HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2175BY - LAW. N UMBER _1_25
A BY-LAW OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING TO LICENSE AND REGULATE PERSONS
WHO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OF TEACHING PERSONS TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES,
AND DRIVING INSTRUCTORS EMPLOYED IN SUCH BUSINESS, AND TO REGULATE AND
GOVERN THE EQUIPMENT USED IN SUCH BUSINESS.
The Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Township of Pickering
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. No person shall carry on the business of teaching persons to operate
'n motor vehicles in the Township of Pickering without having first
obtained a licese so to do and having a place of business to operate
from in the Township of Pickering.
No person shall act as a driving instructor to teach persons to
operate motor vehicles in the Township of Pickering without first
having obtained a license so to do.
3. All applications for licennes shall be filed with the License Inspector
b who shall submit each application to the Chief Constable for his report.
Every applicant to carry on the business of teaching persons to
operate motor vehicles shall submit two photographs of himself with
his application, and shall state in his application the names and
serial numbers of all motor vehicles used in his business.
5. The applicant for every license to act as a driving instructor shall
submit with his application two photographs of himself, one of such
photographs to be attached to the license and the other to be filed
with the License Inspector, and upon application for renewal of any
license shall furnish new photographs if required to do so.
N6. All licenses issued to persons to act as a driving instructor shall
be displayed prominently in the motor vehicle used to teach persons
P to operate a motor vehicle.
The applicant for a license under this By-Law shall be of the fuAl
age of twenty-one years and he must satisfy the Lijcense Inspector
that he has a chauffeur's license issued by the Minister of Highways
for the Province of Ontario.
8. Every person licensed under this by-law shall not use or operate an
i automobile or other vehicle in connection with his busines*, or allow
the same to be used or operated without having first submitted the
vehicle to the Chief Constable of the Township of Pickering for
inspection and approval as to its safety, and every such vehicle
shall be equipped with dual controls.
9. The owner or operator of every vehicle who is licensed under this
` by-law shall, when required, submit such vehicle for examination by
\ the Chief Constable or other officer authorized by him, and no owner
or operator or any of his employees shall at any time when the
vehicle is not employed prevent or hinder the said Chief Constable
of any officer authorized by him from entering the same, or at any
time preventing or hindering him from entering his garage or other
building for the purpose of inspecting same.
l k. Where any owner or operator licensed under this by-law disposes of
11. Every owner or operator licensed under this by-law shall, whenever
?- the motor vehicle is being used in such business, exhibit on the
\ front and rear of the said motor vehicle signs having dimensions of
at least 12" X 1$" stating, in large, clear letters, that the vehicle
is being operated to teach persons to operate a motob vehicle.
his motor vehicle and acquires another motor vehicle to be used in
connection with his business, he shall submit the latter vehicle to
the License Inspector for inspection and approval by the Chief Con-
stable of the Township of Pickering before using the same.
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12. No person carryong on the business of teaching persons to
operate motor vehicles shall employ any person as a driving
?? instructor other than a person duly licensed under this by-law.
13. When any person licensed under this by-law ceases to carry on
the business of teaching persons to operate motor vehicles in
\\\ the Township of Pickering or ceases to act as a driving in-
structor to teach persons to operate motor vehicles in the
Township of Pickering, he shall, within two days thereafter,
notify the License Inspector giving the reasons therefor.
14. Every owner licensed under this by-law, or driver employed by
him, shall take due care of all property delivered or entrusted
to him for conveyance or safekeeping. Every driver of a motor
vehicle, immediately upon the termination of any hiring or
engagements, shall carefully search his vehicles for any
property lost or left therein, and all property or money left
in his vehicle shall be forthwith delivered over to the person
ovP ng the same, or if the owner cannot at once be found, then
to the nearest police station, with all information in his
possession regarding same. 1L °°
15. The fee to be paid for a lic ndt is `-law at the time
of the application shall be for the operator of the
school and $10.00 for each instructor driver. Such license
shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which
it was issued.
16. Any person convicted of a breach of any of the provisions of
this by-law shall upon conviction thereof forfeit and pay at
the deiscretion of the convicting magistrate a penalty not
exceeding (exclusive of costs) Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00)
for each offence.
1 The Council may revoke any license issued under this by-law
at any time.
18 Every owner or operator operating under this by-law shall
satisfy ? the License Inspector or hief Constable that there
is sufficien assenger insur nce n the motor vehicle so
licensed. Y}'6 t(,0
BY-LAW read a First and Second time this 23rd day ofd 1956
BY-LAW read a Third time and PASSED this 23rd day of July 1956
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