HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-50 THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW 97- 50
A By-law to Authorize the Restriction of
Weight of vehicles Passing Over Specific
Bridges within the Municipality of Clarington
WHEREAS Subsection 2 of Section 123 of the Highway Traffic Act,
R.S .O. 1990, c.H. 8, as amended, provided that :
The municipal corporation or other authority having
jurisdiction over a bridge may by by-law approved by the
Ministry limit the gross weight of any vehicle or any
class thereof passing over such bridge, and the
requirements of subsection 1 with respect to the posting
of notice apply thereto.
AND WHEREAS if is deemed expedient to limit the weight of vehicles
passing over certain bridges in The Corporation of the Municipality
of Clarington.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of
Clarington enacts as follows :
1 . THAT no vehicle or combination of vehicles or any class
thereof, whether empty or loaded, shall be operated over the
bridge described in Column 1 on the road under the
jurisdiction of The Corporation 'of the Municipality of
Clarington, as described in Column 2, with a weight in excess
of the limits set out in Column 3 where :
a) In the case of a single vehicle, or where the same
maximum gross weight applies to single and combination
vehicles, the gross weight exceeds the number of tonnes
set out in Column 3 (a) below,
b) In the case of a combination of two (2) vehicles the
gross weight exceeds the number of tonnes set out in
Column 3 (b) below, and
c) In the case of a combination of three (3) vehicles the
gross weight exceeds the number of tonnes set out in
Column 3 (c) below.
BRIDGE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Gross Weight
Description Road (Tonnes)
A B C
MTO No. 021-0183 Lakeshore Road 5 10 16
Structure No. (Former Township
98003 at of Clarke)
Stephenson Road,
Lot 22/23 , B.F.C. ,
C.N.R. Mile 284 . 60
2 . Any person violating the provisions of this By-law shall be
subject to the penalties provided in Section 125 of the
Highway Traffic Act .
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3 . This By-law shall not become effective until notice of the
limit of weight permitted in compliance with the regulations
under the Highway Traffic Act has been posted in a conspicuous
place at each end of the bridge, and until approved by the
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.
BY-LAW read a first and second time this 10th day of March, 1997 .
BY-LAW read a third time and finally passed this 10th day of March,
1997 .
MAYOR
PUTY CLERK