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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 176/75THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING BY-LAW NUMBER 7? 7 A By-law of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering for the regulation of traffic under the jurisdiction of the Town of Pickering. The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: PART I - DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this by-law:- (a) Commercial Motor Vehicle means a motor vehicle having permanently attached thereto a truc or delivery body and includes an ambulance, hearse, casket wagon, fire apparatus, bus and tractor, used for hauling purposes on the highways. (b) Corner means the point of intersection of curbs or edges of the po on of the highway used for vehicular traffic. (c) Crosswalk means that portion of a roadway ordinarily included wit in t e 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 Wei ght 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 or Parkin 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. (h) Pedestrian means a person afoot and invalids and children in whee ed carriages. (i) Roa_ dwa means the part of the highway that is improved, designed or or inarily 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. (j) Sidewalk means that portion of a street between the curb lines or tiNe Materal lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. (k) Stand or standin 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. (1) Stop when required, means a complete cessation of movement. (m) 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. -2- (n) Street or Hi h includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, partwawa y, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, designed and intended for, or used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles. (o) Traffic includes pedestrian, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyance either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel. (p) Traffic Control Device means any sign; or roadway, curb or sidewalk marking; or other device erected or placed under the authority of the Council for the purpose of guiding or directing traffic. (q) Traffic Signal means any device manually, electrically or mechanily operated for the regulation of traffic. (r) Vehicle includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but does not include a motorized snow vehicle or the cars of any rail- way running only upon rails. PART II - OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 1. Police to Enforce By-law The provisions of this by-law shall be enforced by the Durham Regional Police Department. PART III - 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 unless 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. Parking prohibited (1) In Specified Places No person shall on a highway 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 thirty feet of a crosswalk. Within thirty feet of any intersection. On any bridge, or in any subway, or the approaches thereto. 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. In front of the entrance to an hotel. - 3 - In front of the entrance to an office building. In front of the entrance to any place where goods of 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 assemblies 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 a longer period than three hours between 12 o'clock midnight and 7 o'clock a.m. On the boulevard of any curbed street, between the curb and the adjacent property line. (2) In Specified Places Where Signs on Display When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display, no person shall on a highway park a vehicle in any of the following places: Within fifty feet of any intersection on any through highway. Within twenty-five feet of the lot on which a 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 bus or coach stop. When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display, no person shall stop or park any vehicle other than a school bus in any of the following places: Between 8:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on both sides of the street adjacent to school property and within 200 feet of the school entrance. (3) Bus and Taxicab Stands (a) No person shall stand or park a motor bus or taxicab upon any street in any business or residential 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 the vehicle in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading 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 taxicab 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 loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone. (4) Parking Restrictions on Specified Streets When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display no person shall park a vehicle on any street, streets or parts of streets listed in Schedule A of this By-law as 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 of said Schedule A. - 4 - (5) No person shall park or stand any vehicles on any highway or portion thereof except as follows: (a) Where there is no curb or a rolled curb, with the right front and rear wheels parallel to and as near to the right hand limit of the highway as is practicable with- out stopping or parking over a sidewalk or footpath or over any part of the highway where grass is grown or which is not intended for the use of vehicles. PART IV - PENALTIES 1. Any person violating any of the provisions of this By-law shall be subject to a penalty of not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) for the first offence and not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for every subsequent offence, exclusive of costs, and all such penalties shall be recoverable under the Ontario Summary Convictions Act. PART V 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 Town of Pickering By-law 160/75. 3. This By-law shall not become effective until approved by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and until the signs referred to herein have been erected and are on display. By-law read a First, Second and Third Time and PASSED this I)1/ day of JL??1U/GR.?+ 19 TOWN OF ?wu PICKERING Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM ° Clerk T()7,9N SCHEDULE A Street Alyssum St. Annland St. Antonio St. (entire length) Balaton Ave. Breezy Drive Commerce St. Commerce St. Dillingham Rd. (entire length) Lssa Cres. Front Rd. Garvolin Ave. Grenoble Blvd. (entire length) H:illcrest Rd. Krosno Blvd. nodlin Rd. Naroch Blvd 4. Quigley St. Radom St. Reytan Blvd. Tatra Dr. Tatra Dr.. West Shore Blvd. Wharf St. Column I. From Krosno Blvd. Liverpool Rd. To Sandy Beach Rd hresno Blvd. The north limit where it inter- sects Grenoble Blvd. Lublin Ave. Sunrise Ave. Annland St. Liverpool Rd. The north limit where it inter- sects Brock Rd. Batory Avenue North end N.odl.in Rd. The north limit where it inter- sects Naroch Blvd. Oklahoma Dr. Liverpool. Rd Krosno Blvd. Modli.n Rd. Brock Road Liverpool Rd Krosno Blvd. Liverpool Rd Naroch Blvd. Oklahoma Dr. Liverpool Rd The south l.imi.t where it inter- sects Grenoble Blvd. Fanshaw Place West_ Shore Blvd Liverpool Rd. Front Road The south limit where it inter- sects Brock Rd.. Breezy Drive South end Krosno Bl'e'd. The south limit where it inter- sects Naroch Blvd. West Shore Blvd Bayly St. Tatra Dr. Patmo.re Lune Dillingham Rd. St. Martins Dr Drava St. Naroch Blvd. Krosno Blvd. Tul.lo St. Frenchman's Bay j e4TMoa MnIE LIOWAa hAA A 49 ow &ab Co.lurnn Side South East & North South & West North West & South South North North & Last Fast & South West North North E_ East. 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