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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
BY-LAW 88-148
being a by-law to amend By-law 79-1, as amended,
being a by-law to provide for the regulation of
parking, standing and stopping on highways under
the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the Town of
Newcastle and to repeal By-law 88-120
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of
Newcastle deems it desirable to amend By-law 79-1;
NOW THEREFORE. THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
NEWCASTLE ENACTS AS FOLLOWS;
1.
Section 1 of By-law 79-1 is amended by adding
thereto the following subsection:
(2) "Handicapped Parking space" means a parking space
with a minimum width of 3.6m, designed solely for
the use of the handicapped by a sign indicating the
internationally recognized handicapped symbol."
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Section III of By-law 79-1 is amended by adding
thereto the following subparagraph:
8(f) Within a parking space designed solely for the use of
the handicapped.
3.
sub-section 1 of section VIII of By-law 79-1 is
amended by deleting the whole thereof and by substituting the
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following therefor:
(1) Where in this By-law a fee is stipulated for a given
parking space, no person shall park or stop another
vehicle unless the fee has been paid for that period
and the period shall be as measured by the parking
meter controlling "such parking space.
4. Sub-paragraph (b) of Sub-section 6 of Section VIII
of By-law 79-1 is hereby repealed.
5. Section 1 of Section IX of By-law 79-1 is amended
by deleting the whole thereof and sUbstituting the following:
No person shall park or stop another vehicle except
where authorized signs to that effect are displayed and
where vehicles are actually engaged in the loading and
unloading, delivery and receipt of goods, wares,
merchandise or passengers to adjoining premises but
only during such times as the said loading, unloading,
delivery or receipt is actually taking place on any
highway at the side and between the limits set out
respectively in Columns I, II and III of Schedule "F"
of this By-law.
6. Section XIII of By-law 79-1 is amended by deleting
the whole thereof and by sUbstituting the following therefor:
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1) When signs are erected in accordance with the
regulations made under The Highway Traffic Act, the
highways or portions of highways set out in Column 1 of
Schedule ilK" to this By-law, on the side of the highway
set out in Column 2 of the said Schedule, between the
limits set out respectively in Columns 3 and 4 of the
said Schedule, and at the school or institution set out
in Column 5 of the said Schedule, are hereby designated
as school bus loading zones.
2) No person shall park or stop any motor vehicle in a
school bus loading zone save and except school buses
engaged in the loading or unloading of students.
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the whole
following:
1) Every person who contravenes any of the stopping,
parking or standing provisions of this by-law is guilty
of an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine
of not more than $150.00, exclusive of costs,
recoverable under the Provincial Offences Act.
2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (1), any
person may, upon presentation of a parking infraction
notice issued by the Chief ,of Police or his designate
or a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, alleging
corrnnission of a stopping, parking or standing offence,
Section XV of By-law
of Section XV and
79-1 is amended by deleting
substituting therefor the
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payout of court within 7 days from the date of issue
of said parking infraction notice, the early payment
penalty set out in Section XV(3) of this by-law, and
upon such payment, no further proceedings shall be
taken in respect of the said parking infraction
notice.
3) EARLY PAYMENT PENALTIES
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(a) For any stopping offence $ 20.00
(b) For any standing offence 20.00
( c) For any parking offence involving
a handicapped parking space 100.00
(d) For parking in a fire route 30.00
(e) For all other parking offences 15.00
(f) For parking at an expired meter 5.00
4) For the purposes of this by-law, where a number plate
issued pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act is exposed
on a vehicle, the holder of the permit corresponding
thereto, shall be deemed to be the owner of that
vehicle, and if said vehicle is stopped, parked or
standing in contravention of this by-law, the owner
shall be guilty of an offence, unless he can prove to
the satisfaction of the court, that the number plate
was exposed thereon without his consent, express or
implied.
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5) A Police Officer, or Municipal Law Enforcement Officer
appointed for carrying out the provisions of this
by-law, upon discovery of any vehicle stopped, standing
or parked in contravention of this by-law, may cause
said vehicle to be moved or taken to or stored in a
suitable place, and all costs and charges for removing,
care and storage thereof, if any, are a lien upon the
vehicle, which may be enforced in the manner provided
by the Mechanic's Lien Act, R.S.O. 1980, C. 198, as
amended.
By-law read a first and second time thi~6thday of September,
1988
By-law read a third time and finally passed this 26th day of
September, 1988
Mayor
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