HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 195/75THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER
A By-law of the Corporation of the
Town of Pickering for the regulation
of traffic under the jurisdiction of
the Town of Pickering.
Phe Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering ENACTS
IS FOLLOWS:
?ART I - DEFINITIONS
?or the purpose of this by-law:-
(a) Commercial Motor Vehicle means a motor vehicle having permanently
attached thereto a truck 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 tiron of the highway used for vehicular traffic.
(c) Crosswalk means that portion of a roadway ordinarily included
wit1T h n tfie 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
connects oof 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 Parking 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
wheeled carriages.
;i) Roadway means the part of the highway that is improved, designed
or ordinarily 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
the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines
intended for the use of pedestrians.
k) Stand or standing 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.
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(n) Street or 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.
(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 of er 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
mechani- ca" lly 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.
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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.
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(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 1V - 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
Theprovisions 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-laws 160/75 and 176/75.
By-law read a First, Second and Third Time and PASSED this 7,41
day of 1975.
Mayor
Clerk
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SCIIEDULE A
Column I
Street From
Alyssum St.
Annland St.
Antonio St.
(entire length)
Balaton Ave.
Breezy Drive
Krosno Blvd.
Liverpool Rd
The north limit
where it inter-
sects Grenoble
Blvd.
Lublin Ave.
Sunrise Ave.
Commerce St.
Commerce St.
Dillingham Rd.
(entire length)
Essa Cres
Front Rd.
Garvolin Ave.
Grenoble Blvd.
(entire length)
Iii.llcrest. Rd.
Krosno Blvd
Vodl.in Rd.
Naroch Blvd.
4.
Quigley St.
Radom St.
Reytan Blvd.
Tatra Dr.
Tatra Dr.
West Shore Blvd.
Wharf St.
Annland St.
Liverpool Rd.
The north limit
where it inter-
sects Brock Rd.
Batory Avenue
North end
Nodlin Rd.
The north limit
where it inter-
sects Naroch
Blvd.
Oklahoma Dr.
Liverpool. Rd.
Krosno Blvd.
Modlin Rd.
Brock Road
Liverpool Rd
Krosno Blvd.
Liverpool Rd
Naroch Blvd.
Oklahoma Dr.
Liverpool Rd
To
Sandy Beach Rd
i.rosno Blvd.
The south limit
where it inter-
sects Grenoblo
Blvd.
Fanshaw Place
West Shore Blvd
Liverpool Rd.
Front Road
The south limit:
where it inter-
sects Brock Rd.
Breezy Drive
South end
Krosno Blvcl.
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where it inter-
sects tar_och
Blvd.
West Shore Blvd
Bay.l.y St..
Tatra Dr.
Patmo.re Lane
Dillingham Rd.
St. Martins Dr
Drava St.
Naroch Blvd.
Krosno Blvd.
Tulle; St.
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