HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 6014/02THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. 6014/02
Being a by-law to amend By-law Law Number
2359/87 (Parking) to increase the fine for persons
contravening the parking provisions for disabled
persons.
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the City of Picketing enacted By-law Number
2359/87 on January 19, 1987 to regulate parking on private and public property in the City of
Picketing; and
WHEREAS Sections 12(2) and 12(3) regulates the number and placement of parking spaces for
the disabled at commercial, industrial, institutional and multi-unit residential properties; and
WHEREAS a fine of $2,000.00 has been established for persons found guilty of contravening
Sections 12(2) or 12(3) of By-law Number 2359/87; and
WHEREAS Section 12(4) of By-law Number 2359/87 prohibits the parking of a vehicle in a
designated parking space for disabled persons unless an appropriate permits is displayed and the
vehicle is being operated by or is conveying a disabled person; and
WHEREAS the Municipal Act, R.S.O.c.M.45, as amended, allows fines up to $5,000.00 for the
contravention of such regulations; and
WHEREAS a set fine of $110.00 has been established for persons found guilty of contravening
Section 12(4) of By-law Number 2359/87; and
WHEREAS the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001 amends the Municipal Act to require fines
of not less than $300.00 for persons who contravene the parking provisions for disabled persons
of municipal by-laws;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF
PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 l(1)(a) of By-law Number 2359/87 is hereby amended by deleting the definition
of"permit" and substituting therefore the following:
"permit" shah mean a permit issued to a disabled person pursuant to Section 2(1)(a) of
Omario Regulation 581, R.R.O. 1990, as amended by Omario Regulation 908/93.
2. Section 11 (1)(b) and Sections 11 (2) to 11 (8), inclusive, are hereby repealed.
3. Section 11(9) shall be renumbered as Section 11(2).
Sections 14(1) and 14(2) are hereby deleted and the following is substituted therefore:
14 (1)
Every person who contravenes the provisions of this by-law other than
subsections (2) and (4) of section 12, is guilty of an offence an on
conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $150.00, exclusive of costs,
recoverable under the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act.
2
(2)
(i)
Every person who contravenes subsections (2) or (3) of section 12
of this by-law is guilty of an offence and upon conviction, is liable
to a fine of not more than $5,000.00, exclusive of costs,
recoverable under the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act.
Every person who contravenes subsection (4) of section 12 of this
by-law is guilty of an offence and upon conviction, is liable to a
fine of not more than $300.00, exclusive of costs, recoverable
under the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act.
Subject to subsection 14(2)(ii) above, the owner of a
vehicle that has been left parked, standing or stopped in
contravention of subsection (4) of section 12 of this by-law
is guilty of an offence, even if the owner was not the driver
of the vehicle at the time of contravention of the by-law,
unless, at that time, the vehicle was in the possession of a
person other than the owner without the owner's consent.
BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 29* day of July, 2002.