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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW 2007-166
Being a By-law to amend By-law 91-58, as amended, being a By-law
to Regulate Traffic on Highways, Municipal and Private Property in
the Municipality of Clarington.
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington deems it desirable to
amend By-law 91-58;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington hereby
enacts as follows:
1) Schedule XXV "HEAVY TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" OF BY-LAW 91-58 is amended by:
A) Deleting the contents of the schedule in its entirety:
2) Schedule XXVI "HIGHWAYS EXEMPT FROM WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS" OF BY-LAW
91-58 is amended by
A) Deleting the following reference:
Column 1
Hiqhway
Column 2
From
Column 3
To
McKnight Road
(Darlington)
South limit of
Baseline Road
South limit of Courtice
Court
B) Adding the following references:
Column 1
Hiqhway
Column 2
From
Column 3
To
Cigas Road
East limit of
Trulls Road
North limit of
Baseline Road
McKnight Road
South limit of
Baseline Road
South limit of McKnight Road
Courtice Court
West limit of
Courtice Court
West limit of McKnight Road
Hancock Road
North limit of
Baseline Road
300 m north of
Baseline Road
3) General Provisions of traffic by-law 91-58 Section 19 HEAVY TRAFFIC is amended by
deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
HEAVY TRAFFIC
Section 19
19. (1) Where official signs to that effect are displayed, heavy traffic is prohibited on
the highways or parts of highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule XXV
HEAVY TRAFFIC PROHIBITED to this by-law between the limits set out in
Column 2 of the said Schedule during the times or days set out in Column 3
of the said Schedule.
(2) Where official signs to that effect are displayed and subject to Section 122 of
the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.HB, as amended, there shall be a
reduced load period in effect from the 1 st day of January to the 31 st day of
December, inclusive, in each and every year and no person shall on any
highway or part of a highway affected, operate or draw any vehicle having a
weight which is in contravention of the Highway Traffic Act R.S.O. 1990,
c.HB, as amended. The Director of Engineering Services is authorized to
establish the specific time periods, place, erect, maintain, or remove such
official signs as are required to give effect to the provisions of this subsection.
(3) Notwithstanding Section 19(2), heavy traffic may use the highways or parts of
highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule XXVI HIGHWAYS EXEMPT
FROM WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS to this By-law between the limits set out
respectively in Columns 2 and 3 of the said Schedule at any time.
(4) The Director of Engineering Services is authorized to designate temporary
permissive TRUCK ROUTES and authorize the erection of temporary
prohibitive NO HEAVY TRUCK signs. Restricting heavy traffic to the
designated roads will be in effect where official signs to that effect are
displayed.
(a) The Director of Engineering Services is authorized to place, erect,
maintain, or remove such official signs as are required to give effect to
the provisions of this subsection.
(b) The temporary designations can be in effect for up to 12 months from
date of designation and are renewable at the discretion of the Director
of Engineering Services.
(5) No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle with a registered
gross weight in excess of 5 tonnes on any street in contravention of a
restriction order issued by the Director of Engineering Services pursuant
to subsection 19(4).
(6) No owner of a commercial motor vehicle with a registered gross weight in
excess of 5 tonnes shall permit said vehicle to be operated on any street
in contravention of a restriction order issued by the Director of Engineering
Services pursuant to subsection 19(4).
(7) The provisions of this Section shall not extend to:
(a) Public Transit or a school purposes bus unless otherwise specified,
(b) a private vehicle driven to or from the owner's residence,
(c) vehicles operated by or on behalf of a municipality or other
authority having jurisdiction and control of a highway, where the
vehicles are engaged in highway maintenance, including the
carriage and application of abrasives or chemicals to the highway,
the stockpiling of abrasives or chemicals for use on a highway, or
the removal of snow from a highway;
(d) vehicles used exclusively for the transportation of milk;
(e) fire apparatus;
(f) vehicles operated by or on behalf of a municipality transporting
waste; or
(g) public utility emergency vehicles.
(8) The provisions of subsections 19(4) to 19(6) shall not extend to the use of
said highways or parts of highways for deliveries to or removals from any
premises abutting thereon where no other access or route exists.
4) General Provisions of Traffic By-law 91-58 Section 3 (2)(A) is deleted and replaced with
the following
(2) (A) The Director of Engineering Services is authorized to issue permits for the
movement on highways under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Clarington of heavy
vehicles, loads, objects or structures which are in excess of the dimensional limits set
out in Sections 109 or 122, or the weight limits set out in Part VII of the Highway Traffic
Act, R.S.O., 1990, c.H8
5) This By-law shall come into force and take effect on the date approved by Council.
BY-LAW read a first and second time this 25th day of June, 2007.
BY-LAW read a third time and finally passed this 25th day of June, 2007.
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