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Home My WebLink About70-40THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF BO MMDA ILLE BY -LAW 140, 70- ` A by -law respecting parking meters on highways in the Town of Bowmanville The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Bowmanville HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. In this by -law: a) "park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers; b) 41parking meters' means an automatic or other mechanical device, with the necessary standard for same, for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of any vehicle in a parking space and measuring and recording the duration of such parking; c) 'sparking space" means a portion of the surface of the roadway the use of which for parking vehicles is controlled and regulated by a parking meter; d) "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, e) where any expression of time occurs or where any hour or other period of time is stated, the time referred to shall be standard time except in periods when daylight saving time is in effect, in which periods it shall be daylight saving time. 2. Where in this by -lair a fee is stipulated for a given parking period in a parking space, the fee shall be paid for that period or any portion thereof, and the period shall be as measured by the parking meter controlling such parking space. 3. The erection, maintenance and operation of parking meters on the highways, at the sides and between the limits set out respectively in Columns 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule "Ass to this by -law for the purpose of controlling and regulating parking during the days and hours set out in Column 4 of the said Schedule and the designation of parking spaces in connection with such meters, is hereby authorized. 4. Notwithstanding the provision of any other by -law where parking meters have been erected under the authority of Section 3 hereof, no person shall park any vehicle in a parking space on any highway, at the side and between the limits set out respectively in Columns 1, 2 and 3 of the said Schedule "Ass hereto during the days and hours set out in Column 4 of the said Schedule unless the meter controlling such parking space is used and a fee is deposited therein in accordance with the rate set out in Column 5 of the said Schedule. Cz 50 Where parking meters have been erected under the authority of Section 3 hereof, no person shall park any vehicle in a parking space on any highway, at the side and between the limits set out respectively in Columns 1, 2 and 3 of the said Schedule "At' hereto during the days and hours set out in Column 4 of the said Schedule for a longer period than that set out in Column 6 of the said Schedule. — 2 — 6e Where perking meters have been installed under the authority of Section 3 hereof: a) if parallel parking is permitted, no person shall park a vehicle in a-- parking space unless the front wheels of such vehicle are opposite to the parking meter provided fur such space except that, in any case when two meters are mounted on the same standard, the rear of the forward vehicle shall be opposite to or as close as is practicable to the forward parking meter and the front of the rear vehicle shall be opposite to or as close as is practicable to the rear meter; b) if angle parking is permitted, no person shall park a vehicle in a parking space unless the front of such vehicle is as close as is practicable to the parking meter for such space; c) if a parking space has been designed by lines painted on the roadway, no person shall park any vehicle in such a manner that it is not wholly within the area designated as a parking space unless such vehicle is of such length as to render it impossible to park it in one parking space in which case the adjoining parking space shall, in addition, be used, aLid the necessary deposit of coins shall be made in the parking meters provided for both parking spaces. 7. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or other substitute for a coin of the Dominion of Canada or of the United States of America. 8. No person shall deface,, conceal, injure, tamper with, open or wilfully break, desi-roy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter erected under the authority of this by -laws 9. The provisions of this by -law shall not, if compliance therewith would be impractice -ole, apply to vehicles actually engaged in works undertaken for or on behalf of the Town of Bowmnnville, the Public Utilities Commission of the Town of Bowm__-2nville, ambulances, Fire or Police Department vehicles. 10. Any person violating the provisio s of Sections 4, 5 and 6 of this by -law shall be subject to a penalty of $1,00 for each violation thereof. 11. NotwithsV=nding all other provisions of this by- law in respect to penalties for violation of the provisions of this by -law, any person may, upon presentation of a parking violation tag issued by the Bowmanville Police Force, or By -Law Enforcement Officer, alleging commission of any of the offences under this by -law sot out in Sections 4, 5 and 6 hereof, pay to the Municipal Treasurer or other municipal employee designated by him at the Town Hall as a penalty for an in full satisfaction of such violation the penalty set out in violation hereof, within forty -eight (48) hours of the time when notice of such violation was affixed to the vehicle (exclusive of Sundays and Holidays) and such Municipal Treasurer or other municipal employee is hereby authorized to accept such payment and to furnish an authorized receipt therefore. 12. Any person violating the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of this by -law shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $10,00 for the first offence and not more then $50,00 for any subsequent offence, exclusive of costs and all such penalties shall be recoverable under The Sum -miry Convictions Act. 13. Nothing in this by -law shall permit a driver to stop or park at any location where, or E.-L- any time when, stopping or parking is otherwise prohibited. 14. Notwithstr_°iding anything to the contrary contained therein, the Chief of Police, during any emergency or special circumstances deemed sufficient there- fore, may by the use of appropriate signs or signals suspend the movement of any or all traffic on any street or portion thereof covered by this by -law and /or any parking thereon may be suspended by authorizing the affixing of "10 Parking" signs to each parking meter provided further that during such emergency the Chief of Police may declare that any vehicle already parked within the said area is being parked illegally regardless of the time permitted for parking such vehicle under the provisions of this by -law and notwithstea ding that the period allowed to the owner or operator under Section 2 hereof, ha-:3 not expired, provided however in this event the owner or cerator of such vehicle s personally notified by a Police Officer that parkinE: within this area has been suspended, and further that the owner or operator i S !il'n- a -rn1^r _�Ct e tip., `;� `,love 0-i.1'. - 3 - 15. That By -Law No. 1663 and all othe_ by -laws of the Town of Bowmzanville which are inconsistent with the provisions )f this by -law are hereby repealed. 16. This by -law shall not become effe--tive until approved by the Department of Transport of Ontario. ENACTED ANI? PASSED TI3IS DAY OF / -'�s 19 i BY-LAW NO. 70- S C H E D U L E "A" RESPECTING PARKING METERS ON HIGHWAYS Column l Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Maximum Permissibll Highway Side, Between Days & Hours Rate Parking Period King Street South George & Scugog Street 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 5 cents for 1 hour Mondays To Thursdays 30 minutes & on Saturdays 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. On Fridays Except Legally Proclaimed King Street North George Street & Scugog Street " Holidays 1 hour Silver Street East King Street & Church Street " " 2 hours Division Street East Queen Street & King Street " " 2 hours Division Street West Queen Street & Church Street " " 2 hours Temperance Street East Queen Street & Wellington Street " " 2 hours (Excluding the part in front of the Post Office which is to be clearly signed 1115 Minute Parking") Temperance Street West Queen Street & Church Street " " 2 hours (Excluding the part in front of the Town Hall which is to be clearly signed 1115 Minute Parking") Church Street North Scugog Street & Temperance Street 2 hours Church Street South Scugog Street & Temperance Street " " 2 hours Municipal Parking Lot; Bounded By Church Street, Division Street, Wellington Street & Court Building " " 2 hours Municipal Parking Lot; On Church Street, West Of Court Building " 5 cents 5 hours for 1 hour i