HomeMy WebLinkAbout1668A By-law for the regulation of traffic.
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(k) Street - see Highway
(1) Traffic includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles,
street cars and other conveyances either singly or together while
using any street for the purposes of travel.
(m) Traffic control device means any sign, or roadway, curb or side-
walk marking, or other device erected or placed under the authority
of the Municipal Council for the purpose of guiding or directing
traffic.
(n) Traffic signal means any device manually, electrically or mechani-
cally operated for the regulation of traffic.
(o) Vehicle includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm
tractor, road-building machine and any vehicle drawn, propelled
or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but
does not include a motorized snow vehicle, the cars of electric
or steam railways running only upon rails.
PART II
OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
1. A traffic control officer for the Township of Clarke to be
appointed by by-law of the said Township shall enforce the
provisions of this by-law.
2. Obedience to Traffic signs and s ignals :
Every person shall promptly obey all signals given by either a
police officer or by a traffic control device or a traffic signal.
PART III
PARKING
3. Method of Parking
(1) Parallel
No person shall park a vehicle on any street other than a one-'way
street unless on the right hand side of the street, having regard
for the direction in which the vehicle had been proceeding, and
unless the right front and right rear wheels or runners are parallel
to and distant respectively not more than six inches from the edge
of the roadway.
(2) Angle
Where angle parking is permitted, no persons shall park a vehicle
except at an angle of forty-five degrees with the edge of a roadway
and so that the front end of the vehicle is nearest to the edge
of the roadway.
(3) One-way streets
Where parking is permitted on a one-way street, a person may park
a vehicle facing only in the direction in which it was proceeding
and with the left front and left rear ~Mheels parallel to and
distant respectively not more than six inches from the edge of the
roadway, provided that this provision shall not apply where parking
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on the right hand side of a one way street is spec if ically
authorized by by-law.
Cont' d.
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(1) In specified daces
No person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places:
On a sidewalk ,
In front of a public or private driveway,
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Within thirty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection,
On a crosswalk,
Within ten feet of a point on the curb or edge of the
roadway opposite any fire hydrant,
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within twenty
feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends
of a safety zone,
On any bridge, or in any subway or the approaches thereto,
On any street in such a manner as to obstruct traffic,
In such position as will prevent the convenient removal
of any vehicle previously parked or left standing,
In front of the entrance to any place where goods or
merchandise are regularly delivered or removed.
(2) When properly worded signs are erected and are on display,
no person shall park a vehicle
Within eighty feet of any point designated as a street
car. bus or coach stop, 80~
Within one `hundred and twenty feetlof any point designated
as a street car stop or any street having a roadway of
less width than fifty-four feet
Between 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. upon that side of a street
adjacent to any school property.
5. Park ina restrict ions on specified streets
(a) When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display, no
person shall park a vehicle on any of the streets or parts of streets
hereinafter set out in column 1, on the s ide or s ides in column 2
within the Police Village of Orono during the period in column 3:
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3
Street From To S ide Period
Park St. Main St. Durham fairgrounds
Church St.Centre St. Park St.
Centre St.Main St. Church St.
Centre St.Church St. East limit of
Centre St.
South side Of more than two
consecutive hours
West side Of more than two
consecutive hours;
North side Of more than 15
consecutive min.
North side Two Hours
(b) When properly worded s°igns have been erected and are on display,
no person shall park a vehicle on any of the streets or parts of
streets hereinafter set out-in column 1 on the sides or side of
streets in column 2 at any time within the Village of Orono:
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Street From To
Cobbledick St. Main St. Provincial Highway
No. 115
Park St. Main St. Durham Fairgrounds
Church St. N. Park St. Churchill St.
Centre St. Main St. East limit of
Centre St.
Mill St. Main St. First fire hydrant
on Mill St. located
,~. north of Main St.
Pill St.l~~
Dickson St. Main-St; Church St.
COLUMN 2
S ide
North side
North side,:
East side
South s ide
East side
South side
(c) When properly worded signs have been erected and are on display
no person shall stop a vehicle on any of the streets or parts
of streets hereinafter set out in Column 1 on the side or sides
of streets in Column 2 within the Police Village of Orono:
COLUMN 1
Street From To
Cobbledick St. Main St.
Park St. Main St.
Church St. Park St.
Centre St. Main St.
Prov inc is 1 Highway
No. 115
Church St.
Centre St.
Church St.
COLUMN 2
Side
North s ide
North side
East s ide
South s ide
(dj No person shall park a vehicle on any roadway within the Police
Village of Orono in the Township of Clarke between the hours of
6.00 and 8.00 o'clock in-the forenoon from the 15th day of
November in any year to the first day of April in the succeeding
year.
PART IV
PENALTIES
6. Any person violating any provisions of this by-law shall be
subject to a penalty of not more than $10.00 for the first
offence and not more than $50.00 for every subsequent offence,
exclusive of costs, and all such penalties shall be recoverable
under the Ontario Summary Convictions Act.
7. The provisions of this by-law shall not became effective until
approved by the Department of Transport.
ENACTED AND PASSED this o2 L day of Gq~~. 19 '? U
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FERGUSON BLOCK, QUEEN'S PARK
TORONTO 5, ONTARIO
Ju1.y 16,1870 .
N'tr . H. DeWith,
Clerk,
Township of Clarke,
ORONO, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is approved copy of By-law No. 1608
of the Township of Clarke .
Yours very truly,
Encl.
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(Mrs.} A. Ogiltree,
By-law Officer,
For: D.F. Morrison,
Senior Solicitor.
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By-Law No. 1669
A by-law of the Corporation of
the Township of Clarke
for the regulation of traffic.
Read a first and second time -
June 2, 1970
Read a third time - June 2, 1970.
If. DeWith,
Township Clerk.