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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
BY -LAW
NO. 2010 - 077
BEING A BY -LAW TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE STREETS AND RESTRICT PARKING
TO FACILITATE A B.I.A. SPONSORED CALYPSO STREET MARKET
WHEREAS Section 11 (3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended,
provides that a lower -tier municipality may pass by -laws, respecting matters within the
sphere of jurisdiction of highways, including parking and traffic on highways;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the said Municipal Act, Section 8 (1) and 9 provide that
the powers of a municipality under this or any other Act shall be interpreted broadly so
as to confer broad authority on the municipality to enable the municipality to govern its
affairs as it considers appropriate and to enhance the municipality's ability to respond to
municipal issues and has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person
for the purpose of exercising its authority under this or any other Act;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the said Municipal Act, Section 35 authorizes
municipalities to pass by -laws removing or restricting the common law right of passage
by the public over a highway;
AND WHEREAS the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.8 and the regulations
thereunder permit the councils of local municipalities to regulate traffic and parking;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine
deems it advisable to temporarily close certain streets and restrict parking within the
municipality to facilitate the Annual Calypso Street Market;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine
ENACTS as follows:
1. That part of Queen Street, northerly from the north side of Durham Market
Square South to the south side of Durham Street, be closed to all vehicular
traffic, other than those vehicles authorized by the organizers, on Sunday August
1, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of holding the B.I.A.
Calypso Street Market Event.
2. The Board of Management of the Kincardine B.I.A. shall erect at each end of
such highway or portion thereof, and where an alternative route deviates
therefore, a barricade upon which an adequate warning device shall be exposed
and in good working order continuously from sunset until sunrise and at such
points there shall be erected a detour sign indicating the alternative route and
containing a notice that the highway is closed to traffic.
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3. Every person who uses a highway or portion of a highway so closed to traffic
does so at his or her own risk and The Corporation of the Municipality of
Kincardine is not liable for any damage sustained by a person using the highway
or portion thereof so closed to traffic.
4. Every person who without lawful authority uses a highway or portion thereof so
closed to traffic while it is protected in accordance with this paragraph, or who
removes or defaces any barricade, device, detour sign or notice placed thereon
by lawful authority, is guilty of an offence and is subject to the penalties as set
forth in the Provincial Offences Act and is also liable to The Corporation of the
Municipality of Kincardine for any damage or injury occasioned by such wrongful
use, removal or defacement.
5. This by law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage.
6. This by -law may be cited as the "B.I.A. Calypso Street Market (2010) Road
Closing By -law ".
READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 2 day of June, 2010.
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READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 2 day of June, 2010.
By -law No. 2010 - 077
B.I.A. Calypso Street Market (2010) Road Closing By -Law
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