HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2813 MUNICIPALITY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER ~- ~ ! ·
AUTHORIZING SPEED LIMITS
WHEREAS subsection 6a of section 59 of the Highway Traffic
Act ~R.S.0. 1960, Chapter 172) authorizes the council of a
township or county by by-law to prescribe a lower or higher
rate of speed for motor vehicles on a highway or portion of
highway under its jurisdiction that is not within a built-up
area, urban area or suburban district than is prescribed in
clause (a) of subsection 1 of section 59, but such rate of
speed shall not be less than 35 miles per hour or more than
60 miles per hour;
AND WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that the speed limit for
motor vehicles upon certain highways in the Municipality of
the Township of Picketing be either decreased or increased
or both;
AND WHEREAS the road in question is a Township Boundary Road
between the Townships of Scarborough and Picketing; and
the Council of the Township of Scarhorough has adopted a
committee report to pass a By-law limiting the speed of motor
cars on such road;
NOW .TNE.REFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Municip-
ality of the Township of Picketing ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
k~ No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon the
portion of highway designated in Schedule "A"
appended hereto, at greater rate of speed than
the rate of speed prescribed in the schedule.
.
This by-law shall not become effective until approved
by the Department of Transport.
· That By-Law 2800 be and the same is hereby repealed.
a First, Second and Third time this .~day of
-- / Clerk
SCHEDULE "A"
Maximum rate of speed - 35 miles per hour
H.i~hwa~ From To
Port Union Road Provincial Highway ~01 Lawson Road,
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Picketing Township