HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 005 Kincardine Women's Triathlon (2012) Road Closure By-law THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
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NO. 2012 - 005
BEING A BY -LAW TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE STREETS TO FACILITATE
THE 2012 KINCARDINE WOMEN'S TRIATHLON
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, 2001, 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, 2001, 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 Kincardine Women's Triathlon organizing committee has
requested that portions of Huron Terrace, south of Harbour Street, including
Penetangore Row to Bruce Ave., and Goderich Street from the boardwalk to the
• southerly limits of the municipality be closed on Saturday, July 9, 2012 from 8:30
a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and Station Beach and the Kincardine Harbour area be closed
to vehicular traffic from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in order to facilitate the 2012
Kincardine Women's Triathlon;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of
Kincardine ENACTS as follows:
1. That portion of Huron Terrace, southerly from Harbour Street to St. Albert
Street, that portion of Penetangore Row from St. Albert Street to Bruce
Ave., that portion of Bruce Ave. from Penetangore Row to Goderich Street
and all of Goderich Street from the boardwalk to the southerly limits of the
municipality, be closed to all vehicular traffic, other than those vehicles
authorized by the organizers, on Saturday, July 14 2012, from 8:30 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m. for the purpose of holding the 2012 Kincardine Women's
Triathlon.
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2. That Station Beach and the boardwalk be closed; and that portion of
Russell Street, from Huron Terrace westerly to Lake Huron be closed to all
vehicular traffic, other than those vehicles authorized by the organizers, on
Saturday, July 14 2012 from 6:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of
holding the 2012 Kincardine Women's Triathlon.
3. The 2012 Kincardine Women's Triathlon Committee 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. This by law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage.
7. This by -law may be cited as the "Kincardine Women's Triathlon (2012)
Road Closure By -law ".
• READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 25 day of January, 2012.
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READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 25 day of January, 2012.
W .yor 1 -f""'1 Clerk
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