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Home My WebLink AboutBy-law 1909B Y- L A W N U M B E R ICA A BY-LAW FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN PICKERING TOWNSHIP THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICEERING EN- ACTS AS FOLLOWS: PART 1 -- DEFINITIONS For the purpose of (a) Commercial Mo' ent y attache an ambulance, patrol, motor tho hlflwa'12. this by-law:- tor Vehicle means a motor vehicle having perman- theret?o a truck or delivery body and includes hearse, casket wagon, fire apparatus, police bus and tractor used for haulin; purposes o_ (b) Corner means the point of intersection of curbs or edges of the portion of the highway used for vehicular traffic. (c) Crosswalk means that portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the 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 connection of 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 means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading. (h) Pedestrian means a person afoot and invalids and children in w eeled carriages. (i) Police Officer means a me#ber of the police force or a person authorize by the Chief Constable to regulate or direct traffic. (j) Roadwa means that portion of a street improved, designed, or ord narily used for vehicular traffic. (k) 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. (1) Stand means to remain stationary except when in obedience to any police officer, signal, or sign and "standing" shall have a corresponding meaning. (m) Stop, when required, means a complete cessation of movement. (n) Sto or sto pin , when prohibited, means any stopping of a veh c e exeept when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal. (o) Street OE 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. (p) Traffic includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, street cars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel. - 2 - (q) Traffic Control Device means any sign; or roadway, curb or side- walk marking; or other device erected or placed under the auth- ority of the Council for the purpose of guiding or directing traffic. (r) Traffic Signal means any device manually, electrically or mechan- ics ly operated for the regulation of traffic. (s) Vehicle means every device in, upon, or by which anyperson or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. PA,T 11 - OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 1. Police to Enforce By-Law The police department shall enforce the provisions of this By-Law. 2. Obedience to Traffic Signs and Signals Every person shall promptly obey all signals given either by a police officer or by a traffic control device or a traffic signal. PART 111 - 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 un- less 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) Angle Where ang16 parking is permitted, no person shall park a vehicle ex- cept at an angle of forty-five degrees with the edge of the roadway and so that the front end of the vehicle is nearest to the edge of the roadway. (3) Parking Prohibited (1) In Specified Places No person shall 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 twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. On anybridge, or in any subway, or the approaches thereto. On any street 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. r 9 - Parking Prohibited - Continued In front of the entrance to a hotel. In front of the entrance to an office building. In front of the entrance to any place where goods or 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 assemblages 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 an unreasonable time having regard for the traffic requirements of such roadway and in no case for a longer period than three hours between 12 otclock midnight and 7 o'clock A. M. 3 (2) In Specified Places where Signs on Display When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display, no person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places:- Within fifty feet of any intersection on any through highway or on any highway on which street cars operate. Within twenty-five feet of the lot on which a fire hall is located on that side of the street on which such 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 street car, bus or coach stop. Between 8:30 A. M. and 4:30 P. TA. upon that side of the street adjacent to any school property. (3) Bus and Taxicab Stands (a) The driver of a bus or taxicab shall not stand or park upon any street in any business 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 in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loa4ding 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 taxi- cab 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 engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stoppin'- does not inter- fere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about n to enter such zone. Parking Restrictions on Specified Streets When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display, no person shall park a vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets hereinafter 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:- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Street From To Side Period M erpool Rd.-2T5-rods-7orbk of 75st e? ar round Commercial St. to Lake Ontario -4- PART IV - OPERATION OF VEHICLES 1. Turns (a) Every person in charge of a vehicle before starting, stopping, turning or changing its course shall take the necessary pre- cautions to make such movement in safety and without inter- fering with other traffic. 2. Obstructing Traffic V` (g) A person operating a slow moving vehicle shall operate it as near the right-hand edge of the roadway as circumstances and weather conditions permit. W 3- Entering Highway The driver of a vehicle emerging from a driveway, lane, lot or building shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto the sidewalk and shall not enter the roadway until he can do so in safety. Funeral and Other Processions (a) No person shall intersect a funeral or other properly authorized procession whsle it is in motion except under the direction of a police officer. (b) The driver of a vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practic- able and follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe. PART V. - PENALTIES 1. Any person violating any of the provisions of this by-law shall be V subject to a penalty of not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) for the first offence and not more than Twenty-five Dollars (425.00) for every subsequent offence, exclusive of costs, and all such penalties shall be recoveraole under the Ontario Summary Convictions Act. PART VI 1,. Ontario Highway Traffic Act to Govern The provisions of this By-Law shall be subject to the provisions of The Highway Traffic Act and amendments thereto. 2. By-Laws Repealed By-Laws No. of the Township of Pickering are hereby repealed. 3. This By-Law shall not become effective until approved by the Depart- ment of Highways and until the signs referred to herein have been erected and are on display. Read a first time this ...... i........day Of......l.??_..1952 Read a second time this....3 .......day Of...... . 1952 ?. L Read a third time and PASSED this ............... day of,.. 7°,._.1952 ,a O% 44or" ?0? . / Reeve