HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 42/74THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER,
A by-law of the Corporation of
the Town of Pickering to provide
for the payment of parking fines
at the Town Office.
WHEREAS by-laws were enacted by the Council of the
Township of Pickering, to which the Corporation of
the Town of Pickering is successor, which set out
certain areas in the Town of Pickering where parking
is prohibited;
AND WHEREAS Section 354 para. 107 (a) of The Municipal
Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 284, as amended, permits
establishment of an expeditious procedure for the
voluntary payment of penalties out of court;
AND WHEREAS it is deemed advisable that violaters
should be able to pay parking fines at the Town Office;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the
Town of Pickering HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. The fine for a violation of parking in any
area where parking is prohibited in the Town
of Pickering shall be $5.00 (Five Dollars) if
such fine is paid at the Town Office within 5
(five) days of the date of the violation.
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be excluded
when completing the 5 (five) day period.
2. If after a period of 5 (five) days (Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays excluded) the fine has not
been paid at the Town Office, the Chief of Police
or his Deputy of the Durham Regional Police
Department shall cause a summons to be issued
for the Parking Violation that will be issued and
served in the manner prescribed for the issuance
and service of all summonses that are issued
or served by the Durham Regional Police Department.
3. The Durham Regional Police Department shall
use Durham Regional Parking Violation Tag Form
which shall consist of one original and two
carbon copies which shall be numbered consecu-
tively from 1 (one). The original shall be retained
by the officer issuing the Tag, the First Copy
shall be kept on file at the Town Office and the
Second Copy shall be placed on the "offending
vehicle".
4. A receipt shall be issued to the person paying
any such fine at the Town Office. The Town
Treasurer shall forward a list of all parking
tickets that are paid weekly to the Durham
Regional Police Department.
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5. The Durham Regional Police Department shall
furnish the Treasurer with a statement of
Parking Violation Tags destroyed or cancelled
and Parking Violation Tags on which a summons
has been issued on or before the 15th of the
month following.
6. The Durham Regional Police Department for the
Town of Pickering shall be the sole agency to
issue Parking Violation Tags and enforce the
parking by-laws of the municipality.
7. That Township of Pickering By-law No. 2604 be
and the same is hereby repealed.
By-law read a First, Second and Third Time and PASSED
this ZZ'ut day of 4AkL 1974.
Mayor
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Clerk