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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE
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BY-LAW
BY-LAW NO. 1996-62
A BY-LAW TO REGULATE THE USE OF MUNICIPAL SIDEWALKS ON
MUNICIPAL ROAD ALLOWANCES IN THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE.
WHEREAS Section 314 (1) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
chapter m.45, authorizes the council of all municipalities to
pass by-laws for the prohibiting or regulating the obstructing,
encumbering injuring or fouling of highways or bridges;
AND WHEREAS Section 297 (1) (e) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O.
1990, Chapter m.45 authorizes the council of every
municipality to pass by-laws for setting apart and laying out
such parts as may be considered expedient of any highway for
the purpose of carriage ways, boulevards and sidewalks, and
for beautifying the same, and making regulations for their
protection;
AND WHEREAS the Council for The Corporation of the Town of
Kincardine wishes to regulate the use of sidewalks in the Town
of Kincardine;
NOW THEREFORE the Council for The Corporation of the Town of
Kincardine ENACTS as follows:
1.
In this by-law:
a) "Place of business" shall mean the premises where
a business is carried on.
b)
"Merchant" shall mean a person who,
ordinary course of business,
in the
i) sells tangible personal property;
ii) sells or tenders a service, or
iii) operates a place of amusement.
2. Merchants may display merchandise and/or advertising
devices (e. g. sandwich board signs) from their place
of business on the road allowance immediately in front
of their place of business under the following
conditions:
i) the merchandise and/or advertising device is
restricted to a maximum width of 76cm (30 in.) and
a maximum height of 1.2 metres (4 feet);
ii) in all cases where merchandise and/or an
advertising device is placed on the sidewalk, a
minimum of 127 em. (50 in.) clearance must be
maintained on the sidewalk for pedestrian travel;
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2. (cont'd)
iii) the merchandise and/or advertising
located immediately in front of
business; and
device must be
the place of
iv)
such merchandise and/or advertising device
only be displayed during normal business
and shall not be displayed when the snow
are in operation.
shall
hours
plows
3. Merchandise and/or advertising devices shall only be
displayed on public property if there is insufficient
private property in front of the place of business.
4. The display of merchandize and/or advertising devices
is permitted in all commercial and industrial zones in
the Town of Kincardine.
5.
Every person who contravenes any provisions of
by-law is guilty of an offence and is subject to
penalties as prescribed in the provincial Offences
R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.33.
this
the
Act,
4. By-Law No. 1988-49 passed on the 21st day of July,
1988, and By-Law No. 1996-23, passed on the 4th day of
April, 1996, be and the same are hereby repealed.
5.
This
its
upon
by-law shall come into full force and effect
final passage.
6. This by-law may be cited as the "Sidewalk Display
By-Law" .
READ a FIRST and SECOND time this 18th day of July, 1996.
READ a THIRD time and FINALLY PASSED this 15th day of August,
1996 .
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