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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 3589 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICK~ERING BY-LAW NUMBER ~ ~ being a By-law to regulate and l~cense Driving Schools and Instructors. WHEREAS pursuant to The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 249, Section 401, Paragraph 4, The Corporation of the Township of Pickering is given authority to pass By-laws for licensing, regulating and governing persons who carry on the business of teaching persons to operate motor vehicles and driving instructors employed in such business and for regulating aad governing the equ~.pment used in such business, and for revoking any such license. NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TO~SHIP OF PICKERING ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. No person shall carry on the business of teaching persons to operate motor vehicles in the Township of Pickering w~thout having first obtained a license to do so and havin~ a place of business to operate from in the Township of Picketing. 2. 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 to do so. 3. All applications for licenses shall be filed with the M~nicipal Law Enforcement Officer who shall submit each application to the Chief of Police for his report. The Municipal Law Enforcement Officer has the authority to issue the license provided that he is satisfied that all sections of this By-law have been complied with. In the event of a dispute, the applicant shall have the right to appeal to Council. -2- 4. Every applicant to carry on the business of teaching persons to operate motor vehicles shall smb~tit 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 Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, and upon application for renewal of any license shall furnish new photographs if required to do so. 6. Ail licenses issued to persons to act as a driving instructor shall be displayed prominently in the motor vehicle used to teach persons to operate a motor vehicle. 7. The applicant for a license under this By-law shall be of the full age of twenty-one years and he must satisfy the Municipal Law Enforcement Officer that he has a chauffeur's license issued by the Minister of H4ghways for the Province of Ontario. 8. Every person licensed under this by-law shall not use or operate an automobile or other vehicle in connection with his business, or allow the same to be used or operated without having first submitted the vehicle to the Chief of Police 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 1~ censed under this by-law shall, when required, submit such vehicle for examination by the Chief of Police 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 of Police or 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. The Chief of Police may, at his discretion, temporarily prohibit the use of any vehicle found to be in an unsafe condition. -3- 10. Where the owner or operator licensed under this by-law disposes of his motor vehicle and acquires another motor vehicle to be used in connection with his business, he shall submit the latter vehicle for inspection and approval of the Chief of Police of the Township of Picketing before msing the same for the purpose of teaching persons to operate a motor vehicle. ll. Every owner or operator licensed under this by-law shall, whenever the motor vehicle is being used in such b~s~ness, exhibit on the front and rear of the said motor vehicle signs having dimensions of at least 12" x 18" stating, in large clear letters, of black on yellow, the words 'STUDENT DRIVER'. 12. No persons carrying on the bus,ness of teaching persons to operate a motor vehicle shall employ any person as a driving instructor other than a person duly licensed under this by-law. 13. When any person l~censed under this by-law ceases to carry on the business of teaching persons to operate motor vehicles in the Township of Picketing or ceases to act as a driving instructor to teach persons to operate motor vehicles in the Township of Picketing, he shall, within two days thereafter, notify the Municipal Law Enforcement Officer 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 owning 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. 1~. The fee to be paid for a license under this by-law at the time of the application shall be $~0.00 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 discretion of the convicting Magistrate a penalty not exceeding (exclusive of costs) Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for each offence. 17. 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 in respect of each driving school vehicle which is used for the purpose of teaching persons to operate motor vehicles, procure a Policy of Insurance endorsed to the effect that the Township of Picketing will be given at least ten (10) days notice in writing of any cancellation, expiry or change in the amount of the policy, insuring ~n respect of any one accident, to the limit of at least $100,000.00 exclusive of interest and costs against less or damage resulting from bodily injury to or death of one or more persons and loss of or damage to property; and the said policy shall make provision for passenger hazard including the carrying of passengers for compensation or hire in the business of or for the use of a driving school in an amount not less than the foregoing. A copy or certificate of such policy shall be deposited with the Municipal [,aw Enforcement Officer of the Township of Pickering. 19. Every person licensed under this by-law to carry on the business of teaching persons to operate motor vehicles shall receive with each license a metal plate for each vehicle inspected and approved by the Chief of Police of the Township of Pickering bearing an identifying number and shall at ali times keep such plato securely and prominontly affixed to the right rear portion and on the outside of the vehicle in respect of which the same was issued. 20. By-law Number 217~ be and the same is hereby repealed. READ a FIRST, SECOND and THIRD time and passed in open Council this /~Zday of ~jg~,~&t A.D.