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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE
BY-LAW NO.
4.607
A BY-LAW TO REGULATE THE PARKING OF VEHICLES AND THE
CONTROL AND USE OF PARKING METERS.
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WHEREAS it is provi ded by the Munici pa 1 Act, R. S. O. 1980
Chapter 302, Section 315 (8) and Section 208 (55), a By-law may be
passed by a Municipality to erect, maintain, operate Parking meters
on any street, parts of streets, sides of streets and parking lots
as defined in the By-law, and may further provide for penalties for
the contravention thereof and for payment of said penalties.
AND WHEREAS the Counci 1 of the CORPORATION OF THE TOWN
OF KINCARDINE deems it advisable to enact such a by-law.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporati on of the Town
of Kincardine ENACTS as follows:
1 . That By-l aw Number 3120 passed on the 2nd day of October, 1975
of the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine be repealed.
2. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this By-law:
Driver includes the owner of a vehicle notwithstanding that he was
not the driver of the vehicle at the time of contravention of the
by-l aw.
Park or parking, when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle,
whether occupieâ or not, except when standi ng temporari ly for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merch-
andise or passengers.
Parking Meter means a device that shall indicate thereon the length
of tlme dunng which a vehicle may be parked which shall have as
a part thereof a receptacle for receiving and storing coins, a lot
or place in which such coins may be deposited, a timing mechanism
to indicate the passage of the interval of time during tlhich the
parking is permissable and which shall also display a signal when
said interval of time shall have elapsed.
parki ng Meter Zone means the streets or parts of streets or hi ghways
designated by sUltable markings, the use of which is controlled and
regulated by a parking meter.
Street or Highway includes a common or public highway, street, avenue,
parkway, drlveway, square, area, place, lot, bridge, viaduct, or
trestle designed or intended for or used by the general publ ic for
the passage of vehicles and shall include land owned or established
by the Municipality for the parking of vehicles.
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, but does not
include a motorized snow vehicle, the cars of electric or steam railways
running only upon rails.
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3. Parking Regulations
While on duty, the driver of the following classes of vehicles,
such vehicles having a sticker or plate issued by the Town Clerk
affixed thereon, shall not be required to deposit coins in the parking
meters provided for the parking space being occupied by such vehicle:
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(a) Fire;
(b) Police;
(c) Ambulance;
(d) Hearses;
(e) Town of Kincardine vehicles;
(f) Members of Council and Staff;
(g) P.U.C. vehicles, Members of the Commission and Staff;
(h) Any other vehicle so designated by a sticker or plate issued
by the Town Clerk.
4. No driver of a vehicle shall park such vehicle in a parking meter
zone unless the driver of such vehicle deposits in the parking
meter provided for the parking space, the sum set forth.
(i) In a fifteen minute limit zone established in accordance
with this By-law the rate set out as indicated on the parking
meter:
15 minutes for one 5¢ piece
to maximum time on dial
for convenience
15 minutes for one 10¢ piece
for convenience
15 minutes for one 25¢ piece
(ii) In a sixty minute limit zone established in accordance
with this By-law the rate set out as indicated on the parking
meter:
30 minutes for each 5¢ piece
to maximum time on dial
for convenience
60 minutes for one 10¢ piece
for convenience
60 minutes for one 25¢ piece
(i i i ) I n a one hundred and twenty mi nute 1 i mi t zone estab 1 i shed
in accordance with this By-law the rate set out as indicated
on the parking meter:
30 minutes for each 5¢ piece
60 minutes for each 10¢ piece
to maximum time on dial
for convenience
120 minutes for one 25¢ piece
5. No dri ver of a vehi c 1 e shall 1 eave parked such vehic 1 e in any
parki ng space or part thereof when the parki ng meter for such
space occupied indicates an expired time or violation flag in accordance
with the time set out in this By-law, Schedule "A".
6. No driver of a vehicle shall allow such vehicle to remain parked
for a longer period than that for which payment has been made
in the form of coins deposited in the parking meter or meters, provided
however, that thi s shall not prevent the dri ver of the vehi c 1 e from
usi ng the unexpi red time remai ni ng in the meter from its previ ous
use without depositing a coin therein.
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7. No dri ver of a vehi c 1 e shalla 11 ow such vehicle to remai n in
a parking space for a longer period of time than:
(i) 15 minutes at anyone time in a 15 minutes limit in accordance
with this By-law No. 4607
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(ii) 60 minutes at anyone time in a 60 minute limit zone in
accordance wi th thi s By-l aw No. 4607
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(ii i)
120 minutes at anyone time in a 120 minute limit zone
in accordance with this By-law No. 4607
8. No driver of a vehicle shall park such vehicle in a parallel
parking space unless the front of such vehicle is alongside or
as close as is practicable to the parking meter provided for such
space in accordance with this By-law.
(a) No driver of a vehicle shall park such vehicle in a parallel
parking space unless the front or rear of such vehicle is
alongside or as close as is practicable to the double meter
provided for such space in accordance with this By-law.
(b) No driver of a vehicle shall park such vehicle in an angle
parking space of 45 degree, 60 degree, and or 90 degree
unless the front end of the vehicle is nearest the parking
meter provided for such space in accordance with this By-law.
9. No driver of a vehicle shall park such a vehicle in such a manner
that it is not wholly within an area designated as a parking space,
and if the vehicle is of such length as to prevent it from being parked
within one parking space, then the person parking same shall make the
necessary deposit of coins in the parking meter for the adjoining
parking space.
10. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking
meter any slug device or other substitute for a 5¢ coin, 10¢ coin,
or 25¢ coin of the Dominion of Canada or the United States of America.
11. It shall be the duty of Police officers assigned to the enforcement
of this By-law to report:
(a) the number and location of each parking meter which indicates
that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such
parking meter is or has been parked in violation of this
By-l aw.
(b) the complete permit number or any other identification tag
marking, if any, of such vehicle.
(c) the time during which such vehicle is parked in violation of
any of the provisions of this By-law.
(d) any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary to a
thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such
violation. Each police officer shall also attach to such
vehicle a serially-numbered notice to the driver thereof that
such vehicle has been parked in violation of any of the prov-
isions of this By-law and instructing the driver to report to
the office of the Municipal Clerk in regard to such violation.
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12. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, or other person assigned
by him for such purpose, to furnish to the Municipal Clerk a
serially-numbered notice of violation as attached to any vehicle.
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13. Whereas the driver of a vehicle contravenes the prov~s~ons of
this By-law, payment of the penalty in connection therewith may,
within forty-eight hours of the time when such notice is attached
to such vehicle, exclusive of Sundays and public holidays, be made
to the Municipal Clerk or other designated official on duty at his
office during normal office hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or
deposit in courtesy boxes located on Queen Street, the sum of two
dollars as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation.
Upon failure of such payment being made within the said forty-eight
hours, exclusive of Sundays and public holidays, the driver of the
vehicle shall become liable for prosecution as provided for in this
By-law.
14. The Council from time to time shall authorize and assign stands
on the highway and in public places for motor vehicles not kept
for hire and also for motor vehicles and other vehicles kept for hire
and for regulating the use thereof.
15. Any person or driver violating any of the prov~s~ons of this
By-law shall be subject to a penalty of not more than twenty
dollars for the first offence and not more than thirty dollars tor
subsequent offence, exclusive of costs, and all such penalties shall
be recoverable under the Summary Convictions Act.
16. The following streets or parts of streets are designated as
parking meter zones in accordance with the CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF KINCARDINE, By-law No. 4607, Schedule A, Column 1, 2 and 3.
No driver shall park a vehicle on any of the streets or parking lots
at the locations set out respective in Columns 1, 2, and 3, hereunder,
during the times and days set out in Column 4, or for a longer period
than that set out in Column 5.
READ a FIRST and SECOND time this 7th day of June, 1984.
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READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 21st day of JUNE
1984.
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BY-LAW NO. 4607
SCHEDULE "A"
. Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Streets Sides Locations Time & Days Period
15-MINUTE TIME LIMIT ZONES
Queen St. East Bank of 9 A.M. to 6 15 mi nutes
Montreal P.M. daily
Sundays and
Royal Bank Holidays
Excepted
60-MINUTE TIME LIMIT ZONES
Queen St. Both From Durham 9 A.M. to 6 60 minutes
Market Squ. P.M. Daily,
to Broadway Sundays and
Holidays
Excepted
120-MINUTE TIME LIMIT ZONES
Durham Mkt. North From Queen 9 A.M. to 6 120 mi nutes
Square Street to P.M. Daily
Princes St. Sundays and
Holidays
Excepted
Harbour St. South From Queen 9 A.M. to 6 120 mi nutes
St. to P.M. Daily
Huron Terrace Sundays and
Holidays
Excepted
Lambton St. Both From Queen 9 A.M. to 6 120 mi nutes
St. to P.M. Dai ly
Huron Terrace Sundays and
Holidays
Excepted
Lambton St. Both From Queen 9 A.M. to 6 120 minutes
East Street to P.M. Daily
Princes St. Sundays and
Holidays
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