HomeMy WebLinkAboutBylaw 1800 - Traffic Control Bylaw BYLAW NO. 1800
TRAFFIC CONTROL BYLAW
A BYLAW OF KNEEHILL COUNTY, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
REGULATING THE USE OF HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE SERVICE AREAS OF KNEEHILL COUNTY, THE
TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS MOVING THEREON, AND THE PARKING OF VEHICLES ON THE
HIGHWAYS
WHEREAS the Traffic Safety Act, R.S.A. 2000 c. T-6 and the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000 c.
M-26 provide the authority for the County to regulate such matters;
WHEREAS the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000 c. M-26 as amended authorizes Council to make
bylaws to regulate such matters as transportation systems and the safety, health and welfare of
people and the protection of people and property;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of Kneehill County, duly assembled, enacts the following:
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS
1.1 In this Bylaw:
a. “Access” means and includes an approach used to connect private property
with the roadway or a Highway for the purpose of providing access to or
from a Highway;
b. “Alley” means a narrow Highway providing access to the rear of buildings
and parcels of land.
c. “CAO” means Chief Administrative Officer of Kneehill County or designate to
act on their behalf;
d. “County” means Kneehill County;
e. “Council” means the Council of Kneehill County;
f. “Dangerous Goods” means any product, substance or organism specified in
or included by its nature in any of the classes listed in the Regulations under
the Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. D-4,
as amended or changed from time to time;
g. “Disabled Person” means and includes a handicapped person that has been
diagnosed as such by a medical practitioner and who satisfies the
requirements for issue by the Province of Alberta of a disabled parking
placard, being sign IC-14, as specified in the Canadian Manual of Uniform
Traffic Control Devices;
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h. “Disabled Persons Parking Zone” means a parking spot, whether on public or
private property reserved for disabled persons parking and which has been
so designated by a Traffic Control Device erected by the County or a
landowner as the case may be;
i. “Driver or Operator” means a person who drives or is in actual physical
control of a Vehicle;
j. “Enforcement Officer” means any Peace Officer, Bylaw Enforcement Officer,
RCMP Officer, or person authorized by Council to enforce the provisions of
this Bylaw.
k. “Hamlet” means an unincorporated community administered by and within
the boundaries of Kneehill County.
l. “Highway” means throughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway,
driveway, viaduct, lane, square, bridge, causeway, trestleway or other place,
whether publicly or privately owned, any part of which the public is
ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the passage or parking of Vehicles
and includes:
i A sidewalk including a boulevard adjacent to the sidewalk; and
ii If a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway, the ditch; and
iii If a Highway right of way is contained between fences or between a
fence and one side of the roadway, all the land between the fences, or
all the land between the fence and the edge of the roadway, as the
case may be;
m. “Implement of Husbandry” means a tractor designed and used for
agricultural purposes, or a Vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for
agricultural, horticultural, aquacultural or livestock raising operations;
n. “Maximum Allowable Weight” means the weight that may be borne by a
commercial Vehicle;
o. “Motor Vehicle” means a Vehicle propelled by any power other than
muscular power, or a moped;
p. “Off Highway Vehicle” means any motorized mode of transportation built for
cross-country travel on land, water, snow, ice or marsh or swamp land or on
other natural terrain without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
includes, when specifically designed for such travel;
i 4-wheel drive Vehicles,
ii low pressure tire Vehicles,
iii motorcycles and related 2-wheel Vehicles,
iv amphibious machines,
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v all-terrain Vehicles,
vi miniature motor Vehicles,
vii snow Vehicles,
viii minibikes, and
ix any other means of transportation that is propelled by any power
other than muscular power or wind,
but does not include motor boats, or any other Vehicle exempted from being
an off Highway Vehicle by provincial regulation;
q. “Owner” means the person who owns a Vehicle and includes any person
renting a Vehicle or having the exclusive use of a Vehicle under a lease that
has a term of more than 30 days or otherwise having the exclusive use of a
Vehicle for a period of more than 30 days;
r. “Park” when prohibited means allow a Vehicle (whether occupied or not) to
remain standing in one place, except;
i when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually being
engaged in loading or unloading of passengers, or
ii when standing in obedience to a Enforcement Officer or traffic control
officer;
s. “Pedestrian” means a person on foot or a person in or on a mobility aid;
t. “Percentage Axle Weight” means the maximum percentage of weight that is
applied to the maximum allowable weights of carrying axles to determine
the weight they may bear on a Highway at the points of contact with the
Highway;
u. “Recreational Vehicle” means a Vehicle or Trailer that is designed,
constructed and equipped, either temporarily or permanently, as a dwelling
place, living abode or sleeping place. This shall include travel Trailers, fifth-
wheel Trailers, motor homes, tent Trailers, van conversions, holiday trailer,
and truck campers.
v. “Road Allowance” means any land dedicated as a road right-of-way that has
not been developed, whether or not the right-of-way is shown on a road
plan registered with the Land Titles Registry;
w. “Road Use Agreement” means a written understanding reached between the
County and others in respect of use of Highways under the jurisdiction of
Kneehill County;
x. “Rubbish” means any solid or liquid material or combination thereof;
including, but not limited to,
i Litter, refuse, garbage, paper, packaging, containers, bottles, cans,
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grain, grass, hay, straw, manure, human or animal excrement, sewage
or the whole or part of an animal carcass, or
ii The whole or part of any article, raw or processed material, Vehicle or
machinery, or any other thing that is designated as waste in the
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act of Alberta and the
regulations thereto;
y. “Sidewalk” means the part of a Highway especially adapted for the use of or
ordinarily used by pedestrians and includes that part of a Highway between
i the curb line, or
ii where there is no curb line, the edge of the roadway,
z. “Track” means to allow, cause, or permit any dirt, soil, mud, gravel, sand,
clay, lime, fertilizer, manure, substance or material of any nature or kind
whatsoever to become loose or detached or blow, drop, spill, or fall from any
Vehicle appurtenances or tires onto a Highway; and the adjacent property
line, whether or not it is paved or improved;
aa. “Traffic Control Device” means any temporary or permanent sign, signal,
marking or device placed, marked or erected under the authority of this
bylaw for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic or governing
Parking;
bb. “Trailer” means a Vehicle so designed that it may be attached to or drawn by
a motor Vehicle or tractor.
cc. “Vehicle”, other than an Off Highway Vehicle, means a device in, on or by
which a person or thing may be transported or drawn on a Highway and
includes a combination of Vehicles but does not include a mobility aid.
SECTION 2 AUTHORITY
2.1 The CAO is hereby authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of this bylaw
and may levy charges in accordance with this bylaw or as may be authorized by
Council pursuant to the provisions of this bylaw. When this bylaw authorizes the
County to act or gives the County a discretion, the CAO is authorized to act on behalf
of the County.
2.2 Except as otherwise set out, in this bylaw, Council hereby delegates to the CAO the
authority to regulate and control the use of all Highways in the County as defined in
this bylaw or the Traffic Safety Act, should the Enforcement Officer have the
provincial authority to do so.
2.3 The CAO is authorized to designate where any Traffic Control Device shall be placed
and to arrange for the installation of such devices.
SECTION 3 ROAD PROTECTION
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3.1 No person shall do any act that is likely to cause or do damage to one or more of the
following:
a. a Highway,
b. a culvert,
c. a bridge,
d. any public property, or
e. any private property permitted by the County to be situated within a
Highway or Road Allowance
3.2 No person shall do any act that is likely to cause or does cause an obstruction to be
on or within one or more of the following:
a. a Highway,
b. a culvert,
c. a bridge,
d. any public property, or
e. any private property permitted by the County to be situated within a
Highway or Road Allowance.
3.3 Excepting 3.2, a person may apply for a temporary encroachment agreement for up
to 30 days to the CAO, who may impose conditions on the temporary encroachment
as part of the approval process. A temporary encroachment agreement is an
understanding reached between the County and others in respect to temporary
obstruction or encroachment within a Highway, for no more than 30 days, and shall
not interfere with traffic or parking;
3.4 No person shall operate a Vehicle with a load that is likely to shift, slip, leak, blow off
or fall off the Vehicle.
3.5 No person shall operate a Vehicle containing a load of earth, sand, or gravel on a
Highway unless the container and load are covered at all times.
3.6 In the event that any part of a Vehicle, load or other materials becomes loose or
detached or blows, leaks, spills or falls from any Vehicle onto a Highway, it shall be
the duty of the driver of the Vehicle to forthwith take all reasonable precautions to
safeguard traffic and also remove such materials from the Highway.
3.7 An Enforcement Officer may order a load or cargo being carried on a Vehicle to be
properly contained before the Vehicle is allowed to proceed.
3.8 No person shall operate or move on a Highway any Vehicle, equipment, machine not
equipped with rubber tires or tracks which support the weight of the Vehicle or
equipment or machine while being operated or moved on a Highway unless written
permission to do so has been obtained from the County.
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3.9 No person shall move or cause or allow to be moved any Implement of Husbandry,
machine, Off Highway Vehicle, or Vehicle if such movement is likely to cause the
spread of noxious weeds or weed seeds.
3.10 For the purposed of Section 3.9, “noxious weeds” means a plant designated as such
under the Weed Control Act of Alberta.
3.11 No person shall remove from a Highway any gravel, asphalt, pavement or other
material used to surface a roadway.
3.12 No person shall deposit or dispose of rocks, brush, roots, twigs, branches or any
other rubbish, refuse or debris in a ditch or on any portion of a Highway without
written permission to do so from the County.
3.13 No person shall cause or allow oil or any chemical or any liquid to be placed on a
Highway without obtaining written permission to do so from the County.
3.14 No person shall cause or allow to be deposited or disposed of on a Highway any
substance or object which may be or is hazardous to a person or Vehicle.
3.15 No person shall construct an access onto or within a Highway right of way or road
allowance without written permission to do so from the County.
3.16 No person shall drive, operate or permit to be driven or operated any Vehicle or
equipment of any nature or kind in such a manner as to Track upon a Highway.
3.17 Any person who Tracks upon a Highway shall be liable to clean up or remove the
substance or material tracked upon the Highway.
3.18 Where the driver, operator or owner of a Vehicle Tracks upon a Highway and does
not comply with Section 3.17, the County may clean up or remove the substance, and
the driver, operator or owner is liable for such removal costs.
3.19 Notwithstanding anything in Section 3, no person shall cause, allow or do any act that
is liable to or does create an unsafe condition or a traffic hazard to exist on a Highway
without written permission to do so from the County.
SECTION 4 WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD BANS
4.1 The CAO is hereby authorized to:
a. impose restrictions on the weight of Vehicles permitted on any Highway, or
portion thereof, under the direction, control and management of the
County;
b. impose road bans on any Highway, or portion thereof, under the direction,
control and management of the County; and
c. establish exceptions to weight restrictions and road bans imposed in
accordance with subsections a and b contained herein; and
d. establish bridge locations, with the maximum allowable weight allowed on
those bridges.
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4.2 The CAO shall cause Traffic Control Devices to be placed along the Highway, where
considered necessary, to notify operators of applicable weight restrictions and road
bans.
4.3 Unless another weight restriction is established by the County, the maximum
allowable weight on a Highway is the same as the maximum allowable weight
specified in the Traffic Safety Act and regulations thereto.
4.4 Pursuant to this section, no person shall operate a Vehicle on a Highway contrary to
the said weight restriction or road ban.
4.5 No person shall operate on a Highway a Vehicle or Vehicle and cargo which exceeds
the maximum allowable weight for the Vehicle as stipulated on the certificate of
registration for the Vehicle.
4.6 No person shall operate on a Highway a Vehicle or Vehicle and cargo which exceeds
the maximum allowable weights for the steering axles of the Vehicle as determined
in accordance with the Traffic Safety Act and regulations thereto.
4.7 No person shall operate on a Highway a Vehicle or Vehicle and cargo which exceeds
the maximum percentage weight allowance for the carrying axles of the Vehicle
without obtaining written permission from the County before operating the Vehicle
on a Highway during a road ban.
SECTION 5 RATES OF SPEED
5.1 No person shall operate a Vehicle at a rate of speed greater than eighty (80)
kilometers per hour on any County Highway unless otherwise posted.
5.2 No person shall operate a Vehicle at a rate of speed greater than forty (40)
kilometers per hour in a Hamlet unless otherwise posted.
5.3 The CAO has authority to prescribe where Traffic Control Devices restricting the
speed of Vehicles will be placed to notify drivers of rates of speed. The speed limit on
a Highway that does not bear Traffic Control Devices regarding speed limits is
presumed to be eighty (80) kilometers per hour in a rural area and forty (40)
kilometers per hour in a Hamlet.
5.4 The CAO is hereby authorized to fix a maximum speed limit in respect of any part of a
Highway under construction, repair or in a state of repair that requires a speed limit
other than the posted speed as established in Section 5.3 for the Highway.
5.5 Where speed limits are fixed pursuant to Section 5.4, the CAO shall cause to be
erected along the Highway signs indicating the speed limit so prescribed.
SECTION 6 PARKING
6.1 The CAO is authorized to designate and fix locations for “no parking” or “restricted
parking” signs and shall set out locations, areas and times, in writing, where
operators shall not Park Vehicles, or where parking is restricted to a number of
minutes or hours.
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6.2 No person shall Park a Vehicle in any place or area where a Traffic Control Device
prohibits stopping or parking, during the time stopping or parking is prohibited, or
where the Traffic Control Device restricts the parking of a Vehicle to a number of
minutes or hours, in excess of the time designated on the Traffic Control Device.
6.3 Any Vehicle parked contrary to this bylaw may be towed away at the owner’s sole
expense.
6.4 No person shall Park a Vehicle on any Alley unless a Traffic Control Device otherwise
permits, except for the following purposes:
a. the loading or unloading of goods from a Vehicle for a period not exceeding
thirty (30) minutes;
b. the loading or unloading of goods or passengers from a Vehicle for a period
not exceeding five (5) minutes;
c. the loading or unloading of a Disabled Person.
6.5 No person shall occupy any recreation Vehicle or holiday trailer as a dwelling or
sleeping place at any time while it is parked on the Highway.
6.6 A Recreational Vehicle shall not be parked on a Highway within a Hamlet unless it is
parked in a location completely adjoining residential property where the permission
or authorization of the owner or person in possession or in control of the property
has been given for such Parking.
6.7 A Recreational Vehicle parked pursuant to this section:
a. shall not be parked for more than 72 consecutive hours; and
b. shall be removed to an off-Highway location for at least 48 consecutive hours
before it may be parked again on a Highway.
6.8 No person shall Park a Vehicle or permit a Vehicle to be parked on private property
without the permission or authorization of the owner of the private property or a
person having lawful possession or control of the private property.
6.9 A trailer shall not be parked upon any Highway unless the trailer is attached to a
Vehicle by which it may be propelled or drawn and when so attached, the trailer shall
be deemed part of the Vehicle and subject to the provisions pertaining to Vehicles.
6.10 No person shall Park or permit to be Parked, a Vehicle on any Highway for more than
seventy-two (72) consecutive hours unless otherwise permitted by the CAO.
6.11 Except for emergency Vehicles, no person shall Park or stop or permit to be Parked or
stopped a Vehicle on any Highway, public place or private property in a space
designated as a fire lane.
6.12 No person shall Park or permit to be Parked, a Vehicle in such a manner so as to
obstruct an emergency exit.
6.13 No person shall Park a Vehicle in any place designated by a Traffic Control Device as
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reserved for Disabled Persons Parking zone unless the Vehicle clearly displays a
placard or license plate issued or recognized by the Province of Alberta to identify a
Vehicle transporting a disabled person and the Vehicle is being operated by or is
being used to transport a disabled person.
6.14 No person shall Park any Vehicle on the Highway within a Hamlet when the Vehicle
contains Dangerous Goods.
6.15 Section 6.14 does not apply where the Vehicle is Parked while loading or unloading
the Dangerous Goods in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 7 STOP AND YIELD
7.1 The CAO is authorized to specify, in writing, the locations where Vehicles are
required to stop before proceeding onto a Highway, and direct the placement of
Traffic Control Devices at these locations.
7.2 The CAO is authorized to specify, in writing, the locations where Vehicles are
required to yield right of way to other traffic on any Highway, and direct the
placement of Traffic Control Devices at the locations.
7.3 When the said Traffic Control Devices mentioned in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 have been
installed or erected at the locations designated by the CAO, the operator of a Vehicle
shall comply with such Traffic Control Devices.
SECTION 8 SIDEWALKS
8.1 The owner or occupant of a private parcel of land adjacent to a paved or improved
Sidewalk shall remove snow and ice from that portion of the Sidewalk adjacent to the
parcel so that the Sidewalk is cleared to the bare surface within forty-eight (48) hours
after the snow and ice has been deposited or formed.
8.2 No person shall remove nor allow the removal of snow or ice from any paved or
improved Sidewalk by causing such snow or ice to be placed upon any other portion
of the paved or improved Sidewalk, other part of the Highway nor any other public
place.
8.3 Where the owner or occupant of a parcel of land does not comply with Section 8.1 or
8.2, the County may remove the snow and ice, and the owner of the parcel is liable
for such removal costs.
8.4 Where the owner or occupant fails to pay the expenses and costs of removal referred
to in Section 8.3, such costs may be added to the tax roll of the parcel of land.
SECTION 9 AGREEMENTS AND PERMITS
9.1 Compliance with the provisions of Section 3 may be waived where a person obtains
written permission or enters into a road use agreement before the Highway is used in
a manner contrary to one of the aforementioned sections.
9.2 A person who fails to comply with the conditions of
a. an overweight or over dimensional permit issued by the Alberta
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Government,
b. a road use agreement,
c. a road crossing agreement,
d. a temporary encroachment agreement,
e. permission to move an overweight or over dimensional load issued by the
County,
issued pursuant to Section 9.1 is guilty of an offence.
9.3 Failing to comply with the conditions of a permit or agreement issued under
Subsection 9.1 renders the permit or agreement invalid and any procedure or
prosecution subsequent to the violation of a condition of a permit or agreement will
proceed as though the permit or agreement did not exist.
9.4 A permit, agreement or authorization mentioned in Section 9 shall be made available
to an Enforcement Officer immediately upon request.
9.5 Nothing in this section shall obligate the CAO to issue any permit or approval, or sign
or enter into, the said agreements.
SECTION 10 OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
10.1 Anyone may operate an Off-Highway Vehicle on a Highway that is maintained by the
County, subject to the following conditions:
a. Operators of Off-Highway Vehicles on County Highways shall travel on the
extreme right-hand side of the road or in the ditch, in the same direction as
the motoring public and shall travel single file at all times.
b. The maximum speed at which Off-Highway Vehicles are permitted to travel
on Highways is (fifty) 50 kilometers per hour.
c. Operators of Off-Highway Vehicles within all Hamlets in the County shall use
the Highways within the Hamlet only to leave and return to the residence by
the shortest route possible.
d. No person shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle within any park, as defined
in the Parks and Open Space Area Bylaw.
e. No person shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle on any Highway where signs
prohibit.
10.2 For the purpose of Section 10.1 (e) the CAO is authorized to specify, in writing, the
Highways where Off-Highway Vehicles may be prohibited and direct the placement
of Traffic Control Devices at these locations.
10.3 No person shall operate an Off-Highway Vehicle within the limits of a Hamlet at a
speed in excess of (fifteen) 15 kilometers per hour.
10.4 Drivers operating a properly registered and insured Off-Highway Vehicle are exempt
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from Sections 10.1 (a) and 10.1 (b) while engaged in the controlling the movement of
livestock along a road which is subject to the direction, control, and management of
the County.
10.5 County maintenance Vehicles and equipment, and emergency Vehicles are exempt
from Sections 10.1 (c), 10.1 (d), and 10.1 (e).
SECTION 11 PENALTIES
11.1 At the discretion of an Enforcement Officer, a summons may be issued in respect of a
Bylaw offence.
11.2 If a summons is issued in respect of an offence, the summons must specify the fine
amount established by the Bylaw for the offence.
11.3 A person who is charged with an offence may, if a summons is issued in respect of
the offence, pay the fine amount established by the Bylaw for the offence as
enumerated on Appendix A attached hereto and if the amount is paid on or before
the required date the person will not be prosecuted for the offence.
11.4 If a Summons is issued in respect to a Bylaw offence, the Summons may:
a. specify the fine amount established by the Bylaw for the offence in
accordance with Appendix A attached hereto; OR
b. require a person to appear in court without the alternative of making a
voluntary payment OR
c. if the Summons specifies the fine amount established by the Bylaw for the
offence, make a voluntary payment equal to the specified fine.
11.5 Unless otherwise specified in this Bylaw, a person who is found guilty of an offence is
liable to a fine in an amount not less than that specified in the Bylaw, and not
exceeding $10,000.00, and to imprisonment for not more than one year for non-
payment of the fine.
11.6 If a person is found guilty of an offence, the court may, in addition to any fine or
other penalty imposed, order the person to comply with this Bylaw or a license,
permit or other authorization issued under this Bylaw, or a condition of any of them.
11.7 In the case of an offence that is of a continuing nature a contravention constitutes a
separate offence in respect of each day or part of a day on which it continues.
11.8 A person who is found guilty of an offence is liable to the imposition of a penalty for
the offence that is in addition to a fine so long as the penalty relates to a fee, cost,
rate, toll or charge that is associated with the conduct that gives rise to the offence.
11.9 Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw shall be deemed to be in
contravention of this Bylaw.
11.10 Any person who contravenes or allows any other person to contravene any other of
the terms, conditions or provisions of this Bylaw shall be deemed to be in
contravention of this Bylaw.
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SECTION 12 MINIMUM AND SPECIFIED PENALTIES
12.1 The minimum and specified penalties for a violation of any provisions of this bylaw
are shown in Appendix A of this bylaw.
12.2 Any penalty not listed in Appendix A will be determined by the Alberta Traffic Safety
Act.
SECTION 13 SEVERABILITY
13.1 If any provisions of this Bylaw are declared invalid because of any word, phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Bylaw, or any documents which form
part of this Bylaw or an application to any person or circumstance is declared invalid,
the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain in force.
SECTION 14 EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEALED BYLAWS
14.1 This Bylaw comes into effect upon third reading of this Bylaw.
14.2 Bylaws 1634, 1631, 1613, 1594, 1580, 1538, 1545, 1535, 1529, 1526, 1521, 1520,
1469, 1465, 1464, 1458, 1457, 1430, 1375, 1332, 1302, 1274, 1271, 1269, and 1056
are hereby repealed on the date of final passing of this bylaw.
READ a first time on this 20th day of July 2021.
READ a second time on this 17th day of August 2021.
READ a third time this 14th day of September 2021.
Signed this of _Sa�6—� • , 2 02 1.
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Reeve
Jerry Wittstock
Chief ministrative Officer
Mike Haugen
Date Bylaw Signed
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APPENDIX A
Section Offence
Description
1st
Offence
2nd
Offence
3rd
Offence
Section 3 Road Protection
3.1 (a) Cause damage to a Highway $250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.1 (b) Cause damage to a culvert $250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.1 (c) Cause damage to a bridge $250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.1 (d) Cause damage to public property $250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.1 (e) Cause damage to private property on a Highway $250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.2 (a) Cause/allow an obstruction on a Highway $150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.2 (b) Cause/allow an obstruction on a culvert $150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.2 (c) Cause/allow an obstruction on a bridge $150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.2 (d) Cause/allow an obstruction on any public property $150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.2 (e) Cause/allow an obstruction on private property on a
Highway
$150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.4 Load or cargo likely to shift/slim/blow off/fall off $150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.5 Failure to cover load $150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.6 Failure to remove item from the Highway after it became
loose or detached or blew, spilled or fell from their Vehicle
$250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.8 Operate Vehicle/machine not equipped with rubber tires
on the Highway
$150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.9 Operate a Vehicle in such away to likely cause the spread
of noxious weeds or weed seeds.
$150.00 $300.00 COURT
3.11 Remove surface material from Highway $250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.12 Deposit rocks/brush/rubbish/debris in a ditch $1000.00 $2000.00 COURT
3.13 Deposit oil/chemical/liquid on Highway $500.00 $1000.00 COURT
3.14 Deposit hazardous material on Highway $500.00 $1000.00 COURT
3.15 Unlawfully construct an access on a Highway $500.00 $1000.00 COURT
3.16 Operate Vehicle or equipment in such a manner as to Track
upon a Highway
$250.00 $500.00 COURT
3.19 Create an unsafe condition on a Highway $250.00 $500.00 COURT
Section 4 Weight Restrictions and Road Bans
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4.4 Operate a vehicle contrary to said weight restriction or
road ban
$200.00 $300.00 COURT
4.5 Operate a Vehicle exceeding maximum allowable weight $200.00 $300.00 COURT
Section Offence Description 1st
Offence
2nd
Offence
3rd
Offence
4.6 Operate a Vehicle overweight on an axle $200.00 $300.00 COURT
4.7 Operate a Vehicle exceeding road ban weight $200.00 $300.00 COURT
Section 6 Parking
6.2 Parking where prohibited by a traffic control device or in
excess of the specified time limits
$75.00 $150.00 COURT
6.4 Parking in an Alley $75.00 $150.00 COURT
6.5 Occupy recreation Vehicle as a dwelling or sleeping place
on a Highway
$100.00 $250.00 COURT
6.6 Recreational Vehicle parked on a Highway without the
permission or authorization of the owner or person in
possession of property.
$50.00 $100.00 COURT
6.7 Recreational Vehicle parked for more than 72 hours $50.00 $100.00 COURT
6.8 Parking on personal property without the owners
authorization
$75.00 $150.00 COURT
6.9 Park an unattached trailer on a Highway $50.00 $100.00 COURT
6.10 Parking a Vehicle on a Highway for more than 72 hours $50.00 $100.00 COURT
6.11 Parking a Vehicle in a fire lane $250.00 $500.00 COURT
6.12 Park a Vehicle so as to obstruct an emergency exit. $250.00 $500.00 COURT
6.13 Park in Disabled Person Parking Zone or no placard or
license plate indicating “disabled”
$250.00 $500.00 COURT
6.14 Parking within a Hamlet while carrying Dangerous Goods $250.00 $500.00 COURT
Section 8 Sidewalks
8.1 Failure to clear the snow within 48 hours of accumulation
of snow or ice
$50.00 $100.00 COURT
8.2 Placing snow onto a portion of a sidewalk, Highway or
public place
$100.00 $200.00 COURT
Section 9 Agreements and Permits
9.2 (a) Fail to comply with an overweight or over dimensional
permit
$250.00 $500.00 COURT
9.2 (b) Fail to comply with a road use agreement $500.00 $1000.00 COURT
9.2 (c) Fail to comply with a road crossing agreement. $500.00 $1000.00 COURT
9.2 (d) Fail to comply with a temporary encroachment agreement $500.00 $1000.00 COURT
9.2 (e) Fail to comply with permissions given to move an $500.00 $1000.00 COURT
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overweight or over dimensional load
9.5 Fail to provide proof of permit, agreement, or
authorization
$250.00 $500.00 COURT
Section Offence Description 1st
Offence
2nd
Offence
3rd
Offence
Section 10 Off-Highway Vehicles
10.1 (a) Failure to drive Off-Highway Vehicle to the extreme right
hand side or to ride single file or to ride in same direction
as motoring public
$50.00 $100.00 COURT
10.1 (b) Exceeding 50 kilometers per hour on an Off-Highway
Vehicle
$50.00 $100.00 COURT
10.1 (c) Failure to use shortest route to or from place of residence $50.00 $100.00 COURT
10.1 (d) Operating or driving an off-Highway Vehicle within a Park $50.00 $100.00 COURT
10.1 (e) Operating or driving an off-Highway Vehicle where
prohibited by a sign
$50.00 $100.00 COURT
10.3 Exceeding 15 kilometers per hour within a Hamlet $50.00 $100.00 COURT