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Home My WebLink AboutKIN1928-971 Repealed - See #19851 r r 1 1 1 Th( I enai 1 drive ( or u vehi I powe st an pe rs long (2) he ) re l4) i poss (5) cou: ucti then (6) or t l7) or 1 c oni (8) ambi i (9) as the rea (10 wit (11 par cur tha veh (� in I 12 13 whe the (14 t ra um l 1 of del (V if is f ri On st+ Lb fi Cu I (2 al t th i of ( "n � � v '\I I i I � 1 i I' I BY -LAW N o. 971 - j A BY -LAW TO REGULATE TRAFFIC IN dN OF KINCARDINE The Municipal Council of,the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine enacts as follows;. (1) Definitions;- (a) "Street" shall include common and public highways, avenue, parkway _ driveway square, place, bridge viaduct or trestle, designed and intended for, ;o oM or used /by the general public for the passage of vehicles. rg (b): "Vehicle" shall include motor vehicle., traile traction engine and any vehicle,'drawn; propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular In power,�but not including the cars of electric or steam railways running upon railms (c) "Park" as applied to a vehicle shall mean' to allow the vehicle to remain rater standing on a street for a longer period that. five minutes without ^• responsible : said person in charge. (d) "Stand" as applied to a vehicle shall mean to stop for any period of time nave longer than actually required to take on or discharge passengers or merchandise. (e) "Curb" shall include the edge of the travelled portion of the highway. (2) By-law 769 and all amendments thereto and By-laws Numbf,ra 951 and 961 are hereby repealed. ut (3) Absolute control of street traffic is vested in the police. l4) Vehicles moving slowly shall keep a s close to the curb on the right as be possible, allowing more' swiftly mobing vehicles Aree passage to their left. ons, r (5) Drivers 'of'vehicl'es before sta'rtingo' stopping, turning or changing their he course shall-make that such movement can be made in safety and without obstr man ' ,suzw ucting traffic and shall 'give `a visible signal to persons driving vehicles behinden them of their lntention`t o•make,such movement. (6) Drivers of vehicles intending to turn to the right into an intersecting streethere or highway shall first drsw' their vehicles it as closs to the curb on the right son of ; � ossible and`.turn the' eorrler'ae sharplp•as pcisible. 7) Drivers. vehicles intending toturn to the left, into an into rsecting'street:-ject ' t' or hughway. shall `'first drair.their vehicles out to the centre,of the highway and zarst continue beyond the centre''of the intersection before turning. :nt (8) The driver of a vehicle upon the approach or sounding of the signal of an ir the + ambulance police vehicle, fire wagon, fire truck or othefr fire apparatus shall immediately draw up _aid vehicle as neas as practical to the right hand curb P thereto, and bring it to a standsti�l..= f arallel 9) No vehicle shall be allowed to remain upon or be driven through any street so V, as to blockade or obstruct traffic and no vehicle shall be U over loaded that it at a MY the horse or horses or motor vehieie power shall be unable tb;.nove reasonable rate of speed. L ) (10) No vehicle shall enter or emerge from an alley, stable, driveway or garage without giving a warning signal or at a faster rate than a walk. (11) 'Khenever possible, vehicles shall be loaded or unloaded from the side and be,,. . parked within six inches of the curb. No vehicle shall remain backed up to the t:: curb except during actual loading or unloading from it and in such case no longer than the actual loading or unloading, required. The horse or horses attached to a vehicle backed up to the curb shall be turned at right angles to the vehicle and in the direction in .hich traffic on tra street is movinb. Vehicles shall not stop on or obstruct crossings. � 12 13) No vehicle shall stand in f rent of the entrance to a theatre or any building where large assemblages are being held. No vehicle shall stop so as to obstruct the entrance to any lane or driveway into,a private garage or into any building. (14) No horse or vehicle shall be left.in such manner as to obstruct the ordindry traffic of the streets and no horse or vehicle shall be parked on any street an unreasonable time having regard to the traffic requirements of the street in question. (15) No vehicle shall stand on the corner of street intersections for a distance of twenty feet b- ck from the corner on each intersecting street, corner being defines as the intersecting right angle point of the curbs. i ((16 No vehicle shall stanS within six feet of a fire hydrant. (17) No vehicle shall stand on any bridge within the municipality. ((1$) No vehicle shall stand on any street where there is a curb unless such vehic: is parallel to and the wheels and runners thereon are not more than six inches the from such curb, or in winter as near this as the condition of street permits, On uncurbed streets standing vehicles shall be parallel to and as close as circum• stances and weather conditions permit to the edge of the boulevard or sidewalk as the cage may be. (19) A gle Parking. Angle parking where indicated shall be at an angle of forty - five dbgrees and the vehicle shall park and put the right front wheel a ainst the curb or the indicated line. (20) No vehicle shall stand or park directly opposite another vehicle V is alreqdy standing on the other side of the street, where the width of the vehicula travelled portion of the street, or the width between the curbs is less than thirty -six feet, or where such standing or parking we ld prevent the free passage of two lines of traffic. (21) It shall be the duty of all drivers of vehicles to observe traffic signals, "no parkin;" signs, and other permanent or semi -pe nnanent si;;nal &!vices. _1 l t , i" ( i. T 1, J ' V 1 I I . P '1 I r i • it W 235I Town of Kincardine, BY -L,'iW No. 971 continued,,, 1 (22) None of the provisions of this b effect until suitable signs have been yerected,pclearly indicating the parking restrictions. Parking shall come into act ( 23 ) queen S ro .,roa we th said Town of'1tnca� y tx east f n Street t re i cle to y �e tion e hereby s n and 5srgeen Street in or f S tion 3§ a Through St pets" and as o every e. y f% lntej�ime Y Traffic A t at a r mmedi 3�e , the oper ator Y o �J' it brig o3. r iur s of thi ect n] o g the saic n be ccorriancb ith� all n om i Hi agulati�ins of h •° gns have ePa�tn of Public \ (24) Pedestrians must not step from the sidewalk in crossing right angles wit`, the street. Pedestrians shall keep to the right when walking on the sidewalk. It withou looking in both directions and shall cross at ri dewalk t the duty of pedestrians to observe the line of traffic at street intersections, and in case where It shall be movement of such trafficpedestrianso�ha u signal of such in and the sh, is in change directing the Y 11 not cross except at their own ritig, before the al is sign ,riven for the est i'fic to Ware in the direction indicated by the traffic ot'$icer Policeman Pedestrians shall not obstruct sidewAlks or street corners and where there + <� ' are three or more persons congregated the shall be su the police. Y gjeet to the direction of (25) Any person n violati to a penalty on violating of the Provisions of this b -law shall be subject offence and to not more than Twenty Five dollars dollars offence exclusive of costs and all such or eve for the first Ontario Summary enaltiesshao� )beorecovery rablosundertthe Y Conviction Act. ( All cars parked on the streets of the Town of Kincardine after Twelve O'Clock (midnight) shall be at the risk of the owners. Signed, Sealed and Finally Passed this 18th day of his Y A.D. 1928, (W. Butler) Clerk Mo s•ri$on ) Mayor App this 25th day of May, 1928, in pursmance of the 51 of the Highway Traffic Act. (K• A. Cockburn) Secretary, Depa'. ment of Public Highways. ( S E A L )