HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 019 The Lighthouse Blues Festival (2012) Road Closure By-law THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
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BEING A BY -LAW TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE STREETS TO FACILITATE
THE 2012 LIGHTHOUSE BLUES FESTIVAL
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 Lighthouse Blues Festival Inc. has requested that Queen
Street from Durham Market South to Lambton Street be closed on Saturday July
14, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to vehicular traffic in order to facilitate the
• 2012 Lighthouse Blues Festival;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of
Kincardine ENACTS as follows:
1. That Queen Street from Durham Market South to Lambton Street be
closed to all vehicular traffic, other than those vehicles authorized by the
organizers, on Saturday July 14, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the
purpose of holding the 2012 Lighthouse Blues Festival.
2. The Lighthouse Blues Festival Inc. 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.
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5. Every person who without lawful authority uses a highway or portion
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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 "The Lighthouse Blues Festival (2012)
Road Closure By -law ".
READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 7 day of March, 2012.
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READ a THIRD TIME and INALLY PASSED this 7 day of March, 2012.
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