HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 182/75THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 0 7?
Being a by-law to prohibit the
parking of motor vehicles in fire
access routes to and from apartment
buildings and other structures used
for the accommodation of the public
or for the gathering or assembling
of people.
WHEREAS it is deemed advisable to prohibit the parking of motor
vehicles in access routes to and from apartment buildings,
hospitals, hotels, motels, shopping centres, town houses,
industrial buildings and other structures which are used for
the accommodation of the public, or for the gathering or assembling
of people, in order that there may be at all times proper access
to such buildings by the Fire Department of the Town of Pickering,
in order to prevent fires or the spread of fires.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of
Pickering HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:-
1. In this By-Law:
(a) "designated building" means an apartment building,
hospital, hotel, motel, shopping centre, town house,
industrial building and town facility and any other
structure which is used for the accommodation of the
public or for the gathering or assembling of people.
(b) "an apartment building" means - a building containing
more than two (2) dwelling units, each unit having
access from an internal corridor system.
(c) "a hotel" means - a building or part of a building in
which a minimum of six rooms is provided for renting
as dwellings on a temporary or transient basis, with
a public dining room.
(d) "hospital" means - a private or public hospital as
defined in "The Private Hospitals Act" or "The Public
Hospitals Act."
(e) "a motel" means - a hotel in one building or in two
or more connected detached buildings, but which may or
may not include a public dining room.
(f) "a shopping centre" means - a group of commercial
establishments related to one another by sharing a
parking lot and/or driveway, as opposed to a business
area comprising unrelated individual commercial
establishments.
(g) "a town house" means - a building consisting of more
than six (6) single family dwelling units each unit
having an external access.
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(h) "an industrial building" means - a building or structure
for the purpose of manufacturing, assembling, making,
preparing, inspecting, ornamenting, finishing, treating,
altering, repairing, warehousing, or storing or adapting
for sale of any goods, substance, article or thing, or
any part thereof, and the storage of building and con-
struction equipment and materials.
(i) "a fire access route" means - any road, driveway, lane,
ramp, or other means of vehicular access or egress to
or from a "designated building" to a public highway,
and shall include any part of a parking lot set aside
by visible marking or markers for the purpose of motor
vehicle movement, and further that such fire access
routes must be designated by the Fire Department of the
Town of Pickering by a "fire access route sign".
(j) "fire access route sign" means - a permanently legible
sign, placed at intervals of not more than 100 feet
along the fire access route which shall display the
following information:
(i) Fire Access Route
(ii) Parking Prohibited
(iii) Motor Vehicles will be tagged or towed away
(iv) The number of this By-Law
and shall be in size a minimum of 12" x 18".
(k) "motor vehicle" includes an automobile, motorcycle,
and any other vehicle propelled or driven otherwise
than by muscular power.
(1) "park" or "parking" means - the standing of a motor
vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing
temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading goods or passengers.
(m) "town facility" means - a library, arena, swimming
pool, community hall, skating rink, administration
building owned or controlled by the Corporation of
the Town of Pickering, and all other municipal
buildings owned or controlled by the Corporation of
the Town of Pickering.
2. No person shall park a motor vehicle in a fire access
route as defined by this by-law.
3. An Officer of the Durham Regional Police Force or the
By-Law Enforcement Officer of the Corporation of the Town
of Pickering may issue a parking tag, and place the same on
a motor vehicle which is parked in contravention of this
by-law.
4. Where a parking tag is placed on a motor vehicle as referred
to in the previous Section 3, alleging an offence against
the provisions of this by-law, the owner or driver may
make a voluntary payment of a penalty in the amount of
$5.00 at the office of the Town of Pickering, providing
the same is made within fourty-eight hours of the date of
such parking tag.
If payment is not made in accordance with this procedure,
the provisions of Section 466 of The Municipal Act for the
recovery of penalties shall apply.
5. In addition to the penalties provided in this by-law, the
By-Law Enforcement Officer of the Corporation of the Town
of Pickering, or an Officer of the Durham Regional Police
Force finding a motor vehicle parked in contravention of
the provisions of this by-law, may cause the motor vehicle
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to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in a suitable
place, and all costs and charges for removing, care and
storage, if any, shall be a lien upon the motor vehicle,
which may be enforced in the manner provided by The
Mechanics' Lien Act. Provided, however, if such motor
vehicle is parked on private property, it shall not be
removed from such property or impounded, except upon the
written complaint of the occupant or any adult resident of
such property.
6. The driver of a motor vehicle, not being the owner, is
liable to any penalties provided under this by-law, and
the owner of the vehicle is also liable to any such
penalties, unless at the time the offence is committed,
the vehicle was in possession of a person other than the
owner or his chauffeur, without the owner's consent.
7. Any person convicted of a breach of the provisions of this
by-law, in addition to any other penalties, shall forfeit
and pay at the discretion of the convicting judge, a penalty
not exceeding (exclusive of costs) the sum of $300.00
for each offence.
By-law read a first, second and
this day of third time and finally passed
1975.
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