THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MACHAR

 

BY-LAW NO. 14-93

 

Being a by-law to prohibit the depositing

of snow on any highway or bridge of the

Township of Machar

 

 

WHEREAS Section 314(1) of the Municipal Act of the Province of Ontario, being chapter 303, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980 as amended, empowers municipalities to prohibit or regulate the obstructing, encumbering, injuring or fouling of highways or bridges within the limits of the municipality.

 

NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Machar hereby enacts as follows:

 

            1:  No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or ice upon any

                 portion of any highway or bridge located within the territorial limits of the

                 Corporation of the Township of Machar.

 

            2:  No person shall move snow within any road allowance intended for vehicular

                 and pedestrian traffic in the Township of Machar from one side of the cleared

                 portion of the road allowance to the other side of the road allowance.

 

            3:  No person shall relocate snow within any road allowance intended for

                 vehicular or pedestrian traffic in the Township of Machar in such a manner as

                 to encroach on the cleared portion of the road allowance or which would result

                 in the obstruction of normal visibility for safe movement of vehicular and

                 pedestrian traffic on the road allowance.

 

            4:  No person shall move snow from private property or Township property on to

                 any road allowance in the Township of Machar which is adjacent to other

                 property owners.

 

            5:  Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an

                 offence and, upon conviction, is liable to a fine as provided for in the

                 Provincial Offences Act.

 

 

READ a first and second time this 25th day of October 1993.

 

 

 

                                                                                    ______________________________

                                                                                    Reeve

 

 

                                                                                    ______________________________

                                                                                    Clerk-Treasurer (Deputy)

 

READ a third time and finally passed this 8th day of November 1993.

 

 

                                                                                    ______________________________

                                                                                    Reeve

 

 

                                                                                    ______________________________

                                                                                    Clerk-Treasurer (Deputy)

 

 

SCHEDULE OF OFFENCES

 

 

            Column 1                                            Column 2                    Column 3 – Set Fines

                                                                                                            (includes costs)

 

 

1.  Deposit snow on highway                            Section 1                      $103.75

     or bridge

 

2.  Move snow across road allowance  Section 2                      $103.75

 

3.  Relocate snow and obstruct             Section 3                      $103.75

     visibility

 

4.  Move snow from private property                Section 4                      $103.75

     onto road allowance