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LOCAL GOVERNMENT MODEL BY-LAWS (PARKING FACILITIES) NO. 19 - REG 39

39 .         Improper parking

        (1)         A person shall not stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is — 

            (a)         between any other standing vehicle and the centre of the carriageway;

            (b)         adjacent to a median strip;

            (c)         in front of a right-of-way, passage or private drive or so close thereto as to deny any vehicle reasonable access to, or egress from, the right-of-way, passage or private drive;

            (d)         in front of a footway constructed across a reservation;

            (e)         alongside, or opposite, any excavation in, or obstruction on, the carriageway, if the vehicle would thereby obstruct traffic;

            (f)         on, or within nine metres of, any portion of a carriageway bounded on one or both sides by a traffic-island;

            (g)         on any footway or pedestrian crossing;

            (h)         upon a bridge or other elevated structure or within a tunnel or underpass;

                  (i)         between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of two continuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a broken or dotted line and the boundary of the carriageway near to the continuous line, unless there is a distance of at least three metres clear between the vehicle and the double longitudinal line; or

            (j)         upon an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an intersecting carriageway.

        (2)         The provisions of paragraphs (c), (f) and (h) of sub-bylaw (1) of this by-law do not apply to a vehicle that stands in a bus stand marked on the carriageway, for the purpose of setting down or taking up passengers.

        (3)         A person shall not stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is — 

            (a)         within one metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug; or

            (b)         within three metres of a public letter pillar box, unless the vehicle is being used for the purpose of collecting postal articles from the pillar box.

        (4)         A person shall not stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within six metres of the nearer property line of any road intersecting the road on the side on which the vehicle is standing.

        (5)         A person shall not stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within nine metres of the departure side of — 

            (a)         a sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop”, or “Hail Bus Here”, unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; or

            (b)         a children’s crossing established on a two-way carriageway.

        (6)         A person shall not stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within eighteen metres of — 

            (a)         the approach side of a sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop” or “Hail Bus Here”, unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down passengers;

            (b)         the approach side of a pedestrian crossing or children’s crossing; or

            (c)         the nearest rail of a railway level crossing.

        (7)         The provisions of sub-bylaws (1) to (6) (inclusive) of this by-law do not apply to a vehicle standing in a metered space or a parking stall established by the Municipality, nor to a bicycle standing in a bicycle rack established by the Municipality.

        [By-law 39 amended by Gazette 21 June 1974 p.2090.]



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