THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MACHAR

 

BY-LAW NO. _____

 

Being a by-law to provide for reduced load periods

within the boundaries of the Township of Machar

 

 

            WHEREAS subsection 7 of section 122 of The Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. H.8, as amended, provides that the municipal corporation or other authority having jurisdiction over a highway may by by-law designate the date on which a reduced load period shall start or end and the highway or portion thereof under its jurisdiction to which the designation applies;

 

            AND WHEREAS the reduced load period is deemed necessary for the protection of certain highways in the Corporation of the Township of Machar and therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Machar enacts as follows:

 

1.  The provisions of subsections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Section 122 of The Highway Traffic Act apply to all municipal roadways within the boundaries of the Township of Machar during the period from the 1st day of March to the 30th day of June inclusive in each and every year.  The preceding dates may be altered at any time at the discretion of the Public Works Supervisor or his alternate.                                                                                              

 

2.  Reduced load periods may also be placed on all or any municipal road during the entire year notwithstanding the period of time mentioned in Paragraph 1 and as deemed necessary by the Public Works Supervisor or other Council authority.

 

3.  The Corporation of the Township of Machar reserves the right to further reduce weight limits on certain roads as deemed necessary by the Public Works Supervisor or other Council authority.

 

4.  The provisions of this by-law shall not extend to the use of the municipal roadways for deliveries to or removals from any premises abutting thereon; to ambulances, police or fire department vehicles, to public utility emergency vehicles; to vehicles actually engaged in works undertaken for or on behalf of the Corporation, or to a privately-owned vehicle driven to or from the owner’s residence abutting thereon.

 

5. This by-law shall not become effective until appropriate signs have been erected in accordance with the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act.

 

6.  Any person violating the provisions of this by-law shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 106 of The Highway Traffic Act and all such penalties shall be recoverable under the Provincial Offences Act.

 

7.   By-Law 16-85 is hereby repealed.

 

 

ENACTED AND PASSED this 22nd day of March, 2004.

 

 

 

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                                                                                    MAYOR

 

 

 

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                                                                                    CLERK-TREASURER

 

 

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