh c e exeept when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer
or traffic control sign or signal.
(o) Street OE 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.
(p) Traffic includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles,
street cars and other conveyances either singly or together
while using any street for purposes of travel.
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(q) Traffic Control Device means any sign; or roadway, curb or side-
walk marking; or other device erected or placed under the auth-
ority of the Council for the purpose of guiding or directing
traffic.
(r) Traffic Signal means any device manually, electrically or mechan-
ics ly operated for the regulation of traffic.
(s) Vehicle means every device in, upon, or by which anyperson or
property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway,
except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
PA,T 11 - OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
1. Police to Enforce By-Law
The police department shall enforce the provisions of this By-Law.
2. Obedience to Traffic Signs and Signals
Every person shall promptly obey all signals given either by a
police officer or by a traffic control device or a traffic signal.
PART 111 - PARKING
Method of Parking
(1) Parallel
No person shall park a vehicle on any street other than a one-way
street unless on the right-hand side of the street, having regard
for the direction in which the vehicle had been proceeding and un-
less the right-front and right-rear wheels or runners of the vehicle
are parallel to and distant respectively not more than six inches
from the edge of the roadway, provided that this provision shall not
apply where angle parking is specifically authorized by by-law.
(2) Angle
Where ang16 parking is permitted, no person shall park a vehicle ex-
cept at an angle of forty-five degrees with the edge of the roadway
and so that the front end of the vehicle is nearest to the edge of
the roadway.
(3) Parking Prohibited
(1) In Specified Places
No person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places:-
On a sidewalk.
In front of a public or private driveway.
Within an intersection.
Within ten feet of a fire hydrant.
On a crosswalk.
Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
On anybridge, or in any subway, or the approaches thereto.
On any street in such a manner as to obstruct traffic.
In such a position as will prevent the convenient removal of any
other vehicle previously parked or standing.
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Parking Prohibited - Continued
In front of the entrance to a hotel.
In front of the entrance to an office building.
In front of the entrance to any place where goods or merchandise
are regularly delivered or removed.
In front of the entrance to a hospital.
In front of the entrance to a theatre, auditorium or other building
while large assemblages are being held in such theatre, auditorium
or other building, or for a reasonable time immediately preceding
and following such assemblages.
On any roadway for an unreasonable time having regard for the
traffic requirements of such roadway and in no case for a longer
period than three hours between 12 otclock midnight and 7 o'clock
A. M.
3 (2) In Specified Places where Signs on Display
When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display,
no person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places:-
Within fifty feet of any intersection on any through highway or on
any highway on which street cars operate.
Within twenty-five feet of the lot on which a fire hall is located
on that side of the street on which such fire hall is located or
within one hundred feet of such lot on the opposite side of said
street.
Within eighty feet of any point designated as a street car, bus or
coach stop.
Between 8:30 A. M. and 4:30 P. TA. upon that side of the street
adjacent to any school property.
(3) Bus and Taxicab Stands
(a) The driver of a bus or taxicab shall not stand or park
upon any street in any business district at any place
other than at a bus stop, or taxicab stand respectively,
except that this provision shall not prevent the driver
of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance
with other stopping or parking regulations at any place
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loa4ding
passengers.
(b) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than
a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxi-
cab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially
designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver
of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for
the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or
unloading passengers when such stoppin'- does not inter-
fere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about
n to enter such zone.
Parking Restrictions on Specified Streets
When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display,
no person shall park a vehicle on any of the streets or parts
of streets hereinafter set out in Column 1 on the side or
sides of the streets set out in Column 2 during the period set
out in Column 3:-
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Street From To Side Period
M erpool Rd.-2T5-rods-7orbk of 75st e? ar round
Commercial St.
to Lake Ontario
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PART IV - OPERATION OF VEHICLES
1. Turns
(a) Every person in charge of a vehicle before starting, stopping,
turning or changing its course shall take the necessary pre-
cautions to make such movement in safety and without inter-
fering with other traffic.
2. Obstructing Traffic
V` (g) A person operating a slow moving vehicle shall operate it as
near the right-hand edge of the roadway as circumstances and
weather conditions permit.
W 3- Entering Highway
The driver of a vehicle emerging from a driveway, lane, lot or
building shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving
onto the sidewalk and shall not enter the roadway until he can do
so in safety.
Funeral and Other Processions
(a) No person shall intersect a funeral or other properly authorized
procession whsle it is in motion except under the direction of
a police officer.
(b) The driver of a vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall
drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practic-
able and follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable
and safe.
PART V. - PENALTIES
1. Any person violating any of the provisions of this by-law shall be
V subject to a penalty of not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) for the
first offence and not more than Twenty-five Dollars (425.00) for
every subsequent offence, exclusive of costs, and all such penalties
shall be recoveraole under the Ontario Summary Convictions Act.
PART VI
1,. Ontario Highway Traffic Act to Govern
The provisions of this By-Law shall be subject to the provisions
of The Highway Traffic Act and amendments thereto.
2. By-Laws Repealed
By-Laws No. of the Township of Pickering are
hereby repealed.
3. This By-Law shall not become effective until approved by the Depart-
ment of Highways and until the signs referred to herein have been
erected and are on display.
Read a first time this ...... i........day Of......l.??_..1952
Read a second time this....3 .......day Of...... . 1952
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Read a third time and PASSED this ............... day of,.. 7°,._.1952
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